Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1872–1874

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1872 to 1874. Elections for the seventh Legislative Assembly were held between 13 February and 28 March 1872 with parliament first meeting on 30 April 1872. There were 72 members elected for 52 single member electorates, 6 two member electorates and 2 four member electorates. The maximum term of this parliament was 3 years. However the assembly was dissolved after 32 months. Henry Parkes was the premier for the duration of the parliament.

Name Electorate Years in office
Robert Abbott Tenterfield 1872–1877, 1880-1882
George Allen Glebe 1869–1883
William Arnold Paterson 1856–1875
Ezekial Baker Goldfields South 1870-1877, 1879-1881, 1884-1887
Thomas Bawden Clarence 1869–1880
Hanley Bennett Liverpool Plains 1872–1880
John Booth West Sydney 1872–1877
Steven Brown Newtown 1864–1881
Thomas Brown Hartley 1872–1876
William Browne Patrick's Plains 1872–1880
David Buchanan Goldfields West 1860–1862, 1864–1867, 1869–1877, 1879–1885, 1888–1889
John Burns Hunter 1861–1869, 1872–1891
Edward Butler Argyle 1869–1877
James Campbell Morpeth 1869–1874
Henry Clarke Eden 1869–1894, 1895–1904
Edward Combes Bathurst 1872–1885
Walter Cooper 6 East Macquarie 1873–1874
John Creed Upper Hunter 1872–1874
William Cummings East Macquarie 1859–1874
James Cunneen Wollombi 1860–1869, 1872–1877
Thomas Dangar Jr. Gwydir 1865–1885, 1887–1890
Leopold William De Salis Queanbeyan 1872–1874
Richard Driver Windsor 1860–1880
James Farnell Parramatta 1860–1860, 1864–1885, 1887–1888
Michael Fitzpatrick Yass Plains 1869–1881
William Forster Illawarra 1856–1860, 1861–1864, 1864–1869, 1869–1874,
1875–1876, 1880–1882
Thomas Garrett Camden 1860–1871, 1872–1891
William Grahame Monaro 1865–1869, 1872–1874
Edward Greville Braidwood 1870–1880
James Hannell Northumberland 1860–1869, 1872–1874
William Hay 3 Murray 1872–1877, 1880-1882
Richard Hill Canterbury 1868–1877
James Hoskins Tumut 1859–1863, 1868–1882
John Hurley (b.1796) Narellan 1859–1860, 1864–1869, 1872-1880
John Hurley (b.1844) Central Cumberland 1872–1874, 1876-1880, 1887–1891, 1901-1907
Joseph Innes 5 Mudgee 1872–1873
Archibald Jacob Lower Hunter 1872–1882
Patrick Jennings 3 Murray 1869–1872, 1880-1887
John Lackey Central Cumberland 1860–1864, 1867–1880
Benjamin Lee8 West Maitland 1864–1874
Lewis Levy8 West Maitland 1871-1872, 1874-1874
George Lloyd Newcastle 1869–1877, 1880–1882, 1885-1887
George Lord Bogan 1856–1877
John Lucas Canterbury 1860–1869, 1871–1880
John Macintosh East Sydney 1872–1880
William Macleay Murrumbidgee 1856–1874
James Martin 6 East Macquarie 1856, 1857–1860, 1862–1873
James McLaurin4 Hume 1872–1873
Charles Moore 7 East Sydney 1874
Henry Moses Hawkesbury 1869–1880, 1882-1885
James Neale 7 East Sydney 1864–1874
Harris Nelson Orange 1872–1877
John Nowlan Williams 1866–1874
Joseph O'Connor 5 Mudgee 1873–1874
George Oakes2 East Sydney 1856–1860, 1872–1874
Arthur Onslow Camden 1869–1880
Henry Parkes East Sydney 1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1872–1895
Joseph Phelps Balranald 1864–1877
William Piddington Hawkesbury 1856–1877
Joseph Raphael West Sydney 1872–1874
John Robertson West Sydney 1856–1861, 1862–1865, 1865–1866, 1866–1870,
1870–1877, 1877–1878, 1882–1886
Thomas Robertson4 Hume 1873–1874
James Rodd Goldfields North 1865–1869, 1872–1874
Saul Samuel2 East Sydney 1859–1860, 1862–1872
Stephen Scholey East Maitland 1872–1878
Joseph Single Nepean 1872–1874
John Smith Wellington 1872–1877
Robert Smith Hastings 1870–1889
John Stewart Kiama 1866–1869, 1871–1874
John Sutherland Paddington 1860–1881, 1882–1889
Hugh Taylor1 Parramatta 1872–1880, 1882-1894
William Teece Goulburn 1872–1880
Samuel Terry New England 1859–1869, 1871–1881
William Tunks St Leonards 1864–1874
James Warden Shoalhaven 1871–1877
James Watson Lachlan 1869–1882, 1884–1885
Joseph Wearne West Sydney 1869–1875
Edmund Webb West Macquarie 1869–1874, 1878-1881
Thomas West Carcoar 1872–1874
1 Parramatta MLA Hugh Taylor disqualified himself at the declaration of the poll as he had a position of profit under the crown. Having resolved this he was elected unopposed at the resulting by-election on 22 May 1872.
2 East Sydney MLA Saul Samuel was elevated to the Legislative Council in June 1872. The resulting by-election was won by George Oakes (Australian politician) on 12 June 1872.
3 Murray MLA Patrick Jennings resigned in July 1872. The resulting by-election on 5 August 1872 was won by William Hay.
4 Hume MLA James McLaurin resigned from parliament in March 1873. The resulting by-election was won by Thomas Robertson on 31 March 1873.
5 Mudgee MLA Joseph Innes was elevated to the Legislative Council in August 1873. The resulting by-election was won by Joseph O'Connor on 8 September 1873.
6 East Macquarie MLA James Martin resigned in November 1873 on being appointed Chief Justice of New South Wales. The resulting by-election was won by Walter Cooper on 1 December 1873.
7 East Sydney MLA James Neale resigned in June 1874. The resulting by-election of 15 July 1874 was won by Charles Moore.
8 West Maitland MLA Benjamin Lee resigned due to financial difficulties. The resulting by-election on 4 August 1874 was won by Lewis Levy.

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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Members of the Parliament of New South Wales
Legislative Council

1859–1860 • 1860–1864 • 1864–1869

Legislative Assembly

1869–1872 • 1872–1874 • 1874–1877