Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1885–1887

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 12th parliament of New South Wales held their seats between from 1885 to 1887.[1][2][3][4]</ref> Elections for the twelfth Legislative Assembly were held between 16 and 31 October 1885 with parliament first meeting on 17 November 1985. The Assembly was expanded from 113 to 122 members elected in 37 single member electorates, 24 two member electorates, 7 three member electorate and 4 four member electorates. The parliament had a maximum term of 3 years but was dissolved on 26 January 1886 after 14 months. The Premiers during this parliament were George Dibbs until 22 December 1885, Sir John Robertson until 26 February 1886, Sir Patrick Jennings until 20 January 1887 and Sir Henry Parkes.

Name Electorate Years in office
Joseph AbbottGunnedah1880–1901
Francis AbigailWest Sydney1880–1891
Ezekiel BakerCarcoar1870-1877 1879-1881 1884-1887
Robert BarbourMurray1877-1880 1882-1894
Edmund BartonEast Sydney1879–1887, 1891–1894, 1898–1900
Russell Barton [lower-alpha 2]Bourke1880–1886
Alexander BoltonMurrumbidgee1885–1887
Alexander BowmanHawkesbury1877-1882 1885-1892
Herbert BrownDurham1875–1898
Thomas BrowneMudgee1885–1889
James BrunkerEast Maitland1880–1904
Nathaniel BullCentral Cumberland1885–1887
Sydney BurdekinEast Sydney1880-1882 1884-1891 1892-1894
Michael BurkeTamworth1885–1887
John BurnsHunter1861–1869, 1872–1891
Robert ButcherPaddington1882–1887
Angus Cameron [lower-alpha 3]Kiama1874–1885 1887-1889 1894-1896
William Campbell [lower-alpha 4]Gwydir1868–1869 1880-1886
George CassBogan1880–1892
John ChanterMurray1885–1901
Henry ClarkeEden1869–1894, 1895–1904
William ClarkeOrange1880–1889
Charles CollinsNamoi1885–1887 1890-1898
Thomas Colls [lower-alpha 5]Yass Plains1886–1894
Walter CoonanForbes1877-1880 1882-1887
Henry CopelandEast Sydney1877–1883, 1883–1895, 1895–1900
John CramsieBalranald1880–1887
Joseph CreerNorthumberland1885–1891
Thomas DaltonOrange1882–1891
John DaviesSouth Sydney1874–1882 1885-1887
Henry DawsonMonaro1885–1894
George DayAlbury1874–1889
George DibbsMurrumbidgee1874–1877, 1882–1895
Thomas EwingRichmond1885–1901
David FergusonWellington1882–1891
William FergussonGlen Innes1880–1887
Robert FitzgeraldUpper Hunter1885–1901
James FletcherNewcastle1880–1891
Archibald ForsythSouth Sydney1885–1887
William FosterNewtown1880–1882 1885-1888
Charles GarlandCarcoar1885–1891
Jacob GarrardBalmain1880–1898
Thomas GarrettCamden1860–1871, 1872–1891
James GarvanEden1880–1894
Frederick GibbesNewtown1882–1888
James GormlyMurrumbidgee1885–1904
Albert GouldPatrick's Plains1882–1898
Mark HammondCanterbury1884–1887
Thomas Hassall [lower-alpha 4]Gwydir1886–1901
John HawthorneBalmain1885–1891 1894-1904
James HayesHume1885–1904
William HensonCanterbury1880-1882 1885-1889
Louis Heydon [lower-alpha 5]Yass Plains1882–1886
Patrick HoganRichmond1885–1887 1889-1895
William HolborowArgyle1880–1894
Frederick HumpheryShoalhaven1882–1887
Thomas HungerfordUpper Hunter1875-1875 1877-1882 1885-1887
Solomon HyamBalmain1885–1887
James InglisNew England1885–1894
Isaac IvesSt Leonards1885–1889
Sir Patrick JenningsBogan1869–1872 1880-1887
Travers JonesTumut1885–1891 1894-1898
William JuddCanterbury1885–1887
Alexander KethelWest Sydney1885–1889
John KiddCamden1880–1882, 1885–1887 1889-1904
Charles LeeTenterfield1884–1920
Robert LevienTamworth1880–1889, 1889–1913
George LloydNewcastle1869–1877, 1880–1882, 1885-1887
Lewis LloydWest Macquarie1884–1887
William LyneHume1880–1901
Andrew LysaghtIllawarra1885–1887 1891
William MacGregorWentworth1885–1887
James Mackinnon [lower-alpha 6]Young1882–1894
Andrew McCullochCentral Cumberland1877–1888
John MeeksGlebe1885–1887
Ninian MelvilleNorthumberland1880–1887 1889-1894
Samuel MooreInverell1885–1889 1894-1910
John NeildPaddington1885–1889 1891-1894 1895-1901
Daniel O'ConnorWest Sydney1877-1891 1900-1904
Joseph OlliffeSouth Sydney1882–1887
Edward O'SullivanQueanbeyan1885–1910
Sir Henry ParkesSt Leonards1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1872–1895
Varney ParkesCentral Cumberland1885–1888, 1891–1900 1907-1913
William Proctor [lower-alpha 7]New England1880–1887
John PurvesClarence1880–1887
Edward QuinWentworth1882–1887
George ReidEast Sydney1880-1884 1885-1901
Arthur RenwickRedfern1879-1882 1885-1887
Charles RobertsHastings and Manning1882–1890
Sir John RobertsonMudgee1856–1861, 1862–1865, 1865–1866, 1866–1870,
1870–1877, 1877–1878, 1882–1886
Andrew RossMolong1880–1904
Alexander RyrieBraidwood1880–1891
William Sawers [lower-alpha 2]Bourke1885–1886 1898-1901
Lyall Scott [lower-alpha 8]Wollombi1885–1886
John SeeGrafton1880–1904
John ShepherdEast Macquarie1877-1880 1885-1887 1889-1891
Thomas SlatteryBoorowa1880-1885 1887-1895
James SmithNewtown1885–1887 1901-1907
Robert SmithMacleay1870–1889
Sydney SmithEast Macquarie1882–1898 1900
Thomas SmithNepean1877-1887 1895-1904
Gerald SpringYoung1869–1872 1882-1887
Harold StephenMonaro1885–1889
Septimus StephenCanterbury1882–1887
Richard Stevenson [lower-alpha 8]Wollombi1885–1886
Alfred StokesForbes1882–1891
Francis SuttorBathurst1875-1887 1891-1894 1898-1900
John SutherlandRedfern1860–1881, 1882–1889
Francis TaitArgyle1885–1887
Walter TargettHartley1882–1887
Harman Tarrant [lower-alpha 3]Kiama1880–1887
Adolphus TaylorMudgee1882–1887 1890-1891
Hugh TaylorParramatta1882–1894
William TeeceGoulburn1872–1890
Richard ThompsonWest Maitland1885–1891
James TooheySouth Sydney1885–1891
William TrickettPaddington1880–1887
Robert VaughnGrenfell1880–1894
William Wall [lower-alpha 9]Mudgee1886–1895
Jack WantGundagai1885–1894
William Watson [lower-alpha 6]Young1880–1882 1885
Robert WhiteGloucester1882–1887
Robert WilkinsonBalranald1880–1894
William WilkinsonGlebe1885–1889
Thomas WilliamsonRedfern1885–1887
Robert WisdomMorpeth1859–1872, 1874–1887
James YoungHastings and Manning1880–1901 1904-1907
John YoungWest Sydney1885–1887

