Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1843–1851

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This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1843 to 1851. [1] [2] The 1843 Electoral Act prescribed 36 members, 24 to be elected, 6 appointed by virtue of their office (Colonial Secretary, Colonial Treasurer, Auditor-General, Attorney General, Commander of the forces and Collector of Customs) [3] and 6 nominated. The appointments and elections were for five year terms and thus occurred in 1843, [4] </ref> and 1848. [5] The Speaker was Alexander Macleay until 19 May 1846 and then Charles Nicholson. [6] The parliament was dissolved on 30 June 1851 as a result of the 1851 Electoral Act which increased the number of members in the Council to 54 (18 to be appointed and 36 elected). [7]

Contents

NameAppointed or DistrictYears in office
John Airey   [lower-alpha 2] Port Phillip 1847–1848
George Allen   [lower-alpha 3] Appointed1845–1856
George Barney   [lower-alpha 4] Appointed (Colonial Engineer)1843; 1851–1856
Alexander Berry Appointed1843–1856
William Bland   [lower-alpha 5] [lower-alpha 6] City of Sydney 1843–1848; 1849–1850; 1858–1861
John Blaxland   [lower-alpha 3] Appointed1829–1844
William Bowman Cumberland Boroughs 1843–1851; 1853–1856
Benjamin Boyd   [lower-alpha 7] [lower-alpha 8] Port Phillip 1844–1845
Thomas Boyd   [lower-alpha 9] [lower-alpha 10] Port Phillip 1845
William Bradley   [lower-alpha 11] County of Argyle 1843–1846; 1851–1856
Edward Brewster   [lower-alpha 10] [lower-alpha 12] Port Phillip 1846–1848
James Byrnes   [lower-alpha 13] County of Cumberland 1850–1851
John Coghill   [lower-alpha 14] Counties of St Vincent and Auckland 1843–1845
Henry Condell   [lower-alpha 15] Town of Melbourne 1843–1844
Daniel Cooper   [lower-alpha 16] Counties of St Vincent and Auckland 1849–1851; 1855–1856
Charles Cowper   [lower-alpha 13] County of Cumberland 1843–1850; 1851–1856; 1860
Edward Curr   [lower-alpha 8] [lower-alpha 17] Port Phillip 1845–1846; 1848–1849
Henry Dangar   [lower-alpha 18] County of Northumberland 1845–1851
John Darvall   [lower-alpha 19] Appointed; County of Bathurst 1844–1856
John Dickson Port Phillip 1848–1851; 1856–1859
Stuart Donaldson   [lower-alpha 20] County of Durham 1848–1853; 1855–1856
William Dumaresq Counties of Hunter, Brisbane and Bligh 1843–1848; 1851–1856
Charles Ebden   [lower-alpha 21] [lower-alpha 12] [lower-alpha 22] Port Phillip 1843–1844; 1848; 1850–1851
Hastings Elwin   [lower-alpha 19] Appointed1843–1844
William Faithfull   [lower-alpha 11] County of Argyle 1846–1848
Robert Fitzgerald   [lower-alpha 23] County of Cumberland 1849–1856; 1856–1865
John Foster   [lower-alpha 17] [lower-alpha 22] Port Phillip 1846–1848; 1849–1850
William Foster   [lower-alpha 18] County of Northumberland 1843–1845
John Gibbes Appointed (Collector of Customs)1843–1855
Patrick Grant   [lower-alpha 24] Northumberland Boroughs 1845–1848
Earl Grey   [lower-alpha 25] City of Melbourne 1848–1850
Edward Hamilton   [lower-alpha 26] [lower-alpha 27] Appointed1843–1846; 1848–1850
George Hill   [lower-alpha 16] Counties of St Vincent and Auckland 1848–1849; 1856–1861
