Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1856–1861

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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served from 1856 to 1861 were appointed for a fixed term by the Governor on the advice of the Premier. The 1855 Constitution of New South Wales provided that the first council following self-government was for a period of 5 years from the first appointments, but that subsequent members would be appointed for life. [1] The first appointments were on 13 May 1856 so that the first term lapsed on 13 May 1861. The number of members of the council had to be at least 21 and subsequent appointments also lapsed on 13 May 1861. [2] The President was Sir Alfred Stephen until 28 January 1857, John Plunkett until 6 February 1858 and then Sir William Burton. [27]

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The 3 judges of the Supreme Court, Sir Alfred Stephen, John Dickson and Roger Therry were all among the initial appointments to the Legislative Council in 1856. [3] Stephen accepted the position of President and was particularly active in the council, introducing 14 bills, 6 of which were passed by the parliament. Judges sitting in the Council became controversial and Stephen resigned as President on 28 January 1857. [28] Dickinson resigned from the Council on 29 March 1858, Stephen resigned from the Council on 12 November 1858, [28] while Therry continued to sit until after he retired as a judge on 31 January 1859. [29] Therry's replacement on the Supreme Court, Samuel Milford, was not appointed to the Council and Edward Wise resigned from the Council upon his appointment to the Supreme Court.

The term ended in controversy when Charles Cowper and John Robertson attempted to swamp the chamber by appointing 21 new members on 10 May 1861, because the council had rejected the Robertson land bills. [30] When the council met and the new members were waiting to be sworn in, the President Sir William Burton stated that he felt he had been treated with discourtesy in the matter, resigned his office of president and his membership, and left the chamber. 19 other members also resigned in protest. In the absence of the President and Chairman of Committees, under the standing orders the council was adjourned until the next sitting day. [31] There were no further sitting days before the terms of the members of council expired.

NameYears in officeOffice
Arthur A'Beckett [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 52] 1856–1860
John Alexander [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 57] 1856–1861
George Allen [lower-alpha 1] 1856–1861, 1861–1877 Chairman of Committees
George Wigram Allen [lower-alpha 50] 1860–1861
Lyttleton Bayley [lower-alpha 36] 1859 Representative of the Government (23 February 1859 – 8 April 1859)
Alexander Berry [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 57] 1856–1861
Isidore Blake [lower-alpha 27] 1858–1859
William Bland [lower-alpha 24] [lower-alpha 54] 1858–1861
James Bligh [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 39] 1856–1859
Henry Bloomfield [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 19] 1856–1857
Edward Broadhurst [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 57] 1856–1861
Sir William Burton [lower-alpha 17] [lower-alpha 57] 1857–1861 President (9 February 1858 – 10 March 1861)
Alexander Busby [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 22] 1856–1858
James Byrnes [lower-alpha 56] 1861
William Byrnes [lower-alpha 33] 1858–1861, 1861–1891
John Campbell [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 5] 1856, 1861–1886
James Comrie [lower-alpha 1] 1856–1861
Charles Cowper [lower-alpha 47] 1860 Colonial Secretary (9 March 1860 – 15 October 1863)
William Dalley [lower-alpha 56] 1861, 1870–1873,
1875–1880, 1883–1888
John Dawson [lower-alpha 56] 1861
William Day [lower-alpha 56] 1861
John Dickinson [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 28] 1856–1858
John Dickson [lower-alpha 10] [lower-alpha 45] [lower-alpha 56] 1856–1859, 1861 Representative of the Government (30 August 1859 – 28 September 1859)
Joseph Docker [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 57] 1856–1861, 1863–1884
Henry Douglass [lower-alpha 13] 1856–1861
William Dumaresq [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2] 1856
Geoffrey Eagar [lower-alpha 42] [lower-alpha 53] 1859–1860 Representative of the Government (27 October 1859 – 8 March 1860)
William Faithfull [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 57] 1856–1861
Robert Fitzgerald [lower-alpha 3] 1856–1861, 1861–1865
