Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1891–1894

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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 15th parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1891 to 1894 They were elected at the 1891 colonial election between 17 June and 3 July 1891. [1] [2] The Speaker was Sir Joseph Palmer Abbott. [3]

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Name Party [lower-alpha 1] Electorate Term in office
Joseph Abbott   Free Trade Newtown 1888–1895
Sir Joseph Palmer Abbott   Independent [lower-alpha 2] Wentworth 1880–1901
William A'Beckett 5  Free Trade Bogan 1889–1891 1892-1894
Alfred Allen   Free Trade Paddington 1887–1894
Robert Barbour   Protectionist Murray 1877-1880 1882-1894
John Barnes   Protectionist Gundagai 1889–1904
Edmund Barton   Protectionist East Sydney 1879–1887, 1891–1894, 1898–1900
Thomas Bavister   Labor / Free Trade [lower-alpha 1] Canterbury 1891–1898
George Black   Labor [lower-alpha 3] / Independent Labor [lower-alpha 1] West Sydney 1891–1898 1910-1917
Robert Booth   Free Trade Bogan 1891–1894
John Bowes   Protectionist Morpeth 1887-1889 1891-1894
Alexander Bowman 6  Free Trade Hawkesbury 1877-1882 1885-1892
Edward Brown   Free Trade Tumut 1866–1872, 1891–1894
Herbert Brown   Free Trade Durham 1875–1898
James Brunker   Free Trade East Maitland 1880–1904
Sydney Burdekin 6  Free Trade Hawkesbury 1880-1882 1884-1891 1892-1894
Archibald Campbell 3  Free Trade Illawarra 1891–1903
John Cann   Labor [lower-alpha 1] Sturt 1891–1916
Joseph Carruthers   Free Trade Canterbury 1887–1908
George Cass 5  Protectionist Bogan 1880–1892
John Chanter   Protectionist Murray 1885–1901
Austin Chapman   Protectionist Braidwood 1891–1901
Edward Clark   Labor / Ind. Free Trade [lower-alpha 1] St Leonards 1891–1904 1907-1910
George Clark   Labor / Free Trade [lower-alpha 1] Balmain 1891–1894
Francis Clarke 11  Protectionist Macleay 1893–1898 1900-1901
Henry Clarke   Protectionist Eden 1869–1894, 1895–1904
Charles Collins   Free Trade Namoi 1885- 1887 1890-1898
Thomas Colls   Protectionist Yass Plains 1886–1894
Joseph Cook   Labor [lower-alpha 3] / Independent Labor [lower-alpha 1] Hartley 1891–1901
Henry Copeland   Protectionist New England 1877–1883, 1883–1895, 1895–1900
Francis Cotton   Labor / Free Trade [lower-alpha 1] Newtown 1891–1901
Paddy Crick   Protectionist West Macquarie 1889–1906
George Cruickshank   Protectionist Inverell 1889–1901
Joseph Cullen   Free Trade St Leonards 1891–1894
William Cullen   Free Trade Camden 1891–1894
David Dale   Free Trade Central Cumberland 1891–1894
Cornelius Danahey   Labor / Ind. Free Trade [lower-alpha 1] Canterbury 1891–1894
Otho Dangar 11  Ind. Protectionist Macleay 1889–1893
Edward Darnley   Labor / Ind. Free Trade [lower-alpha 1] Balmain 1891–1894
Thomas Davis   Labor [lower-alpha 1] West Sydney 1891–1898
Henry Dawson   Protectionist Monaro 1885–1894
Sir George Dibbs 9  Protectionist Murrumbidgee 1874–1877, 1882–1895
Edward Dickens   Protectionist Wilcannia 1889–1894
George Donald   Free Trade Hartley 1891–1894
Denis Donnelly   Protectionist Carcoar 1891–1896
William Dowel   Protectionist Tamworth 1891–1896
Alfred Edden   Labor / Independent Labor [lower-alpha 1] Northumberland 1891–1920
James Eve 2  Free Trade Canterbury 1891–1894
Thomas Ewing   Ind. Protectionist Richmond 1885–1901
Frank Farnell   Free Trade Central Cumberland 1887–1898 1901-1903
John Fegan   Labor / Free Trade [lower-alpha 1] Newcastle 1891–1907 1920-1922
Jack FitzGerald   Labor [lower-alpha 3] / Protectionist [lower-alpha 1] West Sydney 1891–1894
Robert Fitzgerald   Protectionist Upper Hunter 1885–1901
George Fuller   Free Trade Kiama 1889–1894 1915-1928
Albert Gardiner   Labor / Independent Labor [lower-alpha 1] Forbes 1891–1895 1904-1907
Jacob Garrard 1  Free Trade Central Cumberland 1880–1898
James Garvan   Protectionist Eden 1880–1894
John Gillies   Free Trade West Maitland 1891–1911
James Gormly   Protectionist Murrumbidgee 1885–1904
John Gough   Labor / Protectionist [lower-alpha 1] Young 1889–1894
Albert Gould   Free Trade Patrick's Plains 1882–1898
William Grahame   Protectionist Newcastle 1889–1894
John Hart   Free Trade Gloucester 1891–1894
Thomas Hassall   Protectionist Gwydir 1886–1901
James Hayes   Protectionist Hume 1885–1904
John Haynes   Ind. Free Trade Mudgee 1887-1904 1915-1917
John Hindle   Labor / Ind. Free Trade [lower-alpha 1] Newtown 1891–1894
Patrick Hogan   Protectionist Macleay 1885-1887 1889-1895
William Holborow   Free Trade Argyle 1880–1894
Leslie Hollis   Labor / Free Trade [lower-alpha 1] Goulburn 1891–1898
Thomas Houghton   Labor [lower-alpha 3] / Independent Labor [lower-alpha 1] Glebe 1891–1894
