Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1860–1864

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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the fourth parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1860 to 1864: [1] [2] [3] [4] </ref> The Speaker was Terence Murray until 13 October 1862 and then John Hay. [5]

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Name Electorate Years in office
Maurice Alexander   [lower-alpha 2] Goulburn 1861–1872
William Allen Williams 1860–1864
William Arnold Paterson 1856–1875
James Atkinson   [lower-alpha 3] Central Cumberland 1859–1863
David Bell   [lower-alpha 4] Camden 1861–1865
Isidore Blake   [lower-alpha 5] Hunter 1860–1861
David Buchanan   [lower-alpha 6] [lower-alpha 7] Morpeth, East Macquarie 1860–1862, 1864–1867, 1869–1877, 1879–1885, 1888–1889
James Buchanan   [lower-alpha 8] Goldfields North 1863–1864
Marshall Burdekin   [lower-alpha 9] Liverpool Plains 1863–1866, 1867–1869
John Burns   [lower-alpha 5] Hunter 1861–1869, 1872–1891
James Byrnes   [lower-alpha 10] Parramatta 1857–1872
John Caldwell East Sydney 1860–1866
Edward Close   [lower-alpha 6] Morpeth 1859–1860, 1862–1864
Charles Cowper East Sydney 1856–1859, 1860–1870
Charles Cowper Jr.   [lower-alpha 11] Tumut, Orange 1860–1866
William Cummings East Macquarie 1859–1874
James Cunneen Hawkesbury 1860–1869, 1872–1877
Daniel Dalgleish West Sydney 1860–1864
William Dalley   [lower-alpha 12] Carcoar 1856–1860, 1862–1864
Thomas Dangar   [lower-alpha 13] Upper Hunter 1861–1864
Silvanus Daniel   [lower-alpha 14] Wellington 1860–1862
John Darvall   [lower-alpha 15] East Maitland 1856–1857, 1859–1860, 1863–1865
Alexander Dick   [lower-alpha 9] Liverpool Plains 1860–1862
James Dickson   [lower-alpha 15] East Maitland 1857–1859, 1859–1863
John Douglas   [lower-alpha 4] Camden 1859–1859, 1860–1861
Richard Driver West Macquarie 1860–1880
Geoffrey Eagar   [lower-alpha 16] West Sydney 1863–1864, 1865–1869
Joseph Eckford Wollombi 1860–1872, 1877–1882
Daniel Egan Eden 1856–1870
Samuel Emmanuel   [lower-alpha 17] Argyle 1862–1864
Peter Faucett   [lower-alpha 18] Yass Plains 1856–1859, 1860, 1861–1865
Henry Flett Hastings 1859–1864
Robert Forster   [lower-alpha 19] New England 1862–1864, 1870–1877
William Forster   [lower-alpha 20] East Sydney 1856–1860, 1861–1864, 1864–1869, 1869–1874,
1875–1876, 1880–1882
John Garrett   [lower-alpha 21] Shoalhaven 1859–1861
Thomas Garrett Monaro 1860–1871, 1872–1891
Hugh Gordon   [lower-alpha 22] Tenterfield 1861–1869
Samuel Gray   [lower-alpha 23] Kiama 1859–1864, 1874–1880, 1882–1885
James Hannell Newcastle 1860–1869, 1872–1874
Joseph Harpur   [lower-alpha 24] Patrick's Plains 1861–1864
James Hart Bathurst 1858–1872
Robert Haworth Illawarra 1860–1864
John Hay Murray 1856–1867
Arthur Holroyd   [lower-alpha 10] Parramatta 1856–1857, 1861–1864
Thomas Holt   [lower-alpha 25] Newtown 1856–1857, 1861–1864
James Hoskins   [lower-alpha 8] Goldfields North 1859–1863, 1868–1882
Clark Irving Clarence 1856–1858, 1859–1864
John Lackey Parramatta 1860–1864, 1867–1885
John Lang West Sydney 1859–1869
John Laycock Central Cumberland 1859–1864
Joseph Leary Narellan 1860–1864, 1869–1872, 1876–1880
William Lesley   [lower-alpha 24] Patrick's Plains 1860–1861
