Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1851–1856
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]
Name | Appointed or District | Years in office |
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George Allen | Appointed | 1845–1856 |
Thomas Barker [i] | Appointed | 1853–1856 |
George Barney | Appointed (Chief Commissioner of Crown Lands) | 1843; 1851–1856 |
Alexander Berry | Appointed | 1843–1856 |
James Bettington [k] | Pastoral Districts of Wellington and Bligh | 1851–1853 |
Francis Bigge [g] | Pastoral Districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa | 1851–1852 |
James Bligh | County of Bathurst | 1851–1856 |
George Bowman | Counties of Northumberland and Hunter | 1851–1856 |
William Bowman [j] | Cumberland Boroughs | 1843–1851; 1853–1856 |
William Bradley [a] | Appointed | 1843–1846; 1851–1856 |
Edward Broadhurst | Appointed | 1851–1856 |
Robert Campbell [b] | City of Sydney | 1851–1856 |
James Chisholm | Counties of King and Georgiana | 1851–1856; 1865–1888 |
William Christie [d] | Appointed | 1852–1856 |
Daniel Cooper [t] | Counties of Murray and St Vincent | 1849–1851; 1855–1856 |
Charles Cowper | County of Durham | 1843–1850; 1851–1856; 1860 |
Edward Cox [y] | Appointed | 1851–1855 |
John Darvall | County of Cumberland | 1844–1856 |
Alfred Denison | Appointed | 1851–1851 |
John Dobie [v] | Appointed | 1851–1855 |
Stuart Donaldson [f][r] | County of Durham; Sydney Hamlets | 1848–1853; 1855–1856 |
Henry Douglass | Counties of Northumberland and Hunter | 1851–1856; 1856–1861 |
William Dumaresq | Counties of Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh | 1843–1848; 1851–1856 |
Daniel Egan | Pastoral District of Maneroo | 1854–1856 |
Charles Finch [k] | Pastoral Districts of Wellington and Bligh | 1853–1856 |
Robert Fitzgerald | County of Cumberland | 1849–1856; 1856–1865 |
Edward Flood | North Eastern Boroughs | 1851–1856; 1879–1888 |
John Gibbes [x] | Appointed (Collector of Customs) | 1843–1855 |
Arthur Hodgson [n] | County of Stanley | 1854 |
John Holden [j] | Cumberland Boroughs; Appointed | 1851–1853; 1853–1856 |
Arthur Holroyd | Western Boroughs | 1851–1856 |
Thomas Hood [u] | Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs | 1855–1856; 1856–1861 |
Henry Hughes | Appointed | 1851–1853 |
Thomas Icely [i][v] | Appointed | 1843–1853; 1855–1856; 1864–1874 |
Arthur Jeffreys [m] | Pastoral District of Maneroo | 1851–1854 |
Richard Jones [e] | Stanley Boroughs | 1829–1843; 1850–1852 |
Phillip King | Counties of Gloucester and Macquarie | 1839; 1850–1851; 1851–1856 |
John Lamb [h] | City of Sydney | 1844–1851; 1851–1853 |
John Lang [b][n] | City of Sydney County of Stanley | 1843–1847; 1850–1851; 1854–1856 |
George Leslie [u] | Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs | 1851–1855 |
William Lithgow [d] | Appointed (Auditor-General) | 1829–1852 |
Alexander Longmore [a] | Appointed | 1851 |
James Macarthur | County of Camden, Western Division | 1839–1843; 1848–1856; 1866–1867 |
William Macarthur [s] | Pastoral Districts of Lachlan and Lower Darling | 1849–1855; 1864–1882 |
George Macleay | Pastoral District of Murrumbidgee | 1851–1856 |
William Macleay [s] | Pastoral Districts of Lachlan and Lower Darling | 1855–1856 |
William Manning | Appointed (Solicitor General) | 1851–1856 |
Matthew Marsh [w] | Pastoral Districts of New England and Macleay | 1851–1855 |
James Martin | Counties of Cook and Westmoreland | 1848–1856 |
Robert Massie [w] | Pastoral Districts of New England and Macleay | 1855 |
William Mayne [c] | Appointed (Inspector-General of Police) | 1852–1856 |
Francis Merewether | Appointed (Postmaster-General) | 1851–1856 |
James Mitchell [y] | Appointed | 1855–1856 |
Augustus Morris | Pastoral Districts of Liverpool Plains and Gwydir | 1851–1856 |
Terence Murray | Southern Boroughs | 1843–1856 |
Bob Nichols | Northumberland Boroughs | 1848–1856 |
Charles Nicholson | County of Argyle | 1843–1856 |
George Oakes | Town of Parramatta | 1848–1856; 1879–1881 |
Alick Osborne [t] | Counties of Murray and St Vincent | 1851–1855 |
Henry Osborne | County of Camden, Eastern Division | 1851–1856 |
Alexander Park [f] | County of Durham | 1853–1856 |
Henry Parker | Appointed | 1846–1856 |
Henry Parkes | City of Sydney | 1854–1856 |
John Plunkett | Appointed (Attorney General) | 1836–1841; 1843–1856; 1857–1858; 1861–1869 |
John Richardson [n][z] | County of Stanley; Stanley Boroughs | 1851–1854; 1855–1856 |
Campbell Riddell | Appointed (Colonial Treasurer) | 1843–1858 |
Thomas Rusden [w] | Pastoral Districts of New England and Macleay | 1855–1856 |
Henry Russell [e][z] | Stanley Boroughs | 1853–1855 |
Saul Samuel [p] | Counties of Roxburgh and Wellington | 1854–1856; 1872–1880 |
Thomas Smart [r] | Sydney Hamlets | 1851–1855; 1870–1881 |
Richard Smith [g] | Pastoral Districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa | 1853–1856 |
William Spain [c] | Appointed (Inspector-General of Police) | 1851–1852; 1856–1858 |
John Stirling [l] | Appointed | 1854–1856 |
William Suttor Sr. [p] | Counties of Roxburgh and Wellington | 1843–1854 |
Edward Thomson [l] | Appointed (Colonial Secretary) | 1837–1854; 1856–1879 |
William Thurlow [h][q] | City of Sydney | 1853–1855 |
Edward Ward [x] | Appointed | 1855–1856; 1861–1865 |
William Wentworth [o] | City of Sydney | 1843–1854; 1861–1862 |
James Wilshire [q] | City of Sydney | 1855–1856 |
Notes
- ^ a b c Alexander Longmore died on 27 October 1851 and William Bradley was appointed to replace him.[19]
- ^ a b c John Lang resigned in October 1851 and Robert Campbell was elected to replace him.[16]
