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

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This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1877 to 1880. At this time the council was composed of individuals appointed for life by the Governor on the advice of the Premier. This list includes members between the beginning of the 1877 colonial election on 24 October 1877 and the beginning of the 1880 colonial election on 17 November 1880.

Name	Years in office
George Allen ¹⁴	1856–1861, 1861–1877
Archibald Bell ⁶	1879–1883
John Blaxland	1863–1884
William Busby	1867–1887
Edward Butler ³	1861–1863, 1877–1879
William Byrnes	1858–1861, 1861–1891
Alexander Campbell	1864–1890
Charles Campbell	1870–1888
John Campbell	1856, 1861–1886
James Chisholm	1865–1888
Edward Cox	1874–1883
George Cox	1863–1901
William Dalley ⁹	1870–1873, 1875–1880, 1883–1888
Frederick Darley	1868–1886
Leopold De Salis	1874–1898
Joseph Docker	1856–1861, 1863–1884
Edward Flood ⁶	1879–1888
William Foster ^4,7	1878–1880
John Frazer	1874–1884
Samuel Gordon	1861–1882
William Grahame	1875–1889
Sir John Hay	1867–1892
Thomas Holt	1868–1883
Joseph Innes	1873–1881
Francis Lord	1856–1861, 1864–1893
George Lord ²	1877–1880
Sir William Macarthur	1864–1882
William Macleay ¹	1877–1891
John Marks ⁴	1878–1885
Henry Moore	1868–1888
James Norton ⁶	1879–1906
George Oakes ⁶	1879–1881
Edward Ogilvie	1863–1889
Robert Owen ¹¹	1868–1878
William Piddington ⁶	1879–1887
John Richardson	1868–1887
Sir John Robertson ⁵	1861, 1861, 1879–1881
Bourn Russell ¹³	1858–1861, 1861–1880
Saul Samuel ¹⁰	1872–1880
Thomas Smart	1870–1881
John Smith	1874–1885
Sir Alfred Stephen ^6,8	1856–1858, 1875–1879, 1879–1885, 1886–1890
John Stewart ⁶	1879–1895
Sir Edward Thomson ¹²	1856–1861, 1861–1879
George Thornton ¹	1877–1901
John Watt	1861–1866, 1874–1890
Elias Weekes	1865–1880
James White	1874–1890

¹ Appointed 27 November 1877.

² Appointed 28 November 1877; died 9 May 1880.

³ Appointed 5 December 1887; died 9 August 1879.

⁴ Appointed 23 January 1878.

⁵ Appointed 22 January 1879.

⁶ Appointed 28 October 1879.

⁷ Resigned 28 October 1880.

⁸ Resigned 20 March 1879.

⁹ Resigned 8 April 1880.

¹⁰ Resigned 16 August 1880.

¹¹ Died 25 November 1878.

¹² Died 16 July 1879.

¹³ Died 4 July 1880.

¹⁴ Died 3 November 1877.

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