Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1859–1860

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the third parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1859 to 1860.[1][2][3][4] The Speaker was Sir Daniel Cooper until 31 January 1860 and then Terence Murray.[5]

Name	Electorate	Years in office
Arnold, William MunningsWilliam Arnold	Paterson	1856–1875
Asher, MorrisMorris Asher	Hume	1859–1860
Atkinson, JamesJames Atkinson	Central Cumberland	1859–1863
Bayley, LyttletonLyttleton Bayley [e]	Mudgee	1859–1859
Black, JohnJohn Black	East Sydney	1859–1860
Blake, IsidoreIsidore Blake [m]	Hunter	1860–1861
Broughton, ThomasThomas Broughton	West Sydney	1859–1860
Byrnes, JamesJames Byrnes	Parramatta	1857–1872
Campbell, AlexanderAlexander Campbell [j]	Williams	1860–1860
Campbell, JohnJohn Campbell	Glebe	1856–1860
Cape, William TimothyWilliam Cape [q]	Wollombi	1859–1860
Chambers, JosephJoseph Chambers [a]	East Maitland	1859–1859
Clements, JohnJohn Clements	Bathurst	1859–1860
Close, EdwardEdward Close [s]	Morpeth	1859–1860, 1862–1864
Cohen, SamuelSamuel Cohen [s]	Morpeth	1860–1860
Cooper, DanielSir Daniel Cooper	Paddington	1856–1860
Cooper, Frederick AugustusFrederick Cooper [t]	Braidwood	1859–1860
Cowper, CharlesCharles Cowper [h]	East Sydney	1856–1859, 1860–1870
Cowper, Charles JrCharles Cowper Jr. [u]	Tumut	1860–1866
Cribb, RobertRobert Cribb [f]	East Moreton	1859–1859
Cummings, WilliamWilliam Cummings	East Macquarie	1859–1874
Dalley, William BedeWilliam Dalley [k]	Windsor	1856–1860, 1862–1864
Daniel, SilvanusSilvanus Daniel [r]	Wellington	1860–1862
Dark, StephenStephen Dark [j]	Williams	1859–1860
Darvall, JohnJohn Darvall	Hawkesbury	1856–1857, 1859–1860, 1863–1865
Deniehy, DanielDaniel Deniehy [o] [p]	East Macquarie	1857–1859, 1860–1860
Dickson, JamesJames Dickson [a]	East Maitland	1857–1859, 1859–1863
Douglas, JohnJohn Douglas [f]	Darling Downs	1859–1859, 1860–1861
Eckford, JosephJoseph Eckford [q]	Wollombi	1860–1872, 1877–1882
Egan, DanielDaniel Egan	Eden	1856–1870
Eliott, GilbertGilbert Eliott [f]	Burnett	1859–1859
Farnell, JamesJames Farnell [n]	St Leonards	1860–1860, 1864–1888
Faucett, PeterPeter Faucett [h]	East Sydney	1856–1859, 1860–1865
Flett, HenryHenry Flett	Hastings	1859–1864
Flood, EdwardEdward Flood [i]	Canterbury	1856–1860, 1869–1872
Forster, WilliamWilliam Forster	Queanbeyan	1856–1860, 1861–1864, 1864–1869, 1869–1874, 1875–1876, 1880–1882
Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett	Shoalhaven	1859–1861
Gordon, SamuelSamuel Gordon [d]	Illawarra	1856–1859, 1859–1860
Gray, SamuelSamuel Gray	Kiama	1859–1864, 1874–1880, 1882–1885
Hamilton, AlexanderAlexander Hamilton	Monaro	1859–1860
Handcock, WilliamWilliam Handcock [f]	Darling Downs	1859–1859
Hargrave, JohnJohn Hargrave [d]	Illawarra	1859–1859
Hart, JamesJames Hart	New England	1858–1872
Hawkins, Thomas JarmanThomas Hawkins [c][o]	East Macquarie	1859–1860
Hay, JohnJohn Hay	Murray	1856–1867
Hodgson, ArthurArthur Hodgson	Newcastle	1858–1860