George Forbes [lower-alpha 25] 1858–1861
James Giles [lower-alpha 56] 1861
George Graham [lower-alpha 56] 1861
William Hardy [lower-alpha 56] 1861
John Hargrave [lower-alpha 43] 1859–1861, 1861–1865 Representative of the Government (12 October 1859 – 26 October 1859)
(9 March 1860 – 15 October 1863)
William Hellyer [lower-alpha 56] 1861
Edward Hill [lower-alpha 56] 1861
George Hill [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 57] 1856–1861
Rowland Hill [lower-alpha 56] 1861
George Holden [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 57] 1856–1861, 1861–1863
Thomas Hood [lower-alpha 7] [lower-alpha 57] 1856–1861
Edward Hunt [lower-alpha 25] 1858–1861
William Innes [lower-alpha 56] 1861
Robert Isaacs [lower-alpha 16] [lower-alpha 57] 1857–1861
Robert Jenkins [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 44] 1856–1859
Robert Johnson [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 57] 1856–1861, 1863–1866
David Jones [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 48] 1856–1860
Edward Knox [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 18] 1856–1857, 1881–1894
John Lamb [lower-alpha 17] [lower-alpha 57] 1857–1861
Andrew Lang [lower-alpha 26] 1858–1861
George Leary [lower-alpha 56] 1861
Robert Lethbridge [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 20] 1856–1857
Francis Lord [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 57] 1856–1861, 1864–1892
Alfred Lutwyche [lower-alpha 9] [lower-alpha 37] 1856–1859 Representative of the Government (12 September 1856 – 2 October 1856)
(19 November 1857 – 21 February 1859)
John MacFarlane [lower-alpha 33] 1858–1861, 1861–1870
William Mayne [lower-alpha 7] [lower-alpha 8] 1856 Representative of the Government (6 June 1856 – 25 August 1856 )
John McNamara [lower-alpha 7] [lower-alpha 41] 1856–1859
Francis Merewether [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 57] 1856–1861, 1861–1865
James Mitchell [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 57] 1856–1861, 1861–1869
Jacob Montefiore [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 49] 1856–1860, 1874–1877
James Murphy [lower-alpha 56] 1861
James Murray [lower-alpha 4] [lower-alpha 6] 1856
James Norton [lower-alpha 10] 1856–1861
Francis Oakes [lower-alpha 50] 1860–1861
George Oakes [lower-alpha 56] 1861, 1879–1881
Alexander Park [lower-alpha 29] [lower-alpha 57] 1858–1861, 1868–1873
William Pennington [lower-alpha 24] [lower-alpha 40] 1858–1859
John Plunkett [lower-alpha 14] [lower-alpha 21] 1857–1858, 1861–1869 President (29 January 1857 – 6 February 1858)
Alexander Portus [lower-alpha 56] 1861
Henry Prince [lower-alpha 24] [lower-alpha 57] 1858–1861
Charles Richardson [lower-alpha 56] 1861
Campbell Riddell [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 35] 1856–1858
Charles Riley [lower-alpha 9] [lower-alpha 30] 1856–1858
John Robertson [lower-alpha 55] 1861, 1861, 1878–1881 Secretary for Lands (9 March 1860 – 15 October 1863)
Ralph Robey [lower-alpha 24] 1858–1861, 1861–1864
Bourn Russell [lower-alpha 33] 1858–1861, 1861–1880
Henry Smith [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 32] 1856–1858
William Spain [lower-alpha 11] [lower-alpha 31] 1856–1858
Sir Alfred Stephen [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 34] 1856–1858, 1875–1879,
1879–1885, 1885–1890
President (20 May 1856 – 28 January 1857)
James Taylor [lower-alpha 56] 1861
Roger Therry [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 38] 1856–1859
Edward Deas Thomson [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 57] 1856–1861, 1861–1879 Representative of the Government (3 October 1856 – 7 September 1857)
George Thornton [lower-alpha 56] 1861, 1877–1891
Robert Tooth [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 15] 1856–1857
Robert Towns [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 57] 1856–1861, 1863–1873
James Walker [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 12] 1856
John Waller [lower-alpha 56] 1861
Randolph Want [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 57] 1856–1861
Alexander Warren [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 23] 1856–1858
John Williams [lower-alpha 56] 1861
James Wilshire [lower-alpha 24] [lower-alpha 51] 1858–1860
Edward Wise [lower-alpha 16] [lower-alpha 46] 1857–1860 Attorney General (27 October 1859 – 13 February 1860)

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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 The original 31 members were appointed on 13 May 1856, [3] and took their seats when the council first met on 22 May 1856.
