Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1851–1856

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1851 to 1856.[1][2] The 1851 Electoral Act increased the number of members in the Council to 54, 18 to be appointed and 36 elected.[3] The initial appointments were made in October 1851.[4]</ref>

NameAppointed or DistrictYears in office
George AllenAppointed1845–1856
Thomas Barker [lower-alpha 2]Appointed1853–1856
George BarneyAppointed (Chief Commissioner of Crown Lands)1843; 1851–1856
Alexander BerryAppointed1843–1856
James Bettington [lower-alpha 3]Pastoral Districts of Wellington and Bligh1851–1853
Francis Bigge [lower-alpha 4]Pastoral Districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa1851–1852
James BlighCounty of Bathurst1851–1856
George BowmanCounties of Northumberland and Hunter1851–1856
William Bowman [lower-alpha 5]Cumberland Boroughs1843–1851; 1853–1856
William Bradley [lower-alpha 6]Appointed1843–1846; 1851–1856
Edward BroadhurstAppointed1851–1856
Robert Campbell [lower-alpha 7]City of Sydney1851–1856
James ChisholmCounties of King and Georgiana1851–1856; 1865–1888
William Christie [lower-alpha 8]Appointed1852–1856
Daniel Cooper [lower-alpha 9]Counties of Murray and St Vincent1849–1851; 1855–1856
Charles CowperCounty of Durham1843–1850; 1851–1856; 1860
Edward Cox [lower-alpha 10]Appointed1851–1855
John DarvallCounty of Cumberland1844–1856
Alfred DenisonAppointed1851–1851
John Dobie [lower-alpha 11]Appointed1851–1855
Stuart Donaldson [lower-alpha 12][lower-alpha 13]County of Durham; Sydney Hamlets1848–1853; 1855–1856
Henry DouglassCounties of Northumberland and Hunter1851–1856; 1856–1861
William DumaresqCounties of Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh1843–1848; 1851–1856
Daniel EganPastoral District of Maneroo1854–1856
Charles Finch [lower-alpha 3]Pastoral Districts of Wellington and Bligh1853–1856
Robert FitzgeraldCounty of Cumberland1849–1856; 1856–1865
Edward FloodNorth Eastern Boroughs1851–1856; 1879–1888
John Gibbes [lower-alpha 14]Appointed (Collector of Customs)1843–1855
Arthur Hodgson [lower-alpha 15]County of Stanley1854
John Holden [lower-alpha 5]Cumberland Boroughs; Appointed1851–1853; 1853–1856
Arthur HolroydWestern Boroughs1851–1856
Thomas Hood [lower-alpha 16]Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs1855–1856; 1856–1861
Henry HughesAppointed1851–1853
Thomas Icely [lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 11]Appointed1843–1853; 1855–1856; 1864–1874
Arthur Jeffreys [lower-alpha 17]Pastoral District of Maneroo1851–1854
Richard Jones [lower-alpha 18]Stanley Boroughs1829–1843; 1850–1852
Phillip KingCounties of Gloucester and Macquarie1839; 1850–1851; 1851–1856
John Lamb [lower-alpha 19]City of Sydney1844–1851; 1851–1853
John Lang [lower-alpha 7][lower-alpha 15]City of Sydney County of Stanley1843–1847; 1850–1851; 1854–1856
George Leslie [lower-alpha 16]Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs1851–1855
William Lithgow [lower-alpha 8]Appointed (Auditor-General)1829–1852
Alexander Longmore [lower-alpha 6]Appointed1851
James MacarthurCounty of Camden, Western Division1839–1843; 1848–1856; 1866–1867
William Macarthur [lower-alpha 20]Pastoral Districts of Lachlan and Lower Darling1849–1855; 1864–1882
George MacleayPastoral District of Murrumbidgee1851–1856
William Macleay [lower-alpha 20]Pastoral Districts of Lachlan and Lower Darling1855–1856
William ManningAppointed (Solicitor General)1851–1856
Matthew Marsh [lower-alpha 21]Pastoral Districts of New England and Macleay1851–1855
James MartinCounties of Cook and Westmoreland1848–1856
Robert Massie [lower-alpha 21]Pastoral Districts of New England and Macleay1855
William Mayne [lower-alpha 22]Appointed (Inspector-General of Police)1852–1856
Francis MerewetherAppointed (Postmaster-General)1851–1856
James Mitchell [lower-alpha 10]Appointed1855–1856
Augustus MorrisPastoral Districts of Liverpool Plains and Gwydir1851–1856
Terence MurraySouthern Boroughs1843–1856
Bob NicholsNorthumberland Boroughs1848–1856
Charles NicholsonCounty of Argyle1843–1856
George OakesTown of Parramatta1848–1856; 1879–1881
