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The 1880 New South Wales colonial election was held between 17 November and 2 December 1880. This election was for all of the 108 seats in the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...
and it was conducted in 43 single-member constituencies, 25 2-member constituencies, one 3-member constituency and three 4-member constituencies, all with a
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system. Suffrage was limited to adult white males. The previous parliament of
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was dissolved on 9 November 1880 by the
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,
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, on the advice of the Premier,
Sir Henry Parkes Sir Henry Parkes, (27 May 1815 – 27 April 1896) was a colonial Australian politician and longest non-consecutive Premier of the Colony of New South Wales, the present-day state of New South Wales in the Commonwealth of Australia. He has be ...
. There was no recognisable party structure at this election; instead the government was determined by a loose, shifting factional system.


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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1880–1882 Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 10th parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1880 to 1882. Elections for the tenth Legislative Assembly were held between 17 November and 10 December 1880 with parl ...
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Candidates of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election This is a list of candidates for the 1880 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 17 November to 2 December 1880. There was no recognisable party structure at this election. Retiring Members * William Davies ( Argyle) * Jam ...
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