  2. 1 2 William Dumaresq resigned on 19 May 1856 without taking his seat.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 members were appointed on 20 May 1856, [4] and took their seats when the council first met on 22 May 1856.
  4. 1 2 James Murray was appointed on 2 June 1856, [3] took his seat on 4 June 1856 and died on 24 June 1856.
  5. 1 2 John Campbell resigned on 7 June 1856 to unsuccessfully contest the ministerial by-election for Sydney Hamlets.
  6. 1 2 James Fitzgerald Murray died on 24 June 1856.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Thomas Hood, William Mayne and John McNamara were appointed on 4 August 1856, [5] and took their seats on 6 and 20 August 1856.
  8. 1 2 William Mayne resigned on 25 August 1856 when he was appointed Auditor-General.
  9. 1 2 3 Alfred Lutwyche and Charles Riley were appointed on 12 September 1856, [6] and took their seats on 24 September 1856.
  10. 1 2 3 John Dickson and James Norton were appointed on 16 September 1856, [7] and took their seats on 24 September 1856.
  11. 1 2 William Spain was appointed on 28 October 1856, [8] and took his seat on 31 October 1856.
  12. 1 2 James Walker died on 24 November 1856.
  13. 1 2 Henry Douglass was appointed on 27 November 1856, [9] and took his seat on 3 December 1856.
  14. 1 2 John Plunkett was appointed on 28 January 1857, [10] and took his seat on the same day.
  15. 1 2 Robert Tooth resigned on 5 February 1857.
  16. 1 2 3 Robert Isaacs and Edward Wise were appointed on 19 February 1857, [11] and took their seats on 25 February 1857.
  17. 1 2 3 Sir William Burton and John Lamb were appointed on 9 July 1857, [12] and took their seats on 11 August 1857.
  18. 1 2 Edward Knox resigned on 9 November 1857.
  19. 1 2 Henry Bloomfield resigned on 10 November 1857.
  20. 1 2 Robert Lethbridge resigned on 16 November 1857.
  21. 1 2 John Plunkett resigned on 6 February 1858.
  22. 1 2 Alexander Busby resigned on 15 February 1858.
  23. 1 2 Alexander Warren resigned on 10 March 1858.
  24. 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 members were appointed on 23 March 1858, [13] and took their seats on 24 March 1858.
  25. 1 2 3 George Forbes and Edward Hunt were appointed on 25 March 1858, [14] and took their seats on 31 March 1858.
  26. 1 2 Andrew Lang was appointed on 29 March 1858, [15] and took his seat on 31 March 1858.
  27. 1 2 Isidore Blake was appointed on 29 March 1858, [15] took his seat on 7 April 1858 and resigned on 3 November 1859.
  28. 1 2 John Dickinson resigned on 29 March 1858 amid criticism of judges being members of parliament.
  29. 1 2 Alexander Park was appointed on 1 May 1858, [16] and took his seat on 5 May 1858.
  30. 1 2 Charles Riley resigned on 13 May 1858.
  31. 1 2 William Spain resigned on 20 May 1858.
  32. 1 2 Henry Gilbert Smith resigned on 28 July 1858.
  33. 1 2 3 4 William Byrnes, John MacFarlane and Bourn Russell were appointed on 19 August 1858, [17] and took their seats on 25 August 1858.
  34. 1 2 Sir Alfred Stephen resigned on 12 November 1858 amid criticism of judges being members of parliament.
  35. 1 2 The seat of Campbell Riddell was declared vacant due to absence on 8 December 1858. [18]
  36. 1 2 Lyttleton Bayley was appointed on 18 January 1859, [19] took his seat on 19 January 1859 and resigned on 28 April 1859 to successfully contest the election for Mudgee.
  37. 1 2 Alfred Lutwyche resigned on 22 February 1859 having been appointed Resident Judge at Moreton Bay.
  38. 1 2 Roger Therry resigned on 3 March 1859 to retire to England.
  39. 1 2 James Bligh resigned on 16 March 1859.
  40. 1 2 William George Pennington resigned on 14 June 1859.
