- Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1885–1887
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This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1885 to 1887. 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 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, John Robertson until 26 February 1886, Patrick Jennings until 20 January 1887 and Henry Parkes.
Name Electorate Years in office Joseph Abbott Gunnedah 1880–1901 Francis Abigail West Sydney 1880–1891 Ezekial Baker Carcoar 1870-1877 1879-1881 1884-1887 Robert Barbour Murray 1877-1880 1882-1894 Edmund Barton East Sydney 1879–1887, 1891–1894, 1898–1900 Russell Barton Bourke 1880–1886 Alexander Bolton Murrumbidgee 1885–1887 Alexander Bowman Hawkesbury 1877-1882 1885-1892 Herbert Brown Durham 1875–1898 Thomas Browne Mudgee 1885–1889 James Brunker East Maitland 1880–1904 Nathaniel Bull Central Cumberland 1885–1887 Sydney Burdekin East Sydney 1880-1882 1884-1891 1892-1894 Michael Burke Tamworth 1885–1887 Robert Butcher Paddington 1882–1887 John Burns Hunter 1861–1869, 1872–1891 Angus Cameron 7 Kiama 1874–1885 1887-1889 1894-1896 William Campbell 2 Gwydir 1868–1869 1880-1886 George Cass Bogan 1880–1892 John Chanter Murray 1885–1901 Henry Clarke Eden 1869–1894, 1895–1904 William Clarke Orange 1880–1889 Charles Collins Namoi 1885–1887 1890-1898 Thomas Colls 5 Yass Plains 1886–1894 Walter Coonan Forbes 1877-1880 1882-1887 Henry Copeland East Sydney 1877–1900 John Cramsie Balranald 1880–1887 Joseph Creer Northumberland 1885–1891 Thomas Dalton Orange 1882–1891 John Davies South Sydney 1874–1882 1885-1887 Henry Dawson Monaro 1885–1894 George Day Albury 1874–1889 George Dibbs Murrumbidgee 1874–1877, 1882–1895 Thomas Ewing Richmond 1885–1901 David Ferguson Wellington 1882–1891 William Fergusson Glen Innes 1880–1887 Robert Fitzgerald Upper Hunter 1885–1901 James Fletcher Newcastle 1880–1891 Archibald Forsyth South Sydney 1885–1887 William Foster Newtown 1880–1882 1885-1888 Charles Garland Carcoar 1885–1891 Jacob Garrard Balmain 1880–1898 Thomas Garrett Camden 1860–1871, 1872–1891 James Garvan Eden 1880–1894 Frederick Gibbes Newtown 1882–1888 James Gormley Murrumbidgee 1885–1904 Albert Gould Patrick's Plains 1882–1898 Mark Hammond Canterbury 1884–1887 Thomas Hassall 2 Gwydir 1886–1901 John Hawthorne Balmain 1885–1891 1894-1904 James Hayes Hume 1885–1904 William Henson Canterbury 1880-1882 1885-1889 Louis Heydon 5 Yass Plains 1882–1886 Patrick Hogan Richmond 1885–1887 1889-1895 William Holborow Argyle 1880–1894 Frederick Humphery Shoalhaven 1882–1887 Thomas Hungerford Upper Hunter 1875-1875 1877-1882 1885-1887 Solomon Hyam Balmain 1885–1887 James Inglis New England 1885–1894 Isaac Ives St Leonards 1885–1889 Patrick Jennings Bogan 1869–1872 1880-1887 Travers Jones Tumut 1885–1891 1894-1898 William Judd Canterbury 1885–1887 Alexander Kethel West Sydney 1885–1889 John Kidd Camden 1880–1882, 1885–1887 1889-1904 Charles Lee Tenterfield 1884–1920 Robert Levien Tamworth 1880–1913 George Lloyd Newcastle 1869–1877, 1880–1882, 1885-1887 Lewis Lloyd West Macquarie 1884–1887 William Lyne Hume 1880–1901 Andrew Lysaght Illawarra 1885–1887 1891 William MacGregor Wentworth 1885–1887 