This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1851 to 1856.[1][2] The 1851 Electoral Act increased the number of members in the Council to 54, 18 to be appointed and 36 elected.[3] The initial appointments were made in October 1851.[4] The Speaker was Charles Nicholson.[5]

NameAppointed or DistrictYears in office
George AllenAppointed1845–1856
Thomas Barker [lower-alpha 9]Appointed1853–1856
George BarneyAppointed (Chief Commissioner of Crown Lands)1843; 1851–1856
Alexander BerryAppointed1843–1856
James Bettington [lower-alpha 11]Pastoral Districts of Wellington and Bligh1851–1853
Francis Bigge [lower-alpha 7]Pastoral Districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa1851–1852
James BlighCounty of Bathurst1851–1856
George BowmanCounties of Northumberland and Hunter1851–1856
William Bowman [lower-alpha 10]Cumberland Boroughs1843–1851; 1853–1856
William Bradley [lower-alpha 1]Appointed1843–1846; 1851–1856
Edward BroadhurstAppointed1851–1856
Robert Campbell [lower-alpha 2]City of Sydney1851–1856
James ChisholmCounties of King and Georgiana1851–1856; 1865–1888
William Christie [lower-alpha 4]Appointed1852–1856
Daniel Cooper [lower-alpha 20]Counties of Murray and St Vincent1849–1851; 1855–1856
Charles CowperCounty of Durham1843–1850; 1851–1856; 1860
Edward Cox [lower-alpha 25]Appointed1851–1855
John DarvallCounty of Cumberland1844–1856
Alfred DenisonAppointed1851–1851
John Dobie [lower-alpha 22]Appointed1851–1855
Stuart Donaldson [lower-alpha 6][lower-alpha 18]County of Durham; Sydney Hamlets1848–1853; 1855–1856
Henry DouglassCounties of Northumberland and Hunter1851–1856; 1856–1861
William DumaresqCounties of Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh1843–1848; 1851–1856
Daniel EganPastoral District of Maneroo1854–1856
Charles Finch [lower-alpha 11]Pastoral Districts of Wellington and Bligh1853–1856
Robert FitzgeraldCounty of Cumberland1849–1856; 1856–1865
Edward FloodNorth Eastern Boroughs1851–1856; 1879–1888
John Gibbes [lower-alpha 24]Appointed (Collector of Customs)1843–1855
Arthur Hodgson [lower-alpha 14]County of Stanley1854
John Holden [lower-alpha 10]Cumberland Boroughs; Appointed1851–1853; 1853–1856
Arthur HolroydWestern Boroughs1851–1856
Thomas Hood [lower-alpha 21]Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs1855–1856; 1856–1861
Henry HughesAppointed1851–1853
Thomas Icely [lower-alpha 9][lower-alpha 22]Appointed1843–1853; 1855–1856; 1864–1874
Arthur Jeffreys [lower-alpha 13]Pastoral District of Maneroo1851–1854
Richard Jones [lower-alpha 5]Stanley Boroughs1829–1843; 1850–1852
Phillip KingCounties of Gloucester and Macquarie1839; 1850–1851; 1851–1856
John Lamb [lower-alpha 8]City of Sydney1844–1851; 1851–1853
John Lang [lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 14]City of Sydney County of Stanley1843–1847; 1850–1851; 1854–1856
George Leslie [lower-alpha 21]Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs1851–1855
William Lithgow [lower-alpha 4]Appointed (Auditor-General)1829–1852
Alexander Longmore [lower-alpha 1]Appointed1851
James MacarthurCounty of Camden, Western Division1839–1843; 1848–1856; 1866–1867
William Macarthur [lower-alpha 19]Pastoral Districts of Lachlan and Lower Darling1849–1855; 1864–1882
George MacleayPastoral District of Murrumbidgee1851–1856
William Macleay [lower-alpha 19]Pastoral Districts of Lachlan and Lower Darling1855–1856
William ManningAppointed (Solicitor General)1851–1856
Matthew Marsh [lower-alpha 23]Pastoral Districts of New England and Macleay1851–1855
James MartinCounties of Cook and Westmoreland1848–1856
Robert Massie [lower-alpha 23]Pastoral Districts of New England and Macleay1855
William Mayne [lower-alpha 3]Appointed (Inspector-General of Police)1852–1856
Francis MerewetherAppointed (Postmaster-General)1851–1856
James Mitchell [lower-alpha 25]Appointed1855–1856
Augustus MorrisPastoral Districts of Liverpool Plains and Gwydir1851–1856
Terence MurraySouthern Boroughs1843–1856
Bob NicholsNorthumberland Boroughs1848–1856
Charles NicholsonCounty of Argyle1843–1856
George OakesTown of Parramatta1848–1856; 1879–1881
Alick Osborne [lower-alpha 20]Counties of Murray and St Vincent1851–1855
Henry OsborneCounty of Camden, Eastern Division1851–1856
Alexander Park [lower-alpha 6]County of Durham1853–1856
Henry ParkerAppointed1846–1856
Henry ParkesCity of Sydney1854–1856