Hoskins, JamesJames Hoskins	Goldfields North	1859–1863, 1868–1882
Hurley, JohnJohn Hurley	Narellan	1859–1860, 1864–1869, 1872–1880
Hyeronimus, NicolasNicolas Hyeronimus [r]	Wellington	1859–1860
Irving, ClarkClark Irving	Clarence	1856–1858, 1859–1864
Jamison, RobertRobert Jamison	Nepean	1856–1860
Jenkins, Richard LewisRichard Jenkins	Gwydir	1858–1860
Jones, RichardRichard Jones [m]	Hunter	1856–1860
Kemp, CharlesCharles Kemp [l]	Liverpool Plains	1860–1860
Laidlaw, ThomasThomas Laidlaw [b]	Yass Plains	1859–1859, 1859–1860
Lang, George DunmoreGeorge Lang [p]	Tumut	1859–1860
Lang, John DunmoreJohn Lang	West Sydney	1859–1869
Laycock, JohnJohn Laycock	Central Cumberland	1859–1864
Loder, AndrewAndrew Loder [l]	Liverpool Plains	1859–1860
Lord, GeorgeGeorge Lord	Bogan	1856–1877
Lucas, JohnJohn Lucas [i]	Canterbury	1860–1869, 1871–1880
Lyons, SamuelSamuel Lyons	Canterbury	1859–1860, 1868–1869
Macalister, ArthurArthur Macalister [f]	Ipswich	1859–1859
Macleay, William JohnWilliam Macleay	Murrumbidgee	1856–1859, 1860–1874
Martin, JamesJames Martin	East Sydney	1856–1873
McArthur, AlexanderAlexander McArthur	Newtown	1859–1861
McPhillamy, JohnJohn McPhillamy [g]	West Macquarie	1859–1859
Moriarty, MerionMerion Moriarty [t]	Braidwood	1860–1864
Morris, AugustusAugustus Morris	Balranald	1859–1864
Mort, HenryHenry Mort [f] [g]	West Moreton, West Macquarie	1859–1860
Murray, Terence AubreyTerence Murray	Argyle	1856–1862
Nott, RandolphRandolph Nott	Tenterfield	1859–1860
Oakes, GeorgeGeorge Oakes	Parramatta	1856–1860, 1872–1874
Oxley, HenryHenry Oxley	Camden	1859–1860
Parkes, HenryHenry Parkes	East Sydney	1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1872–1895
Pemell, JamesJames Pemell	West Sydney	1859–1860, 1865–1869
Piddington, WilliamWilliam Piddington	Hawkesbury	1856–1877
Plunkett, JohnJohn Plunkett	West Sydney	1856–1857, 1858–1860
Richardson, JohnJohn Richardson [f]	Brisbane	1856–1859
Roberts, WilliamWilliam Roberts	Goulburn	1859–1860
Robertson, JohnJohn Robertson	Upper Hunter	1856–1861, 1862–1865, 1865–1866, 1866–1870, 1870–1877, 1877–1878, 1882–1886
Rotton, HenryHenry Rotton	Hartley	1858–1864
Russell, WilliamWilliam Russell	Patrick's Plains	1859–1860
Ryan, John NagelJohn Ryan	Lachlan	1859–1864
Samuel, SaulSaul Samuel	Orange	1859–1860, 1862–1872
Sayers, EdwardEdward Sayers [n]	St Leonards	1859–1860
Scott, Alexander WalkerAlexander Scott	Northumberland	1856–1861
Suttor Sr., WilliamWilliam Suttor [c]	East Macquarie	1856–1859, 1860–1872
Terry, SamuelSamuel Terry [e]	Mudgee	1859–1869, 1871–1881
Walker, WilliamWilliam Walker [k]	Windsor	1860–1869
Walsh, William HenryWilliam Walsh [f]	Leichhardt	1859–1859
Watt, William RedfernWilliam Watt	Carcoar	1859–1862
Weekes, EliasElias Weekes	West Maitland	1856–1864
Wild, WilliamWilliam Wild	Camden	1858–1860
Wilson, BowieBowie Wilson	Goldfields South	1859–1872
Windeyer, William CharlesWilliam Windeyer	Lower Hunter	1859–1862, 1866–1872, 1876–1879
Wisdom, RobertRobert Wisdom	Goldfields West	1859–1872, 1874–1887

