Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1895–1898

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 17th parliament of New South Wales from 1895 to 1898. They were elected at the 1895 colonial election on 24 July 1895. The Speaker was Sir Joseph Palmer Abbott.

Name Party Electorate Term in office
Joseph Palmer Abbott Prot Wentworth 1880–1901
William Affleck FT Yass 1894–1904
George Anderson FT Waterloo 1894–1904
James Ashton FT Hay 1894–1907
Richard Ball FT Albury 1895–1898 1904–1937
John Barnes Prot Gundagai 1889–1904
Thomas Bavister FT Ashfield 1891–1898
George Black Labor Sydney-Gipps 1891–1898 1910–1917
Herbert Brown Prot Durham 1875–1898
Thomas Brown Labor Condobolin 1894–1901 1913–1917
James Brunker FT East Maitland 1880–1904
Charles Bull FT Camden 1895–1898
Angus Cameron 3 FT Waverley 1874–1889 1894–1896
Alexander Campbell Prot Kiama 1894–1904
Archibald Campbell FT Illawarra 1891–1903
John Cann Labor Broken Hill 1891–1916
James Carroll 5 Prot Lachlan 1894–1904
Joseph Carruthers FT St George 1887–1908
John Chanter Prot Deniliquin 1885–1901
Austin Chapman Prot Braidwood 1891–1901
Edward Clark FT St Leonards 1891–1904 1907–1910
Francis Clarke Prot Hastings and Macleay 1893–1898 1900–1901
Henry Clarke Independent Protectionist Bega 1869–1894, 1895–1904
Charles Collins 6 FT Narrabri 1885– 1887 1890–1898
Joseph Cook FT Hartley 1891–1901
Henry Copeland 2 Prot Sydney-Phillip 1877–1883, 1883–1895, 1895–1900
Francis Cotton FT Newtown-Camperdown 1891–1901
Paddy Crick Prot West Macquarie 1889–1906
George CruickshankProt Inverell1889–1901
John Dacey Labor Botany 1895–1912
Thomas Davis Labor Sydney-Pyrmont 1891–1898
William Dick FT Newcastle East 1894–1907
Dennis Donnelly 4 Prot Cowra 1891–1896
Alfred Edden Labor Kahibah 1891–1920
Thomas Ewing Prot Lismore 1885–1901
Frank Farnell FT Ryde 1887–1898 1901–1903
John Fegan FT Wickham 1891–1907 1920–1922
William Ferguson Labor Sturt 1894–1904
Robert Fitzgerald Prot Robertson 1885–1901
John Fitzpatrick 1 FT Rylstone 1895–1904 1907–1930
Thomas Fitzpatrick Prot Murrumbidgee 1894–1904
Jacob GarrardFT Sherbrooke 1880–1898
John Gillies FT West Maitland 1891–1911
Thomas Goodwin Prot Gunnedah 1887–1888, 1895–1901
James Gormly Prot Wagga Wagga 1885–1904
Albert Gould FT Singleton 1882–1898
James Graham FT Sydney-Belmore 1894–1901 1907–1910
George Greene Independent Free Trade Grenfell 1889–1891 1894 1895–1898
Arthur Hill Griffith Labor Waratah 1894–1903 1904–1920
Matthew Harris FT Sydney-Denison 1894–1901
James Harvey FT Sydney-Bligh 1895–1898
Thomas Hassall Prot Moree 1886–1901
John Hawthorne FT Leichhardt 1885–1891 1894–1904
James Hayes Prot Murray 1885–1904
John Haynes FT Wellington 1887–1904 1915–1917
James Hogue FT Glebe 1894–1910
Leslie Hollis FT Goulburn 1891–1898
George Howarth FT Willoughby 1895–1903
Billy Hughes Labor Sydney-Lang 1894–1901
William Hurley Prot Macquarie 1895–1904
Thomas Jessep 3 FT Waverley 1896–1907
Llewellyn Jones FT Petersham 1894–1898
Robert Jones FT Mudgee 1891–1998 1907–1910
Travers Jones Prot Tumut 1885–1891 1894–1898
Joseph Kelly Prot Tweed 1894–1898
Adrian Knox FT Woollahra 1894–1898
Sydney Law Labor Balmain South 1894–1907
Charles Lee FT Tenterfield 1884–1920
Robert Levien Prot Quirindi 1880–1913
Edmund Lonsdale FT Armidale 1891–1894 1895–1898 1901–1903 1907–1913