Thomas Lewis   [lower-alpha 26] Northumberland 1860–1862
George Lord Bogan 1856–1877
William Love West Sydney 1860–1864
John Lucas Canterbury 1860–1869, 1871–1880
William Macleay Murrumbidgee 1856–1859, 1860–1874
Allan Macpherson   [lower-alpha 3] Central Cumberland 1863–1868
George Markham   [lower-alpha 19] New England 1860–1862
James Martin   [lower-alpha 27] [lower-alpha 11] Orange, Tumut 1856–1860, 1862–1873
Thomas Mate Hume 1860–1869
Alexander McArthur   [lower-alpha 25] Newtown 1859–1861
Robert Meston   [lower-alpha 22] Tenterfield 1860–1861
Henry Milford   [lower-alpha 28] Braidwood 1864
Merion Moriarty   [lower-alpha 28] Braidwood 1860–1864
John Morrice Camden 1860–1872
Augustus Morris Balranald 1859–1864
Terence Murray   [lower-alpha 17] Argyle 1856–1862
Henry O'Brien   [lower-alpha 18] Yass Plains 1860–1861
Henry Parkes   [lower-alpha 20] [lower-alpha 23] East Sydney, Kiama 1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1872–1895
John Peisley   [lower-alpha 27] Orange 1860–1862
William Piddington Hawkesbury 1856–1877
Edward Raper Canterbury 1860–1864
William Redman Queanbeyan 1860–1864
John Robertson   [lower-alpha 13] [lower-alpha 21] Upper Hunter, Shoalhaven 1856–1861, 1862–1865, 1865–1866, 1866–1870,
1870–1877, 1877–1878, 1882–1886
Henry Rotton Hartley 1858–1864
Francis Rusden Gwydir 1856–1857, 1860–1864
James Ryan Nepean 1860–1872
John Ryan Lachlan 1859–1864
Richard Sadleir   [lower-alpha 29] Lower Hunter 1861–1864
Saul Samuel   [lower-alpha 14] Wellington 1859–1860, 1862–1872
Alexander Scott   [lower-alpha 29] Lower Hunter 1856–1861
Isaac Shepherd St Leonards 1860–1864
Thomas Smart Glebe 1860–1869
Robert Stewart East Sydney 1860–1864, 1866–1869
John Sutherland Paddington 1860–1881, 1882–1889
William Suttor   [lower-alpha 7] East Macquarie 1856–1859, 1860–1872
Samuel Terry Mudgee 1859–1869, 1871–1881
Atkinson Tighe   [lower-alpha 26] Northumberland 1862–1869, 1882–1884
William Walker Windsor 1860–1869
Charles Walsh   [lower-alpha 2] Goulburn 1860–1861
William Watt   [lower-alpha 12] Carcoar 1859–1862
Elias Weekes West Maitland 1856–1864
Bowie Wilson Goldfields South 1859–1872
William Windeyer   [lower-alpha 16] Lower Hunter 1859–1862, 1866–1872, 1876–1879
Robert Wisdom Goldfields West 1859–1872, 1874–1887

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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. ↑ By-elections & changes in chronological order were Parramatta, Upper Hunter, East Sydney, Goulburn, Patrick's Plains, Newtown, Lower Hunter, Hunter, Camden, Yass Plains, Tenterfield, Shoalhaven, Wellington, New England, Orange, Morpeth, Carcoar, Argyle, Northumberland, West Sydney, Liverpool Plains, Goldfields North, Central Cumberland, East Maitland, Orange (2), Braidwood, Kiama, East Macquarie,<ref name=':28' group='lower-alpha'>
  2. 1 2 Goulburn MLA Charles Walsh resigned on 14 May 1861. The resulting by-election on 13 June 1861 was won by Maurice Alexander.
  3. 1 2 Central Cumberland MLA James Atkinson resigned on 14 April 1863. The resulting by-election on 6 June 1863 was won by Allan Macpherson.
  4. 1 2 Camden MLA John Douglas resigned on 17 July 1861. The resulting by-election on 20 August 1861 was won by David Bell.