John PlunkettAppointed (Attorney General)1836–1841; 1843–1856; 1857–1858; 1861–1869
John Richardson [lower-alpha 14][lower-alpha 26]County of Stanley; Stanley Boroughs1851–1854; 1855–1856
Campbell RiddellAppointed (Colonial Treasurer)1843–1858
Thomas Rusden [lower-alpha 23]Pastoral Districts of New England and Macleay1855–1856
Henry Russell [lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 26]Stanley Boroughs1853–1855
Saul Samuel [lower-alpha 16]Counties of Roxburgh and Wellington1854–1856; 1872–1880
Thomas Smart [lower-alpha 18]Sydney Hamlets1851–1855; 1870–1881
Richard Smith [lower-alpha 7]Pastoral Districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa1853–1856
William Spain [lower-alpha 3]Appointed (Inspector-General of Police)1851–1852; 1856–1858
John Stirling [lower-alpha 12]Appointed1854–1856
William Suttor Sr. [lower-alpha 16]Counties of Roxburgh and Wellington1843–1854
Edward Thomson [lower-alpha 12]Appointed (Colonial Secretary)1837–1854; 1856–1879
William Thurlow [lower-alpha 8][lower-alpha 17]City of Sydney1853–1855
Edward Ward [lower-alpha 24]Appointed1855–1856; 1861–1865
William Wentworth [lower-alpha 15]City of Sydney1843–1854; 1861–1862
James Wilshire [lower-alpha 17]City of Sydney1855–1856

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Alexander Longmore died on 27 October 1851 and William Bradley was appointed to replace him.[19]
  2. 1 2 3 John Lang resigned in October 1851 and Robert Campbell was elected to replace him.[16]
  3. 1 2 3 William Spain resigned in May 1852 and William Mayne was appointed to replace him.[18]
  4. 1 2 3 William Lithgow resigned in May 1852 and William Christie was appointed to replace him.[18]
  5. 1 2 3 Richard Jones died on 6 November 1852, and Henry Russell was elected on a show of hands to replace him.[14]
  6. 1 2 3 Stuart Donaldson resigned in January 1853 and Alexander Park was elected unopposed to replace him.[10]
  7. 1 2 3 Francis Bigge resigned in December 1852 and Richard Smith was elected unopposed to replace him.[7]
  8. 1 2 3 John Lamb resigned in February 1853 and William Thurlow was elected to replace him.[15]
  9. 1 2 3 Thomas Icely resigned in March 1853 and Thomas Barker was appointed to replace him.[12]
  10. 1 2 3 John Holden resigned in March 1853 and William Bowman was elected unopposed to replace him.[11]
  11. 1 2 3 James Bettington resigned in March 1853 and Charles Finch was elected unopposed to replace him.[6]
  12. 1 2 3 Edward Thomson resigned in January 1854 from the Legislative Council, but not as Colonial Secretary, while he went to England to watch over the progress of the Constitution Bill in the British parliament. John Stirling was appointed to replace him.[26]
  13. 1 2 Arthur Jeffreys resigned in February 1854 and Daniel Egan was elected on a show of hands to replace him.[13]
  14. 1 2 3 4 John Richardson resigned in March 1854. Votes were tied in the subsequent by-election the returning officer gave a casting vote for Arthur Hodgson.[21] Hodgson's election however was declared void,[2] and John Lang won the subsequent election by a single vote.[22]
  15. 1 2 William Wentworth resigned in April 1854 from the Legislative Council while he went to England to watch over the progress of the Constitution Bill in the British parliament. Henry Parkes was elected to replace him.[28]
  16. 1 2 3 William Suttor Sr. resigned in September 1854 and Saul Samuel was elected unopposed to replace him.[25]
  17. 1 2 3 William Thurlow resigned in January 1855 and James Wilshire was elected unopposed to replace him.[27]
  18. 1 2 3 Thomas Smart resigned in February 1855 and Stuart Donaldson was elected to replace him.[24]
  19. 1 2 3 William Macarthur resigned in January 1855 in order to represent the colony at the Paris International Exhibition of 1855 and William Macleay was elected to replace him.
  20. 1 2 3 Alick Osborne resigned in February 1855 and Daniel Cooper was elected to replace him.[20]
  21. 1 2 3 George Leslie resigned in February 1855 and Thomas Hood was elected to replace him.[17]
  22. 1 2 3 John Dobie resigned in March 1855 and Thomas Icely was appointed to replace him.[9]
  23. 1 2 3 4 Matthew Marsh resigned in March 1855 and Robert Massie was elected to replace him. Massie's election however was declared void,[2] and Thomas Rusden won the subsequent election.
