Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1859–1860

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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the third parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1859 to 1860. [1] [2] [3] [4] The Speaker was Sir Daniel Cooper until 31 January 1860 and then Terence Murray. [5]

Contents

Name Electorate Years in office
William Arnold Paterson 1856–1875
Morris Asher Hume 1859–1860
James Atkinson Central Cumberland 1859–1863
Lyttleton Bayley   [e] Mudgee 1859–1859
John Black East Sydney 1859–1860
Isidore Blake   [m] Hunter 1860–1861
Thomas Broughton West Sydney 1859–1860
James Byrnes Parramatta 1857–1872
Alexander Campbell   [j] Williams 1860–1860
John Campbell Glebe 1856–1860
William Cape   [q] Wollombi 1859–1860
Joseph Chambers   [a] East Maitland 1859–1859
John Clements Bathurst 1859–1860
Edward Close   [s] Morpeth 1859–1860, 1862–1864
Samuel Cohen   [s] Morpeth 1860–1860
Sir Daniel Cooper Paddington 1856–1860
Frederick Cooper   [t] Braidwood 1859–1860
Charles Cowper   [h] East Sydney 1856–1859, 1860–1870
Charles Cowper Jr.   [u] Tumut 1860–1866
Robert Cribb   [f] East Moreton 1859–1859
William Cummings East Macquarie 1859–1874
William Dalley   [k] Windsor 1856–1860, 1862–1864
Silvanus Daniel   [r] Wellington 1860–1862
Stephen Dark   [j] Williams 1859–1860
John Darvall Hawkesbury 1856–1857, 1859–1860, 1863–1865
Daniel Deniehy   [o] [p] East Macquarie 1857–1859, 1860–1860
James Dickson   [a] East Maitland 1857–1859, 1859–1863
John Douglas   [f] Darling Downs 1859–1859, 1860–1861
Joseph Eckford   [q] Wollombi 1860–1872, 1877–1882
Daniel Egan Eden 1856–1870
Gilbert Eliott   [f] Burnett 1859–1859
James Farnell   [n] St Leonards 1860–1860, 1864–1888
Peter Faucett   [h] East Sydney 1856–1859, 1860–1865
Henry Flett Hastings 1859–1864
Edward Flood   [i] Canterbury 1856–1860, 1869–1872
William Forster Queanbeyan 1856–1860, 1861–1864, 1864–1869, 1869–1874,
1875–1876, 1880–1882
John Garrett Shoalhaven 1859–1861
Samuel Gordon   [d] Illawarra 1856–1859, 1859–1860
Samuel Gray Kiama 1859–1864, 1874–1880, 1882–1885
Alexander Hamilton Monaro 1859–1860
William Handcock   [f] Darling Downs 1859–1859
John Hargrave   [d] Illawarra 1859–1859
James Hart New England 1858–1872
Thomas Hawkins   [c] [o] 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   [r] Wellington 1859–1860
Clark Irving Clarence 1856–1858, 1859–1864
Robert Jamison Nepean 1856–1860
Richard Jenkins Gwydir 1858–1860
Richard Jones   [m] Hunter 1856–1860
Charles Kemp   [l] Liverpool Plains 1860–1860
Thomas Laidlaw   [b] Yass Plains 1859–1859, 1859–1860
George Lang   [p] Tumut 1859–1860
John Lang West Sydney 1859–1869
John Laycock Central Cumberland 1859–1864
Andrew Loder   [l] Liverpool Plains 1859–1860
George Lord Bogan 1856–1877
John Lucas   [i] Canterbury 1860–1869, 1871–1880
Samuel Lyons Canterbury 1859–1860, 1868–1869
Arthur Macalister   [f] Ipswich 1859–1859
William Macleay Murrumbidgee 1856–1859, 1860–1874
James Martin East Sydney 1856–1873
Alexander McArthur Newtown 1859–1861
John McPhillamy   [g] West Macquarie 1859–1859
Merion Moriarty   [t] Braidwood 1860–1864
Augustus Morris Balranald 1859–1864
Henry Mort   [f] [g] 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   [f] Brisbane 1856–1859
William Roberts Goulburn 1859–1860
John Robertson Upper Hunter 1856–1861, 1862–1865, 1865–1866, 1866–1870,
1870–1877, 1877–1878, 1882–1886
Henry 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   [n] St Leonards 1859–1860
Alexander Scott Northumberland 1856–1861
William Suttor   [c] East Macquarie 1856–1859, 1860–1872
Samuel Terry   [e] Mudgee 1859–1869, 1871–1881
William Walker   [k] Windsor 1860–1869
William Walsh   [f] Leichhardt 1859–1859
William Watt Carcoar 1859–1862
Elias Weekes West Maitland 1856–1864
William Wild Camden 1858–1860
Bowie Wilson Goldfields South 1859–1872
William Windeyer Lower Hunter 1859–1862, 1866–1872, 1876–1879
Robert Wisdom Goldfields West 1859–1872, 1874–1887

