Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1885–1887
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served from 1885 to 1887 were appointed for life by the Governor on the advice of the Premier . This list includes members between the elections commencing on 16 October 1885 and the elections commencing on 4 February 1887 .[ 1] The President was Sir John Hay .[ 6]
Name
Years in office
Office
Robert Abbott
1883–1888
William Brodribb [ g]
1882–1886
John Burns [ k]
1887
Representative of the Government (21 – 27 January 1887)
William Busby
1867–1887
William Byrnes
1858–1861, 1861–1891
Thomas Cadell [ i]
1881–1886
Alexander Campbell
1864–1890
Charles Campbell
1870–1888
John Campbell [ e]
1856, 1861–1886
Samuel Charles
1885–1909
James Chisholm
1865–1888
George Cox
1863–1901
John Creed
1885–1930
William Dalley
1870–1873, 1875–1880, 1883–1888
Henry Dangar
1883–1917
Frederick Darley [ j]
1868–1886
Leopold De Salis
1874–1898
Alexander Dodds
1885–1892
John Eales
1880–1894
James Farnell [ b]
1885–1887
Edward Flood
1879–1888
Alexander Gordon [ h]
1883–1886
William Grahame
1875–1889
William Halliday
1885–1892
Sir John Hay
1867–1892
President
Richard Hill
1880–1895
Archibald Jacob
1883–1900
Philip King
1880–1904
Edward Knox
1856–1857, 1882–1894
John Lackey
1885–1903
George Lee
1882–1912
William Long
1885–1909
Francis Lord
1856–1861, 1864–1893
John Lucas
1880–1902
John Macintosh
1882–1911
Charles Mackellar
1885–1903, 1903–1925
Representative of the Government Vice-President of the Executive Council (26 February 1886 – 23 December 1886)
William Macleay
1877–1891
Charles Moore
1880–1895
Henry Moore
1868–1888
Henry Mort
1882–1900
Henry Moses
1885–1923
James Neale
1883–1890
James Norton
1879–1906
Edward Ogilvie
1863–1889
William Piddington
1879–1887
Chairman of Committees
John Richardson
1868–1887
Richard Roberts
1882–1903
Jeremiah Rundle
1882–1893
John Ryan [ l]
1883–1887
George Simpson [ d]
1885–1894
Representative of the Government (22 December 1885 – 25 February 1886)
John Smith
1880–1895
Sir Alfred Stephen [ c]
1856–1858, 1875–1879, 1879–1885, 1886–1890
John Stewart
1879–1895
Sir Alexander Stuart [ a]
1885–1886
John Suttor [ f]
1882–1886
William Suttor Jr.
1880–1900
Samuel Terry
1882–1887
George Thornton
1877–1901
Secretary for Mines Representative of the Government in Legislative Council (13 November 1885 − 21 December 1885)
John Watt
1861–1866, 1874–1890
Edmund Webb
1882–1899
James White
1874–1890
Robert White [ d]
1888–1900
See also
Notes
^ a b Sir Alexander Stuart was appointed on 7 October 1885,[ 2] took his seat on 17 November 1885 and died on 16 June 1886.
^ a b James Farnell was appointed on 7 October 1885,[ 2] and took his seat on 25 November 1885.
^ a b Sir Alfred Stephen resigned on 9 November 1885 to become acting Governor of New South Wales and was re-appointed on 16 December 1885,[ 3] taking his seat on 27 January 1886.
^ a b c George Simpson was appointed on 22 December 1885.[ 4]
^ a b John Campbell died on 2 January 1886.
^ a b John Suttor died on 27 May 1886.
^ a b William Brodribb died on 31 May 1886.
^ a b Alexander Gordon had retired to England in 1885 and resigned on 18 August 1886.
^ a b Thomas Cadell resigned on 22 September 1886 to visit England.
^ a b Frederick Darley resigned on 1 December 1886 as he had been appointed Chief Justice .
^ a b John Burns was appointed on 21 January 1887,[ 5] for the purpose of taking charge of the supply bill and resigned on 28 January 1887 to return to the Legislative Assembly.
^ a b John Ryan died on 28 January 1887.
^ The changes to the composition of the council, in chronological order, were:
Stuart appointed,[ a]
Farnell appointed,[ b]
Stephen resigned,[ c]
Simpson appointed,[ d]
J Campbell died,[ e]
J Suttor died,[ f]
Brodribb died,[ g]
Gordon resigned,[ h]
Cadell resigned,[ i]
Darley resigned,[ j]
Burns appointed,[ k]
Ryan died,[ l]
References