Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1859–1860
This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1859 to 1860:
Name | Electorate | Years in office |
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William Arnold | Paterson | 1856–1875 |
Morris Asher | Hume | 1859–1860 |
James Atkinson | Central Cumberland | 1859–1863 |
Lyttleton Bayley 5 | Mudgee | 1859–1859 |
John Black | East Sydney | 1859–1860 |
Isidore Blake 13 | Hunter | 1860–1861 |
Thomas Broughton | West Sydney | 1859–1860 |
James Byrnes | Parramatta | 1857–1872 |
Alexander Campbell 10 | Williams | 1860–1860 |
John Campbell | Glebe | 1856–1860 |
William Cape 17 | Wollombi | 1859–1860 |
Joseph Chambers 1 | East Maitland | 1859–1859 |
John Clements | Bathurst | 1859–1860 |
Edward Close Jr. 19 | Morpeth | 1859–1860, 1862–1864 |
Samuel Cohen 19 | Morpeth | 1860–1860 |
Daniel Cooper | Paddington | 1856–1860 |
Frederick Cooper 20 | Braidwood | 1859–1860 |
Charles Cowper 8 | East Sydney | 1856–1859, 1860–1870 |
Charles Cowper, Jr. 21 | Tumut | 1860–1866 |
Robert Cribb 6 | East Moreton | 1859–1859 |
William Cummings | East Macquarie | 1859–1874 |
William Dalley 11 | Windsor | 1856–1860, 1862–1864 |
Silvanus Daniel 18 | Wellington | 1860–1862 |
Stephen Dark 10 | Williams | 1859–1860 |
John Darvall | Hawkesbury | 1856–1857, 1859–1860, 1863–1865 |
Daniel Deniehy 15, 16 | East Macquarie | 1857–1859, 1860–1860 |
James Dickson 1 | East Maitland | 1857–1859, 1859–1863 |
John Douglas 6 | Darling Downs | 1859–1859, 1860–1861 |
Joseph Eckford 17 | Wollombi | 1860–1872, 1877–1882 |
Daniel Egan | Eden | 1856–1870 |
Gilbert Eliott 6 | Burnett | 1859–1859 |
James Farnell 14 | St Leonards | 1860–1860, 1864–1888 |
Peter Faucett 8 | East Sydney | 1856–1859, 1860–1865 |
Henry Flett | Hastings | 1859–1864 |
Edward Flood 9 | Canterbury | 1856–1860, 1869–1872 |
William Forster | Queanbeyan | 1856–1860, 1861–1864, 1864–1869, 1869–1874, 1875–1876, 1880–1882 |
John Garrett | Shoalhaven | 1859–1861 |
Samuel Gordon 4 | Illawarra | 1856–1859, 1859–1860 |
Samuel Gray | Kiama | 1859–1864, 1874–1880, 1882–1885 |
Alexander Hamilton | Monaro | 1859–1860 |
William Handcock 6 | Darling Downs | 1859–1859 |
John Hargrave 4 | Illawarra | 1859–1859 |
James Hart | New England | 1858–1872 |
Thomas Hawkins 3, 15 | East Macquarie | 1859–1860 |
John Hay | Murray | 1856–1867 |
Arthur Hodgson | Newcastle | 1858–1860 |
James Hoskins | Goldfields North | 1859–1863, 1868–1882 |
John Hurley | Narellan | 1859–1860, 1864–1869, 1872–1880 |
Nicolas Hyeronimus 18 | Wellington | 1859–1860 |
Clark Irving | Clarence | 1856–1858, 1859–1864 |
Robert Jamison | Nepean | 1856–1860 |
Richard Jenkins | Gwydir | 1858–1860 |
Richard Jones 13 | Hunter | 1856–1860 |
Charles Kemp 12 | Liverpool Plains | 1860–1860 |
Thomas Laidlaw 2 | Yass Plains | 1859–1859, 1859–1860 |
George Lang 16 | Tumut | 1859–1860 |
John Lang | West Sydney | 1859–1869 |
John Laycock | Central Cumberland | 1859–1864 |
Andrew Loder 12 | Liverpool Plains | 1859–1860 |
George Lord | Bogan | 1856–1877 |
John Lucas 9 | Canterbury | 1860–1869, 1871–1880 |
Samuel Lyons | Canterbury | 1859–1860, 1868–1869 |
Arthur Macalister 6 | Ipswich | 1859–1859 |
William Macleay | Murrumbidgee | 1856–1859, 1860–1874 |
James Martin | East Sydney | 1856–1873 |
Alexander McArthur | Newtown | 1859–1861 |
John McPhillamy 7 | West Macquarie | 1859–1859 |
Merion Moriarty 20 | Braidwood | 1860–1864 |
Augustus Morris | Balranald | 1859–1864 |
Henry Mort 6, 7 | West Moreton, West Macquarie | 1859–1860 |
Terence Murray | Argyle | 1856–1862 |
Randolph Nott | Tenterfield | 1859–1860 |
George Oakes | Parramatta | 1856–1860, 1872–1874 |
Henry Oxley | Camden | 1859–1860 |
Henry Parkes | East Sydney | 1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1872–1895 |
James Pemell | West Sydney | 1859–1860, 1865–1869 |
William Piddington | Hawkesbury | 1856–1877 |
John Plunkett | West Sydney | 1856–1857, 1858–1860 |
John Richardson 6 | Brisbane | 1856–1859 |
William Roberts | Goulburn | 1859–1860 |
John Robertson | Upper Hunter | 1856–1861, 1862–1865, 1865–1866, 1866–1870, 1870–1877, 1877–1878, 1882–1886 |
Henry Rotton | Hartley | 1858–1864 |
