- Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1859–1860
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This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1859 to 1860:
Name Electorate Years in office William Arnold Paterson 1856–1875 Morris Asher Hume 1859–1860 James Atkinson Central Cumberland 1859–1863 Lyttleton Bayley 5 Mudgee 1859–1859 John Black East Sydney 1859–1860 Isidore Blake 13 Hunter 1860–1861 Thomas Broughton West Sydney 1859–1860 James Byrnes Parramatta 1857–1872 Alexander Campbell 10 Williams 1860–1860 John Campbell Glebe 1856–1860 William Cape 17 Wollombi 1859–1860 Joseph Chambers 1 East Maitland 1859–1859 John Clements Bathurst 1859–1860 Edward Close 19 Morpeth 1859–1860, 1862–1864 Samuel Cohen 19 Morpeth 1860–1860 Daniel Cooper Paddington 1856–1860 Frederick Cooper 20 Braidwood 1859–1860 Charles Cowper 8 East Sydney 1856–1859, 1860–1870 Charles Cowper, Jr. 21 Tumut 1860–1866 Robert Cribb 6 East Moreton 1859–1859 William Cummings East Macquarie 1859–1874 William Dalley 11 Windsor 1856–1860, 1862–1864 Silvanus Daniel 18 Wellington 1860–1862 Stephen Dark 10 Williams 1859–1860 John Darvall Hawkesbury 1856–1857, 1859–1860, 1863–1865 Daniel Deniehy 15, 16 East Macquarie 1857–1859, 1860–1860 James Dickson 1 East Maitland 1857–1859, 1859–1863 John Douglas 6 Darling Downs 1859–1859, 1860–1861 Joseph Eckford 17 Wollombi 1860–1872, 1877–1882 Daniel Egan Eden 1856–1870 Gilbert Eliott 6 Burnett 1859–1859 James Farnell 14 St Leonards 1860–1860, 1864–1888 Peter Faucett 8 East Sydney 1856–1859, 1860–1865 Henry Flett Hastings 1859–1864 Edward Flood 9 Canterbury 1856–1860, 1869–1872 William Forster Queanbeyan 1856–1860, 1861–1864, 1864–1869, 1869–1874,
1875–1876, 1880–1882John Garrett Shoalhaven 1859–1861 Samuel Gordon 4 Illawarra 1856–1859, 1859–1860 Samuel Gray Kiama 1859–1864, 1874–1880, 1882–1885 Alexander Hamilton Monaro 1859–1860 William Handcock 6 Darling Downs 1859–1859 John Hargrave 4 Illawarra 1859–1859 James Hart New England 1858–1872 Thomas Hawkins 3, 15 East Macquarie 1859–1860 John Hay Murray 1856–1867 Arthur Hodgson Newcastle 1858–1860 James Hoskins Goldfields North 1859–1863, 1868–1882 John Hurley Narellan 1859–1860, 1864–1869, 1872–1880 Nicolas Hyeronimus 18 Wellington 1859–1860 Clark Irving Clarence 1856–1858, 1859–1864 Robert Jamison Nepean 1856–1860 Richard Jenkins Gwydir 1858–1860 Richard Jones 13 Hunter 1856–1860 Charles Kemp 12 Liverpool Plains 1860–1860 Thomas Laidlaw 2 Yass Plains 1859–1859, 1859–1860 George Lang 16 Tumut 1859–1860 John Lang West Sydney 1859–1869 John Laycock Central Cumberland 1859–1864 Andrew Loder 12 Liverpool Plains 1859–1860 George Lord Bogan 1856–1877 John Lucas 9 Canterbury 1860–1869, 1871–1880 Samuel Lyons Canterbury 1859–1860, 1868–1869 Arthur Macalister 6 Ipswich 1859–1859 William Macleay Murrumbidgee 1856–1859, 1860–1874 James Martin East Sydney 1856–1873 Alexander McArthur Newtown 1859–1861 John McPhillamy 7 West Macquarie 1859–1859 Merion Moriarty 20 Braidwood 1860–1864 Augustus Morris Balranald 1859–1864 Henry Mort 6, 7 West Moreton, West Macquarie 1859–1860 Terence Murray Argyle 1856–1862 Randolph Nott Tenterfield 1859–1860 George Oakes Parramatta 1856–1860, 1872–1874 Henry Oxley Camden 1859–1860 Henry Parkes East Sydney 1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1872–1895 James Pemell West Sydney 1859–1860, 1865–1869 William Piddington Hawkesbury 1856–1877 John Plunkett West Sydney 1856–1857, 1858–1860 John Richardson 6 Brisbane 1856–1859 William Roberts Goulburn 1859–1860 John Robertson Upper Hunter 1856–1861, 1862–1865, 1865–1866, 1866–1870,
1870–1877, 1877–1878, 1882–1886Henry Rotton Hartley 1858–1864 William Russell Patrick's Plains 1859–1860 John Ryan Lachlan 1859–1864 Saul Samuel Orange 1859–1860, 1862–1872 Edward Sayers 14 St Leonards 1859–1860 Alexander Scott Northumberland 1856–1861 William Suttor 3 East Macquarie 1856–1859, 1860–1872 Samuel Terry 5 Mudgee 1859–1869, 1871–1881 William Walker 11 Windsor 1860–1869 William Walsh 6 Leichhardt 1859–1859 William Watt Carcoar 1859–1862 Elias Weekes West Maitland 1856–1864 William Wild Camden 1858–1860 John Wilson Goldfields South 1859–1872 William Windeyer Lower Hunter 1859–1862, 1866–1872, 1876–1879 Robert Wisdom Goldfields West 1859–1872, 1874–1887 - 1 East Maitland MLA Joseph Chambers was appointed Crown Prosecutor for the Western Districts on 31 August 1859 and resigned his seat. The resulting by-election on 15 September 1859 was won by James Dickson.
