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This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1851 to 1856.[1][2] The 1851 Electoral Act increased the number of members in the Council to 54, 18 to be appointed and 36 elected.[3] The initial appointments were made in October 1851.[4] The Speaker was Charles Nicholson.[5]

Name Appointed or District Years in office
George Allen Appointed 1845–1856
Thomas Barker [i] Appointed 1853–1856
George Barney Appointed (Chief Commissioner of Crown Lands) 1843; 1851–1856
Alexander Berry Appointed 1843–1856
James Bettington [k] Pastoral Districts of Wellington and Bligh 1851–1853
Francis Bigge [g] Pastoral Districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa 1851–1852
James Bligh County of Bathurst 1851–1856
George Bowman Counties of Northumberland and Hunter 1851–1856
William Bowman [j] Cumberland Boroughs 1843–1851; 1853–1856
William Bradley [a] Appointed 1843–1846; 1851–1856
Edward Broadhurst Appointed 1851–1856
Robert Campbell [b] City of Sydney 1851–1856
James Chisholm Counties of King and Georgiana 1851–1856; 1865–1888
William Christie [d] Appointed 1852–1856
Daniel Cooper [t] Counties of Murray and St Vincent 1849–1851; 1855–1856
Charles Cowper County of Durham 1843–1850; 1851–1856; 1860
Edward Cox [y] Appointed 1851–1855
John Darvall County of Cumberland 1844–1856
Alfred Denison Appointed 1851–1851
John Dobie [v] Appointed 1851–1855
Stuart Donaldson [f][r] County of Durham; Sydney Hamlets 1848–1853; 1855–1856
Henry Douglass Counties of Northumberland and Hunter 1851–1856; 1856–1861
William Dumaresq Counties of Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh 1843–1848; 1851–1856
Daniel Egan Pastoral District of Maneroo 1854–1856
Charles Finch [k] Pastoral Districts of Wellington and Bligh 1853–1856
Robert Fitzgerald County of Cumberland 1849–1856; 1856–1865
Edward Flood North Eastern Boroughs 1851–1856; 1879–1888
John Gibbes [x] Appointed (Collector of Customs) 1843–1855
Arthur Hodgson [n] County of Stanley 1854
John Holden [j] Cumberland Boroughs; Appointed 1851–1853; 1853–1856
Arthur Holroyd Western Boroughs 1851–1856
Thomas Hood [u] Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs 1855–1856; 1856–1861
Henry Hughes Appointed 1851–1853
Thomas Icely [i][v] Appointed 1843–1853; 1855–1856; 1864–1874
Arthur Jeffreys [m] Pastoral District of Maneroo 1851–1854
Richard Jones [e] Stanley Boroughs 1829–1843; 1850–1852
Phillip King Counties of Gloucester and Macquarie 1839; 1850–1851; 1851–1856
John Lamb [h] City of Sydney 1844–1851; 1851–1853
John Lang [b][n] City of Sydney County of Stanley 1843–1847; 1850–1851; 1854–1856
George Leslie [u] Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs 1851–1855
William Lithgow [d] Appointed (Auditor-General) 1829–1852
Alexander Longmore [a] Appointed 1851
James Macarthur County of Camden, Western Division 1839–1843; 1848–1856; 1866–1867
William Macarthur [s] Pastoral Districts of Lachlan and Lower Darling 1849–1855; 1864–1882
George Macleay Pastoral District of Murrumbidgee 1851–1856
William Macleay [s] Pastoral Districts of Lachlan and Lower Darling 1855–1856
William Manning Appointed (Solicitor General) 1851–1856
Matthew Marsh [w] Pastoral Districts of New England and Macleay 1851–1855
James Martin Counties of Cook and Westmoreland 1848–1856
Robert Massie [w] Pastoral Districts of New England and Macleay 1855
William Mayne [c] Appointed (Inspector-General of Police) 1852–1856
Francis Merewether Appointed (Postmaster-General) 1851–1856
James Mitchell [y] Appointed 1855–1856
Augustus Morris Pastoral Districts of Liverpool Plains and Gwydir 1851–1856
Terence Murray Southern Boroughs 1843–1856
Bob Nichols Northumberland Boroughs 1848–1856
Charles Nicholson County of Argyle 1843–1856
George Oakes Town of Parramatta 1848–1856; 1879–1881
Alick Osborne [t] Counties of Murray and St Vincent 1851–1855
