Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1887–1889

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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 13th parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1887 to 1889. They were elected at the 1887 colonial election between 4 and 26 February 1887. [1] [2] [3] [4] The Speaker was James Young. This was the first parliament to have recognizable party groups.

Name Party Electorate Term in office
Joseph Abbott   [6]   Free Trade Newtown 1888–1895
Joseph Palmer Abbott   Protectionist Wentworth 1880–1901
Francis Abigail   Free Trade West Sydney 1880–1891
Alfred Allen   Free Trade Paddington 1887–1894
William Allen   [5]   Protectionist Paddington 1888–1889
Edward Ball   Free Trade Argyle 1887–1891
Robert Barbour   Protectionist Murray 1877–1880, 1882–1894
Reginald Black   Free Trade Mudgee 1887–1891
John Bowes   Protectionist Morpeth 1887–1889, 1891–1894
Alexander Bowman   Free Trade Hawkesbury 1877–1882, 1885–1892
Herbert Brown   Free Trade Durham 1875–1898
Thomas Browne   [2]   Protectionist Wentworth 1885–1889
James Brunker   Free Trade East Maitland 1880–1904
David Buchanan   [9]   Protectionist Central Cumberland 1860–1862, 1864–1867, 1869–1877, 1879–1885, 1888–1889
Sydney Burdekin   Free Trade East Sydney 1880–1882, 1884–1891, 1892–1894
John Burns   Free Trade Hunter 1861–1869, 1872–1891
Angus Cameron   Free Trade Kiama 1874–1889, 1894–1896
Joseph Carruthers   Free Trade Canterbury 1887–1908
John Chanter   Protectionist Murray 1885–1901
Michael Chapman   Free Trade Glebe 1883–1891
Henry Clarke   Protectionist Eden 1869–1894, 1895–1904
William Clarke   Free Trade Orange 1880–1889
Thomas Colls   Protectionist Yass Plains 1886–1894
Henry Cooke   Free Trade Forbes 1880–1882, 1887–1891
Henry Copeland   Protectionist New England 1877–1883, 1883–1895, 1895–1900
William Cortis   Free Trade Bathurst 1887–1889
Joseph Creer   Ind. Protectionist Northumberland 1885–1891
Frederick Crouch   Protectionist Richmond 1887–1889
Thomas Dalton   Protectionist Orange 1882–1891
Thomas Dangar   Free Trade Namoi 1865–1885, 1887–1890
William Davis   Free Trade Canterbury 1887–1889
Henry Dawson   Protectionist Monaro 1885–1894
George Day   Protectionist Albury 1874–1889
George Dibbs   Ind. Free Trade Murrumbidgee 1874–1877, 1882–1895
William Dowel   Protectionist Tamworth 1887–1894
James Ellis   Free Trade Newcastle 1882–1885, 1887–1889, 1894–1895
Thomas Ewing   Protectionist Richmond 1885–1901
Frank Farnell   Free Trade Central Cumberland 1887–1898, 1901–1903
James Farnell   [10]   Free Trade Redfern 1860–1860, 1864–1885, 1887–1888
David Ferguson   Protectionist Wellington 1882–1891
Robert Fitzgerald   Protectionist Upper Hunter 1885–1901
James Fletcher   Protectionist Newcastle 1880–1891
William Foster   [7]   Free Trade Newtown 1880–1882, 1885–1888
John Gale   Protectionist Murrumbidgee 1887–1889
Charles Garland   Free Trade Carcoar 1885–1891
Jacob Garrard   Free Trade Balmain 1880–1898
Thomas Garrett   Free Trade Camden 1860–1871, 1872–1891
James Garvan   Protectionist Eden 1880–1894
Frederick Gibbes   [6]   Free Trade Newtown 1882–1888
Thomas Goodwin   [11]   Protectionist Gunnedah 1887–1888, 1895–1901
James Gordon   Free Trade Young 1887–1889
James Gormly   Protectionist Murrumbidgee 1885–1904
Albert Gould   Free Trade Patrick's Plains 1882–1898
Thomas Hassall   Protectionist Gwydir 1886–1901
Nicholas Hawken   Free Trade Newtown 1887–1891
John Hawthorne   [8]   Free Trade Balmain 1885–1891, 1894–1904
James Hayes   Protectionist Hume 1885–1904
John Haynes   [1]   Free Trade Mudgee 1887–1904, 1915–1917
William Henson   Free Trade Canterbury 1880–1882, 1885–1889
William Holborow   Free Trade Argyle 1880–1894
Peter Howe   [10]   Protectionist Redfern 1888–1891
John Hurley   Free Trade Hartley 1872–1874, 1876–1880, 1887–1891, 1901–1907
Alexander Hutchison   Free Trade Canterbury 1887–1891
James Inglis   Free Trade New England 1885–1894
Isaac Ives   Free Trade St Leonards 1885–1889
Charles Jeanneret   Free Trade Carcoar 1887–1889, 1891–1894
Travers Jones   Protectionist Tumut 1885–1891, 1894–1898
John Kelly   Free Trade Bogan 1887–1889
Alexander Kethel   Free Trade West Sydney 1885–1889
Allen Lakeman   Ind. Protectionist Balranald 1887–1891
Charles Lee   Free Trade Tenterfield 1884–1920
Samuel Lees   Free Trade Nepean 1887–1895, 1898–1901
Robert Levien   Protectionist Tamworth 1880–1889, 1889–1913
William Lyne   Protectionist Hume 1880–1901
William MacGregor   [2]   Ind. Free Trade Wentworth 1885–1887
James Mackinnon   Protectionist Young 1882–1894
William Martin   Free Trade Shoalhaven 1880–1882, 1887–1889
George Matheson   Free Trade Glen Innes 1887–1889
William McCourt   Free Trade Camden 1882–1885, 1887–1913
Andrew McCulloch   [4] [9]   Free Trade Central Cumberland 1877–1888
John McElhone   Free Trade Upper Hunter 1875–1885, 1887–1889, 1895–1898
John McFarlane   Protectionist Clarence 1887–1915
William McMillan   Free Trade East Sydney 1887–1898
Ninian Melville   Protectionist Northumberland 1880–1887, 1889–1894
George Merriman   Free Trade West Sydney 1882–1885, 1887–1889
Joseph Mitchell   [7]   Free Trade Newtown 1881–1882, 1883–1885, 1888–1889, 1889–1891
Samuel Moore   Free Trade Inverell 1885–1889, 1894–1910
John Neild   Free Trade Paddington 1885–1889, 1891–1894, 1895–1901
John Nobbs   [8]   Free Trade Central Cumberland 1888–1993, 1898–1913
Thomas O'Mara   Ind. Protectionist Monaro 1882–1885, 1887–1889
Daniel O'Connor   Free Trade West Sydney 1877–1891, 1900–1904
Joseph Olliffe   Protectionist Queanbeyan 1885–1910
Sir Henry Parkes   [3]   Free Trade St Leonards 1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1872–1895
Varney Parkes   [8]   Free Trade Central Cumberland 1885–1888, 1891–1900, 1907–1913
Joseph Penzer   Free Trade Bogan 1887–1889
George Reid   Free Trade East Sydney 1880–1884, 1885–1901
Alban Riley   Free Trade South Sydney 1887–1889
Charles Roberts   Free Trade Hastings and Manning 1882–1890
Andrew Ross   Ind. Protectionist Molong 1880–1904
Alexander Ryrie   Protectionist Braidwood 1880–1891
William Schey   Free Trade Redfern 1887–1898
Jonathan Seaver   Free Trade Gloucester 1887–1891
John See   Protectionist Grafton 1880–1904
Thomas Slattery   Protectionist Boorowa 1880–1885, 1887–1895
Fergus Smith   Free Trade West Macquarie 1887–1889
Frank Smith   Free Trade Balmain 1887–1891
Robert Smith   Protectionist Macleay 1870–1889
Sydney Smith   Free Trade East Macquarie 1887–1889
William Stephen   Free Trade Redfern 1887–1891, 1894–1895
Richard Stevenson   Free Trade Wollombi 1886–1895, 1898–1899
Alfred Stokes   Protectionist Forbes 1882–1891
John Street   Free Trade East Sydney 1887–1891
John Sutherland   Free Trade Redfern 1860–1881, 1882–1889
Adolphus Taylor   [1]   Free Trade Mudgee 1882–1887, 1890–1891
Hugh Taylor   Free Trade Parramatta 1882–1894
William Teece   Free Trade Goulburn 1872–1890
Richard Thompson   Free Trade West Maitland 1885–1891
James Tonkin   Free Trade East Macquarie 1887–1895
James Toohey   Protectionist South Sydney 1885–1891
William Trickett   [5]   Free Trade Paddington 1880–1887
Edwin Turner   [11]   Free Trade Gunnedah 1889–1894
Robert Vaughn   Protectionist Grenfell 1880–1894
Thomas Waddell   Protectionist Bourke 1887–1917
Thomas Walker   Protectionist Northumberland 1887–1894
William Wall   Protectionist Mudgee 1886–1895
Jack Want   Ind. Free Trade Gundagai 1885–1894
Robert Wilkinson   Free Trade Balranald 1880–1894
William Wilkinson   Free Trade Glebe 1885–1889
Alexander Wilson   Free Trade Bourke 1880–1885, 1887–1889
Bernhard Wise   Free Trade South Sydney 1887–1889, 1891–1895, 1898–1900
George Withers   Free Trade South Sydney 1880–1885, 1887–1889
Francis Woodward   Free Trade Illawarra 1887–1891
James Young   Free Trade Hastings and Manning 1880–1901, 1904–1907