- 2 Yass Plains MLA Thomas Laidlaw resigned on 2 September 1859 after it was discovered that he held a position as postmaster. He resigned that position and was elected unopposed on 20 September 1859.
- 3 East Macquarie MLA William Suttor resigned on 13 September 1859. The resulting by-election on 6 October 1859 was won by Thomas Hawkins.
- 4 Illawarra MLA John Hargrave resigned on 11 October 1859. The resulting by-election on 28 October 1859 was won by Samuel Gordon.
- 5 Mudgee MLA Lyttleton Bayley resigned on 26 November 1859. The resulting by-election on 19 December 1859 was won by Samuel Terry.
- 6 The state of Queensland was established during 1859, and on 10 December the seats in present-day Queensland ceased to be part of the New South Wales Parliament. These seats were Burnett, Brisbane, Darling Downs, East Moreton, West Moreton, Ipswich and Leichhardt.
- 7 West Macquarie MLA John McPhillamy resigned on 6 December 1859. The resulting by-election on 28 December 1859 was won by Henry Mort, who was unopposed.
- 8 East Sydney MLA Charles Cowper resigned on 17 November 1859. The resulting by-election on 20 January 1860 was won by Peter Faucett.
- 9 Canterbury MLA Edward Flood resigned on 13 January 1860. The resulting by-election on 4 February 1860 was won by John Lucas.
- 10 Williams MLA Stephen Dark resigned on 25 January 1860. The resulting by-election on 16 February 1860 was won by Alexander Campbell.
- 11 Windsor MLA William Dalley resigned on 25 February 1860 to undertake a visit to Europe. The resulting by-election on 12 March 1860 was won by William Walker.
- 12 Liverpool Plains MLA Andrew Loder resigned on 5 March 1860. The resulting by-election on 10 April 1860 was won by Charles Kemp.
- 13 Hunter MLA Richard Jones resigned on 10 April 1860. The resulting by-election was won by Isidore Blake.
- 14 St Leonards MLA Edward Sayers resigned on 16 April 1860. The resulting by-election on 2 May 1860 was won by James Farnell.
- 15 East Macquarie MLA Thomas Hawkins resigned on 10 April 1860. The resulting by-election on 10 May 1860 was won by Daniel Deniehy.
- 16 Tumut MLA George Lang resigned on 10 April 1860. The resulting by-election on the 10 May 1860 was won by Daniel Deniehy, who also won the East Macquarie by-election. Deniehy took up his representative duties for East Macquarie and was never recognised as the member for Tumut.
- 17 Wollombi MLA William Cape resigned on 13 April 1860. The resulting by-election on 17 May 1860 was won by Joseph Eckford.
- 18 Wellington MLA Nicolas Hyeronimus died on 27 June 1860. The resulting by-election on 26 July 1860 was won by Silvanus Daniel.
- 19 Morpeth MLA Edward Close resigned on 12 July 1860. The resulting by-election on 7 August 1860 was won by Samuel Cohen.
- 20 Braidwood MLA Frederick Cooper resigned on 14 July 1860. The resulting by-election on 10 August 1860 was won by Merion Moriarty.
- 21 The seat of Tumut was vacant as the winner in the previous by-election, Daniel Deniehy, had also won East Macquarie. A by-election was scheduled but Charles Cowper, Jr. was unopposed and was declared elected on 8 November 1860.
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.
Members of the Parliament of New South Wales Legislative Council
1858–1859 • 1859–1860 • 1860–1864
Legislative Assembly
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