Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1874–1877

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1874 to 1877. Elections for the eighth Legislative Assembly were held between 8 December 1874 and 12 January 1875 with parliament first meeting on 27 January 1875. There were 72 members elected for 52 single member electorates, 6 two member electorates and 2 four member electorates. During this parliament the number of graduates of Sydney University exceeded 100 and the seat of University of Sydney was created. The maximum term of this parliament was 3 years and the assembly was dissolved after 34 months. Premiers during this parliament were John Robertson 9 February 1875 till 22 March 1877 and from 17 August 1877 and Henry Parkes 22 March 1877 till 17 August 1877

Name	Electorate	Years in office
Abbott, RobertRobert Abbott	Tenterfield	1872–1877, 1880-1882
Allen, George WigramGeorge Allen	Glebe	1869–1883
Arnold, William MunningsWilliam Arnold 1	Paterson	1856–1875
Baker, EzekialEzekial Baker	Goldfields South	1870-1877, 1879-1881, 1884-1887
Bawden, ThomasThomas Bawden	Clarence	1869–1880
Bennett, HanleyHanley Bennett 6	Liverpool Plains	1872–1880
Booth, JohnJohn Booth	East Macquarie	1872–1877
Brown, HerbertHerbert Brown 1	Paterson	1875–1898
Brown, Steven CampbellSteven Brown	Newtown	1864–1881
Brown, ThomasThomas Brown 7	Hartley	1872–1876
Browne, WilliamWilliam Browne	Patrick's Plains	1872–1880
Buchanan, DavidDavid Buchanan	Goldfields West	1860–1862, 1864–1867, 1869–1877, 1879–1885, 1888–1889
Burns, John FitzgeraldJohn Burns	Hunter	1861–1869, 1872–1891
Butler, EdwardEdward Butler	Argyle	1869–1877
Byrnes, CharlesCharles Byrnes	Parramatta	1874–1877, 1880-1882
Cameron, AngusAngus Cameron	West Sydney	1874–1889, 1894-1896
Charles, SamuelSamuel Charles	Kiama	1874–1880
Clarke, HenryHenry Clarke	Eden	1869–1894, 1895–1904
Cohen, HenryHenry Cohen	West Maitland	1874–1885
Combes, EdwardEdward Combes13	Orange	1872-1874, 1877-1885
Cunneen, JamesJames Cunneen	Wollombi	1860–1869, 1872–1877
Dangar, Henry CareyHenry Dangar	West Sydney	1874–1877, 1880-1882
Dangar, ThomasThomas Dangar Jr.	Gwydir	1865–1885, 1887–1890
Davies, JohnJohn Davies	East Sydney	1874–1887
Day, GeorgeGeorge Day	Hume	1874–1889
Dibbs, GeorgeGeorge Dibbs	West Sydney	1874–1877, 1882–1895
Driver, RichardRichard Driver	Windsor	1860–1880
Farnell, James SquireJames Farnell	St Leonards	1860–1860, 1864–1885, 1887–1888
Fitzpatrick, MichaelMichael Fitzpatrick	Yass Plains	1869–1881
Forster, RobertRobert Forster	Goldfields North	1862–1864, 1870–1872, 1874-1877
Forster, WilliamWilliam Forster 5	Murrumbidgee	1856–1860, 1861–1864, 1864–1869, 1869–1874, 1875–1876, 1880–1882
Garrett, ThomasThomas Garrett	Camden	1860–1871, 1872–1891
Goold, StephenStephen Goold 11	Mudgee	1874–1876
Gray, SamuelSamuel Gray	Illawarra	1859-1864, 1874-1880, 1882-1885
Greville, EdwardEdward Greville	Braidwood	1870–1880
Hay, WilliamWilliam Hay	Murray	1872–1877, 1880-1882
Hill, RichardRichard Hill	Canterbury	1868–1877
Hoskins, JamesJames Hoskins	Tumut	1859–1863, 1868–1882
Hungerford, ThomasThomas Hungerford 2,4	Upper Hunter	1875-1875, 1877-1882, 1885-1887
Hurley, JohnJohn Hurley (1796-1882)	Narellan	1859–1860, 1864–1869, 1872-1880
Hurley, JohnJohn Hurley (1844-1911) 7	Hartley	1872-1874, 1876-1880, 1887–1891, 1901-1907
Jacob, ArchibaldArchibald Jacob	Lower Hunter	1872–1882
Johnston, WilliamWilliam Johnston 12	Williams	1877–1880
Lackey, JohnJohn Lackey	Central Cumberland	1860–1864, 1867–1880
Leary, JosephJoseph Leary 5	Murrumbidgee	1860–1864, 1869–1872, 1876-1880
Lloyd, GeorgeGeorge Lloyd	Newcastle	1869–1877, 1880–1882, 1885-1887
Long, GeorgeGeorge Lord	Bogan	1856–1877
Long, WilliamWilliam Long 3	Central Cumberland	1875–1880
Lucas, JohnJohn Lucas	Canterbury	1860–1869, 1871–1880
Lynch, AndrewAndrew Lynch 9	Carcoar	1876–1884
Macintosh, JohnJohn Macintosh	East Sydney	1872–1880
McElhone, JohnJohn McElhone 4	Upper Hunter	1875-1889, 1895-1898
Meyer, SolomonSolomon Meyer 9	Carcoar	1874–1876
Montague, AlexanderAlexander Montague	Monaro	1874–1877
Moses, HenryHenry Moses	Hawkesbury	1869–1880, 1882-1885
Nelson, HarrisHarris Nelson 13	Orange	1872–1877
Onslow, ArthurArthur Onslow	Camden	1869–1880
Parkes, HenryHenry Parkes	East Sydney	1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1872–1895
Phelps, JosephJoseph Phelps	Balranald	1864–1877
Piddington, WilliamWilliam Piddington	Hawkesbury	1856–1877
Pilcher, CharlesCharles Pilcher	West Macquarie	1874–1882
Robertson, JohnJohn Robertson	West Sydney	1856–1861, 1862–1865, 1865–1866, 1866–1870, 1870–1877, 1877–1878, 1882–1886
Rouse, RichardRichard Rouse 11	Mudgee	1876–1879
Scholey, StephenStephen Scholey	East Maitland	1872–1878
Shepherd, PatrickPatrick Shepherd	Nepean	1874–1877
Smith, John SamuelJohn Smith	Wellington	1872–1877
Smith, Robert BurdettRobert Smith	Hastings	1870–1889
Stevens, CharlesCharles Stevens 14	Northumberland	1874–1877
Stuart, AlexanderAlexander Stuart	East Sydney	1874–1885
Sutherland, JohnJohn Sutherland	Paddington	1860–1881, 1882–1889
Suttor, Francis BathurstFrancis Bathurst Suttor	Bathurst	1875–1890
Suttor, WilliamWilliam Suttor, Jr.	East Macquarie	1875–1879
Taylor, HughHugh Taylor 6	Parramatta	1872–1880, 1882-1894
Teece, WilliamWilliam Teece	Goulburn	1872–1880
Terry, SamuelSamuel Terry	New England	1859–1869, 1871–1881
Turner, WilliamWilliam Turner 14	Northumberland	1877-1877, 1880-1881
Warden, JamesJames Warden	Shoalhaven	1871–1877
Watson, JamesJames Watson	Lachlan	1869–1882, 1884–1885
Watson, WilliamWilliam Watson 12	Williams	1874–1877
Wearne, JosephJoseph Wearne 3	Central Cumberland	1869–1875
White, FrancisFrancis White2	Upper Hunter	1874–1875
Windeyer, William CharlesWilliam Windeyer 10	University of Sydney	1859–1862, 1866–1872, 1876–1879
Wisdom, RobertRobert Wisdom	Morpeth	1859–1872, 1874–1887
Wright, JohnJohn Wright	Queanbeyan	1874–1877