  5. 1 2 Hunter MLA Isidore Blake resigned on 9 July 1861. The resulting by-election on 5 August 1861 was won by John Burns.
  6. 1 2 Morpeth MLA David Buchanan resigned on 2 September 1862. The resulting by-election on 18 September 1862 was won by Edward Close.
  7. 1 2 East Macquarie MLA William Suttor resigned on 14 September 1864. The resulting by-election on 6 October 1864 was won by David Buchanan.
  8. 1 2 Goldfields North MLA James Hoskins resigned on 17 February 1863. The resulting by-election on 7 April 1863 was won by James Buchanan.
  9. 1 2 Liverpool Plains MLA Alexander Dick resigned on 31 December 1862. The resulting by-election on 29 January 1863 was won by Marshall Burdekin.
  10. 1 2 Parramatta MLA James Byrnes resigned on 26 March 1861. The resulting by-election on 10 April 1861 was won by Arthur Holroyd.
  11. 1 2 Orange MLA James Martin was required to resign and recontest his seat in order to become Premier, which he did on 16 October 1863. He was defeated by Tumut MLA Charles Cowper Jr. in the resulting by-election on 4 November 1863, Cowper having resigned his seat on 24 October 1863. Martin won the by-election for Cowper's seat of Tumut on 16 November 1863.
  12. 1 2 Carcoar MLA William Watt resigned on 27 September 1862. The resulting by-election on 20 October 1862 was won by William Dalley.
  13. 1 2 Upper Hunter MLA John Robertson was appointed to the Legislative Council on 28 March 1861. The resulting by-election on 15 April 1861 was won by Thomas Dangar.
  14. 1 2 Wellington MLA Silvanus Daniel resigned on 13 February 1862. The resulting by-election on 5 March 1862 was won by Saul Samuel.
  15. 1 2 East Maitland MLA James Dickson died on 28 April 1863. The resulting by-election on 18 June 1863 was won by John Darvall.
  16. 1 2 West Sydney MLA William Windeyer resigned on 22 December 1862. The resulting by-election on 8 January 1863 was won by Geoffrey Eagar.
  17. 1 2 Argyle MLA Terence Murray was appointed to the Legislative Council on 15 October 1862. The resulting by-election on 4 November 1862 was won by Samuel Emmanuel.
  18. 1 2 Yass Plains MLA Henry O'Brien resigned on 16 July 1861. The resulting by-election on 22 August 1861 was won by Peter Faucett.
  19. 1 2 New England MLA George Markham resigned on 13 February 1862. The resulting by-election on 2 April 1862 was won by Robert Forster.
  20. 1 2 East Sydney MLA Henry Parkes resigned on 13 May 1861. The resulting by-election on 29 May 1861 was won by William Forster.
  21. 1 2 Shoalhaven MLA John Garrett resigned on 19 December 1861. The resulting by-election on 14 January 1862 was won by John Robertson.
  22. 1 2 Tenterfield MLA Robert Meston resigned on 5 November 1861. The resulting by-election on 3 December 1861 was won by Hugh Gordon.
  23. 1 2 Kiama MLA Samuel Gray resigned on 2 April 1864. The resulting by-election on 29 April 1864 was won by Henry Parkes.
  24. 1 2 Patrick's Plains MLA William Lesley resigned on 5 June 1861. The resulting by-election on 8 July 1861 was won by Joseph Harpur.
  25. 1 2 Newtown MLA Alexander McArthur was appointed to the Legislative Council on 20 June 1861. The resulting by-election on 12 July 1861 was won by Thomas Holt.
  26. 1 2 Northumberland MLA Thomas Lewis resigned on 11 December 1862. The resulting by-election on 23 December 1862 was won by Atkinson Tighe.
  27. 1 2 Orange MLA John Peisley resigned on 10 June 1862. The resulting by-election on 28 June 1862 was won by James Martin.
  28. 1 2 Braidwood MLA Merion Moriarty died on 10 January 1864. The resulting by-election on 3 February 1864 was won by Henry Milford.
  29. 1 2 Lower Hunter MLA Alexander Scott was appointed to the Legislative Council on 22 June 1861. The resulting by-election on 19 July 1861 was won by Richard Sadleir.

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