Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1874–1877

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the eighth parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1874 to 1877. The 1874–75 election was held between 8 December 1874 and 12 January 1875 with parliament first meeting on 27 January 1875. There were 72 members elected for 52 single member electorates, 6 two member electorates and 2 four member electorates. During this parliament the number of graduates of Sydney University exceeded 100 and the seat of University of Sydney was created. The maximum term of this parliament was 3 years and the assembly was dissolved after 34 months. Premiers during this parliament were Sir John Robertson 9 February 1875 till 22 March 1877 and from 17 August 1877 and Sir Henry Parkes 22 March 1877 till 17 August 1877.Both John Robertson and Henry Parkes were knighted in May 1877: The Speaker was William Arnold until his death on 1 March 1875 and then George Allen. Name Electorate Years in office Abbott, RobertRobert Abbott Tenterfield 1872–1877, 1880–1882 Allen, George WigramGeorge Allen Glebe 1869–1883 Arnold, William MunningsWilliam Arnold  Paterson 1856–1875 Baker, EzekialEzekial Baker Goldfields South 1870–1877, 1879–1881, 1884–1887 Bawden, ThomasThomas Bawden Clarence 1869–1880 Bennett, HanleyHanley Bennett  Liverpool Plains 1872–1880 Booth, JohnJohn Booth East Macquarie 1872–1877 Brown, HerbertHerbert Brown  Paterson 1875–1898 Brown, Stephen CampbellStephen Brown Newtown 1864–1881 Brown, ThomasThomas Brown  Hartley 1872–1876 Browne, WilliamWilliam Browne Patrick's Plains 1872–1880 Buchanan, DavidDavid Buchanan Goldfields West 1860–1862, 1864–1867, 1869–1877, 1879–1885, 1888–1889 Burns, John FitzgeraldJohn Burns Hunter 1861–1869, 1872–1891 Butler, EdwardEdward Butler Argyle 1869–1877 Byrnes, CharlesCharles Byrnes Parramatta 1874–1877, 1880–1882 Cameron, AngusAngus Cameron West Sydney 1874–1889, 1894–1896 Charles, SamuelSamuel Charles Kiama 1874–1880 Clarke, HenryHenry Clarke Eden 1869–1894, 1895–1904 Cohen, HenryHenry Cohen West Maitland 1874–1885 Combes, EdwardEdward Combes  Orange 1872–1874, 1877–1885 Cunneen, JamesJames Cunneen Wollombi 1860–1869, 1872–1877 Dangar, Henry CaryHenry Dangar West Sydney 1874–1877, 1880–1882 Dangar, ThomasThomas Dangar Gwydir 1865–1885, 1887–1890 Davies, JohnJohn Davies East Sydney 1874–1887 Day, GeorgeGeorge Day Hume 1874–1889 Dibbs, GeorgeGeorge Dibbs West Sydney 1874–1877, 1882–1895 Driver, RichardRichard Driver Windsor 1860–1880 Farnell, James SquireJames Farnell St Leonards 1860–1860, 1864–1885, 1887–1888 Fitzpatrick, MichaelMichael Fitzpatrick Yass Plains 1869–1881 Forster, RobertRobert Forster Goldfields North 1862–1864, 1870–1872, 1874–1877 Forster, WilliamWilliam Forster  Murrumbidgee 1856–1860, 1861–1864, 1864–1869, 1869–1874,1875–1876, 1880–1882 Garrett, ThomasThomas Garrett Camden 1860–1871, 1872–1891 Goold, StephenStephen Goold  Mudgee 1874–1876 Gray, SamuelSamuel Gray Illawarra 1859–1864, 1874–1880, 1882–1885 Greville, EdwardEdward Greville Braidwood 1870–1880 Hay, WilliamWilliam Hay Murray 1872–1877, 1880–1882 Hill, RichardRichard Hill Canterbury 