Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1864–1869
Appearance
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the fifth parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1864 until 1869.[1][2][3][4] The 1864–65 election was held between 22 November 1864 and 10 January 1865 with parliament first meeting on 24 January 1865. The Speaker was John Hay until 31 October 1865 and then William Arnold.[5]
By-elections 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.
# | Electorate | Departing Member | Reason for By-election | Date of By-election | Winner of By-election |
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1 | Canterbury | John Lucas | Elected to two seats | 24 February 1865 | James Pemell |
2 | Monaro | James Martin | Elected to two seats | 10 April 1865 | William Grahame |
3 | Gwydir | Thomas Dangar | Position of profit under the crown | 29 June 1865 | Thomas Dangar |
4 | West Sydney | John Darvall | Retired to England | 7 July 1865 | Geoffrey Eagar |
5 | West Sydney | John Robertson | Financial Difficulty | 20 October 1865 | John Robertson |
6 | Yass Plains | Peter Faucett | Appointed as a judge in the New South Wales Supreme Court | 6 November 1865 | Robert Isaacs |
7 | West Sydney | John Robertson | Ministerial by-election | 17 January 1866 | William Charles Windeyer |
8 | Williams | Marshall Burdekin | Ministerial by-election | 22 January 1866 | Frederick Manton |
9 | Williams | Frederick Manton | Financial Difficulty | 19 April 1866 | John Nowlan |
10 | Tumut | Charles Cowper, Jr. | Absent from parliament without leave | 20 August 1866 | Edward Brown |
11 | Clarence | John Laycock | Cause of resignation is unknown | 27 August 1866 | John Robertson |
12 | Illawarra | Patrick Osborne | Prolonged trip to England | 6 September 1866 | John Stewart |
13 | East Sydney | John Caldwell | Financial Difficulty | 24 September 1866 | Robert Stewart |
14 | Bathurst | James Kemp | Cause of resignation is unknown | 24 December 1866 | William Suttor |
15 | Goldfields West | Stephen Donnelly | Cause of resignation is unknown | 26 February 1867 | George Thornton |
16 | East Sydney | Sir Charles Cowper | Financial Difficulty | 20 March 1867 | Marshall Burdekin |
17 | Central Cumberland | John Hay | Appointed to the Legislative Council | 27 June 1867 | John Lackey |
18 | Orange | William Forlonge | Financial Difficulty | 1 July 1867 | George McKay |
19 | East Macquarie | David Buchanan | Traveled to England to study for the bar | 26 August 1867 | John Suttor |
20 | Upper Hunter | James White | Prolonged trip to England | 6 June 1868 | Archibald Bell |
21 | Goldfields North | George Pickering | Cause of resignation is unknown | 6 July 1868 | James Hoskins |
22 | Canterbury | James Pemell | Cause of resignation is unknown | 19 September 1868 | Richard Hill |
23 | West Sydney | Samuel Joseph | Prolonged trip to England | 15 December 1868 | William Campbell |
24 | Central Cumberland | Allan Macpherson | Cause of resignation is unknown | 17 December 1868 | Samuel Lyons |
25 | Goldfields West | George Thornton | Lengthy trip to England | 15 February 1869 | Walter Church |
26 | Braidwood | Joshua Josephson | Appointed a district court judge | 25 September 1869 | Michael Kelly |
See also
[edit]- First Martin ministry
- Fourth Cowper ministry
- Second Martin ministry
- Second Robertson ministry
- Results of the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election
- Candidates of the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election
References
[edit]- ^ Green, Antony. "1864-65 elected members". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ^ "Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate" (PDF). New South Wales Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1864-69 by-elections". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ^ "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 4 December 2019.