Peter Howe 4  Protectionist Bourke 1888–1891
Henry Hoyle   Protectionist Redfern 1891–1994 1910-1917
George Hutchinson   Labor / Ind. Free Trade [lower-alpha 1] Forbes 1891–1994
Alexander Hutchison   Protectionist Glen Innes 1889–1994
James Inglis   Free Trade New England 1885–1894
Charles Jeanneret   Free Trade Carcoar 1887-1889 1891-1894
James Johnston   Labor / Protectionist [lower-alpha 1] Balmain 1891–1894
Robert Jones   Ind. Free Trade Mudgee 1891–1998 1907-1910
Andrew Kelly   Labor / Protectionist [lower-alpha 1] West Sydney 1891–1894 1901-1913
John Kidd   Protectionist Camden 1880–1882 1885–1887 1889-1904
John Kirkpatrick   Labor [lower-alpha 1] Gunnedah 1891–1895
Hugh Langwell   Independent Labor Bourke 1891–1894
Charles Lee   Free Trade Tenterfield 1884–1920
Samuel Lees   Free Trade Nepean 1887–1895 1898-1901
Robert Levien   Protectionist Tamworth 1880–1889, 1889–1913
Edmund Lonsdale   Free Trade New England 1891–1894 1895-1898 1901-1903
William Lyne   Protectionist Hume 1880–1901
Andrew Lysaght 3  Protectionist Illawarra 1885-1887 1891
James Mackinnon   Labor / Protectionist [lower-alpha 1] Young 1882–1894
William Manning 8  Protectionist South Sydney 1893–1894
James Marks   Free Trade Paddington 1891–1894
James Martin   Free Trade South Sydney 1889–1895
William McCourt   Free Trade Camden 1882-1885 1887-1913
George McCredie 10  Free Trade Central Cumberland 1893–1894
John McFarlane   Protectionist Clarence 1887–1915
James McGowen   Labor [lower-alpha 1] Redfern 1891–1917
Hugh McKinnon   Protectionist Hastings and Manning 1891–1894
William McMillan   Free Trade East Sydney 1887–1898
Ninian Melville   Protectionist Northumberland 1880-1887 1889-1894
Gus Miller   Protectionist Monaro 1889–1918
Edmund Molesworth   Free Trade Newtown 1889–1901
James Morgan   Labor / Protectionist [lower-alpha 1] Bogan 1891–1895
Philip Morton   Free Trade Shoalhaven 1889–1898
William Murphy   Labor / Protectionist [lower-alpha 1] Balmain 1891–1894
John Neild   Free Trade Paddington 1885-1889 1891-1894 1895-1901
Harry Newman   Labor / Free Trade [lower-alpha 1] Orange 1891–1904
James Newton   Labor / Protectionist [lower-alpha 1] Balranald 1891–1894
John Nicholson 3  Labor / Independent Labor [lower-alpha 1] Illawarra 1891–1917
Bruce Nicoll   Ind. Protectionist Richmond 1889–1894
John Nobbs 10  Free Trade Central Cumberland 1888-1993 1898-1913
Edward O'Sullivan   Protectionist Queanbeyan 1885–1910
Sir Henry Parkes   Free Trade St Leonards 1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1872–1895
Varney Parkes   Free Trade East Sydney 1885–1888, 1891–1900 1907-1913
John Perry   Ind. Protectionist Richmond 1889–1920
Arthur Rae   Labor / Independent Labor [lower-alpha 1] Murrumbidgee 1891–1894
George Reid   Ind. Free Trade East Sydney 1880-1884 1885-1901
Robert Ritchie 1  Free Trade Central Cumberland 1889–1891
Thomas Rose   Protectionist Argyle 1891–1904
Andrew Ross   Protectionist Molong 1880–1904
William Schey   Protectionist Redfern 1887–1898
Robert Scobie   Free Trade Hunter 1889–1894
David Scott   Labor / Protectionist [lower-alpha 1] Newcastle 1891–1894
John See   Protectionist Grafton 1880–1904
William Sharp   Labor [lower-alpha 3] / Protectionist [lower-alpha 1] Redfern 1891–1894
Job Sheldon   Labor / Protectionist [lower-alpha 1] Namoi 1891–1894
Thomas Slattery   Protectionist Boorowa 1880-1885 1887-1895
Bruce Smith   Free Trade Glebe 1882–1884, 1889–1894
Sydney Smith   Free Trade East Macquarie 1882–1898 1900
Richard Stevenson   Protectionist Wollombi 1886–1895 1898-1899
Francis Suttor   Protectionist Bathurst 1875-1887 1891-1894 1898-1900
Hugh Taylor   Free Trade Parramatta 1882–1894
James Tonkin 7  Free Trade East Macquarie 1887–1895
James Toohey 8  Protectionist South Sydney 1885–1891
James Torpy   Protectionist Orange 1889–1894
William Traill   Protectionist South Sydney 1889–1894
Robert Vaughn   Labor / Protectionist [lower-alpha 1] Grenfell 1880–1894
Thomas Waddell 4  Protectionist Bourke 1887–1917
Thomas Walker   Protectionist Northumberland 1887–1894
William Wall   Protectionist Mudgee 1886–1895
Jack Want   Ind. Free Trade Paddington 1885–1894
John Wheeler 2  Free Trade Canterbury 1889–1891
John Wilkinson   Protectionist Albury 1889–1895
Robert Wilkinson   Free Trade Balranald 1880–1894
William Willis   Labor / Independent Labor [lower-alpha 1] Upper Hunter 1891–1894
William Willis   Protectionist Bourke 1889–1904
Bernhard Wise   Free Trade South Sydney 1887-1889 1891–1895 1898-1900
Francis Wright   Protectionist Glen Innes 1882–1885, 1889–1903
Thomas York   Protectionist Wellington 1889-1891
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. [5]