William Lyne Prot Hume 1880–1901
Hugh Macdonald Labor Coonamble 1894–1906
James Mackay Prot Boorowa 1895–1899
William Mahony FT Annandale 1894–1910
William McCourt FT Bowral 1882–1885 1887–1913
John McElhone 7 Independent Free Trade Sydney-Fitzroy 1875–1889 1895–1898
John McFarlane Prot Clarence 1887–1915
James McGowen Labor Redfern 1891–1917
John McLaughlin Independent Protectionist Raleigh 1880–1885 1895–1901
Francis McLean FT Marrickville 1894–1901
William McMillan FT Burwood 1887–1898
Richard Meagher 2 Prot Sydney-Phillip 1895 1898–1904 1907–1917
William Millard FT Moruya 1894–1920 1920–1921
Edward Millen FT Bourke 1894–1898
Gus Miller Prot Monaro 1889–1918
Edmund Molesworth FT Newtown-Erskine 1889–1901
Samuel Moore FT Bingara 1885–1910
William Morgan FT Hawkesbury 1894–1901
Phillip Morton Independent Free Trade Shoalhaven 1889–1898
John Neild Independent Free Trade Paddington 1885–1889 1891–1894 1895–1901
Arthur Nelson Prot Sydney-Flinders 1895–1904
Henry Newman FT Orange 1891–1904
John Nicholson Independent Labor Woronora 1891–1917
John Norton 7 Prot Sydney-Fitzroy 1898–1906 1907–1910
Dowell O'Reilly FT Parramatta 1894–1898
Edward O'Sullivan Prot Queanbeyan 1885–1910
Varney Parkes FT Canterbury 1885–1888, 1891–1900 1907–1913
Hon John Perry Prot Ballina 1889–1920
Michael Phillips 4 Prot Cowra 1896–1898
Simeon Phillips FT Dubbo 1895–1904
Albert Piddington FT Tamworth 1895–1898
William Henry Piddington FT Uralla-Walcha 1894–1900
Richard Price Prot Gloucester 1894–1904 1907–1922
Robert Pyers Prot Richmond 1894–1904
George Reid FT Sydney-King 1880–1884 1885–1901
Joseph Reymond Prot Ashburnham 1895–1904
William Rigg FT Newtown-St Peters 1894–1901
Thomas Rose Prot Argyle 1891–1904
Andrew Ross Prot Molong 1880–1904
Hugh Ross 6 Labor Narrabri 1898–1901
William Schey Prot Darlington 1887–1898
John See Prot Grafton 1880–1904
Richard Sleath Labor Wilcannia 1894–1904
George Smailes Labor Granville 1895–1898
Sydney Smith FT Bathurst 1882–1898 1900
Thomas Smith Prot Nepean 1877–1887 1895–1898, 1901–1904
David Storey FT Randwick 1894–1920
Josiah Thomas Labor Alma 1894–1901
Dugald Thomson FT Warringah 1894–1901
James Thomson Labor Newcastle West 1895–1901
Thomas Waddell Prot Cobar 1897–1917
David Watkins Labor Wallsend 1894–1901
Chris Watson Labor Young 1894–1901
Henry Wheeler FT Northumberland 1895–1898
Samuel Whiddon FT Sydney-Cook 1894–1904
William Wilks FT Balmain North 1894–1901
William Willis Prot Barwon 1889–1904
William Wood Prot Eden-Bombala 1894–1913
Francis Wright Prot Glen Innes 1882–1885, 1889–1903
James Young FT 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 Rylstone John FitzpatrickFTElection result voided on appeal14/10/1895John FitzpatrickFT
2 Sydney-Phillip Richard MeagherProtDisgraced during Dean Affair 17/10/1895Henry Copeland Prot
3 Waverley Angus CameronFTDeath18/02/1896Thomas Jessep FT
4 Cowra Dennis Donnelly Prot Death27/03/1896 Michael Phillips Prot
5 Lachlan James CarrollProtFinancial difficulties11/09/1896James Carroll Prot
6 Narrabri Charles CollinsFTDeath3/06/1898Hugh Ross Labor
7 Sydney-Fitzroy John McElhoneIndependent Free TradeDeath3/06/1898 John Norton Prot

See also

References

Members of the Parliament of New South Wales
Legislative Council

1940–1943 • 1943–1946 • 1946–1949

Legislative Assembly

1894–1895 • 1895–1898 • 1898–1901