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

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

Name Party Electorate Term in office
Joseph Abbott 6 Free Trade Newtown 1888–1895
Joseph Palmer Abbott Protectionist Wentworth 1880–1901
Francis Abigail Free Trade West Sydney 1880-1891
Alfred Allen Free Trade Paddington 1887–1894
William Allen 5 Protectionist Paddington 1888–1889
Edward Ball Free Trade Argyle 1887–1891
Robert Barbour Protectionist Murray 1877-1880 1882-1894
Reginald Black Free Trade Mudgee 1887-1891
John Bowes Protectionist Morpeth 1887-1889 1891-1894
Alexander Bowman Free Trade Hawkesbury 1877-1882 1885-1892
Herbert Brown Free Trade Durham 1875–1898
Thomas Browne 2 Protectionist Wentworth 1885-1889
James Brunker Free Trade East Maitland 1880–1904
David Buchanan 9 Protectionist Central Cumberland 1860–1862, 1864–1867, 1869–1877, 1879–1885, 1888–1889
Sydney Burdekin Free Trade East Sydney 1880-1882 1884-1891 1892-1894
John Burns Free Trade Hunter 1861–1869, 1872–1891
Angus Cameron Free Trade Kiama 1874–1889 1894-1896
Joseph Carruthers Free Trade Canterbury 1887–1908
John Chanter Protectionist Murray 1885–1901
Michael Chapman Free Trade Glebe 1883–1891
Henry Clarke Protectionist Eden 1869–1894, 1895–1904
William Clarke Free Trade Orange 1880-1889
Thomas Colls Protectionist Yass Plains 1886–1894
Henry Cooke Free Trade Forbes 1880–1882 1887-1891
Henry Copeland Protectionist New England 1877–1883, 1883–1895, 1895–1900
William Cortis Free Trade Bathurst 1887–1889
Joseph Creer Independent Protectionist Northumberland 1885-1891
Frederick Crouch Protectionist Richmond1887–1889
Thomas Dalton Protectionist Orange 1882-1891
Thomas Dangar Jr. Free Trade Namoi 1865–1885, 1887–1890
William Davis Free Trade Canterbury 1887-1889
Henry Dawson Protectionist Monaro 1885–1894
George Day Protectionist Albury 1874-1889
George Dibbs Independent Free Trade Murrumbidgee 1874–1877, 1882–1895
William Dowel Protectionist Tamworth 1887–1894
James Ellis Free Trade Newcastle 1882–1885 1887-1889 1894-1895
Thomas Ewing Protectionist Richmond 1885–1901
Frank Farnell Free Trade Central Cumberland 1887–1898 1901-1903
James Farnell 10 Free Trade Redfern 1860–1860, 1864–1885, 1887–1888
David Ferguson Protectionist Wellington 1882–1891
Robert Fitzgerald Protectionist Upper Hunter 1885–1901
James Fletcher Protectionist Newcastle 1880-1891
William Foster 7 Free Trade Newtown 1880–1882 1885-1888
John Gale Protectionist Murrumbidgee 1887-1889
Charles Garland Free Trade Carcoar 1885-1891
Jacob Garrard Free Trade Balmain 1880–1898
Thomas Garrett Free Trade Camden 1860–1871, 1872–1891
James Garvan Protectionist Eden 1880–1894
Frederick Gibbes 6 Free Trade Newtown 1882–1888
Thomas Goodwin 11 Protectionist Gunnedah 1887–1888 1895-1901
James Gordon Free Trade Young 1887–1889
James Gormly Protectionist Murrumbidgee 1885–1904
Albert Gould Free Trade Patrick's Plains 1882–1898
Thomas Hassall Protectionist Gwydir 1886–1901
Nicholas Hawken Free Trade Newtown 1887–1891
John Hawthorn 8 Free Trade Balmain 1885-1891 1894-1904
James Hayes Protectionist Hume 1885–1904
John Haynes 1 Free Trade Mudgee 1887-1904 1915-1917
William Henson Free Trade Canterbury 1880-1882 1885-1889
William Holborow Free Trade Argyle 1880–1894
James Howe 10 Protectionist Redfern 1888–1891
John Hurley (b.1844) Free Trade Hartley 1872-1874 1876-1880, 1887–1891 1901-1907
Alexander Hutchison Free Trade Canterbury 1887–1891
James Inglis Free Trade New England 1885–1894
Isaac Ives Free Trade St Leonards 1885–1889
Charles Jeanerret Free Trade Carcoar 1887-1889 1891-1894
Travers Jones Protectionist Tumut 1885-1891 1894-1898
John Kelly Free Trade Bogan 1887-1889
Alexander Kethel Free Trade West Sydney 1885-1889
Allen Lakeman Independent Protectionist Balranald 1887–1891
Charles Lee Free Trade Tenterfield 1884–1920
Samuel Lees Free Trade Nepean 1887–1895 1898-1901
Robert Levien Protectionist Tamworth 1880–1913
William Lyne Protectionist Hume 1880–1901
William MacGregor 2 Independent Free Trade Wentworth 1885-1887
James MacKinnon Protectionist Young 1882–1894
William Martin Free Trade Shoalhaven 1880–1882 1887-1889