  41. 1 2 John McNamara resigned on 27 August 1859.
  42. 1 2 Geoffrey Eagar was appointed on 13 September 1859, [20] and took his seat on 14 September 1859.
  43. 1 2 John Hargrave was appointed on 10 October 1859, [21] and took his seat on 12 October 1859.
  44. 1 2 Robert Jenkins died on 26 October 1859.
  45. 1 2 John Dickson resigned on 7 November 1859.
  46. 1 2 Edward Wise resigned on 15 February 1860 having been appointed Judge of the Supreme Court.
  47. 1 2 Charles Cowper was appointed on 9 March 1860, [22] took his seat on the same day and resigned on 29 November 1860 to return to the Legislative Assembly.
  48. 1 2 David Jones resigned on 29 March 1860.
  49. 1 2 Jacob Montefiore resigned on 23 April 1860.
  50. 1 2 3 George Wigram Allen and Francis Oakes were appointed on 25 May 1860, [23] and took their seats on 6 June 1860.
  51. 1 2 James Wilshire died on 30 August 1860.
  52. 1 2 The seat of Arthur A'Beckett was declared vacant due to absence on 9 November 1860. [24]
  53. 1 2 Geoffrey Eagar resigned on 23 November 1860.
  54. 1 2 William Bland resigned on 20 March 1861.
  55. 1 2 John Robertson was appointed on 2 April 1861, [25] to promote the Robertson land bills in the council.
  56. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 21 members were appointed on 10 May 1861, [26] but were unable to take their seats before the term of the council lapsed.
  57. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 20 members resigned on 10 May 1861, [2] in protest at the attempt to swamp the council.

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  1. The changes to the composition of the council, in chronological order, were: 31 appointed, [lower-alpha 1] Dumaresq resigned, [lower-alpha 2] 5 appointed, [lower-alpha 3] Murray appointed, [lower-alpha 4] Campbell resigned, [lower-alpha 5] Murray died, [lower-alpha 6] 3 appointed, [lower-alpha 7] Mayne resigned, [lower-alpha 8] 2 appointed, [lower-alpha 9] 2 appointed, [lower-alpha 10] Spain appointed, [lower-alpha 11] Walker died, [lower-alpha 12] Douglass appointed, [lower-alpha 13] Plunkett appointed, [lower-alpha 14] Tooth resigned, [lower-alpha 15] 2 appointed, [lower-alpha 16] 2 appointed, [lower-alpha 17] Knox resigned, [lower-alpha 18] Bloomfield resigned, [lower-alpha 19] Lethbridge resigned, [lower-alpha 20] Plunkett resigned, [lower-alpha 21] Busby resigned, [lower-alpha 22] Warren resigned, [lower-alpha 23] 5 appointed, [lower-alpha 24] 2 appointed, [lower-alpha 25] Lang appointed, [lower-alpha 26] Blake appointed, [lower-alpha 27] Dickinson resigned, [lower-alpha 28] Park appointed, [lower-alpha 29] Riley resigned, [lower-alpha 30] Spain resigned, [lower-alpha 31] Smith resigned, [lower-alpha 32] 3 appointed, [lower-alpha 33] Stephen resigned, [lower-alpha 34] Riddell vacated, [lower-alpha 35] Bayley appointed, [lower-alpha 36] Lutwyche resigned, [lower-alpha 37] Therry resigned, [lower-alpha 38] Bligh resigned, [lower-alpha 39] Pennington resigned, [lower-alpha 40] McNamara resigned, [lower-alpha 41] Eagar appointed, [lower-alpha 42] Hargrave appointed, [lower-alpha 43] Jenkins died, [lower-alpha 44] Dickson resigned, [lower-alpha 45] Wise resigned, [lower-alpha 46] Cowper appointed, [lower-alpha 47] Jones resigned, [lower-alpha 48] Montefiore resigned, [lower-alpha 49] 2 appointed, [lower-alpha 50] Wilshire died, [lower-alpha 51] A'Beckett vacated, [lower-alpha 52] Eagar resigned, [lower-alpha 53] Bland resigned, [lower-alpha 54] Robertson, [lower-alpha 55] 21 appointed, [lower-alpha 56] 20 resigned. [lower-alpha 57]