- ^ a b c William Spain resigned in May 1852 and William Mayne was appointed to replace him.[18]
- ^ a b c William Lithgow resigned in May 1852 and William Christie was appointed to replace him.[18]
- ^ a b c Richard Jones died on 6 November 1852, and Henry Russell was elected on a show of hands to replace him.[14]
- ^ a b c Stuart Donaldson resigned in January 1853 and Alexander Park was elected unopposed to replace him.[10]
- ^ a b c Francis Bigge resigned in December 1852 and Richard Smith was elected unopposed to replace him.[7]
- ^ a b c John Lamb resigned in February 1853 and William Thurlow was elected to replace him.[15]
- ^ a b c Thomas Icely resigned in March 1853 and Thomas Barker was appointed to replace him.[12]
- ^ a b c John Holden resigned in March 1853 and William Bowman was elected unopposed to replace him.[11]
- ^ a b c James Bettington resigned in March 1853 and Charles Finch was elected unopposed to replace him.[6]
- ^ a b c 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]
- ^ a b Arthur Jeffreys resigned in February 1854 and Daniel Egan was elected on a show of hands to replace him.[13]
- ^ a b c d 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]
- ^ a b 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]
- ^ a b c William Suttor Sr. resigned in September 1854 and Saul Samuel was elected unopposed to replace him.[25]
- ^ a b c William Thurlow resigned in January 1855 and James Wilshire was elected unopposed to replace him.[27]
- ^ a b c Thomas Smart resigned in February 1855 and Stuart Donaldson was elected to replace him.[24]
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c Alick Osborne resigned in February 1855 and Daniel Cooper was elected to replace him.[20]
- ^ a b c George Leslie resigned in February 1855 and Thomas Hood was elected to replace him.[17]
- ^ a b c John Dobie resigned in March 1855 and Thomas Icely was appointed to replace him.[9]
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b c 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]
- ^ a b c Edward Cox resigned from the Legislative Council in May 1855 and James Mitchell was appointed to replace him.[8]
- ^ a b c Henry Russell resigned in August 1855 and John Richardson was elected unopposed to replace him.[23]
- ^ After the initial appointments and elections, the members elected or appointed, in chronological order were Bradley,[a] Campbell,[b] Mayne,[c] Christie,[d] Russell,[e] Park,[f] Smith,[g] Thurlow,[h] Thomas,[i] W Bowman,[j] Wray,[k] Stirling,[l] Egan,[m] Hodgson & Lang,[n] Parkes,[o] Samuel,[p] Wilshire,[q] Donaldson,[r] W Macleay,[s] Cooper,[t] Hood,[u] Icely,[v] Rusden,[w] Ward,[x] Mitchell,[y] and Richardson.[z]
References
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ a b c "Part 3 Members of the Legislative Council" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ Electoral Act of 1851 No 4 (NSW)
- ^ "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.[aa]
- ^ "Part 10 Officers of the Parliament" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ "Who represents the colony?". The Empire. 10 December 1853. p. 4. Retrieved 23 April 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Moreton Bay". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 March 1853. p. 3. Retrieved 7 June 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The election for Durham". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 23 February 1853. p. 2. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Cumberland Boroughs election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 April 1853. p. 2. Retrieved 23 April 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Maneroo election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 April 1854. p. 5. Retrieved 23 April 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Election for Stanley Boroughs". The Moreton Bay Courier. 8 January 1853. p. 2. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "City election: declaration of the poll". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 March 1853. p. 4. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "The election of Robert Campbell". The Empire. 19 November 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Darling Downs election". The Empire. 2 May 1855. p. 4. Retrieved 31 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Braidwood". The Sydney Morning Herald. 31 March 1855. p. 5. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "The Stanley election". The Moreton Bay Courier. 27 May 1854. p. 2. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Stanley election: the declaration of the poll". The Moreton Bay Courier. 19 August 1854. p. 2. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Election for the Stanley Boroughs". The Moreton Bay Courier. 10 September 1855. p. 1. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Sydney Hamlets' election". The Empire. 23 February 1855. p. 4. Retrieved 31 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Roxburgh and Wellington election: nomination day". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 October 1854. p. 5. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "City of Sydney election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 January 1855. p. 5. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "City election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 May 1854. p. 5. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
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