See also

Notes

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. [4]

  1. 1 2 3 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. 1 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 Illawarra MLA John Hargrave resigned on 11 October 1859. The resulting by-election on 28 October 1859 was won by Samuel Gordon.
  5. 1 2 3 Mudgee MLA Lyttleton Bayley resigned on 26 November 1859. The resulting by-election on 19 December 1859 was won by Samuel Terry.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 3 East Sydney MLA Charles Cowper resigned on 17 November 1859. The resulting by-election on 20 January 1860 was won by Peter Faucett.
  9. 1 2 3 Canterbury MLA Edward Flood resigned on 13 January 1860. The resulting by-election on 4 February 1860 was won by John Lucas.
  10. 1 2 3 Williams MLA Stephen Dark resigned on 25 January 1860. The resulting by-election on 16 February 1860 was won by Alexander Campbell.
  11. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 3 Liverpool Plains MLA Andrew Loder resigned on 5 March 1860. The resulting by-election on 10 April 1860 was won by Charles Kemp.
  13. 1 2 3 Hunter MLA Richard Jones resigned on 10 April 1860. The resulting by-election was won by Isidore Blake.
  14. 1 2 3 St Leonards MLA Edward Sayers resigned on 16 April 1860. The resulting by-election on 2 May 1860 was won by James Farnell.
  15. 1 2 3 East Macquarie MLA Thomas Hawkins resigned on 10 April 1860. The resulting by-election on 10 May 1860 was won by Daniel Deniehy.
  16. 1 2 3 Tumut MLA George Lang resigned on 10 April 1860. The resulting by-election on 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. 1 2 3 Wollombi MLA William Cape resigned on 13 April 1860. The resulting by-election on 17 May 1860 was won by Joseph Eckford.
  18. 1 2 3 Wellington MLA Nicolas Hyeronimus died on 27 June 1860. The resulting by-election on 26 July 1860 was won by Silvanus Daniel.
  19. 1 2 3 Morpeth MLA Edward Close resigned on 12 July 1860. The resulting by-election on 7 August 1860 was won by Samuel Cohen.
  20. 1 2 3 Braidwood MLA Frederick Cooper resigned on 14 July 1860. The resulting by-election on 10 August 1860 was won by Merion Moriarty.
  21. 1 2 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.
  22. ↑ By-elections & changes in chronological order were East Maitland, [a] Yass Plains, [b] East Macquarie, [c] Illawarra, [d] Mudgee, [e] Separation of Qld, [f] West Macquarie, [g] East Sydney, [h] Canterbury, [i] Williams, [j] Windsor, [k] Liverpool Plains, [l] Hunter, [m] St Leonards, [n] East Macquarie, [o] Tumut, [p] Wollombi, [q] Wellington, [r] Morpeth, [s] Braidwood, [t] Tumut (2), [u]

References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "1859 members elected". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate" (PDF). New South Wales Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  4. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1859 by-elections". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 June 2019. [v]
  5. ↑ "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
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