By-elections

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.

# Electorate Departing Member Party Reason for By-electionDate of By-electionWinner of By-election Party
1 Mudgee Adolphus Taylor   Free Trade Accepted position as Examiner of Patents11 May 1887 John Haynes   Free Trade
2 Wentworth William MacGregor  Independent Free TradeUnknown Resignation28 September 1887 Thomas Browne   Protectionist
3 St Leonards Sir Henry Parkes   Free Trade Financial Difficulty25 October 1887 Sir Henry Parkes   Free Trade
4 Central Cumberland Andrew McCulloch   Free Trade Financial difficulty28 December 1887 Andrew McCulloch   Free Trade
5 Paddington William Trickett   Free Trade Appointed to Legislative Council12 January 1888 William Allen   Protectionist
6 Newtown Frederick Gibbes   Protectionist Death3 February 1888 Joseph Abbott   Free Trade
7 Newtown William Foster   Free Trade Appointed Supreme Court Judge25 February 1888 Joseph Mitchell   Free Trade
8 Central Cumberland Varney Parkes   Free Trade Business Commitments14 March 1888 John Nobbs   Free Trade
9 Central Cumberland Andrew McCulloch   Free Trade Financial Difficulty15 May 1888 David Buchanan   Protectionist
10 Redfern James Farnell   Free Trade Death8 September 1888 Peter Howe   Protectionist
11 Gunnedah Thomas Goodwin   Protectionist Unknown Resignation12 September 1888 Edwin Turner   Free Trade

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Results of the 1887 colonial election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  2. ↑ Green, Antony. "Results of 1887–88 by-elections". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate" (PDF). New South Wales Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Former Members". Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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