Thomas Icely Appointed1843–1853; 1855–1856; 1864–1874
Richard Jones   [lower-alpha 28] [lower-alpha 29] Appointed; Counties of Gloucester, Macquarie, and Stanley 1829–1843; 1850–1852
Phillip King   [lower-alpha 27] Appointed1839; 1850–1851; 1851–1856
John Lamb   [lower-alpha 30] Appointed1844–1851; 1851–1853; 1857–1861
John Lang   [lower-alpha 6] [lower-alpha 2] Port Phillip; City of Sydney 1843–1847; 1850–1851; 1854–1856
Nelson Lawson   [lower-alpha 23] County of Cumberland 1848–1849
William Lawson County of Cumberland 1843–1848
William Lithgow Appointed (Auditor-General)1829–1852
Francis Lord County of Bathurst 1843–1848; 1856–1861; 1864–1893
Robert Lowe   [lower-alpha 28] [lower-alpha 30] [lower-alpha 14] [lower-alpha 5] Appointed;
Counties of St Vincent and Auckland; City of Sydney
1843–1844;
1845–1849
Hannibal Macarthur Town of Parramatta 1830–1848
James Macarthur County of Camden 1839–1843; 1848–1856; 1866–1867
William Macarthur   [lower-alpha 31] Port Phillip 1849–1855; 1864–1882
Lauchlan Mackinnon   [lower-alpha 22] Port Phillip 1848–1850
Alexander Macleay   [lower-alpha 32] Counties of Gloucester, Macquarie, and Stanley 1825–1836; 1843–1848
James Martin Counties of Cook and Westmoreland 1848–1856
Donald McIntyre Counties of Hunter, Brisbane and Bligh 1848–1851
William Mercer   [lower-alpha 22] Port Phillip 1850–1851
Thomas Mitchell   [lower-alpha 21] [lower-alpha 7] Port Phillip 1844
Henry Moor   [lower-alpha 33] Port Phillip 1849–1851
Terence Murray Counties of Murray, King and Georgiana 1843–1856
Bob Nichols Northumberland Boroughs 1848–1856
Charles Nicholson Port Phillip; County of Argyle 1843–1856
Maurice O'Connell Jr.   [lower-alpha 34] Port Phillip 1845–1848
Maurice O'Connell Sr. Appointed (Commander of the forces)1838–1848
George Oakes Town of Parramatta 1848–1856; 1879–1881
James Palmer   [lower-alpha 33] Port Phillip 1848–1849
John Panton Counties of Cook and Westmoreland 1843–1848
Henry Parker   [lower-alpha 26] Appointed1846–1856
John Plunkett   [lower-alpha 4] Appointed (Attorney General)1836–1841; 1843–1856; 1857–58; 1861–69
Campbell Riddell Appointed (Colonial Treasurer)1843–1858
Joseph Robinson   [lower-alpha 15] Town of Melbourne 1844–1848
Kenneth Snodgrass   [lower-alpha 29] Counties of Gloucester, Macquarie, and Stanley 1848–1850
William Suttor Sr. Counties of Roxburgh, Phillip and Wellington 1843–1854
Roger Therry   [lower-alpha 35] County of Camden 1841–1845; 1856–1859
Alexander Thomson   [lower-alpha 21] Port Phillip 1843–1844
Edward Thomson Appointed (Colonial Secretary)1837–1854; 1856–1879
Thomas Walker   [lower-alpha 34] Port Phillip 1843–1845
D'Arcy Wentworth   [lower-alpha 24] Northumberland Boroughs 1843–1845
William Wentworth City of Sydney 1843–1854; 1861–1862
William Westgarth   [lower-alpha 25] City of Melbourne 1850–1851
John Wild   [lower-alpha 35] County of Camden 1845–1848
James Williamson   [lower-alpha 31] Port Phillip 1848–1849
Richard Windeyer   [lower-alpha 20] County of Durham 1843–1847
Edward Wynyard Appointed (Commander of the forces)1848–1851
Adolphus Young   [lower-alpha 21] [lower-alpha 9] Port Phillip 1844–1845

