Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1882–1885

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 11th parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1882 to 1885. Elections for the eleventh Legislative Assembly were held between 30 November and 21 December 1882 with parliament first meeting on 3 January 1883. The Assembly was expanded to 113 members elected in 40 single member electorates, 26 two member electorates, 3 three member electorate and 3 four member electorates. The parliament had a maximum term of 3 years and was dissolved on 7 October 1885 after 33 months. The Premiers during this parliament were Sir Alexander Stuart until 7 October 1885 and then George Dibbs. The Speaker was Edmund Barton.

Name Electorate Years in office Gunnedah 1880–1901 West Sydney 1880–1891 Glebe 1869–1883 Monaro 1878–1885 Carcoar 1870-1877 1879-1881 1884-1887 Murray 1877-1880 1882-1894 East Sydney 1879–1887, 1891–1894, 1898–1900 Bourke 1880–1886 Durham 1875–1898 East Maitland 1880–1904 Mudgee 1860–1862, 1864–1867, 1869–1877, 1879–1885, 1888–1889 East Sydney 1880-1882 1884-1891 1892-1894 Hunter 1861–1869, 1872–1891 Paddington 1882–1887 West Sydney 1874–1889 1894-1896 Carcoar 1881–1885 Gwydir 1868–1869 1880-1886 Bogan 1880–1892 Glebe 1883–1885 1887-1891 Eden 1869–1894, 1895–1904 Orange 1880–1889 West Maitland 1874 - 1880 1882-1885 East Macquarie 1872-1874 1877-1885 Forbes 1877-1880 1882-1887 Newtown East Sydney 1877–1883, 1883–1895, 1895–1900 Balranald 1880–1887 Orange 1882–1891 Namoi 1865–1885, 1887–1890 Albury 1874–1889 Queanbeyan 1882–1885 St Leonards 1874–1877, 1882–1895 Newcastle 1882–1885 1887-1889 1894-1895 New England 1860–1860, 1864–1885, 1887–1888 Wellington 1882–1891 Glen Innes 1880–1887 Newcastle 1880–1891 Redfern 1880–1885 Argyle 1881–1885 Balmain 1880–1898 Camden 1860–1871, 1872–1891 Eden 1880–1894 Newtown 1882–1888 Tamworth 1882–1885 Wollombi 1882–1885 Patrick's Plains 1882–1898 Richmond 1859-1864 1874-1880 1882-1885 East Sydney 1882–1885 Canterbury 1884–1887 South Sydney 1877-1880 1882-1885 West Macquarie 1882–1884 Canterbury 1880-1882 1885-1889 Yass Plains 1882–1886 Argyle 1880–1894 St Leonards 1882–1885 Shoalhaven 1882–1887 Balmain 1882–1885 St Leonards 1885–1889 Bogan 1869–1872 1880-1887 Murrumbidgee 1882–1885 Central Cumberland 1860–1864, 1867–1885 Tenterfield 1884–1920 Hume 1880–1885 Tamworth 1880–1889, 1889–1913 West Macquarie 1882–1884 Murrumbidgee 1880–1885 Northumberland 1884–1885 Carcoar 1876–1884 Hume 1880–1901 Bourke 1882–1885 Young 1882–1894 Camden 1882–1885 1887-1913 Central Cumberland 1877–1888 East Sydney Upper Hunter 1875-1889 1895-1898 Upper Hunter 1880–1885 1895-1901 Hawkesbury 1880 1882-1885 Northumberland 1880–1887 1889-1894 West Sydney 1882–1885 1887-1889 Newtown 1881–1885 1888-1891 Canterbury 1869–1880 1882-1885 Inverell 1880–1885 West Sydney 1877-1891 1900-1904 South Sydney 1882–1885 Tumut 1882–1885, 1887–1889 Tenterfield Argyle 1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1872–1895 Central Cumberland 1885–1888, 1891–1913 Canterbury 1880–1884 South Sydney 1880–1885 New England 1880–1887 Clarence 1880–1887 Wentworth 1882–1887 East Sydney 1880–1884 1885-1901 Hastings and Manning 1882–1890 Mudgee 1856–1861, 1862–1865, 1865–1866, 1866–1870,1870–1877, 1877–1878, 1882–1886 Molong 1880–1904 Braidwood 1880–1891 Monaro 1884–1885 Grafton 1880–1904 Boorowa 1880–1885 1887-1895 Gundagai 1882–1884, 1889–1894 Macleay 1870–1889 East Macquarie 1882–1898 1900 Nepean 1877-1887 1895-1904 Young 1869–1872 1882-1887 Canterbury 1882–1887 Forbes 1882–1891 Illawarra 1874–1885 Bathurst 1875–1890 Redfern 1860–1881, 1882–1889 Hartley 1882–1887 Kiama 1880–1887 Mudgee 1882–1887 1890-1891 Parramatta 1882–1894 Goulburn 1872–1890 Northumberland 1862–1869, 1882–1884 Monaro 1880–1884 Paddington 1880–1885 1887 Grenfell 1880–1894 Gundagai 1869–1882, 1884–1885 Gloucester 1882–1887 Balranald 1880–1894 Murray 1880-1885 1887-1889 Morpeth 1859–1872, 1874–1887 South Sydney 1880–1885 1887-1889 Redfern 1882–1885, 1889–1903 Hastings and Manning 1880–1901 1904-1907

See also Stuart ministry First Dibbs ministry Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election Candidates of the 1882 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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