Henry Osborne County of Camden, Eastern Division 1851–1856
Alexander Park [f] County of Durham 1853–1856
Henry Parker Appointed 1846–1856
Henry Parkes City of Sydney 1854–1856
John Plunkett Appointed (Attorney General) 1836–1841; 1843–1856; 1857–1858; 1861–1869
John Richardson [n][z] County of Stanley; Stanley Boroughs 1851–1854; 1855–1856
Campbell Riddell Appointed (Colonial Treasurer) 1843–1858
Thomas Rusden [w] Pastoral Districts of New England and Macleay 1855–1856
Henry Russell [e][z] Stanley Boroughs 1853–1855
Saul Samuel [p] Counties of Roxburgh and Wellington 1854–1856; 1872–1880
Thomas Smart [r] Sydney Hamlets 1851–1855; 1870–1881
Richard Smith [g] Pastoral Districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa 1853–1856
William Spain [c] Appointed (Inspector-General of Police) 1851–1852; 1856–1858
John Stirling [l] Appointed 1854–1856
William Suttor Sr. [p] Counties of Roxburgh and Wellington 1843–1854
Edward Thomson [l] Appointed (Colonial Secretary) 1837–1854; 1856–1879
William Thurlow [h][q] City of Sydney 1853–1855
Edward Ward [x] Appointed 1855–1856; 1861–1865
William Wentworth [o] City of Sydney 1843–1854; 1861–1862
James Wilshire [q] City of Sydney 1855–1856

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Alexander Longmore died on 27 October 1851 and William Bradley was appointed to replace him.[19]
  2. ^ a b c John Lang resigned in October 1851 and Robert Campbell was elected to replace him.[16]
  3. ^ a b c William Spain resigned in May 1852 and William Mayne was appointed to replace him.[18]
  4. ^ a b c William Lithgow resigned in May 1852 and William Christie was appointed to replace him.[18]
  5. ^ a b c Richard Jones died on 6 November 1852, and Henry Russell was elected on a show of hands to replace him.[14]
  6. ^ a b c Stuart Donaldson resigned in January 1853 and Alexander Park was elected unopposed to replace him.[10]
  7. ^ a b c Francis Bigge resigned in December 1852 and Richard Smith was elected unopposed to replace him.[7]
  8. ^ a b c John Lamb resigned in February 1853 and William Thurlow was elected to replace him.[15]
  9. ^ a b c Thomas Icely resigned in March 1853 and Thomas Barker was appointed to replace him.[12]
  10. ^ a b c John Holden resigned in March 1853 and William Bowman was elected unopposed to replace him.[11]
  11. ^ a b c James Bettington resigned in March 1853 and Charles Finch was elected unopposed to replace him.[6]
  12. ^ a b c Edward Thomson resigned in January 1854 from the Legislative Council, but not as Colonial Secretary, while he went to England to watch over the progress of the Constitution Bill in the British parliament. John Stirling was appointed to replace him.[26]
  13. ^ a b Arthur Jeffreys resigned in February 1854 and Daniel Egan was elected on a show of hands to replace him.[13]
  14. ^ a b c d John Richardson resigned in March 1854. Votes were tied in the subsequent by-election the returning officer gave a casting vote for Arthur Hodgson.[21] Hodgson's election however was declared void,[2] and John Lang won the subsequent election by a single vote.[22]
  15. ^ a b William Wentworth resigned in April 1854 from the Legislative Council while he went to England to watch over the progress of the Constitution Bill in the British parliament. Henry Parkes was elected to replace him.[28]
  16. ^ a b c William Suttor Sr. resigned in September 1854 and Saul Samuel was elected unopposed to replace him.[25]
  17. ^ a b c William Thurlow resigned in January 1855 and James Wilshire was elected unopposed to replace him.[27]
  18. ^ a b c Thomas Smart resigned in February 1855 and Stuart Donaldson was elected to replace him.[24]
  19. ^ a b c William Macarthur resigned in January 1855 in order to represent the colony at the Paris International Exhibition of 1855 and William Macleay was elected to replace him.