Alick Osborne [lower-alpha 9]Counties of Murray and St Vincent1851–1855
Henry OsborneCounty of Camden, Eastern Division1851–1856
Alexander Park [lower-alpha 12]County of Durham1853–1856
Henry ParkerAppointed1846–1856
Henry ParkesCity of Sydney1854–1856
John PlunkettAppointed (Attorney General)1836–1841; 1843–1856; 1857–1858; 1861–1869
John Richardson [lower-alpha 15][lower-alpha 23]County of Stanley; Stanley Boroughs1851–1854; 1855–1856
Campbell RiddellAppointed (Colonial Treasurer)1843–1858
Thomas Rusden [lower-alpha 21]Pastoral Districts of New England and Macleay1855–1856
Henry Russell [lower-alpha 18][lower-alpha 23]Stanley Boroughs1853–1855
Saul Samuel [lower-alpha 24]Counties of Roxburgh and Wellington1854–1856; 1872–1880
Thomas Smart [lower-alpha 13]Sydney Hamlets1851–1855; 1870–1881
Richard Smith [lower-alpha 4]Pastoral Districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa1853–1856
William Spain [lower-alpha 22]Appointed (Inspector-General of Police)1851–1852; 1856–1858
John Stirling [lower-alpha 25]Appointed1854–1856
William Suttor Sr. [lower-alpha 24]Counties of Roxburgh and Wellington1843–1854
Edward Thomson [lower-alpha 25]Appointed (Colonial Secretary)1837–1854; 1856–1879
William Thurlow [lower-alpha 19][lower-alpha 26]City of Sydney1853–1855
Edward Ward [lower-alpha 14]Appointed1855–1856; 1861–1865
William Wentworth [lower-alpha 27]City of Sydney1843–1854; 1861–1862
James Wilshire [lower-alpha 26]City of Sydney1855–1856

Notes
  1. After the initial appointments and elections, the members elected or appointed, in chronological order were Bradley, Campbell, Mayne, Christie, Russell, Park, Smith, Thurlow, Thomas, W Bowman, Wray, Stirling, Egan, Hodgson & Lang, Parkes, Samuel, Wilshire, Donaldson, W Macleay, Cooper, Hood, Icely, Rusden, Ward, Mitchell, and Richardson.<ref name='Russell' group='lower-alpha'>
  2. Thomas Icely resigned in March 1853 and Thomas Barker was appointed to replace him.[11]
  3. James Bettington resigned in March 1853 and Charles Finch was elected unopposed to replace him.[5]
  4. Francis Bigge resigned in December 1852 and Richard Smith was elected unopposed to replace him.[6]
  5. John Holden resigned in March 1853 and William Bowman was elected unopposed to replace him.[10]
  6. Alexander Longmore died on 27 October 1851 and William Bradley was appointed to replace him.[18]
  7. John Lang resigned in October 1851 and Robert Campbell was elected to replace him.[15]
  8. William Lithgow resigned in May 1852 and William Christie was appointed to replace him.[17]
  9. Alick Osborne resigned in February 1855 and Daniel Cooper was elected to replace him.[19]
  10. Edward Cox resigned from the Legislative Council in May 1855 and James Mitchell was appointed to replace him.[7]
  11. John Dobie resigned in March 1855 and Thomas Icely was appointed to replace him.[8]
  12. Stuart Donaldson resigned in January 1853 and Alexander Park was elected unopposed to replace him.[9]
  13. Thomas Smart resigned in February 1855 and Stuart Donaldson was elected to replace him.[23]
  14. John Gibbes resigned from the Legislative Council, but not as Collector of Customs, in May 1855 and Edward Ward was appointed to replace him.[7]
  15. John Richardson resigned in March 1854. Votes were tied in the subsequent by-election the returning officer gave a casting vote for Arthur Hodgson.[20] Hodgson's election however was declared void,[2] and John Lang won the subsequent election by a single vote.[21]
  16. George Leslie resigned in February 1855 and Thomas Hood was elected to replace him.[16]
  17. Arthur Jeffreys resigned in February 1854 and Daniel Egan was elected on a show of hands to replace him.[12]
  18. Richard Jones died on 6 November 1852, and Henry Russell was elected on a show of hands to replace him.[13]
  19. John Lamb resigned in February 1853 and William Thurlow was elected to replace him.[14]
  20. William Macarthur resigned in January 1855 in order to represent the colony at the Paris International Exhibition of 1855 and William Macleay was elected to replace him.
