This is a list of candidates for the 1887 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 4 February to 26 February 1887. This was the first election at which there were recognisable political parties in New South Wales: the Free Trade Party of 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 ...

, and the Protectionist Party. In general, candidates classified as independent protectionists were protectionists who supported Parkes, while independent free traders were free traders who opposed him.

Retiring Members

Bourke MLAs

Russell Barton Russell Barton (1830 – 30 June 1916) was a British-born Australian politician. He was born at Penge to grazier Edmund Russell Barton and Sophia Russell. The family migrated to Adelaide, South Australia, Adelaide in 1839, where Barton work ...

and

William Sawers William Bowie Stewart Campbell Sawers (1844 – 19 May 1916) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. Born in Stirlingshire in Scotland, where he was educated, he migrated to Australia in 1865, becoming a grazier with large holdings. ...

had resigned on 2 December 1886 and a poll held, however parliament was dissolved before the writ was returned. *

Ezekiel Baker Ezekiel Baker (17581836) was a master gunsmith from Whitechapel, London, who became known for his design of the Baker rifle in 1800. Baker was apprenticed to gunsmith Henry Nock and opened a gunshop of his own at 24 Whitechapel Road, London in 1 ...

MLA (

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) * Edmund Barton MLA ( East Sydney) – appointed to Legislative Council *

Alexander Bolton Alexander Thorley Bolton (11 October 1847 – 23 February 1918) was an Australian politician. He was born at Hexham to clergyman Robert Thorley Bolton and Jane Martha Ball. A commercial agent based in Wagga Wagga, he married Martha Elizabet ...

MLA ( Murrumbidgee) * Michael Burke MLA ( Tamworth) *

Robert Butcher Robert Butcher (1834 – 14 October 1888) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born at Liverpool to mercantile clerk Edward Butcher and Isabella Harrop. He left school at a young age to work for Gibbs, Bright & Co. He migrated ...

MLA (

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) * Charles Collins MLA ( Namoi) * Walter Coonan MLA (

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) *

John Cramsie John Cramsie (1 February 1832 – 18 February 1910) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born in Balymoney in County Antrim to William Cramsie and Ann Boyd. He migrated to Victoria in 1855, and in 1863 married Lillias Rankin, wit ...

MLA (

Balranald Balranald is a town within the local government area of Balranald Shire, in the Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia. The town of Balranald is located where the Sturt Highway crosses the Murrumbidgee River in a remote, semi-deser ...

) * Mark Hammond MLA (

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) * Patrick Hogan MLA (

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) *

Frederick Humphery Frederick Thomas Humphery (16 September 1841 – 10 April 1908) was an Australian politician. He was born at Oldbury near Berrima to settler Thomas Bott Humphery and Mary Ann Thorn. He attended private schools before becoming a commercial a ...

MLA (

Shoalhaven The City of Shoalhaven is a local government area in the south-eastern coastal region of New South Wales, Australia. The area is about south of Sydney. The Princes Highway passes through the area, and the South Coast railway line traverses ...

) * Sir Patrick Jennings MLA (

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) * William Judd MLA (

) * Lewis Lloyd MLA ( West Macquarie) * Joseph Olliffe MLA ( South Sydney) * William Proctor MLA (

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) * Edward Quin MLA (

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) * Septimus Stephen MLA (

) *

Francis Tait Francis Tait (1838 – 21 April 1888) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in Durham to builder Edward Tait and Jane Briggs. He studied in Surrey to become a Wesleyan missionary, and spent ten years in Fiji. In 1860 he marr ...

MLA ( Argyle) * Robert White MLA (

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) * Thomas Williamson MLA ( Redfern) *

Robert Wisdom Robert Ray Wisdom (born September 14, 1953) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Howard "Bunny" Colvin in '' The Wire,'' Norman "Lechero" St. John in ''Prison Break'', and Harold Conway in the 2021 Hulu movie ''Vacation Friends''. ...

MLA (

Morpeth Morpeth may refer to: *Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia ** Electoral district of Morpeth, a former electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in New South Wales * Morpeth, Ontario, Canada * Morpeth, Northumberland, England, UK ** Morpeth (UK ...

)

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour and marked with an asterisk (*). 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.

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1887 Events January–March * January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher. * January 20 ** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl ...

Retiring Members

Legislative Assembly

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