- Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1872–1874
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This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1872 to 1874. Elections for the seventh Legislative Assembly were held between 13 February and 28 March 1872 with parliament first meeting on 30 April 1872. There were 72 members elected for 52 single member electorates, 6 two member electorates and 2 four member electorates. The maximum term of this parliament was 3 years. However the assembly was dissolved after 32 months. Henry Parkes was the premier for the duration of the parliament.
Name Electorate Years in office Robert Abbott Tenterfield 1872–1877, 1880-1882 George Allen Glebe 1869–1883 William Arnold Paterson 1856–1875 Ezekial Baker Goldfields South 1870-1877, 1879-1881, 1884-1887 Thomas Bawden Clarence 1869–1880 Hanley Bennett Liverpool Plains 1872–1880 John Booth West Sydney 1872–1877 Steven Brown Newtown 1864–1881 Thomas Brown Hartley 1872–1876 William Browne Patrick's Plains 1872–1880 David Buchanan Goldfields West 1860–1862, 1864–1867, 1869–1877, 1879–1885, 1888–1889 John Burns Hunter 1861–1869, 1872–1891 Edward Butler Argyle 1869–1877 James Campbell Morpeth 1869–1874 Henry Clarke Eden 1869–1894, 1895–1904 Edward Combes Bathurst 1872–1885 Walter Cooper 6 East Macquarie 1873–1874 John Creed Upper Hunter 1872–1874 William Cummings East Macquarie 1859–1874 James Cunneen Wollombi 1860–1869, 1872–1877 Thomas Dangar Jr. Gwydir 1865–1885, 1887–1890 Leopold William De Salis Queanbeyan 1872–1874 Richard Driver Windsor 1860–1880 James Farnell Parramatta 1860–1860, 1864–1885, 1887–1888 Michael Fitzpatrick Yass Plains 1869–1881 William Forster Illawarra 1856–1860, 1861–1864, 1864–1869, 1869–1874,
1875–1876, 1880–1882Thomas Garrett Camden 1860–1871, 1872–1891 William Grahame Monaro 1865–1869, 1872–1874 Edward Greville Braidwood 1870–1880 James Hannell Northumberland 1860–1869, 1872–1874 William Hay 3 Murray 1872–1877, 1880-1882 Richard Hill Canterbury 1868–1877 James Hoskins Tumut 1859–1863, 1868–1882 John Hurley (1796-1882) Narellan 1859–1860, 1864–1869, 1872-1880 John Hurley (1844-1911) Central Cumberland 1872–1874, 1876-1880, 1887–1891, 1901-1907 Joseph Innes 5 Mudgee 1872–1873 Archibald Jacob Lower Hunter 1872–1882 Patrick Jennings 3 Murray 1869–1872, 1880-1887 John Lackey Central Cumberland 1860–1864, 1867–1880 Benjamin Lee8 West Maitland 1864–1874 Lewis Levy8 West Maitland 1871-1872, 1874-1874 George Lloyd Newcastle 1869–1877, 1880–1882, 1885-1887 George Lord Bogan 1856–1877 John Lucas Canterbury 1860–1869, 1871–1880 John Macintosh East Sydney 1872–1880 William Macleay Murrumbidgee 1856–1874 James Martin 6 East Macquarie 1856, 1857–1860, 1862–1873 James McLaurin4 Hume 1872–1873 Charles Moore 7 East Sydney 1874 Henry Moses Hawkesbury 1869–1880, 1882-1885 James Neale 7 East Sydney 1864–1874 Harris Nelson Orange 1872–1877 John Nowlan Williams 1866–1874 Joseph O'Connor 5 Mudgee 1873–1874 George Oakes2 East Sydney 1856–1860, 1872–1874 Arthur Onslow Camden 1869–1880 Henry Parkes East Sydney 1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1872–1895 Joseph Phelps Balranald 1864–1877 William Piddington Hawkesbury 1856–1877 Joseph Raphael West Sydney 1872–1874 John Robertson West Sydney 1856–1861, 1862–1865, 1865–1866, 1866–1870,
1870–1877, 1877–1878, 1882–1886Thomas Robertson4 Hume 1873–1874 James Rodd Goldfields North 1865–1869, 1872–1874 Saul Samuel2 East Sydney 1859–1860, 1862–1872 Stephen Scholey East Maitland 1872–1878 Joseph Single Nepean 1872–1874 John Smith Wellington 1872–1877 Robert Smith Hastings 1870–1889 John Stewart Kiama 1866–1869, 1871–1874 John Sutherland Paddington 1860–1881, 1882–1889 Hugh Taylor1 Parramatta 1872–1880, 1882-1894 William Teece Goulburn 1872–1880 Samuel Terry New England 1859–1869, 1871–1881 William Tunks St Leonards 1864–1874 James Warden Shoalhaven 1871–1877 James Watson Lachlan 1869–1882, 1884–1885 Joseph Wearne West Sydney 1869–1875 Edmund Webb West Macquarie 1869–1874, 1878-1881 Thomas West Carcoar 1872–1874 - 1 Parramatta MLA Hugh Taylor disqualified himself at the declaration of the poll as he had a position of profit under the crown. Having resolved this he was elected unopposed at the resulting by-election on 22 May 1872.
- 2 East Sydney MLA Saul Samuel was elevated to the Legislative Council in June 1872. The resulting by-election was won by George Oakes (Australian politician) on 12 June 1872.
- 3 Murray MLA Patrick Jennings resigned in July 1872. The resulting by-election on 5 August 1872 was won by William Hay.
- 4 Hume MLA James McLaurin resigned from parliament in March 1873. The resulting by-election was won by Thomas Robertson on 31 March 1873.
- 5 Mudgee MLA Joseph Innes was elevated to the Legislative Council in August 1873. The resulting by-election was won by Joseph O'Connor on 8 September 1873.
- 6 East Macquarie MLA James Martin resigned in November 1873 on being appointed Chief Justice of New South Wales. The resulting by-election was won by Walter Cooper on 1 December 1873.
- 7 East Sydney MLA James Neale resigned in June 1874. The resulting by-election of 15 July 1874 was won by Charles Moore.
- 8 West Maitland MLA Benjamin Lee resigned due to financial difficulties. The resulting by-election on 4 August 1874 was won by Lewis Levy.
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.
References
- "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856-2006". New South Wales Parliament. http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/V3ListFormerMembers. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
- Antony Green. "NSW Elections Analysis". New South Wales Parliament. http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/resources/nswelectionsanalysis/HomePage.htm. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
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