William Russell | Patrick's Plains | 1859–1860 |
John Ryan | Lachlan | 1859–1864 |
Saul Samuel | Orange | 1859–1860, 1862–1872 |
Edward Sayers 14 | St Leonards | 1859–1860 |
Alexander Scott | Northumberland | 1856–1861 |
William Suttor 3 | East Macquarie | 1856–1859, 1860–1872 |
Samuel Terry 5 | Mudgee | 1859–1869, 1871–1881 |
William Walker 11 | Windsor | 1860–1869 |
William Walsh 6 | Leichhardt | 1859–1859 |
William Watt | Carcoar | 1859–1862 |
Elias Weekes | West Maitland | 1856–1864 |
William Wild | Camden | 1858–1860 |
John Wilson | Goldfields South | 1859–1872 |
William Windeyer | Lower Hunter | 1859–1862, 1866–1872, 1876–1879 |
Robert Wisdom | Goldfields West | 1859–1872, 1874–1887 |
- 1 East Maitland MLA Joseph Chambers was appointed Crown Prosecutor for the Western Districts on 31 August 1859 and resigned his seat. The resulting by-election on 15 September 1859 was won by James Dickson.
- 2 Yass Plains MLA Thomas Laidlaw resigned on 2 September 1859 after it was discovered that he held a position as postmaster. He resigned that position and was elected unopposed on 20 September 1859.
- 3 East Macquarie MLA William Suttor resigned on 13 September 1859. The resulting by-election on 6 October 1859 was won by Thomas Hawkins.
- 4 Illawarra MLA John Hargrave resigned on 11 October 1859. The resulting by-election on 28 October 1859 was won by Samuel Gordon.
- 5 Mudgee MLA Lyttleton Bayley resigned on 26 November 1859. The resulting by-election on 19 December 1859 was won by Samuel Terry.
- 6 The state of Queensland was established during 1859, and on 10 December the seats in present-day Queensland ceased to be part of the New South Wales Parliament. These seats were Burnett, Brisbane, Darling Downs, East Moreton, West Moreton, Ipswich and Leichhardt.
- 7 West Macquarie MLA John McPhillamy resigned on 6 December 1859. The resulting by-election on 28 December 1859 was won by Henry Mort, who was unopposed.
- 8 East Sydney MLA Charles Cowper resigned on 17 November 1859. The resulting by-election on 20 January 1860 was won by Peter Faucett.
- 9 Canterbury MLA Edward Flood resigned on 13 January 1860. The resulting by-election on 4 February 1860 was won by John Lucas.
- 10 Williams MLA Stephen Dark resigned on 25 January 1860. The resulting by-election on 16 February 1860 was won by Alexander Campbell.
- 11 Windsor MLA William Dalley resigned on 25 February 1860 to undertake a visit to Europe. The resulting by-election on 12 March 1860 was won by William Walker.
- 12 Liverpool Plains MLA Andrew Loder resigned on 5 March 1860. The resulting by-election on 10 April 1860 was won by Charles Kemp.
- 13 Hunter MLA Richard Jones resigned on 10 April 1860. The resulting by-election was won by Isidore Blake.
- 14 St Leonards MLA Edward Sayers resigned on 16 April 1860. The resulting by-election on 2 May 1860 was won by James Farnell.
- 15 East Macquarie MLA Thomas Hawkins resigned on 10 April 1860. The resulting by-election on 10 May 1860 was won by Daniel Deniehy.
- 16 Tumut MLA George Lang resigned on 10 April 1860. The resulting by-election on the 10 May 1860 was won by Daniel Deniehy, who also won the East Macquarie by-election. Deniehy took up his representative duties for East Macquarie and was never recognised as the member for Tumut.
- 17 Wollombi MLA William Cape resigned on 13 April 1860. The resulting by-election on 17 May 1860 was won by Joseph Eckford.
- 18 Wellington MLA Nicolas Hyeronimus died on 27 June 1860. The resulting by-election on 26 July 1860 was won by Silvanus Daniel.
- 19 Morpeth MLA Edward Close Jr. resigned on 12 July 1860. The resulting by-election on 7 August 1860 was won by Samuel Cohen.
- 20 Braidwood MLA Frederick Cooper resigned on 14 July 1860. The resulting by-election on 10 August 1860 was won by Merion Moriarty.
- 21 The seat of Tumut was vacant as the winner in the previous by-election, Daniel Deniehy, had also won East Macquarie. A by-election was scheduled but Charles Cowper, Jr. was unopposed and was declared elected on 8 November 1860.
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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