See also

Notes

There was no party system in New South Wales politics until 1887. Under the constitution, ministers were required to resign to recontest their seats in a by-election when appointed. These by-elections are only noted when the minister was defeated; in general, he was elected unopposed.[4]

  1. By-elections in chronological order were Young, Gwydir, Mudgee, Wollombi, Yass Plains, New England, Kiama, Bourke<ref name='Bourke' group='lower-alpha'>
  2. Both members for Bourke, Russell Barton and William Sawers, resigned on 2 December 1886.[5] A writ was issued for a by-election,[6] which was held on 21 January 1887. The writ was not returned however as the parliament was dissolved on 26 January.[5]
  3. Kiama MLA Harman Tarrant resigned in December 1886. The resulting by-election on 13 January 1887 was won by Angus Cameron.
  4. Gwydir MLA William Campbell resigned in May 1886. The resulting by-election on 10 June 1886 was won by Thomas Hassall.
  5. Yass Plains MLA Louis Heydon retired in December 1886. The resulting by-election on 20 December 1886 was won by Thomas Colls.
  6. Young MLA William Watson's election victory was overturned by the Qualifications Committee. James Mackinnon was declared to be the Member for Young on 22 December 1885.
  7. New England MLA William Proctor resigned and then successfully recontested his seat at the resulting by-election on 10 January 1887.
  8. Wollombi MLA Lyall Scott retired in December 1886 citing ill-health. The resulting by-election on 17 December 1886 was won by Richard Stevenson.
  9. Mudgee MLA John Robertson retired in June 1886 citing ill-health, financial difficulties and dejection at the loss of government. The resulting by-election on 2 July 1886 was won by William Wall.

References
  1. Green, Antony. "Election results of the 1885 colonial election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  2. "Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate" (PDF). New South Wales Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. "Former Members". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  4. Green, Antony. "Results of 1885-87 by-elections". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 July 2019.[lower-alpha 1]
  5. Green, Antony. "1887 Bourke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  6. "Writ of election - Bourke". New South Wales Government Gazette. 29 December 1886. p. 8817. Retrieved 20 April 2020 – via Trove.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.