Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1877–1880

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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the ninth parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1877 to 1880. [1] [2] [3] [4] </ref> The 1877 election was held between 24 October and 12 November 1877 with parliament first meeting on 27 November 1877. There were 73 members elected for 53 single member electorates, 6 two member electorates and 2 four member electorates. Premiers during this parliament were Sir John Robertson until 18 December 1877, James Farnell from 18 December 1877 until 21 December 1878 and Sir Henry Parkes from 21 December 1878. The Speaker was Sir George Allen. [5]

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Name Electorate Years in office
Sir George Allen Glebe 1869–1883
Henry Badgery   [lower-alpha 2] East Maitland 1878–1885
Ezekiel Baker Goldfields South 1870–1877, 1879–1881, 1884–1887
Robert Barbour Murray 1877–1880, 1882–1894
Edmund Barton   [lower-alpha 3] University of Sydney 1879–1887, 1891–1894, 1898–1900
Thomas Bawden   [lower-alpha 4] Clarence 1869–1880
Hanley Bennett Liverpool Plains 1872–1880
Louis Beyers Goldfields West 1877–1882
Richard Bowker Newcastle 1858–1859, 1877–1880
Alexander Bowman Hawkesbury 1877–1882, 1885–1892
Herbert Brown Paterson 1875–1898
Stephen Brown Newtown 1864–1881
William Browne Patrick's Plains 1872–1880
David Buchanan [lower-alpha 5] Mudgee 1860–1862, 1864–1867, 1869–1877, 1879–1885, 1888–1889
John Burns Hunter 1861–1869, 1872–1891
Angus Cameron West Sydney 1874–1889, 1894–1896
Samuel Charles   [lower-alpha 6] Kiama 1874–1880
Henry Clarke Eden 1869–1894, 1895–1904
Henry Cohen West Maitland 1874–1885
Edward Combes [lower-alpha 7] [lower-alpha 8] Orange, East Macquarie 1872–1874, 1877–1885
Walter Coonan Bogan 1877–1880, 1882–1887
Henry Copeland Goldfields North 1877–1883, 1883–1895, 1895–1900
Thomas Dangar Gwydir 1865–1885, 1887–1890
John Davies East Sydney 1874–1887
William Davies Argyle 1877–1880
George Day Hume 1874–1889
John Dillon Tenterfield 1869–1872, 1877–1882
Richard Driver [lower-alpha 9] Windsor 1860–1880
Joseph Eckford Wollombi 1860–1872, 1877–1882
James Farnell St Leonards 1860–1860, 1864–1885, 1887–1888
Charles Fawcett   [lower-alpha 4] Clarence 1880–1882
Michael Fitzpatrick Yass Plains 1869–1881
Thomas Garrett Camden 1860–1871, 1872–1891
Samuel Gray   [lower-alpha 10] Illawarra 1859–1864, 1874–1880, 1882–1885
James Greenwood East Sydney 1877–1880
Edward Greville Braidwood 1870–1880
John Harris West Sydney 1877–1880, 1882–1885
William Hezlet   [lower-alpha 11] Paddington 1880–1882
James Hoskins Tumut 1859–1863, 1868–1882
Thomas Hungerford   [lower-alpha 12] Northumberland 1875-1875, 1877–1882, 1885–1887
John Hurley (b.1796) Narellan 1859–1860, 1864–1869, 1872–1880
John Hurley (b.1844) Hartley 1872–1874, 1876–1880, 1887–1891, 1901–1907
Archibald Jacob Lower Hunter 1872–1882
William Johnston Williams 1877–1880
Andrew Kerr [lower-alpha 7] Orange 1879–1882
John Lackey Central Cumberland 1860–1864, 1867–1880
Joseph Leary Murrumbidgee 1860–1864, 1869–1872, 1876–1880
William Long Parramatta 1875–1880
John Lucas Canterbury 1860–1869, 1871–1880
Andrew Lynch Carcoar 1876–1884
John Macintosh East Sydney 1872–1880
Andrew McCulloch Central Cumberland 1877–1888
John McElhone Upper Hunter 1875–1889, 1895–1898
Henry McQuade   [lower-alpha 9] Windsor 1880, 1882–1885
Ninian Melville   [lower-alpha 12] Northumberland 1880–1887, 1889–1894
James Merriman West Sydney 1877–1880
Henry Moses Hawkesbury 1869–1880, 1882–1885
John Murphy Monaro 1877–1880
Daniel O'Connor West Sydney 1877–1891, 1900–1904
Arthur Onslow Camden 1869–1880
Sir Henry Parkes Canterbury 1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1872–1895
Charles Pilcher West Macquarie 1874–1882
Arthur Renwick   [lower-alpha 13] East Sydney 1879–1882, 1885–1887
Sir John Robertson   [lower-alpha 14] [lower-alpha 15] East Macquarie, Mudgee 1856–1861, 1862–1865, 1865–1866, 1866–1870,
1870–1877, 1877–1878, 1882–1886
