1880 New South Wales colonial election

1880 New South Wales colonial election

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All 108 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 54 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Leader Sir Henry Parkes Alexander Stuart Leader's seat Canterbury (elected for East Sydney) elected to Illawarra
Premier before election Sir Henry Parkes Elected Premier Sir Henry Parkes

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 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 first past the post system. Suffrage was limited to adult white males. The previous parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 9 November 1880 by the Governor, Lord Augustus Loftus, on the advice of the Premier, Sir Henry Parkes.^[1]

There was no recognisable party structure at this election; instead the government was determined by a loose, shifting factional system.