Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1860–1864

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the fourth parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1860 to 1864:^[1][2][3][4] The Speaker was Terence Murray until 13 October 1862 and then John Hay.^[5]

Name	Electorate	Years in office
Alexander, MauriceMaurice Alexander [lower-alpha 4]	Goulburn	1861–1872
Allen, William BellWilliam Allen	Williams	1860–1864
Arnold, William MunningsWilliam Arnold	Paterson	1856–1875
Atkinson, JamesJames Atkinson [lower-alpha 23]	Central Cumberland	1859–1863
Bell, DavidDavid Bell [lower-alpha 9]	Camden	1861–1865
Blake, IsidoreIsidore Blake [lower-alpha 8]	Hunter	1860–1861
Buchanan, DavidDavid Buchanan [lower-alpha 16][lower-alpha 28]	Morpeth, East Macquarie	1860–1862, 1864–1867, 1869–1877, 1879–1885, 1888–1889
Buchanan, JamesJames Buchanan [lower-alpha 22]	Goldfields North	1863–1864
Burdekin, MarshallMarshall Burdekin [lower-alpha 21]	Liverpool Plains	1863–1866, 1867–1869
Burns, MarshallJohn Burns [lower-alpha 8]	Hunter	1861–1869, 1872–1891
Byrnes, JamesJames Byrnes [lower-alpha 1]	Parramatta	1857–1872
Caldwell, JohnJohn Caldwell	East Sydney	1860–1866
Close, EdwardEdward Close [lower-alpha 16]	Morpeth	1859–1860, 1862–1864
Cowper, CharlesCharles Cowper	East Sydney	1856–1859, 1860–1870
Cowper, Charles JrCharles Cowper Jr. [lower-alpha 25]	Tumut, Orange	1860–1866
Cummings, WilliamWilliam Cummings	East Macquarie	1859–1874
Cunneen, JamesJames Cunneen	Hawkesbury	1860–1869, 1872–1877
Dalgleish, DanielDaniel Dalgleish	West Sydney	1860–1864
Dalley, William BedeWilliam Dalley [lower-alpha 17]	Carcoar	1856–1860, 1862–1864
Dangar, ThomasThomas Dangar [lower-alpha 2]	Upper Hunter	1861–1864
Daniel, SilvanusSilvanus Daniel [lower-alpha 13]	Wellington	1860–1862
Darvall, JohnJohn Darvall [lower-alpha 24]	East Maitland	1856–1857, 1859–1860, 1863–1865
Dick, AlexanderAlexander Dick [lower-alpha 21]	Liverpool Plains	1860–1862
Dickson, JamesJames Dickson [lower-alpha 24]	East Maitland	1857–1859, 1859–1863
Douglas, JohnJohn Douglas [lower-alpha 9]	Camden	1859–1859, 1860–1861
Driver, RichardRichard Driver	West Macquarie	1860–1880
Eagar, GeoffreyGeoffrey Eagar [lower-alpha 20]	West Sydney	1863–1864, 1865–1869
Eckford, JosephJoseph Eckford	Wollombi	1860–1872, 1877–1882
Egan, DanielDaniel Egan	Eden	1856–1870
Emmanuel, SamuelSamuel Emmanuel [lower-alpha 18]	Argyle	1862–1864
Faucett, PeterPeter Faucett [lower-alpha 10]	Yass Plains	1856–1859, 1860, 1861–1865
Flett, HenryHenry Flett	Hastings	1859–1864
Forster, Robert Henry MarinerRobert Forster [lower-alpha 14]	New England	1862–1864, 1870–1877
Forster, WilliamWilliam Forster [lower-alpha 3]	East Sydney	1856–1860, 1861–1864, 1864–1869, 1869–1874, 1875–1876, 1880–1882
Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett [lower-alpha 12]	Shoalhaven	1859–1861
Garrett, ThomasThomas Garrett	Monaro	1860–1871, 1872–1891
Gordon, HughHugh Gordon [lower-alpha 11]	Tenterfield	1861–1869
Gray, SamuelSamuel Gray [lower-alpha 27]	Kiama	1859–1864, 1874–1880, 1882–1885
Hannell, JamesJames Hannell	Newcastle	1860–1869, 1872–1874
Harpur, JosephJoseph Harpur [lower-alpha 5]	Patrick's Plains	1861–1864
Hart, JamesJames Hart	Bathurst	1858–1872
Haworth, RobertRobert Haworth	Illawarra	1860–1864
Hay, JohnJohn Hay	Murray	1856–1867
Holroyd, ArthurArthur Holroyd [lower-alpha 1]	Parramatta	1856–1857, 1861–1864
Holt, ThomasThomas Holt [lower-alpha 6]	Newtown	1856–1857, 1861–1864
