Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election
The 1882 New South Wales colonial election was for 113 members representing 72 electoral districts. The election was conducted on the basis of a simple majority or first-past-the-post voting system. In this election there were 32 multi-member districts returning 73 members and 40 single member districts. In the multi-member districts each elector could vote for as many candidates as there were vacancies. 13 districts were uncontested. There was no recognisable party structure at this election. The average number of enrolled voters per seat was 1,701, ranging from East Maitland to Wentworth. The electoral boundaries were established under the Electoral Act 1880, which provided that a district would return a second member if the electoral roll reached 3,000, a third member upon reaching 5,000 and a fourth member on reaching 8,000. At this election there were five districts which returned an additional member, Balmain, Bourke, Canterbury, Redfern and St Leonards.
Election results
Albury
Argyle
Balmain
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Balranald
Bathurst
The Bogan
Boorowa
Bourke
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Braidwood
Camden
Canterbury
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Joseph Mitchell had previously been defeated as a sitting member for Newtown.
The sitting member Henry Copeland successfully contested Newtown. James Farnell was a sitting member for St Leonards and had already unsuccessfully contested Parramatta.
Newcastle
Newtown
was the member for New England to challenge William Foster, the Minister for Justice. Joseph Mitchell subsequently contested Canterbury but was again unsuccessful.
The other sitting member Thomas Hungerford unsuccessfully contested Upper Hunter.
Orange
The other sitting member Andrew Kerr did not contest the election.
Paddington
The other sitting member William Hezlet did not contest the election.
Parramatta
The sitting member Charles Byrnes did not contest the election. James Farnell was a sitting member for St Leonards and went on to successfully contest New England.
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Sitting member James Farnell unsuccessfully contested Parramatta and subsequently successfully contested New England. After SirHenry Parkes unsuccessfully contested East Sydney and nominated for both St Leonards and then Tenterfield where he was elected unopposed. Parkes then withdrew from St Leonards.
Tamworth
The other sitting member Sydney Burdekin unsuccessfully contested South Sydney.
Tenterfield
The sitting member Augustus Fraser did not contest the election.. Sir Henry Parkes unsuccessfully contested East Sydney and nominated for both St Leonards and then Tenterfield. Parkes then withdrew from St Leonards.
Tumut
had previously unsuccessfully contested East Sydney.
The Upper Hunter
had already been elected for East Sydney. Thomas Hungerford was a sitting member for Northumberland.
Wellington
The sitting member Edmund Barton successfully contested East Sydney.