# Electorate Departing Member Party Reason for by-electionDate of by-electionWinner of by-election Party
1 Central Cumberland Robert Ritchie   Free Trade Death29 August 1891 Jacob Garrard   Free Trade
2 Canterbury John Wheeler   Free Trade Previous result overturned on appeal (no by-election)2 September 1891 James Eve   Free Trade
3 Illawarra John Nicholson   Labor Previous result voided on appeal3 October 1891 John Nicholson   Labor
Andrew Lysaght   Protectionist Archibald Campbell   Free Trade
4 Bourke Peter Howe   Protectionist Resigned after convicted of conspiracy to defraud 4 December 1891 Thomas Waddell   Protectionist
5 Bogan George Cass   Protectionist Death31 May 1892 William A'Beckett   Free Trade
6 Hawkesbury Alexander Bowman   Free Trade Death23 July 1892 Sydney Burdekin   Free Trade
7 East Macquarie James Tonkin   Free Trade Financial Difficulty13 August 1892 James Tonkin   Free Trade
8 South Sydney James Toohey   Protectionist Resignation13 February 1893 William Manning   Protectionist
9 Murrumbidgee Sir George Dibbs   Protectionist Financial Difficulty6 April 1893 Sir George Dibbs   Protectionist
10 Central Cumberland John Nobbs   Free Trade Financial Difficulty6 May 1893 George McCredie   Free Trade
11 Macleay Otho Dangar   Protectionist Financial Difficulty29 May 1893 Francis Clarke   Protectionist

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 The 35 Labor candidates elected at this election were the first Labour candidates elected in the Australasian colonies. Due to poor party organisation and disputes over the meaning of the solidarity pledge and the fiscal question, the party caucus split almost from the day of its first meeting. The membership of caucus was extremely fluid with some members (here indicated as Independent Labour) accepting a modified pledge that bound them to vote for the party platform. The second party designations are those for which the member stood at the 1894 election.
  2. Joseph Palmer Abbott had been elected as a Protectionist however on his appointment as Speaker in 1890 he was listed as an independent. [4]
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Labour was led by a steering committee of 5,George Black, Joseph Cook, Jack FitzGerald, Thomas Houghton and William Sharp, [lower-alpha 4] [lower-alpha 5] until 1893 when Joseph Cook became the leader of the party.
  4. "The Labor Caucus". The Evening News . 14 July 1891. p. 5. Retrieved 6 October 2021 via Trove.
  5. "The Labour representatives in Parliament". The Sydney Morning Herald . 16 July 1891. p. 5. Retrieved 6 October 2021 via Trove.

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