Hoskins, JamesJames Hoskins [lower-alpha 22]	Goldfields North	1859–1863, 1868–1882
Irving, ClarkClark Irving	Clarence	1856–1858, 1859–1864
Lackey, JohnJohn Lackey	Parramatta	1860–1864, 1867–1885
Lang, John DunmoreJohn Lang	West Sydney	1859–1869
Laycock, JohnJohn Laycock	Central Cumberland	1859–1864
Leary, JosephJoseph Leary	Narellan	1860–1864, 1869–1872, 1876–1880
Lesley, WilliamWilliam Lesley [lower-alpha 5]	Patrick's Plains	1860–1861
Lewis, ThomasThomas Lewis [lower-alpha 19]	Northumberland	1860–1862
Lord, GeorgeGeorge Lord	Bogan	1856–1877
Love, WilliamWilliam Love	West Sydney	1860–1864
Lucas, JohnJohn Lucas	Canterbury	1860–1869, 1871–1880
Macleay, William JohnWilliam Macleay	Murrumbidgee	1856–1859, 1860–1874
Macpherson, AllanAllan Macpherson [lower-alpha 23]	Central Cumberland	1863–1868
Markham, GeorgeGeorge Markham [lower-alpha 14]	New England	1860–1862
Martin, JamesJames Martin [lower-alpha 15][lower-alpha 25]	Orange, Tumut	1856–1860, 1862–1873
Mate, ThomasThomas Mate	Hume	1860–1869
McArthur, AlexanderAlexander McArthur [lower-alpha 6]	Newtown	1859–1861
Meston, RobertRobert Meston [lower-alpha 11]	Tenterfield	1860–1861
Milford, HenryHenry Milford [lower-alpha 26]	Braidwood	1864
Moriarty, MerionMerion Moriarty [lower-alpha 26]	Braidwood	1860–1864
Morrice, JohnJohn Morrice	Camden	1860–1872
Morris, AugustusAugustus Morris	Balranald	1859–1864
Murray, Terence AubreyTerence Murray [lower-alpha 18]	Argyle	1856–1862
O'Brien, HenryHenry O'Brien [lower-alpha 10]	Yass Plains	1860–1861
Parkes, HenryHenry Parkes [lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 27]	East Sydney, Kiama	1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1872–1895
Peisley, JohnJohn Peisley [lower-alpha 15]	Orange	1860–1862
Piddington, WilliamWilliam Piddington	Hawkesbury	1856–1877
Raper, EdwardEdward Raper	Canterbury	1860–1864
Redman, WilliamWilliam Redman	Queanbeyan	1860–1864
Robertson, JohnJohn Robertson [lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 12]	Upper Hunter, Shoalhaven	1856–1861, 1862–1865, 1865–1866, 1866–1870, 1870–1877, 1877–1878, 1882–1886
Rotton, HenryHenry Rotton	Hartley	1858–1864
Rusden, FrancisFrancis Rusden	Gwydir	1856–1857, 1860–1864
Ryan, James TobiasJames Ryan	Nepean	1860–1872
Ryan, John NagelJohn Ryan	Lachlan	1859–1864
Sadleir, RichardRichard Sadleir [lower-alpha 7]	Lower Hunter	1861–1864
Samuel, SaulSaul Samuel [lower-alpha 13]	Wellington	1859–1860, 1862–1872
Scott, Alexander WalkerAlexander Scott [lower-alpha 7]	Lower Hunter	1856–1861
Shepherd, IsaacIsaac Shepherd	St Leonards	1860–1864
Smart, ThomasThomas Smart	Glebe	1860–1869
Stewart, RobertRobert Stewart	East Sydney	1860–1864, 1866–1869
Sutherland, JohnJohn Sutherland	Paddington	1860–1881, 1882–1889
Suttor Sr., WilliamWilliam Suttor [lower-alpha 28]	East Macquarie	1856–1859, 1860–1872
Terry, WilliamSamuel Terry	Mudgee	1859–1869, 1871–1881
Tighe, AtkinsonAtkinson Tighe [lower-alpha 19]	Northumberland	1862–1869, 1882–1884
Walker, WilliamWilliam Walker	Windsor	1860–1869
Walsh, Charles HamiltonCharles Walsh [lower-alpha 4]	Goulburn	1860–1861
Watt, William RedfernWilliam Watt [lower-alpha 17]	Carcoar	1859–1862
Weekes, EliasElias Weekes	West Maitland	1856–1864
Wilson, BowieBowie Wilson	Goldfields South	1859–1872
Windeyer, William CharlesWilliam Windeyer [lower-alpha 20]	Lower Hunter	1859–1862, 1866–1872, 1876–1879
Wisdom, RobertRobert Wisdom	Goldfields West	1859–1872, 1874–1887

