Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1882–1885

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served from 1882 to 1885 were appointed for life by the Governor on the advice of the Premier. This list includes members between the elections commencing on 30 November 1882 and the elections commencing on 16 October 1885.[5][r] The President was Sir John Hay.[6]

Name Years in office Office
Robert Abbott[d] 1883–1888
William Alderson[j] 1881–1882, 1882–1884
Archibald Bell[c] 1879–1883
John Blaxland[i] 1863–1884
William Brodribb 1882–1886
William Busby 1867–1887
William Byrnes 1858–1861, 1861–1891
Thomas Cadell 1881–1886
Alexander Campbell 1864–1890 Postmaster-General
(30 August 1882 − 4 January 1883)
Charles Campbell 1870–1888
John Campbell 1856, 1861–1886
Samuel Charles 1885–1909
James Chisholm 1865–1888
Edward Cox[b] 1874–1883
George Cox 1863–1901
John Creed[o] 1885–1930
William Dalley[a] 1870–1873, 1875–1880,
1883–1888
Attorney General
Representative of the Government
(5 January 1883 − 6 October 1885)
Henry Dangar[e] 1883–1917
Frederick Darley 1868–1886 Representative of the Government
Vice-President of the Executive Council
(14 November 1881 − 4 January 1883)
Leopold De Salis 1874–1898
Joseph Docker[l] 1856–1861, 1863–1884 Chairman of Committees
(16 December 1880 − 11 December 1884)
Alexander Dodds[o] 1885–1892
John Eales 1880–1894
Edward Flood 1879–1888
John Frazer[k] 1874–1884
Alexander Gordon[d] 1883–1886
William Grahame 1875–1889
William Halliday[o] 1885–1892
Sir John Hay 1867–1892 President
Richard Hill 1880–1895
Thomas Holt[h] 1868–1883
Archibald Jacob[e] 1883–1900
Samuel Joseph[p] 1882–1885, 1887–1893
Philip King 1880–1904
Edward Knox 1856–1857, 1882–1894
John Lackey[o] 1885–1903
George Lee 1882–1912
Lewis Levy[m] 1880–1885
William Long[o] 1885–1909
Francis Lord 1856–1861, 1864–1893
John Lucas 1880–1902
John Macintosh 1882–1911
Charles Mackellar[o] 1885–1903, 1903–1925
William Macleay 1877–1891
John Marks[n] 1878–1885
Charles Moore 1880–1895
Henry Moore 1868–1888
Henry Mort 1882–1900
Henry Moses[o] 1885–1923
James Neale[f] 1883–1890
James Norton 1879–1906 Postmaster-General
(2 May 1884 − 6 October 1885)
Edward Ogilvie 1863–1889
William Piddington 1879–1887 Chairman of Committees
(17 March 1885 − 25 November 1887)
John Richardson 1868–1887
Richard Roberts 1882–1903
Jeremiah Rundle 1882–1893
John Ryan[g] 1883–1887
John Smith (b 1811) 1880–1895
John Smith (b 1821)[q] 1874–1885
Sir Alfred Stephen 1856–1858, 1875–1879,
1879–1885, 1886–1890
John Stewart 1879–1895
John Suttor 1882–1886
William Suttor Jr. 1880–1900
Samuel Terry 1882–1887
George Thornton 1877–1901
John Watt 1861–1866, 1874–1890
Edmund Webb 1882–1899
James White 1874–1890

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b William Dalley was appointed on 5 January 1883.[1]
  2. ^ a b Edward Cox died on 25 June 1883.
  3. ^ a b Archibald Bell died on 9 August 1883.
  4. ^ a b c Robert Abbott and Alexander Gordon were appointed on 18 September 1883,[2] and took their seats on the same day.
  5. ^ a b c Henry Dangar & Archibald Jacob were appointed on 18 September 1883,[2] and took their seats on 9 October 1883.
  6. ^ a b James Neale was appointed on 18 September 1883,[2] and took their seats on 17 October 1883.
  7. ^ a b John Ryan was appointed on 18 September 1883,[2] and took his seat on 31 October 1883.
  8. ^ a b Thomas Holt resigned on 6 December 1883 to return to England.
  9. ^ a b John Blaxland died on 26 January 1884.
  10. ^ a b William Alderson died on 21 April 1884.
  11. ^ a b John Frazer died on 25 October 1884.
  12. ^ a b Joseph Docker died on 11 December 1884.
  13. ^ a b Lewis Levy died on 25 January 1885.
  14. ^ a b John Marks died on 3 March 1885.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h 8 members were appointed on 31 August 1885,[3] and took their seats on 8 September 1885.
  16. ^ a b Samuel Joseph resigned on 8 September 1885.
  17. ^ a b John Smith (b 1821) died on 12 October 1885.
  18. ^ a b Sir Alexander Stuart and James Farnell were appointed on 7 October 1885,[4] but did not take their seats until November 1885.
  19. ^ The changes to the composition of the council, in chronological order, were: Dalley appointed,[a] Cox died,[b] Bell died,[c] Abbott & Gordon appointed,[d] Dangar & Jacob appointed,[e] Neale appointed,[f] Ryan appointed,[g] Holt resigned,[h] Blaxland died,[i] Alderson died,[j] Frazer died,[k] Docker died,[l] Levy died,[m] Marks died,[n] 8 appointed,[o] Joseph resigned,[p] J Smith died,[q] Stuart & Farnell appointed.[r]

References

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  1. ^ "William Bede Dalley appointed to the Legislative Council". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 12. 5 January 1883. p. 141. Retrieved 8 September 2021 – via Trove.
  2. ^ a b c d "Appointments to the Legislative Council". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 394. 18 September 1883. p. 5119. Retrieved 8 September 2021 – via Trove.
  3. ^ "Appointments to the Legislative Council". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 379. 31 August 1885. p. 5687. Retrieved 8 September 2021 – via Trove.
  4. ^ "Appointments to the Legislative Council". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 460. 7 October 1885. p. 6611. Retrieved 7 September 2021 – via Trove.
  5. ^ "Part 3 Members of the Legislative Council" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 November 2020.[s]
  6. ^ "Part 10 Officers of the Parliament" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 November 2020.