  24. 1 2 3 John Gibbes resigned from the Legislative Council, but not as Collector of Customs, in May 1855 and Edward Ward was appointed to replace him.[8]
  25. 1 2 3 Edward Cox resigned from the Legislative Council in May 1855 and James Mitchell was appointed to replace him.[8]
  26. 1 2 3 Henry Russell resigned in August 1855 and John Richardson was elected unopposed to replace him.[23]
  27. ↑ After the initial appointments and elections, the members elected or appointed, in chronological order were Bradley,[lower-alpha 1] Campbell,[lower-alpha 2] Mayne,[lower-alpha 3] Christie,[lower-alpha 4] Russell,[lower-alpha 5] Park,[lower-alpha 6] Smith,[lower-alpha 7] Thurlow,[lower-alpha 8] Thomas,[lower-alpha 9] W Bowman,[lower-alpha 10] Wray,[lower-alpha 11] Stirling,[lower-alpha 12] Egan,[lower-alpha 13] Hodgson & Lang,[lower-alpha 14] Parkes,[lower-alpha 15] Samuel,[lower-alpha 16] Wilshire,[lower-alpha 17] Donaldson,[lower-alpha 18] W Macleay,[lower-alpha 19] Cooper,[lower-alpha 20] Hood,[lower-alpha 21] Icely,[lower-alpha 22] Rusden,[lower-alpha 23] Ward,[lower-alpha 24] Mitchell,[lower-alpha 25] and Richardson.[lower-alpha 26]

References

  1. ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Part 3 Members of the Legislative Council" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  3. ↑ Electoral Act of 1851 No 4 (NSW)
  4. ↑ "Proclamation: appointments to the Legislative Council (114)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 13 October 1851. p. 1640. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.[lower-alpha 27]
  5. ↑ "Part 10 Officers of the Parliament" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Who represents the colony?". The Empire. 10 December 1853. p. 4. Retrieved 23 April 2019 – via Trove.
  7. ↑ "Moreton Bay". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 March 1853. p. 3. Retrieved 7 June 2019 – via Trove.
  8. 1 2 "Proclamation: appointment of Edward Ward and James Mitchell to the Legislative Council (80)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 1 June 1855. p. 1499. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  9. ↑ "Proclamation: appointment Thomas Icely (63)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 27 April 1855. p. 1207. Retrieved 5 May 2019 – via Trove.
  10. ↑ "The election for Durham". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 23 February 1853. p. 2. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  11. ↑ "Cumberland Boroughs election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 April 1853. p. 2. Retrieved 23 April 2019 – via Trove.
  12. ↑ "Proclamation: appointment of Thomas Barker (38)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 8 April 1853. p. 655. Retrieved 5 May 2019 – via Trove.
  13. ↑ "Maneroo election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 April 1854. p. 5. Retrieved 23 April 2019 – via Trove.
  14. ↑ "Election for Stanley Boroughs". The Moreton Bay Courier. 8 January 1853. p. 2. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  15. ↑ "City election: declaration of the poll". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 March 1853. p. 4. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  16. ↑ "The election of Robert Campbell". The Empire. 19 November 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
  17. ↑ "Darling Downs election". The Empire. 2 May 1855. p. 4. Retrieved 31 May 2019 – via Trove.
  18. 1 2 "Proclamation: appointment of William Christie and William Mayne to the Legislative Council (49)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 14 May 1852. p. 787. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  19. ↑ "Proclamation: appointment of William Bradley to the Legislative Council". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 129. 11 November 1851. p. 1851. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  20. ↑ "Braidwood". The Sydney Morning Herald. 31 March 1855. p. 5. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  21. ↑ "The Stanley election". The Moreton Bay Courier. 27 May 1854. p. 2. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  22. ↑ "Stanley election: the declaration of the poll". The Moreton Bay Courier. 19 August 1854. p. 2. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  23. ↑ "Election for the Stanley Boroughs". The Moreton Bay Courier. 10 September 1855. p. 1. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  24. ↑ "Sydney Hamlets' election". The Empire. 23 February 1855. p. 4. Retrieved 31 May 2019 – via Trove.
  25. ↑ "Roxburgh and Wellington election: nomination day". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 October 1854. p. 5. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  26. ↑ "Proclamation: appointment of John Stirling to the Legislative Council". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 13. 31 January 1854. p. 213. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  27. ↑ "City of Sydney election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 January 1855. p. 5. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  28. ↑ "City election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 May 1854. p. 5. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
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