  21. Matthew Marsh resigned in March 1855 and Robert Massie was elected to replace him. Massie's election however was declared void,[2] and Thomas Rusden won the subsequent election.
  22. William Spain resigned in May 1852 and William Mayne was appointed to replace him.[17]
  23. Henry Russell resigned in August 1855 and John Richardson was elected unopposed to replace him.[22]
  24. William Suttor Sr. resigned in September 1854 and Saul Samuel was elected unopposed to replace him.[24]
  25. Edward Thomson resigned in January 1854 from the Legislative Council, but not as Colonial Secretary, while he went to England to watch over the progress of the Constitution Bill in the British parliament. John Stirling was appointed to replace him.[25]
  26. William Thurlow resigned in January 1855 and James Wilshire was elected unopposed to replace him.[26]
  27. William Wentworth resigned in April 1854 from the Legislative Council while he went to England to watch over the progress of the Constitution Bill in the British parliament. Henry Parkes was elected to replace him.[27]

References
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  2. "Part 3 Members of the Legislative Council" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  3. "An Act to provide for the division of the Colony of New South Wales after the separation of the District of Port Phillip therefrom into Electoral Districts and for the Election of Members to serve in the Legislative Council.". Act No. 48 of 2 May 1851 (PDF). Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
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  7. "Proclamation: appointment of Edward Ward and James Mitchell to the Legislative Council". New South Wales Government Gazette (80). 1 June 1855. p. 1499. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  8. "Proclamation: appointment Thomas Icely". New South Wales Government Gazette (63). 27 April 1855. p. 1207. Retrieved 5 May 2019 – via Trove.
  9. "The election for Durham". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 23 February 1853. p. 2. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  10. "Cumberland Boroughs election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 April 1853. p. 2. Retrieved 23 April 2019 – via Trove.
  11. "Proclamation: appointment of Thomas Barker". New South Wales Government Gazette (38). 8 April 1853. p. 655. Retrieved 5 May 2019 – via Trove.
  12. "Maneroo election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 April 1854. p. 5. Retrieved 23 April 2019 – via Trove.
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  16. "Darling Downs election". The Empire. 2 May 1855. p. 4. Retrieved 31 May 2019 – via Trove.
  17. "Proclamation: appointment of William Christie and William Mayne to the Legislative Council". New South Wales Government Gazette (49). 14 May 1852. p. 787. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  18. "Proclamation: appointment of William Bradley to the Legislative Council". New South Wales Government Gazette (129). 11 November 1851. p. 1851. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  19. "Braidwood". The Sydney Morning Herald. 31 March 1855. p. 5. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  20. "The Stanley election". The Moreton Bay Courier. 27 May 1854. p. 2. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
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  22. "Election for the Stanley Boroughs". The Moreton Bay Courier. 10 September 1855. p. 1. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  23. "Sydney Hamlets' election". The Empire. 23 February 1855. p. 4. Retrieved 31 May 2019 – via Trove.
  24. "Roxburgh and Wellington election: nomination day". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 October 1854. p. 5. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  25. "Proclamation: appointment of John Stirling to the Legislative Council". New South Wales Government Gazette (13). 31 January 1854. p. 213. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  26. "City of Sydney election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 January 1855. p. 5. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  27. "City election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 May 1854. p. 5. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
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