This is a list of candidates for the 1882 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 30 November to 21 December 1882.
There was no recognisable party structure at this election.
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.
| Electorate | Successful candidates | Unsuccessful candidates |
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| Thursday 30 November 1882 |
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| East Sydney | Edmund Barton
George Griffiths
John McElhone
George Reid | James Green
Sir Henry Parkes
Arthur Renwick |
| Newcastle | James Ellis
James Fletcher | George Lloyd |
| Friday 1 December 1882 |
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| Glebe | George Allen | Michael Fitzpatrick |
| Goulburn | William Teece |
| Saturday 2 December 1882 |
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| Balmain | Jacob Garrard
William Hutchinson | William Pritchard
John Taylor |
| Bathurst | Francis Suttor | Thomas Hellyer |
| Camden | Thomas Garrett
William McCourt | John Kidd |
| Newtown | Henry Copeland
Frederick Gibbes | William Foster
Joseph Mitchell |
| Paddington | Robert Butcher
William Trickett | William Allen
John Neild
Ebenezer Vickery |
| Parramatta | Hugh Taylor | James Farnell
Cyrus Fuller |
| South Sydney | John Harris
Joseph Olliffe
William Poole
George Withers | Sydney Burdekin
George Carter
John Davies |
| Monday 4 December 1882 |
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| Albury | George Day | Luke Gulson
James Hayes |
| Hunter | John Burns | William Richardson |
| Queanbeyan | George De Salis | Percy Hodgkinson
John Wright |
| Redfern | Alfred Fremlin
John Sutherland
Francis Wright | Thomas Williamson |
| Young | James Mackinnon
Gerald Spring | James Watson |
| Tuesday 5 December 1882 |
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| Central Cumberland | John Lackey
Andrew McCulloch | Nathaniel Bull |
| Nepean | Thomas Smith | Joseph Single |
| St Leonards | George Dibbs
Bernhardt Holtermann | Cunningham Atchison
William Muston
Sir Henry Parkes
Philip Richardson |
| West Sydney | Francis Abigail
Angus Cameron
George Merriman
Daniel O'Connor | William Martin
Jeremiah Murphy
Edward O'Sullivan
Charles Pilcher |
| Wednesday 6 December 1882 |
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| Carcoar | George Campbell
Andrew Lynch | Thomas Fitzpatrick |
| East Maitland | James Brunker |
| Orange | William Clarke
Thomas Dalton | Benjamin Nelson
James Torpy |
| Yass Plains | Louis Heydon | Henry Dodds |
| Thursday 7 December 1882 |
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| East Macquarie | Edward Combes
Sydney Smith |
| Namoi | Thomas Dangar | R H Hyman |
| Patrick's Plains | Albert Gould | William Browne
John Elliott
James Hutchinson |
| Shoalhaven | Frederick Humphery | John Roseby |
| West Maitland | Henry Cohen | Richard Thompson |
| Friday 8 December 1882 |
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| Forbes | Walter Coonan
Alfred Stokes | Henry Cooke |
| Grenfell | Robert Vaughn | E B Whelan |
| Macleay | Robert Smith | Enoch Rudder |
| Tenterfield | Sir Henry Parkes |
| Saturday 9 December 1882 |
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| Braidwood | Alexander Ryrie |
| Canterbury | Henry Moses
William Pigott
Septimus Stephen | William Archer
Mark Hammond
William Henson
Joseph Mitchell |
| Durham | Herbert Brown |
| Grafton | John See |
| Illawarra | Alexander Stuart | James Watson |
| Inverell | Richard Murray | Thomas Jones
Thomas Mayne |
| Northumberland | Ninian Melville
Atkinson Tighe | William Christie |
| Richmond | Samuel Gray | Patrick Hogan |
| Tumut | Thomas O'Mara | Arthur Renwick |
| Monday 11 December 1882 |
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| Argyle | John Gannon
William Holborow | George Ranken |
| Eden | Henry Clarke
James Garvan |
| Hawkesbury | Henry McQuade | Alexander Bowman |
| Kiama | Harman Tarrant | John Davies |
| Mudgee | David Buchanan
Sir John Robertson
Adolphus Taylor | Thomas Browne
George Davidson |
| Wellington | David Ferguson | William Shorter |
| Tuesday 12 December 1882 |
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| Clarence | John Purves | Richard Stevenson |
| Hastings and Manning | Charles Roberts
James Young | Daniel Macquarie |
| Molong | Andrew Ross | Willoughby Andrew |
| Wollombi | Joseph Gorrick | Joseph Eckford |
| Wednesday 13 December 1882 |
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| Boorowa | Thomas Slattery |
| Gundagai | Bruce Smith | Frederick Pinkstone |
| Gwydir | William Campbell | Thomas Hassall |
| Hume | Leyser Levin
William Lyne |
| Morpeth | Robert Wisdom | Archibald Jacob |
| Tamworth | John Gill
Robert Levien | Michael Burke |
| West Macquarie | Thomas Hellyer |
| Thursday 14 December 1882 |
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| Hartley | Walter Targett | John Hughes
George Lloyd
Charles Passmore
John Shepherd |
| Monaro | Henry Badgery
Robert Tooth | John Toohey |
| Upper Hunter | John McElhone
John McLaughlin | Thomas Hungerford
James Wilshire |
| Saturday 16 December 1882 |
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| Murray | Robert Barbour
Alexander Wilson | Thomas Hanson
Edward Killen |
| New England | James Farnell
William Proctor | Jeremiah O'Connell |
| Monday 18 December 1882 |
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| Murrumbidgee | Auber Jones
George Loughnan | James Douglas |
| Wentworth | Edward Quin | Evan Evans |
| Tuesday 19 December 1882 |
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| Bogan | George Cass
Sir Patrick Jennings | William Forlonge |
| Bourke | Russell Barton
Richard Machattie | Thomas Matthews |
| Wednesday 20 December 1882 |
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| Balranald | John Cramsie
Robert Wilkinson |
| Glen Innes | William Fergusson |
| Gunnedah | Joseph Abbott | William Douglass |
| Thursday 21 November 1882 |
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| Gloucester | Robert White | William Christie
Henry Hudson
William Johnston |