This is a list of candidates for the
1858 New South Wales colonial election
The 1858 New South Wales colonial election was held between 13 January and 12 February 1858. This election was for all of the 54 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in 18 single-member constituencies, 13 2-memb ...
. The election was held from 13 January to 12 February 1858.
There was no recognisable party structure at this election.
Retiring Members
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James Garland MLA (
Lachlan and Lower Darling)
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Richard Hargrave
Richard Hargrave (1 February 1817 – 19 January 1905) was an Australian politician and a pastoralist.
Hargrave was born to Joshua Hargrave and Sarah Hargrave (née Lee) on 1 February 1817 at Greenwich, England. His father was a hardware merch ...
MLA (
New England and Macleay)
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Hovenden Hely
Hovenden Hely (1823 – 8 October 1872) was an Australian explorer and politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for one term between 1856 and 1857.
Early life
Hely was the son of Frederick Augustus Hely, an Irish ...
MLA (
Northumberland and Hunter)
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Gideon Lang
Gideon Scott Lang (1819–1880) was a Scottish born Australian pastoralist who was a key figure in the pioneer settlement of Victoria, the Riverina and the Darling Downs regions.
Born on 25 January 1819 in Selkirk, Lang left school at 16. In 1 ...
MLA (
Liverpool Plains and Gwydir)
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Patrick Leslie
Patrick Leslie (25 September 1815 – 12 August 1881) was a Scottish settler in Australia. Leslie and his two brothers (Walter and George) were the first to settle on the Darling Downs, and he was the first person to buy land in Warwick.
...
MLA (
Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa)
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Henry Parker MLA (
Parramatta
Parramatta () is a suburb and major Central business district, commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district on the ban ...
)
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Francis Rusden
Francis Townsend Rusden (1811 – 7 June 1887) was an Australian politician and pastoralist. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1856 and 1857 and again between 1860 and 1864.
Early life
Rusden was the son of an ...
MLA (
Liverpool Plains and Gwydir)
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James Thompson MLA (
St Vincent)
Legislative Assembly
Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted.
Electorates are arranged chronologically from the day the poll was held. Because of the sequence of polling, some sitting members who were defeated in their constituencies were then able to contest other constituencies later in the polling period. On the second occasion, these members are shown in italic text.
See also
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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1858–1859
References
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New South Wales Parliament
The Parliament of New South Wales is a bicameral legislature in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), consisting of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (lower house) and the New South Wales Legislative Council (upper house). Each ...
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