1868–1877 Hoskins, JamesJames Hoskins Tumut 1859–1863, 1868–1882 Hungerford, ThomasThomas Hungerford  Upper Hunter 1875-1875, 1877–1882, 1885–1887 Hurley, JohnJohn Hurley (b.1796) Narellan 1859–1860, 1864–1869, 1872–1880 Hurley, JohnJohn Hurley (b.1844)  Hartley 1872–1874, 1876–1880, 1887–1891, 1901–1907 Jacob, ArchibaldArchibald Jacob Lower Hunter 1872–1882 Johnston, WilliamWilliam Johnston  Williams 1877–1880 Lackey, JohnJohn Lackey Central Cumberland 1860–1864, 1867–1880 Leary, JosephJoseph Leary  Murrumbidgee 1860–1864, 1869–1872, 1876–1880 Lloyd, GeorgeGeorge Lloyd Newcastle 1869–1877, 1880–1882, 1885–1887 Long, GeorgeGeorge Lord Bogan 1856–1877 Long, WilliamWilliam Long  Central Cumberland 1875–1880 Lucas, JohnJohn Lucas Canterbury 1860–1869, 1871–1880 Lynch, AndrewAndrew Lynch  Carcoar 1876–1884 Macintosh, JohnJohn Macintosh East Sydney 1872–1880 McElhone, JohnJohn McElhone  Upper Hunter 1875–1889, 1895–1898 Meyer, SolomonSolomon Meyer  Carcoar 1874–1876 Montague, AlexanderAlexander Montague Monaro 1874–1877 Moses, HenryHenry Moses Hawkesbury 1869–1880, 1882–1885 Nelson, HarrisHarris Nelson  Orange 1872–1877 Onslow, ArthurArthur Onslow Camden 1869–1880 Parkes, HenrySir Henry Parkes East Sydney 1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1872–1895 Phelps, JosephJoseph Phelps Balranald 1864–1877 Piddington, WilliamWilliam Piddington Hawkesbury 1856–1877 Pilcher, CharlesCharles Pilcher West Macquarie 1874–1882 Robertson, JohnSir John Robertson West Sydney 1856–1861, 1862–1865, 1865–1866, 1866–1870,1870–1877, 1877–1878, 1882–1886 Rouse, RichardRichard Rouse  Mudgee 1876–1879 Scholey, StephenStephen Scholey East Maitland 1872–1878 Shepherd, PatrickPatrick Shepherd Nepean 1874–1877 Smith, John SamuelJohn Smith Wellington 1872–1877 Smith, Robert BurdettRobert Smith Hastings 1870–1889 Stevens, CharlesCharles Stevens  Northumberland 1874–1877 Stuart, AlexanderAlexander Stuart East Sydney 1874–1885 Sutherland, JohnJohn Sutherland Paddington 1860–1881, 1882–1889 Suttor, Francis BathurstFrancis Suttor Bathurst 1875–1890 Suttor, WilliamWilliam Suttor East Macquarie 1875–1879 Taylor, HughHugh Taylor  Parramatta 1872–1880, 1882–1894 Teece, WilliamWilliam Teece Goulburn 1872–1880 Terry, SamuelSamuel Terry New England 1859–1869, 1871–1881 Turner, WilliamWilliam Turner  Northumberland 1877-1877, 1880–1881 Warden, JamesJames Warden Shoalhaven 1871–1877 Watson, JamesJames Watson Lachlan 1869–1882, 1884–1885 Watson, WilliamWilliam Watson  Williams 1874–1877 Wearne, JosephJoseph Wearne  Central Cumberland 1869–1875 White, FrancisFrancis White  Upper Hunter 1874–1875 Windeyer, William CharlesWilliam Windeyer  University of Sydney 1859–1862, 1866–1872, 1876–1879 Wisdom, RobertRobert Wisdom Morpeth 1859–1872, 1874–1887 Wright, JohnJohn Wright Queanbeyan 1874–1877

See also Third Robertson ministry Second Parkes ministry Results of the 1874–75 New South Wales colonial election Candidates of the 1874–75 New South Wales colonial election

Notes There was no party system in New South Wales politics until 1887. 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.

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