See also

• Second Cowper ministry
• Forster ministry
• Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election
• Candidates of the 1859 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. East Maitland MLA Joseph Chambers was appointed Crown Prosecutor for the Western Districts on 31 August 1859 and resigned his seat. The resulting by-election on 15 September 1859 was won by James Dickson.
2. Yass Plains MLA Thomas Laidlaw resigned on 2 September 1859 after it was discovered that he held a position as postmaster. He resigned that position and was elected unopposed on 20 September 1859.
3. East Macquarie MLA William Suttor resigned on 13 September 1859. The resulting by-election on 6 October 1859 was won by Thomas Hawkins.
4. Illawarra MLA John Hargrave resigned on 11 October 1859. The resulting by-election on 28 October 1859 was won by Samuel Gordon.
5. Mudgee MLA Lyttleton Bayley resigned on 26 November 1859. The resulting by-election on 19 December 1859 was won by Samuel Terry.
6. The state of Queensland was established during 1859, and on 10 December the seats in present-day Queensland ceased to be part of the New South Wales Parliament. These seats were Burnett, Brisbane, Darling Downs, East Moreton, West Moreton, Ipswich and Leichhardt.
7. West Macquarie MLA John McPhillamy resigned on 6 December 1859. The resulting by-election on 28 December 1859 was won by Henry Mort, who was unopposed.
8. East Sydney MLA Charles Cowper resigned on 17 November 1859. The resulting by-election on 20 January 1860 was won by Peter Faucett.
9. Canterbury MLA Edward Flood resigned on 13 January 1860. The resulting by-election on 4 February 1860 was won by John Lucas.
10. Williams MLA Stephen Dark resigned on 25 January 1860. The resulting by-election on 16 February 1860 was won by Alexander Campbell.
11. Windsor MLA William Dalley resigned on 25 February 1860 to undertake a visit to Europe. The resulting by-election on 12 March 1860 was won by William Walker.
12. Liverpool Plains MLA Andrew Loder resigned on 5 March 1860. The resulting by-election on 10 April 1860 was won by Charles Kemp.
13. Hunter MLA Richard Jones resigned on 10 April 1860. The resulting by-election was won by Isidore Blake.
14. St Leonards MLA Edward Sayers resigned on 16 April 1860. The resulting by-election on 2 May 1860 was won by James Farnell.
15. East Macquarie MLA Thomas Hawkins resigned on 10 April 1860. The resulting by-election on 10 May 1860 was won by Daniel Deniehy.
16. Tumut MLA George Lang resigned on 10 April 1860. The resulting by-election on 10 May 1860 was won by Daniel Deniehy, who also won the East Macquarie by-election. Deniehy took up his representative duties for East Macquarie and was never recognised as the member for Tumut.
17. Wollombi MLA William Cape resigned on 13 April 1860. The resulting by-election on 17 May 1860 was won by Joseph Eckford.
18. Wellington MLA Nicolas Hyeronimus died on 27 June 1860. The resulting by-election on 26 July 1860 was won by Silvanus Daniel.
19. Morpeth MLA Edward Close resigned on 12 July 1860. The resulting by-election on 7 August 1860 was won by Samuel Cohen.
20. Braidwood MLA Frederick Cooper resigned on 14 July 1860. The resulting by-election on 10 August 1860 was won by Merion Moriarty.
21. The seat of Tumut was vacant as the winner in the previous by-election, Daniel Deniehy, had also won East Macquarie. A by-election was scheduled but Charles Cowper Jr. was unopposed and was declared elected on 8 November 1860.
22. By-elections & changes in chronological order were East Maitland,[a] Yass Plains,[b] East Macquarie,[c] Illawarra,[d] Mudgee,[e] Separation of Qld,[f] West Macquarie,[g] East Sydney,[h] Canterbury,[i] Williams,[j] Windsor,[k] Liverpool Plains,[l] Hunter,[m] St Leonards,[n] East Macquarie,[o] Tumut,[p] Wollombi,[q] Wellington,[r] Morpeth,[s] Braidwood,[t] Tumut (2),[u]

References

1. Green, Antony. "1859 members elected". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
2. "Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate" (PDF). New South Wales Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
4. Green, Antony. "1859 by-elections". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 June 2019.[v]
5. "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 4 December 2019.