Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1887–1889

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served from 1887 to 1889 were appointed for life by the Governor on the advice of the Premier. This list includes members between the elections commencing on 4 February 1887 and the elections commencing on 1 February 1889.^[1] The President was Sir John Hay.^[7]

Although a loose party system had emerged in the Legislative Assembly at this time, there was no real party structure in the Council.

Name	Years in office	Office
Robert Abbott [lower-alpha 13]	1883–1888
Edmund Barton [lower-alpha 1]	1887–1891, 1897–1898	Attorney General Representative of the Government in Legislative Council (17 January 1889 – 7 March 1889)
Richard Bowker [lower-alpha 9]	1888–1903
William Busby [lower-alpha 5]	1867–1887
William Byrnes	1858–1861, 1861–1891
Alexander Campbell	1864–1890
Charles Campbell [lower-alpha 17]	1870–1888
George Campbell [lower-alpha 10]	1888–1890
Samuel Charles	1885–1909
James Chisholm [lower-alpha 14]	1865–1888
George Cox	1863–1901
John Creed	1885–1930
William Dalley [lower-alpha 18]	1870–1873, 1875–1880, 1883–1888
Henry Dangar	1883–1917
John Davies [lower-alpha 9]	1888–1896
Leopold De Salis	1874–1898
Alexander Dodds	1885–1892
John Eales	1880–1894
James Farnell [lower-alpha 4]	1885–1887
Peter Faucett [lower-alpha 12]	1888–1894
Edward Flood [lower-alpha 16]	1879–1888
Andrew Garran [lower-alpha 2]	1887–1892, 1895–1901
William Grahame	1875–1889
William Halliday	1885–1892
Sir John Hay	1867–1892	President
Richard Hill	1880–1895
Frederick Humphery [lower-alpha 9]	1888–1908
Archibald Jacob	1883–1900	Chairman of Committees (1 December 1887 – 28 May 1900)
Samuel Joseph [lower-alpha 2]	1881–1885, 1887–1893
Andrew Kerr [lower-alpha 9]	1888–1907
Philip King	1880–1904
Edward Knox	1856–1857, 1882–1894
John Lackey	1885–1903	Vice-President of the Executive Council (17 January 1889 – 7 March 1889)
George Lee	1882–1912
George Lloyd [lower-alpha 2]	1887–1897
William Long	1885–1909
Francis Lord	1856–1861, 1864–1893
John Lucas	1880–1902
John Macintosh	1882–1911
Charles Mackellar	1885–1903, 1903–1925
William Macleay	1877–1891
Sir William Manning [lower-alpha 9]	1861–1876, 1888–1895
Charles Moore	1880–1895
Henry Moore [lower-alpha 15]	1868–1888
Henry Mort	1882–1900
Henry Moses	1885–1923
James Neale	1883–1890
James Norton	1879–1906
Richard O'Connor [lower-alpha 9]	1888–1898
Edward Ogilvie	1863–1889
William Piddington [lower-alpha 8]	1879–1887	Chairman of Committees (17 March 1885 – 25 November 1887)
William Pigott [lower-alpha 2]	1887–1907
Arthur Renwick [lower-alpha 9]	1888–1908
John Richardson [lower-alpha 6]	1868–1887
Richard Roberts	1882–1903
Jeremiah Rundle	1882–1893
Julian Salomons [lower-alpha 3]	1870–1871, 1887–1899	Representative of the Government Vice-President of the Executive Council (20 January 1887 – 16 January 1889)
George Simpson	1885–1894	Attorney General (10 February 1888 – 16 January 1889)
Patrick Shepherd [lower-alpha 9]	1888–1903
John Smith	1880–1895
Sir Alfred Stephen	1856–1858, 1875–1879, 1879–1885, 1886–1890
Septimus Stephen [lower-alpha 2]	1887–1900
John Stewart	1879–1895
William Suttor Jr.	1880–1900
Samuel Terry [lower-alpha 7]	1882–1887
George Thornton	1877–1901
William Trickett [lower-alpha 9]	1888–1916
Ebenezer Vickery [lower-alpha 2]	1887–1906
William Walker [lower-alpha 9]	1888–1908
James Watson [lower-alpha 2]	1887–1907
John Watt	1861–1866, 1874–1890
Edmund Webb	1882–1899
James White	1874–1890
Robert White [lower-alpha 9]	1888–1900
Sir Robert Wisdom [lower-alpha 11]	1888

See also

• Fourth Parkes ministry
• Second Dibbs ministry

Notes

1. Edmund Barton was appointed on 2 February 1887,^[2] and took his seat on 8 March 1887.
2. 7 members were appointed on 15 February 1887,^[3] and took their seats on 8 March 1887.
3. Julian Salomons was appointed on 7 March 1887,^[4] and took his seat on 8 March 1887
4. James Farnell resigned on 17 February 1887 having been elected to the Legislative Assembly at the 1887 Redfern election.
5. William Busby died on 23 June 1887.
6. John Richardson resigned on 29 June 1887.
7. Samuel Terry died on 21 September 1887.
8. William Piddington died on 25 November 1887.
9. 11 members were appointed on 30 December 1887,^[5] and took their seats on 8 February 1888.
10. George Campbell was appointed on 30 December 1887,^[5] and took his seat on 15 February 1888.
11. Robert Wisdom was appointed on 2 February 1887,^[2] but died on 16 March 1888 without taking his seat.
12. Peter Faucett was appointed on 9 April 1888,^[6] and took his seat on 18 April 1888.
13. Robert Abbott resigned on 29 February 1888.
14. James Chisholm died on 24 June 1888.
15. Henry Moore died on 29 June 1888.
16. Edward Flood died on 9 September 1888.
17. Charles Campbell died on 23 October 1888.
18. William Dalley died on 28 October 1888.
19. The changes to the composition of the council, in chronological order, were: Barton appointed,^{[lower-alpha 1]} 7 appointed,^{[lower-alpha 2]} Salomons appointed,^{[lower-alpha 3]} Farnell resigned,^{[lower-alpha 4]} Busby died,^{[lower-alpha 5]} Richardson resigned,^{[lower-alpha 6]} Terry died,^{[lower-alpha 7]} Piddington died,^{[lower-alpha 8]} 11 appointed,^{[lower-alpha 9]} G Campbell appointed,^{[lower-alpha 10]} Wisdom appointed,^{[lower-alpha 11]} Faucett appointed,^{[lower-alpha 12]} Abbott resigned,^{[lower-alpha 13]} Chisholm died,^{[lower-alpha 14]} H Moore died,^{[lower-alpha 15]} Flood died,^{[lower-alpha 16]} C Campbell died,^{[lower-alpha 17]} Dalley died,^{[lower-alpha 18]}

References

1. "Part 3 Members of the Legislative Council" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
2. "Appointments to the Legislative Council". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 64. 2 February 1887. p. 747. Retrieved 5 September 2021 – via Trove.
3. "Appointments to the Legislative Council". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 93. 15 February 1887. p. 1131. Retrieved 5 September 2021 – via Trove.
4. "Julian Emanuel Salomons appointed to the Legislative Council". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 124. 7 March 1887. p. 1573. Retrieved 5 September 2021 – via Trove.
5. "Appointments to the Legislative Council". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 760. 30 December 1887. p. 8609. Retrieved 5 September 2021 – via Trove.
6. "Peter Faucett appointed to the Legislative Council". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 234. 12 April 1888. p. 2613. Retrieved 5 September 2021 – via Trove.
7. "Part 10 Officers of the Parliament" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 November 2020.^{[lower-alpha 19]}