¹ Paterson MLA William Arnold died on 1 March 1875. The resulting by-election was won by Herbert Brown on 18 March 1875.

² Upper Hunter MLA Francis White died on 4 May 1875. The resulting by-election was won by Thomas Hungerford on 7 June 1875.

³ Central Cumberland MLA Joseph Wearne resigned due to financial difficulties in June 1875. The resulting by-election on 28 June1875 was won by William Long.

⁴ Upper Hunter MLA Thomas Hungerford's election was declared void in July 1875. The resulting by-election was won by Thomas Robertson on 31 March 1873.

⁵ Murrumbidgee MLA William Forster resigned to accept the position of assistant to the Agent-General Charles Cowper in February 1876. The resulting by-election was won by Joseph Leary on 6 March 1876.

⁶ Parramatta MLA Hugh Taylor resigned as he believed he had a position of profit under the crown. Having resolved this he was re-elected at the resulting by-election on 20 April 1876.

⁷ Hartley MLA Thomas Brown's election was declared void as he held a position of profit under the crown in March 1876. The resulting by-election was won by John Hurley (1844-1911) on 21 April 1876.

⁸ Liverpool Plains MLA Hanley Bennett resigned due to financial difficulties in May 1876. Having resolved this he successfully contested the resulting by-election on 5 June 1876.

⁹ Carcoar MLA Solomon Meyer resigned in May 1876. The resulting by-election on 21 June 1876 was won by Andrew Lynch.

¹⁰ Having passed the threshold of 100 graduates the seat of University of Sydney was created. William Windeyer won the resulting by-election on 8 September 1876.

¹¹ Mudgee MLA Stephen Goold died on 28 August1876. The resulting by-election was won by Richard Rouse on 5 October 1876.

¹² Williams MLA William Watson resigned in January 1877. The resulting by-election on 12 February 1877 was won by William Johnston.

¹³ Orange MLA Harris Nelson resigned in January 1877. The resulting by-election on 22 February 1877 was won by Edward Combes.

¹⁴ Northumberland MLA Charles Stevens resigned due to financial difficulties in May 1876. The resulting by-election on 20 July 1877 was won by William Turner .

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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