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

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1874 to 1877. Elections for the eighth Legislative Assembly were 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 John Robertson 9 February 1875 till 22 March 1877 and from 17 August 1877 and Henry Parkes 22 March 1877 till 17 August 1877

Name Electorate Years in office
Robert Abbott Tenterfield 1872–1877, 1880-1882
George Allen Glebe 1869–1883
William Arnold 1 Paterson 1856–1875
Ezekial Baker Goldfields South 1870-1877, 1879-1881, 1884-1887
Thomas Bawden Clarence 1869–1880
Hanley Bennett 6 Liverpool Plains 1872–1880
John Booth East Macquarie 1872–1877
Herbert Brown 1 Paterson 1875–1898
Steven Brown Newtown 1864–1881
Thomas Brown 7 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
Charles Byrnes Parramatta 1874–1877, 1880-1882
Angus Cameron West Sydney 1874–1889, 1894-1896
Samuel Charles Kiama 1874–1880
Henry Clarke Eden 1869–1894, 1895–1904
Henry Cohen West Maitland 1874–1885
Edward Combes13 Orange 1872-1874, 1877-1885
James Cunneen Wollombi 1860–1869, 1872–1877
Henry Dangar West Sydney 1874–1877, 1880-1882
Thomas Dangar Jr. Gwydir 1865–1885, 1887–1890
John Davies East Sydney 1874–1887
George Day Hume 1874–1889
George Dibbs West Sydney 1874–1877, 1882–1895
Richard Driver Windsor 1860–1880
James Farnell St Leonards 1860–1860, 1864–1885, 1887–1888
Michael Fitzpatrick Yass Plains 1869–1881
Robert Forster Goldfields North 1862–1864, 1870–1872, 1874-1877
William Forster 5 Murrumbidgee 1856–1860, 1861–1864, 1864–1869, 1869–1874,
1875–1876, 1880–1882
Thomas Garrett Camden 1860–1871, 1872–1891
Stephen Goold 11 Mudgee 1874–1876
Samuel Gray Illawarra 1859-1864, 1874-1880, 1882-1885
Edward Greville Braidwood 1870–1880
William Hay Murray 1872–1877, 1880-1882
Richard Hill Canterbury 1868–1877
James Hoskins Tumut 1859–1863, 1868–1882
Thomas Hungerford 2,4 Upper Hunter 1875-1875, 1877-1882, 1885-1887
John Hurley (b.1796) Narellan 1859–1860, 1864–1869, 1872-1880
John Hurley (b.1844) 7 Hartley 1872-1874, 1876-1880, 1887–1891, 1901-1907
Archibald Jacob Lower Hunter 1872–1882
William Johnston 12 Williams 1877–1880
John Lackey Central Cumberland 1860–1864, 1867–1880
Joseph Leary 5 Murrumbidgee 1860–1864, 1869–1872, 1876-1880
George Lloyd Newcastle 1869–1877, 1880–1882, 1885-1887
George Lord Bogan 1856–1877
William Long 3 Central Cumberland 1875–1880
John Lucas Canterbury 1860–1869, 1871–1880
Andrew Lynch 9 Carcoar 1876–1884
John Macintosh East Sydney 1872–1880
John McElhone 4 Upper Hunter 1875-1889, 1895-1898
Solomon Meyer 9 Carcoar 1874–1876
Alexander Montague Monaro 1874–1877
Henry Moses Hawkesbury 1869–1880, 1882-1885
Harris Nelson 13 Orange 1872–1877
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
Charles Pilcher West Macquarie 1874–1882
John Robertson West Sydney 1856–1861, 1862–1865, 1865–1866, 1866–1870,
1870–1877, 1877–1878, 1882–1886
Richard Rouse 11 Mudgee 1876–1879
Stephen Scholey East Maitland 1872–1878
Patrick Shepherd Nepean 1874–1877
John Smith Wellington 1872–1877
Robert Smith Hastings 1870–1889
Charles Stevens 14 Northumberland 1874–1877
Alexander Stuart East Sydney 1874–1885
John Sutherland Paddington 1860–1881, 1882–1889
Francis Bathurst Suttor Bathurst 1875–1890
William Suttor, Jr. East Macquarie 1875–1879
Hugh Taylor 6 Parramatta 1872–1880, 1882-1894
William Teece Goulburn 1872–1880
Samuel Terry New England 1859–1869, 1871–1881
William Turner 14 Northumberland 1877-1877, 1880-1881
James Warden Shoalhaven 1871–1877
James Watson Lachlan 1869–1882, 1884–1885
William Watson 12 Williams 1874–1877
Joseph Wearne 3 Central Cumberland 1869–1875
Francis White2 Upper Hunter 1874–1875
William Windeyer 10 University of Sydney 1859–1862, 1866–1872, 1876–1879
Robert Wisdom Morpeth 1859–1872, 1874–1887
John Wright Queanbeyan 1874–1877
1 Paterson MLA William Arnold died on 1 March 1875. The resulting by-election was won by Herbert Brown on 18 March 1875.
2 Upper Hunter MLA Francis White died on 4 May 1875. The resulting by-election was won by Thomas Hungerford on 7 June 1875.
3 Central Cumberland MLA Joseph Wearne resigned due to financial difficulties in June 1875. The resulting by-election on 28 June1875 was won by William Long.
4 Upper Hunter MLA Thomas Hungerford's election was declared void in July 1875. The resulting by-election was won by Thomas Robertson on 31 March 1873.
5 Murrumbidgee MLA William Forster resigned to accept the position of assistant to the Agent-General Charles Cowper in February 1876. The resulting by-election was won by Joseph Leary on 6 March 1876.
6 Parramatta MLA Hugh Taylor resigned as he believed he had a position of profit under the crown. Having resolved this he was re-elected at the resulting by-election on 20 April 1876.
7 Hartley MLA Thomas Brown's election was declared void as he held a position of profit under the crown in March 1876. The resulting by-election was won by John Hurley (b.1844) on 21 April 1876.
8 Liverpool Plains MLA Hanley Bennett resigned due to financial difficulties in May 1876. Having resolved this he successfully contested the resulting by-election on 5 June 1876.
9 Carcoar MLA Solomon Meyer resigned in May 1876. The resulting by-election on 21 June 1876 was won by Andrew Lynch.
10 Having passed the threshold of 100 graduates the seat of University of Sydney was created. William Windeyer won the resulting by-election on 8 September 1876.
11 Mudgee MLA Stephen Goold died on 28 August1876. The resulting by-election was won by Richard Rouse on 5 October 1876.
12 Williams MLA William Watson resigned in January 1877. The resulting by-election on 12 February 1877 was won by William Johnston.
13 Orange MLA Harris Nelson resigned in January 1877. The resulting by-election on 22 February 1877 was won by Edward Combes.
14 Northumberland MLA Charles Stevens resigned due to financial difficulties in May 1876. The resulting by-election on 20 July 1877 was won by William Turner .

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

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