See also

• First Robertson ministry
• Third Cowper ministry
• First Martin ministry
• Results of the 1860 New South Wales colonial election
• Candidates of the 1860 New South Wales colonial election

Notes

There was no party system in New South Wales politics until 1887. 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.^[4]

1. Parramatta MLA James Byrnes resigned on 26 March 1861. The resulting by-election on 10 April 1861 was won by Arthur Holroyd.
2. Upper Hunter MLA John Robertson was appointed to the Legislative Council on 28 March 1861. The resulting by-election on 15 April 1861 was won by Thomas Dangar.
3. East Sydney MLA Henry Parkes resigned on 13 May 1861. The resulting by-election on 29 May 1861 was won by William Forster.
4. Goulburn MLA Charles Walsh resigned on 14 May 1861. The resulting by-election on 13 June 1861 was won by Maurice Alexander.
5. Patrick's Plains MLA William Lesley resigned on 5 June 1861. The resulting by-election on 8 July 1861 was won by Joseph Harpur.
6. Newtown MLA Alexander McArthur was appointed to the Legislative Council on 20 June 1861. The resulting by-election on 12 July 1861 was won by Thomas Holt.
7. Lower Hunter MLA Alexander Scott was appointed to the Legislative Council on 22 June 1861. The resulting by-election on 19 July 1861 was won by Richard Sadleir.
8. Hunter MLA Isidore Blake resigned on 9 July 1861. The resulting by-election on 5 August 1861 was won by John Burns.
9. Camden MLA John Douglas resigned on 17 July 1861. The resulting by-election on 20 August 1861 was won by David Bell.
10. Yass Plains MLA Henry O'Brien resigned on 16 July 1861. The resulting by-election on 22 August 1861 was won by Peter Faucett.
11. Tenterfield MLA Robert Meston resigned on 5 November 1861. The resulting by-election on 3 December 1861 was won by Hugh Gordon.
12. Shoalhaven MLA John Garrett resigned on 19 December 1861. The resulting by-election on 14 January 1862 was won by John Robertson.
13. Wellington MLA Silvanus Daniel resigned on 13 February 1862. The resulting by-election on 5 March 1862 was won by Saul Samuel.
14. New England MLA George Markham resigned on 13 February 1862. The resulting by-election on 2 April 1862 was won by Robert Forster.
15. Orange MLA John Peisley resigned on 10 June 1862. The resulting by-election on 28 June 1862 was won by James Martin.
16. Morpeth MLA David Buchanan resigned on 2 September 1862. The resulting by-election on 18 September 1862 was won by Edward Close.
17. Carcoar MLA William Watt resigned on 27 September 1862. The resulting by-election on 20 October 1862 was won by William Dalley.
18. Argyle MLA Terence Murray was appointed to the Legislative Council on 15 October 1862. The resulting by-election on 4 November 1862 was won by Samuel Emmanuel.
19. Northumberland MLA Thomas Lewis resigned on 11 December 1862. The resulting by-election on 23 December 1862 was won by Atkinson Tighe.
20. West Sydney MLA William Windeyer resigned on 22 December 1862. The resulting by-election on 8 January 1863 was won by Geoffrey Eagar.
21. Liverpool Plains MLA Alexander Dick resigned on 31 December 1862. The resulting by-election on 29 January 1863 was won by Marshall Burdekin.
22. Goldfields North MLA James Hoskins resigned on 17 February 1863. The resulting by-election on 7 April 1863 was won by James Buchanan.
23. Central Cumberland MLA James Atkinson resigned on 14 April 1863. The resulting by-election on 6 June 1863 was won by Allan Macpherson.
24. East Maitland MLA James Dickson died on 28 April 1863. The resulting by-election on 18 June 1863 was won by John Darvall.
25. Orange MLA James Martin was required to resign and recontest his seat in order to become Premier, which he did on 16 October 1863. He was defeated by Tumut MLA Charles Cowper Jr. in the resulting by-election on 4 November 1863, Cowper having resigned his seat on 24 October 1863. Martin won the by-election for Cowper's seat of Tumut on 16 November 1863.
26. Braidwood MLA Merion Moriarty died on 10 January 1864. The resulting by-election on 3 February 1864 was won by Henry Milford.
27. Kiama MLA Samuel Gray resigned on 2 April 1864. The resulting by-election on 29 April 1864 was won by Henry Parkes.
28. East Macquarie MLA William Suttor resigned on 14 September 1864. The resulting by-election on 6 October 1864 was won by David Buchanan.
29. By-elections & changes in chronological order were Parramatta,^{[lower-alpha 1]} Upper Hunter,^{[lower-alpha 2]} East Sydney,^{[lower-alpha 3]} Goulburn,^{[lower-alpha 4]} Patrick's Plains,^{[lower-alpha 5]} Newtown,^{[lower-alpha 6]} Lower Hunter,^{[lower-alpha 7]} Hunter,^{[lower-alpha 8]} Camden,^{[lower-alpha 9]} Yass Plains,^{[lower-alpha 10]} Tenterfield,^{[lower-alpha 11]} Shoalhaven,^{[lower-alpha 12]} Wellington,^{[lower-alpha 13]} New England,^{[lower-alpha 14]} Orange,^{[lower-alpha 15]} Morpeth,^{[lower-alpha 16]} Carcoar,^{[lower-alpha 17]} Argyle,^{[lower-alpha 18]} Northumberland,^{[lower-alpha 19]} West Sydney,^{[lower-alpha 20]} Liverpool Plains,^{[lower-alpha 21]} Goldfields North,^{[lower-alpha 22]} Central Cumberland,^{[lower-alpha 23]} East Maitland,^{[lower-alpha 24]} Orange (2),^{[lower-alpha 25]} Braidwood,^{[lower-alpha 26]} Kiama,^{[lower-alpha 27]} East Macquarie,^{[lower-alpha 28]}

References

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