James MacKinnon 1 Young 1882–1894 Andrew McCulloch Central Cumberland 1877–1888 John Meeks Glebe 1885–1887 Ninian Melville Northumberland 1880–1887 1889-1894 Samuel Moore Inverell 1885–1889 1894-1910 John Neild Paddington 1885–1889 1891-1894 1895-1901 Daniel O'Connor West Sydney 1877-1891 1900-1904 Joseph Olliffe South Sydney 1882–1887 Edward O'Sullivan Queanbeyan 1885–1910 Henry Parkes St Leonards 1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1872–1895 Varney Parkes Central Cumberland 1885–1888, 1891–1900 1907-1913 William Proctor 6 New England 1880–1887 John Purves Clarence 1880–1887 Edwin Quin Wentworth 1882–1887 George Reid East Sydney 1880-1884 1885-1901 Arthur Renwick Redfern 1879-1882 1885-1887 Charles Roberts Hastings and Manning 1882–1890 John Robertson 3 Mudgee 1856–1861, 1862–1865, 1865–1866, 1866–1870,
1870–1877, 1877–1878, 1882–1886Andrew Ross Molong 1880–1904 Alexander Ryrie Braidwood 1880–1891 William Sawers Bourke 1885–1886 1898-1901 Lyall Scott 4 Wollombi 1885–1886 John See Grafton 1880–1904 John Shepherd East Macquarie 1877-1880 1885-1887 1889-1891 Thomas Slattery Boorowa 1880-1885 1887-1895 James Smith Newtown 1885–1887 1901-1907 Robert Smith Macleay 1870–1889 Sydney Smith East Macquarie 1882–1898 1900 Thomas Smith Nepean 1877-1887 1895-1904 Gerald Spring Young 1869–1872 1882-1887 Harold Stephen Monaro 1885–1889 Septimus Stephen Canterbury 1882–1887 Richard Stevenson 4 Wollombi 1885–1886 Alfred Stokes Forbes 1882–1891 Francis Bathurst Suttor Bathurst 1875-1887 1891-1894 1898-1900 John Sutherland Redfern 1860–1881, 1882–1889 Francis Tait Argyle 1885–1887 Walter Targett Hartley 1882–1887 Harman Tarrant 7 Kiama 1880–1887 Adolphus Taylor Mudgee 1882–1887 1890-1891 Hugh Taylor Parramatta 1882–1894 William Teece Jr Goulburn 1872–1890 Richard Thompson West Maitland 1885–1891 James Toohey South Sydney 1885–1891 William Trickett Paddington 1880–1887 Robert Vaughn Grenfell 1880–1894 William Wall 3 Mudgee 1886–1895 John Want Gundagai 1885–1894 William Watson 1 Young 1880–1882 1885 Robert White Gloucester 1882–1887 Robert Wilkinson Balranald 1880–1894 William Wilkinson Glebe 1885–1889 Thomas Williamson Redfern 1885–1887 Robert Wisdom Morpeth 1859–1872, 1874–1887 James Young Hastings and Manning 1880–1901 1904-1907 John Young West Sydney 1885–1887 - 1 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.
- 2 Gwydir MLA William Campbell resigned in May 1886. The resulting by-election on 10 June 1886 was won by Thomas Hassall.
- 3 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.
- 4Wollombi MLA Lyall Scott retired in December 1886 citing ill-health. The resulting by-election on 17 December 1886 was won by Richard Stevenson.
- 5 Yass Plains MLA Louis Heydon retired in December 1886. The resulting by-election on 20 December 1886 was won by Thomas Colls.
- 6 New England MLA William Proctor resigned and then successfully recontested his seat at the resulting by-election on 10 January 1887.
- 7 Kiama MLA Harman Tarrant resigned in December 1886. The resulting by-election on 13 January 1887 was won by Angus Cameron.
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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