John Roseby Shoalhaven 1877–1882
Richard Rouse   [lower-alpha 15] [lower-alpha 5] Mudgee 1876–1877, 1879
Stephen Scholey   [lower-alpha 2] East Maitland 1872–1878
John Shepherd Wellington 1877–1880, 1885–1887, 1889–1891
Colin Simson Balranald 1877–1880
Robert Smith Hastings 1870–1889
Thomas Smith Nepean 1877–1887, 1895–1904
Alexander Stuart   [lower-alpha 13] [lower-alpha 10] East Sydney, Illawarra 1874–1885
John Sutherland   [lower-alpha 11] Paddington 1860–1881, 1882–1889
Francis Suttor Bathurst 1875–1890
William Suttor   [lower-alpha 8] East Macquarie 1875–1879
Harman Tarrant   [lower-alpha 6] Kiama 1880–1887
Hugh Taylor Parramatta 1872–1880, 1882–1894
William Teece Goulburn 1872–1880
Samuel Terry New England 1859–1869, 1871–1881
James Thompson Queanbeyan 1877–1881
James Watson Lachlan 1869–1882, 1884–1885
Edmund Webb   [lower-alpha 14] East Macquarie 1869–1874, 1878–1881
William Windeyer   [lower-alpha 3] University of Sydney 1859–1862, 1866–1872, 1876–1879
Robert Wisdom Morpeth 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 in chronological order were East Macquarie, East Maitland, Mudgee, Orange, Mudgee, East Macquarie, University of Sydney, East Sydney, Paddington, Clarence, Northumberland, Kiama, Illawarra, Windsor.<ref name=':14' group='lower-alpha'>
  2. 1 2 East Maitland MLA Stephen Scholey died on 13 May 1878. The resulting by-election was won by Henry Badgery on 5 June 1878.
  3. 1 2 University of Sydney MLA William Windeyer resigned to become a Judge of the New South Wales Supreme Court in August 1879. The resulting by-election was won by Edmund Barton on 26 August 1879.
  4. 1 2 Clarence MLA Thomas Bawden resigned in March 1880. The resulting by-election on 7 April 1880 was won by Charles Fawcett.
  5. 1 2 Mudgee MLA Richard Rouse's 1 vote victory at the 1879 by-election was overturned by the Elections and Qualifications Committee. David Buchanan was declared to be the member for Mudgee.
  6. 1 2 Kiama MLA Samuel Charles resigned in June 1880 to take a voyage to Europe. The resulting by-election on 2 July 1880 was won by Harman Tarrant.
  7. 1 2 Orange MLA Edward Combes was declared to have an office of profit under the crown. The resulting by-election was won by Andrew Kerr on 4 March 1879.
  8. 1 2 East Macquarie MLA William Suttor resigned in July 1879. The resulting by-election on 15 August 1879 was won by Edward Combes.
  9. 1 2 Windsor MLA Richard Driver died on 7 July 1880. The resulting by-election on 29 July 1880 was won by Henry McQuade.
  10. 1 2 Illawarra MLA Samuel Gray resigned in June 1880. The resulting by-election on 7 July 1880 was won by Alexander Stuart.
  11. 1 2 Paddington MLA John Sutherland resigned in January 1880 because he held a position of profit under the crown. The resulting by-election on 20 February 1880 was won by William Hezlet.
  12. 1 2 Northumberland MLA Thomas Hungerford resigned in April 1880 to attend to personal financial matters. The resulting by-election was won by Ninian Melville on 30 April 1880.
  13. 1 2 East Sydney MLA Alexander Stuart resigned to take the post of Agent-General in November 1879. The resulting by-election on 17 December 1879 was won by Arthur Renwick.
  14. 1 2 East Macquarie MLA John Robertson was elected to two seats, East Macquarie and Mudgee. He resigned the seat of East Macquarie and represented Mudgee. The resulting by-election on 1 February 1878 was won by Edmund Webb.
  15. 1 2 Mudgee MLA John Robertson was elevated to the Legislative Council in December 1878. The resulting by-election on 6 January 1879 was won by Richard Rouse by 1 vote.

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "1877 members elected". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 5 July 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. "1877–80 by-elections". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 June 2019. [lower-alpha 1]
  5. ↑ "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 4 December 2019.

 

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