  20. ^ a b c Alick Osborne resigned in February 1855 and Daniel Cooper was elected to replace him.[20]
  21. ^ a b c George Leslie resigned in February 1855 and Thomas Hood was elected to replace him.[17]
  22. ^ a b c John Dobie resigned in March 1855 and Thomas Icely was appointed to replace him.[9]
  23. ^ a b c d Matthew Marsh resigned in March 1855 and Robert Massie was elected to replace him. Massie's election however was declared void,[2] and Thomas Rusden won the subsequent election.
  24. ^ a b c John Gibbes resigned from the Legislative Council, but not as Collector of Customs, in May 1855 and Edward Ward was appointed to replace him.[8]
  25. ^ a b c Edward Cox resigned from the Legislative Council in May 1855 and James Mitchell was appointed to replace him.[8]
  26. ^ a b c Henry Russell resigned in August 1855 and John Richardson was elected unopposed to replace him.[23]
  27. ^ After the initial appointments and elections, the members elected or appointed, in chronological order were Bradley,[a] Campbell,[b] Mayne,[c] Christie,[d] Russell,[e] Park,[f] Smith,[g] Thurlow,[h] Thomas,[i] W Bowman,[j] Wray,[k] Stirling,[l] Egan,[m] Hodgson & Lang,[n] Parkes,[o] Samuel,[p] Wilshire,[q] Donaldson,[r] W Macleay,[s] Cooper,[t] Hood,[u] Icely,[v] Rusden,[w] Ward,[x] Mitchell,[y] and Richardson.[z]

References

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  1. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Part 3 Members of the Legislative Council" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  3. ^ Electoral Act of 1851 No 4 (NSW)
  4. ^ "Proclamation: appointments to the Legislative Council (114)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 13 October 1851. p. 1640. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.[aa]
  5. ^ "Part 10 Officers of the Parliament" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Who represents the colony?". The Empire. 10 December 1853. p. 4. Retrieved 23 April 2019 – via Trove.
  7. ^ "Moreton Bay". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 March 1853. p. 3. Retrieved 7 June 2019 – via Trove.
  8. ^ a b "Proclamation: appointment of Edward Ward and James Mitchell to the Legislative Council (80)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 1 June 1855. p. 1499. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  9. ^ "Proclamation: appointment Thomas Icely (63)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 27 April 1855. p. 1207. Retrieved 5 May 2019 – via Trove.
  10. ^ "The election for Durham". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 23 February 1853. p. 2. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  11. ^ "Cumberland Boroughs election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 April 1853. p. 2. Retrieved 23 April 2019 – via Trove.
  12. ^ "Proclamation: appointment of Thomas Barker (38)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 8 April 1853. p. 655. Retrieved 5 May 2019 – via Trove.
  13. ^ "Maneroo election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 April 1854. p. 5. Retrieved 23 April 2019 – via Trove.
  14. ^ "Election for Stanley Boroughs". The Moreton Bay Courier. 8 January 1853. p. 2. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  15. ^ "City election: declaration of the poll". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 March 1853. p. 4. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  16. ^ "The election of Robert Campbell". The Empire. 19 November 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
  17. ^ "Darling Downs election". The Empire. 2 May 1855. p. 4. Retrieved 31 May 2019 – via Trove.
  18. ^ a b "Proclamation: appointment of William Christie and William Mayne to the Legislative Council (49)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 14 May 1852. p. 787. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  19. ^ "Proclamation: appointment of William Bradley to the Legislative Council". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 129. 11 November 1851. p. 1851. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  20. ^ "Braidwood". The Sydney Morning Herald. 31 March 1855. p. 5. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  21. ^ "The Stanley election". The Moreton Bay Courier. 27 May 1854. p. 2. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  22. ^ "Stanley election: the declaration of the poll". The Moreton Bay Courier. 19 August 1854. p. 2. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  23. ^ "Election for the Stanley Boroughs". The Moreton Bay Courier. 10 September 1855. p. 1. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  24. ^ "Sydney Hamlets' election". The Empire. 23 February 1855. p. 4. Retrieved 31 May 2019 – via Trove.
  25. ^ "Roxburgh and Wellington election: nomination day". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 October 1854. p. 5. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  26. ^ "Proclamation: appointment of John Stirling to the Legislative Council". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 13. 31 January 1854. p. 213. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  27. ^ "City of Sydney election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 January 1855. p. 5. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
  28. ^ "City election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 May 1854. p. 5. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
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