Sir George Houston Reid was an Australian and British politician,diplomat and barrister who served as the fourth prime minister of Australia from 1904 to 1905. He held office as the leader of the Free Trade Party,previously serving as the 12th premier of New South Wales from 1894 to 1899,and later as the High Commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1916.
David Robert Hall was a politician and lawyer in New South Wales,Australia. He came from a political family which included Maggie Hall and he went to leading positions including Attorney General of New South Wales.
Richard Edward O'Connor was an Australian politician and judge.
Sir Edward Horne Wittenoom KCMG was an Australian politician who served intermittently in the Legislative Council of Western Australia between 1883 and 1934,including as President of the Legislative Council from 1922 to 1926. He sat in the Legislative Council from 1883 to 1884,1885 to 1886,1894 to 1898,1902 to 1906,and finally from 1910 to 1934. Wittenoom was a minister in the government of Sir John Forrest,and was also Agent-General for Western Australia between 1898 and 1901.
Stephen Scholey was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
Sir Joseph Palmer Abbott,was an Australian politician,pastoralist and solicitor.
Arthur Hill Griffith was a politician,teacher and patent attorney in New South Wales,Australia. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1894 until 1917 and held a number of ministerial positions in the Government of New South Wales. He was a member of the Labor Party.
Sir Thomas Hughes KCSG,JP was an Australian businessman and New South Wales state politician who was Lord Mayor of Sydney,a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council and served as Chairman of Washington H. Soul Pattinson from 1906 to 1929.
Sir John Bayley Darvall was an Australian barrister and politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1844 and 1856 and again between 1861 and 1863. He was also a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for three periods between 1856 and 1865. He held the positions of Solicitor General and Attorney General in a number of short-lived colonial governments.
Peter Faucett was an Australian barrister,judge and politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1856 and 1865. He held the position of Solicitor General in the first government of James Martin. He was a judge of the Supreme Court between 1865 and 1888 and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1888 and 1894.
The third Cowper ministry was the seventh ministry of the Colony of New South Wales,and third occasion of being led by Charles Cowper.
The Reid ministry was the 28th ministry of the Colony of New South Wales,and was led by the 12th Premier,George Reid. The title of Premier was widely used to refer to the Leader of Government,but was not a formal position in the government until 1920. Instead the Premier was appointed to another portfolio,usually Colonial Secretary but on this occasion Reid took the portfolio of Colonial Treasurer until July 1899 and then Attorney General.
The See ministry was the 30th ministry of the New South Wales Government,and was led by the 14th Premier,Sir John See. The title of Premier was widely used to refer to the Leader of Government,but was not a formal position in the government until 1920. Instead the Premier was appointed to another portfolio,usually Colonial Secretary.
Charles Hilton Dight was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
James Nixon Brunker was an Australian politician,Minister of Lands in the Parliament of New South Wales.
Robert Henry Levien,always known as Harry Levien was a solicitor and politician in New South Wales,Australia.
John Garland was a Scottish-born Australian politician.
A by-election for the seat of Hartley in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 14 August 1894 because Joseph Cook had been appointed Postmaster General in the Reid ministry. Such ministerial by-elections were usually uncontested and four ministers were re-elected unopposed,James Brunker,Joseph Carruthers,Jacob Garrard (Sherbrooke) and James Young. A poll was required in Bathurst,Hartley,Singleton and Sydney-King however all were comfortably re-elected.
A by-election for the seat of Sydney-King in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 11 August 1894 because George Reid had been appointed Premier and Colonial Treasurer,forming the Reid ministry. Such ministerial by-elections were usually uncontested and four ministers were re-elected unopposed,James Brunker,Joseph Carruthers,Jacob Garrard (Sherbrooke) and James Young. A poll was required in Bathurst,Hartley,Singleton and Sydney-King however all were comfortably re-elected.
A by-election for the seat of Singleton in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 14 August 1894 because Albert Gould had been appointed Minister for Justice in the Reid ministry. Such ministerial by-elections were usually uncontested and four ministers were re-elected unopposed,James Brunker,Joseph Carruthers,Jacob Garrard (Sherbrooke) and James Young. A poll was required in Bathurst,Hartley,Singleton and Sydney-King however all were comfortably re-elected.
