Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1874–1877


Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the eighth parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1874 to 1877. The 1874–75 election was held between 8 December 1874 and 12 January 1875 with parliament first meeting on 27 January 1875. There were 72 members elected for 52 single member electorates, 6 two member electorates and 2 four member electorates. During this parliament the number of graduates of Sydney University exceeded 100 and the seat of University of Sydney was created. The maximum term of this parliament was 3 years and the assembly was dissolved after 34 months. Premiers during this parliament were Sir John Robertson 9 February 1875 till 22 March 1877 and from 17 August 1877 and Sir Henry Parkes 22 March 1877 till 17 August 1877. The Speaker was William Arnold until his death on 1 March 1875 and then George Allen.
NameElectorateYears in office
Abbott, RobertRobert AbbottTenterfield1872–1877, 1880–1882
Allen, George WigramGeorge AllenGlebe1869–1883
Arnold, William MunningsWilliam Arnold Paterson1856–1875
Baker, EzekialEzekial BakerGoldfields South1870–1877, 1879–1881, 1884–1887
Bawden, ThomasThomas BawdenClarence1869–1880
Bennett, HanleyHanley Bennett Liverpool Plains1872–1880
Booth, JohnJohn BoothEast Macquarie1872–1877
Brown, HerbertHerbert Brown Paterson1875–1898
Brown, Stephen CampbellStephen BrownNewtown1864–1881
Brown, ThomasThomas Brown Hartley1872–1876
Browne, WilliamWilliam BrownePatrick's Plains1872–1880
Buchanan, DavidDavid BuchananGoldfields West1860–1862, 1864–1867, 1869–1877, 1879–1885, 1888–1889
Burns, John FitzgeraldJohn BurnsHunter1861–1869, 1872–1891
Butler, EdwardEdward ButlerArgyle1869–1877
Byrnes, CharlesCharles ByrnesParramatta1874–1877, 1880–1882
Cameron, AngusAngus CameronWest Sydney1874–1889, 1894–1896
Charles, SamuelSamuel CharlesKiama1874–1880
Clarke, HenryHenry ClarkeEden1869–1894, 1895–1904
Cohen, HenryHenry CohenWest Maitland1874–1885
Combes, EdwardEdward Combes Orange1872–1874, 1877–1885
Cunneen, JamesJames CunneenWollombi1860–1869, 1872–1877
Dangar, Henry CareyHenry DangarWest Sydney1874–1877, 1880–1882
Dangar, ThomasThomas Dangar Jr.Gwydir1865–1885, 1887–1890
Davies, JohnJohn DaviesEast Sydney1874–1887
Day, GeorgeGeorge DayHume1874–1889
Dibbs, GeorgeGeorge DibbsWest Sydney1874–1877, 1882–1895
Driver, RichardRichard DriverWindsor1860–1880
Farnell, James SquireJames FarnellSt Leonards1860–1860, 1864–1885, 1887–1888
Fitzpatrick, MichaelMichael FitzpatrickYass Plains1869–1881
Forster, RobertRobert ForsterGoldfields North1862–1864, 1870–1872, 1874–1877
Forster, WilliamWilliam Forster Murrumbidgee1856–1860, 1861–1864, 1864–1869, 1869–1874,
1875–1876, 1880–1882
Garrett, ThomasThomas GarrettCamden1860–1871, 1872–1891
Goold, StephenStephen Goold Mudgee1874–1876
Gray, SamuelSamuel GrayIllawarra1859–1864, 1874–1880, 1882–1885
Greville, EdwardEdward GrevilleBraidwood1870–1880
Hay, WilliamWilliam HayMurray1872–1877, 1880–1882
Hill, RichardRichard HillCanterbury1868–1877
Hoskins, JamesJames HoskinsTumut1859–1863, 1868–1882
Hungerford, ThomasThomas Hungerford Upper Hunter1875-1875, 1877–1882, 1885–1887
Hurley, JohnJohn Hurley Narellan1859–1860, 1864–1869, 1872–1880
Hurley, JohnJohn Hurley Hartley1872–1874, 1876–1880, 1887–1891, 1901–1907
Jacob, ArchibaldArchibald JacobLower Hunter1872–1882
Johnston, WilliamWilliam Johnston Williams1877–1880
Lackey, JohnJohn LackeyCentral Cumberland1860–1864, 1867–1880
Leary, JosephJoseph Leary Murrumbidgee1860–1864, 1869–1872, 1876–1880
Lloyd, GeorgeGeorge LloydNewcastle1869–1877, 1880–1882, 1885–1887
Long, GeorgeGeorge LordBogan1856–1877
Long, WilliamWilliam Long Central Cumberland1875–1880
Lucas, JohnJohn LucasCanterbury1860–1869, 1871–1880
Lynch, AndrewAndrew Lynch Carcoar1876–1884
Macintosh, JohnJohn MacintoshEast Sydney1872–1880
McElhone, JohnJohn McElhone Upper Hunter1875–1889, 1895–1898
Meyer, SolomonSolomon Meyer Carcoar1874–1876
Montague, AlexanderAlexander MontagueMonaro1874–1877
Moses, HenryHenry MosesHawkesbury1869–1880, 1882–1885
Nelson, HarrisHarris Nelson Orange1872–1877
Onslow, ArthurArthur OnslowCamden1869–1880
Parkes, HenrySir Henry ParkesEast Sydney1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1872–1895
Phelps, JosephJoseph PhelpsBalranald1864–1877
Piddington, WilliamWilliam PiddingtonHawkesbury1856–1877
Pilcher, CharlesCharles PilcherWest Macquarie1874–1882
Robertson, JohnSir John RobertsonWest Sydney1856–1861, 1862–1865, 1865–1866, 1866–1870,
1870–1877, 1877–1878, 1882–1886
Rouse, RichardRichard Rouse Mudgee1876–1879
Scholey, StephenStephen ScholeyEast Maitland1872–1878
Shepherd, PatrickPatrick ShepherdNepean1874–1877
Smith, John SamuelJohn SmithWellington1872–1877
Smith, Robert BurdettRobert SmithHastings1870–1889
Stevens, CharlesCharles Stevens Northumberland1874–1877
Stuart, AlexanderAlexander StuartEast Sydney1874–1885
Sutherland, JohnJohn SutherlandPaddington1860–1881, 1882–1889
Suttor, Francis BathurstFrancis SuttorBathurst1875–1890
Suttor, WilliamWilliam Suttor, Jr.East Macquarie1875–1879
Taylor, HughHugh Taylor Parramatta1872–1880, 1882–1894
Teece, WilliamWilliam TeeceGoulburn1872–1880
Terry, SamuelSamuel TerryNew England1859–1869, 1871–1881
Turner, WilliamWilliam Turner Northumberland1877-1877, 1880–1881
Warden, JamesJames WardenShoalhaven1871–1877
Watson, JamesJames WatsonLachlan1869–1882, 1884–1885
Watson, WilliamWilliam Watson Williams1874–1877
Wearne, JosephJoseph Wearne Central Cumberland1869–1875
White, FrancisFrancis White Upper Hunter1874–1875
Windeyer, William CharlesWilliam Windeyer University of Sydney1859–1862, 1866–1872, 1876–1879
Wisdom, RobertRobert WisdomMorpeth1859–1872, 1874–1887
Wright, JohnJohn WrightQueanbeyan1874–1877