Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1887–1889

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 13th parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1887 to 1889. They were elected at the 1887 colonial election between 4 and 26 February 1887. The Speaker was James Young. This was the first parliament to have recognizable party groups.

Name Party Electorate Term in office   Newtown 1888–1895   Wentworth 1880–1901   West Sydney 1880–1891   Paddington 1887–1894   Paddington 1888–1889   Argyle 1887–1891   Murray 1877–1880, 1882–1894   Mudgee 1887–1891   Morpeth 1887–1889, 1891–1894   Hawkesbury 1877–1882, 1885–1892   Durham 1875–1898   Wentworth 1885–1889   East Maitland 1880–1904   Central Cumberland 1860–1862, 1864–1867, 1869–1877, 1879–1885, 1888–1889   East Sydney 1880–1882, 1884–1891, 1892–1894   Hunter 1861–1869, 1872–1891   Kiama 1874–1889, 1894–1896   Canterbury 1887–1908   Murray 1885–1901   Glebe 1883–1891   Eden 1869–1894, 1895–1904   Orange 1880–1889   Yass Plains 1886–1894   Forbes 1880–1882, 1887–1891   New England 1877–1883, 1883–1895, 1895–1900   Bathurst 1887–1889   Northumberland 1885–1891   Richmond 1887–1889   Orange 1882–1891   Namoi 1865–1885, 1887–1890   Canterbury 1887–1889   Monaro 1885–1894   Albury 1874–1889   Murrumbidgee 1874–1877, 1882–1895   Tamworth 1887–1894   Newcastle 1882–1885, 1887–1889, 1894–1895   Richmond 1885–1901   Central Cumberland 1887–1898, 1901–1903   Redfern 1860–1860, 1864–1885, 1887–1888   Wellington 1882–1891   Upper Hunter 1885–1901   Newcastle 1880–1891   Newtown 1880–1882, 1885–1888   Murrumbidgee 1887–1889   Carcoar 1885–1891   Balmain 1880–1898   Camden 1860–1871, 1872–1891   Eden 1880–1894   Newtown 1882–1888   Gunnedah 1887–1888, 1895–1901   Young 1887–1889   Murrumbidgee 1885–1904   Patrick's Plains 1882–1898   Gwydir 1886–1901   Newtown 1887–1891   Balmain 1885–1891, 1894–1904   Hume 1885–1904   Mudgee 1887–1904, 1915–1917   Canterbury 1880–1882, 1885–1889   Argyle 1880–1894   Redfern 1888–1891   Hartley 1872–1874, 1876–1880, 1887–1891, 1901–1907   Canterbury 1887–1891   New England 1885–1894   St Leonards 1885–1889   Carcoar 1887–1889, 1891–1894   Tumut 1885–1891, 1894–1898   Bogan 1887–1889   West Sydney 1885–1889   Balranald 1887–1891   Tenterfield 1884–1920   Nepean 1887–1895, 1898–1901   Tamworth 1880–1889, 1889–1913   Hume 1880–1901   Wentworth 1885–1887   Young 1882–1894   Shoalhaven 1880–1882, 1887–1889   Glen Innes 1887–1889   Camden 1882–1885, 1887–1913   Central Cumberland 1877–1888   Upper Hunter 1875–1885, 1887–1889, 1895–1898   Clarence 1887–1915   East Sydney 1887–1898   Northumberland 1880–1887, 1889–1894   West Sydney 1882–1885, 1887–1889   Newtown 1881–1882, 1883–1885, 1888–1889, 1889–1891   Inverell 1885–1889, 1894–1910   Paddington 1885–1889, 1891–1894, 1895–1901   Central Cumberland 1888–1993, 1898–1913   Monaro 1882–1885, 1887–1889   West Sydney 1877–1891, 1900–1904   Queanbeyan 1885–1910   St Leonards 1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1872–1895   Central Cumberland 1885–1888, 1891–1900, 1907–1913   Bogan 1887–1889   East Sydney 1880–1884, 1885–1901   South Sydney 1887–1889   Hastings and Manning 1882–1890   Molong 1880–1904   Braidwood 1880–1891   Redfern 1887–1898   Gloucester 1887–1891   Grafton 1880–1904   Boorowa 1880–1885, 1887–1895   West Macquarie 1887–1889   Balmain 1887–1891   Macleay 1870–1889   East Macquarie 1887–1889   Redfern 1887–1891, 1894–1895   Wollombi 1886–1895, 1898–1899   Forbes 1882–1891   East Sydney 1887–1891   Redfern 1860–1881, 1882–1889   Mudgee 1882–1887, 1890–1891   Parramatta 1882–1894   Goulburn 1872–1890   West Maitland 1885–1891   East Macquarie 1887–1895   South Sydney 1885–1891   Paddington 1880–1887   Gunnedah 1889–1894   Grenfell 1880–1894   Bourke 1887–1917   Northumberland 1887–1894   Mudgee 1886–1895   Gundagai 1885–1894   Balranald 1880–1894   Glebe 1885–1889   Bourke 1880–1885, 1887–1889   South Sydney 1887–1889, 1891–1895, 1898–1900   South Sydney 1880–1885, 1887–1889   Illawarra 1887–1891   Hastings and Manning 1880–1901, 1904–1907

By-elections

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.

# Electorate Departing MemberParty Reason for By-election Date of By-election Winner of By-electionParty 1 Mudgee   Free Trade Accepted position as Examiner of Patents   Free Trade 2 Wentworth   Independent Free Trade Resignation   Protectionist 3 St Leonards   Free Trade Financial Difficulty   Free Trade 4 Central Cumberland   Free Trade Financial difficulty   Free Trade 5 Paddington   Free Trade Appointed to Legislative Council   Protectionist 6 Newtown   Protectionist Death   Free Trade 7 Newtown   Free Trade Appointed Supreme Court Judge   Free Trade 8 Central Cumberland   Free Trade Business Commitments   Free Trade 9 Central Cumberland   Free Trade Financial Difficulty   Protectionist 10 Redfern   Free Trade Death   Protectionist 11 Gunnedah   Protectionist Resignation   Free Trade

See also Fourth Parkes ministry Second Dibbs ministry Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election Candidates of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election

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