See also

Notes

  1. Outside of the general elections and appointments in 1843 and 1848, the members elected or appointed, in chronological order, were Plunkett, Lowe, Robinson,  Young & Mitchell, Darvall, B Boyd, Lamb, Wild, Lowe, Allen, Parker, O'Connell, T Boyd, Grant, Curr, Dangar, Brewster, J Forster, Faithfull, Airey, Donaldson, Ebden, N/A, Macarthur, Fitzgerald, J Foster, Cooper, Moor, Bland, Byrnes, King, Ebden & Mercer, Lang, Jones, and Westgarth.<ref name='Grey' group='lower-alpha'>
  2. 1 2 John Lang was absent for two successive sessions of the Council, his seat was declared vacant in November 1847 and John Airey was elected unopposed to replace him. [28]
  3. 1 2 John Blaxland resigned in July 1845 and George Allen was appointed to replace him. [10]
  4. 1 2 George Barney resigned in August 1843 and John Plunkett was appointed to replace him. [8]
  5. 1 2 Robert Lowe resigned in November 1849 and William Bland was elected to replace him. [31]
  6. 1 2 William Bland resigned in June 1850 and John Lang was elected to replace him. [9]
  7. 1 2 Sir Thomas Mitchell resigned in August 1844 and Benjamin Boyd was elected to replace him. [32]
  8. 1 2 Benjamin Boyd resigned in August 1845 and Edward Curr was elected to replace him. [11]
  9. 1 2 Adolphus Young resigned in July 1845 and Thomas Boyd was elected to replace him. [36]
  10. 1 2 Thomas Boyd resigned in December 1845 and Edward Brewster was elected unopposed to replace him. [12]
  11. 1 2 William Bradley resigned in July 1846 and William Faithfull was elected to replace him. [13]
  12. 1 2 Edward Brewster resigned in February 1848 and Charles Ebden was elected unopposed to replace him. [14]
  13. 1 2 Charles Cowper resigned in February 1850 and James Byrnes was elected to replace him. [13]
  14. 1 2 John Coghill resigned in March 1845 and Robert Lowe was elected to replace him. [15]
  15. 1 2 Henry Condell resigned in February 1844 and Joseph Robinson was elected to replace him. [16]
  16. 1 2 George Hill resigned in May 1849 and Daniel Cooper was elected to replace him. [26]
  17. 1 2 Edward Curr resigned in May 1846 and John Foster was elected unopposed to replace him.; [17]
  18. 1 2 William Foster resigned in October 1845 and Henry Dangar was elected to replace him. [21]
  19. 1 2 Hastings Elwin resigned in July 1844 and John Darvall was appointed to replace him. [19]
  20. 1 2 Richard Windeyer died in December 1847 and Stuart Donaldson was elected to replace him.; [41]
  21. 1 2 3 4 Charles Ebden and Alexander Thomson resigned in March 1844 and Adolphus Young and Sir Thomas Mitchell were elected to replace them. [18]
  22. 1 2 3 4 Lauchlan Mackinnon and John Foster resigned in May 1850 and Charles Ebden and William Mercer were elected to replace them. [20]
  23. 1 2 Nelson Lawson died in February 1849 and Robert Fitzgerald was elected to replace him. [29]
  24. 1 2 D'Arcy Wentworth resigned in July 1845 and Patrick Grant was elected to replace him. [37] Grant's election was declared void as he did not meet the property qualification, [38] however he was re-elected unopposed. [39]
  25. 1 2 Earl Grey was the Colonial Secretary in London had never set foot in the colony and there was no suggestion he met the property requirement for election. He was nominated and elected as part of the campaign for independence, protesting against government by New South Wales. [22] As he did not attend the Legislative Council his seat was vacated on 31 October 1850 and William Westgarth was elected to replace him. [23]
  26. 1 2 Edward Hamilton resigned in May 1846 and Henry Parker was appointed to replace him. [24]
  27. 1 2 Edward Hamilton resigned in May 1850 and Phillip King was appointed to replace him. [25]
  28. 1 2 Richard Jones resigned on 1 November 1843 and Robert Lowe was appointed to replace him. [27]
  29. 1 2 Kenneth Snodgrass resigned in September 1850 and Richard Jones was elected to replace him. [34]
  30. 1 2 Robert Lowe resigned in September 1844 and John Lamb was appointed to replace him. [30]
  31. 1 2 James Williamson resigned in January 1849 and William Macarthur was elected to replace him. [40]
  32. Alexander Macleay died on 19 June 1848 however he was not replaced as the Council was dissolved on 30 June 1848.
  33. 1 2 James Palmer resigned in May 1849 and Henry Moor was elected unopposed to replace him. [33]
  34. 1 2 Thomas Walker resigned in July 1845 and Maurice O'Connell Jr. was elected to replace him. [36]
  35. 1 2 Roger Therry resigned in February 1845 as he had been appointed a judge of the Supreme Court for the District of Port Phillip and John Wild was elected to replace him. [35]

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