eorge Matheson Free Trade Glen Innes 1887-1889
William McCourt Free Trade Camden 1882-1885 1887-1913
Andrew McCulloch 4, 9 Free Trade Central Cumberland 1877–1888
John McElhone Free Trade Upper Hunter 1875-1885 1887-1889 1895-1898
John McFarlane Protectionist Clarence 1887–1915
William McMillan Free Trade East Sydney 1887–1898
Ninian Melville Protectionist Northumberland 1880-1887 1889-1894
George Merriman Free Trade West Sydney 1882-1885 1887-1889
Joseph Mitchell 7 Free Trade Newtown 1881-1882 1883-1885 1888-1889 1889–1891
Samuel Moore Free Trade Inverell 1885-1889 1894-1910
John Neild Free Trade Paddington 1885-1889 1891-1894 1895-1901
John Nobbs 8 Free Trade Central Cumberland 1888-1993 1898-1913
Thomas O'Mara Independent Protectionist Monaro 1882-1885 1887-1889
Daniel O'Connor Free Trade West Sydney 1877-1891 1900-1904
Edward O'Sullivan Protectionist Queanbeyan 1885–1910
Henry Parkes 3 Free Trade St Leonards 1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1872–1895
Varney Parkes8 Free Trade Central Cumberland 1885–1888, 1891–1900 1907-1913
Joseph Penzer Free Trade Bogan 1887-1889
George Reid Free Trade East Sydney 1880-1884 1885-1901
Alban Riley Free Trade South Sydney 1887–1889
Charles Roberts Free Trade Hastings and Manning 1882-1890
Andrew Ross Independent Protectionist Molong 1880–1904
Alexander Ryrie Protectionist Braidwood 1880-1891
William Schey Free Trade Redfern 1887–1898
Jonathon Seaver Free Trade Gloucester 1887–1891
John See Protectionist Grafton 1880–1904
Thomas Slattery Protectionist Boorowa 1880-1885 1887-1895
Fergus Smith Free Trade West Macquarie 1882–1884, 1889–1894
Frank Smith Free Trade Balmain 1887-1891
Robert Smith Protectionist Macleay 1870–1889
Sydney Smith Free Trade East Macquarie 1887–1889
William Steven Free Trade Redfern 1887-1891 1894-1895
Richard Stevenson Free Trade Wollombi 1886–1895 1898-1899
Alfred Stokes Protectionist Forbes 1882-1891
John Street Free Trade East Sydney 1887-1891
John Sutherland Free Trade Redfern 1860–1881, 1882–1889
Adolphus Taylor 1 Free Trade Mudgee 1882-1887 1890-1891
Hugh Taylor Free Trade Parramatta 1882–1894
William Teece Jr Free Trade Goulburn 1872-1890
Richard Thompson Free Trade West Maitland 1885-1891
James Tonkin Free Trade East Macquarie 1887–1895
James Toohey Protectionist South Sydney 1885–1891
William Trickett 5 Free Trade Paddington 1880-1887
Edwin Turner 11 Free Trade Gunnedah 1889–1894
Robert Vaughn Protectionist Grenfell 1880-1894
Thomas Waddell Protectionist Bourke 1887–1917
Thomas Walker Protectionist Northumberland 1887–1894
William Wall Protectionist Mudgee 1886–1895
John Want Independent Free Trade Gundagai 1885–1894
Robert Wilkinson Free Trade Balranald 1880–1894
William Wilkinson Free Trade Glebe 1885-1889
Alexander Wilson Free Trade Bourke 1880-1885 1887-1889
Bernhard Wise Free Trade South Sydney 1887-1889 1891–1895 1898-1900
George Withers Free Trade South Sydney 1880–1885, 1887–1889
Francis Woodward Free Trade Illawarra 1887-1891
James Young Free Trade 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 Member Party Reason for By-election Date of By-election Winner of By-election Party
1 Mudgee Adolphus TaylorFTAccepted position as Examiner of Patents11/05/1887John HaynesFT
2 Wentworth William MacGregorIndependent FTUnknown Resignation 28/09/1887Thomas Browne Prot
3 St Leonards Henry ParkesFTFinancial Difficulty25/10/1887Henry Parkes FT
4 Central Cumberland Andrew McCullochFTFinancial difficulty28/12/1887Andrew McCulloch FT
5 Paddington William Trickett FT Appointed to Legislative Council12/01/1888William Allen Prot
6 Newtown Frederick GibbesProtDeath3/02/1888Joseph Abbott FT
7 Newtown William FosterFTAppointed Supreme Court Judge25/02/1888Joseph Mitchell FT
8 Central Cumberland Varney Parkes FTBusiness Commitments 14/03/1888John Nobbs FT
9 Central Cumberland Andrew McCullochFTFinancial Difficulty15/05/1888David Buchanan Prot
10 Redfern James FarnellFTDeath8/09/1888James Howe Prot
11 Gunnedah Thomas GoodwinProtUnknown Resignation12/09/1888Edwin Turner FT

See also

References

Members of the Parliament of New South Wales
Legislative Council

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