| Name | Electorate | Years in office |
|---|
| Allen, George WigramSir George Allen | Glebe | 1869–1883 |
| Badgery, HenryHenry Badgery | East Maitland | 1878–1885 |
| Baker, EzekielEzekiel Baker | Goldfields South | 1870–1877, 1879–1881, 1884–1887 |
| Barbour, RobertRobert Barbour | Murray | 1877–1880, 1882–1894 |
| Barton, EdmundEdmund Barton | University of Sydney | 1879–1887, 1891–1894, 1898–1900 |
| Bawden, ThomasThomas Bawden | Clarence | 1869–1880 |
| Bennett, HanleyHanley Bennett | Liverpool Plains | 1872–1880 |
| Beyers, LouisLouis Beyers | Goldfields West | 1877–1882 |
| Bowker, RichardRichard Bowker | Newcastle | 1858–1859, 1877–1880 |
| Bowman, AlexanderAlexander Bowman | Hawkesbury | 1877–1882, 1885–1892 |
| Brown, HerbertHerbert Brown | Paterson | 1875–1898 |
| Brown, Stephen CampbellStephen Brown | Newtown | 1864–1881 |
| Browne, WilliamWilliam Browne | Patrick's Plains | 1872–1880 |
| Buchanan, DavidDavid Buchanan | Mudgee | 1860–1862, 1864–1867, 1869–1877, 1879–1885, 1888–1889 |
| Burns, John FitzgeraldJohn Burns | Hunter | 1861–1869, 1872–1891 |
| Cameron, AngusAngus Cameron | West Sydney | 1874–1889, 1894–1896 |
| Charles, SamuelSamuel Charles | Kiama | 1874–1880 |
| Clarke, HenryHenry Clarke | Eden | 1869–1894, 1895–1904 |
| Cohen, HenryHenry Cohen | West Maitland | 1874–1885 |
| Combes, EdwardEdward Combes | Orange, East Macquarie | 1872–1874, 1877–1885 |
| Coonan, WalterWalter Coonan | Bogan | 1877–1880, 1882–1887 |
| Copeland, HenryHenry Copeland | Goldfields North | 1877–1883, 1883–1895, 1895–1900 |
| Dangar, ThomasThomas Dangar | Gwydir | 1865–1885, 1887–1890 |
| Davies, JohnJohn Davies | East Sydney | 1874–1887 |
| Davies, WilliamWilliam Davies | Argyle | 1877–1880 |
| Day, GeorgeGeorge Day | Hume | 1874–1889 |
| Dillon, JohnJohn Dillon | Tenterfield | 1869–1872, 1877–1882 |
| Driver, RichardRichard Driver | Windsor | 1860–1880 |
| Eckford, JosephJoseph Eckford | Wollombi | 1860–1872, 1877–1882 |
| Farnell, James SquireJames Farnell | St Leonards | 1860–1860, 1864–1885, 1887–1888 |
| Fawcett, CharlesCharles Fawcett | Clarence | 1880–1882 |
| Fitzpatrick, MichaelMichael Fitzpatrick | Yass Plains | 1869–1881 |
| Garrett, ThomasThomas Garrett | Camden | 1860–1871, 1872–1891 |
| Gray, SamuelSamuel Gray | Illawarra | 1859–1864, 1874–1880, 1882–1885 |
| Greenwood, JamesJames Greenwood | East Sydney | 1877–1880 |
| Greville, EdwardEdward Greville | Braidwood | 1870–1880 |
| Harris, JohnJohn Harris | West Sydney | 1877–1880, 1882–1885 |
| Hezlet, WilliamWilliam Hezlet | Paddington | 1880–1882 |
| Hoskins, JamesJames Hoskins | Tumut | 1859–1863, 1868–1882 |
| Hungerford, ThomasThomas Hungerford | Northumberland | 1875-1875, 1877–1882, 1885–1887 |
| Hurley, JohnJohn Hurley (b.1796) | Narellan | 1859–1860, 1864–1869, 1872–1880 |
| Hurley, JohnJohn Hurley (b.1844) | Hartley | 1872–1874, 1876–1880, 1887–1891, 1901–1907 |
| Jacob, ArchibaldArchibald Jacob | Lower Hunter | 1872–1882 |
| Johnston, WilliamWilliam Johnston | Williams | 1877–1880 |
| Kerr, AndrewAndrew Kerr | Orange | 1879–1882 |
| Lackey, JohnJohn Lackey | Central Cumberland | 1860–1864, 1867–1880 |
| Leary, JosephJoseph Leary | Murrumbidgee | 1860–1864, 1869–1872, 1876–1880 |
| Long, WilliamWilliam Long | Parramatta | 1875–1880 |
| Lucas, JohnJohn Lucas | Canterbury | 1860–1869, 1871–1880 |
| Lynch, AndrewAndrew Lynch | Carcoar | 1876–1884 |
| Macintosh, JohnJohn Macintosh | East Sydney | 1872–1880 |
| McCulloch, AndrewAndrew McCulloch | Central Cumberland | 1877–1888 |
| McElhone, JohnJohn McElhone | Upper Hunter | 1875–1889, 1895–1898 |
| McQuade, HenryHenry McQuade | Windsor | 1880, 1882–1885 |
| Melville, NinianNinian Melville | Northumberland | 1880–1887, 1889–1894 |
| Merriman, JamesJames Merriman | West Sydney | 1877–1880 |
| Moses, HenryHenry Moses | Hawkesbury | 1869–1880, 1882–1885 |
| Murphy, JohnJohn Murphy | Monaro | 1877–1880 |
| O'Connor, DanielDaniel O'Connor | West Sydney | 1877–1891, 1900–1904 |
| Onslow, ArthurArthur Onslow | Camden | 1869–1880 |
| Parkes, HenrySir Henry Parkes | Canterbury | 1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1872–1895 |
| Pilcher, CharlesCharles Pilcher | West Macquarie | 1874–1882 |
| Renwick, ArthurArthur Renwick | East Sydney | 1879–1882, 1885–1887 |
| Robertson, JohnSir John Robertson | East Macquarie, Mudgee | 1856–1861, 1862–1865, 1865–1866, 1866–1870,
1870–1877, 1877–1878, 1882–1886 |
| Roseby, JohnJohn Roseby | Shoalhaven | 1877–1882 |
| Rouse, RichardRichard Rouse | Mudgee | 1876–1877, 1879 |
| Scholey, StephenStephen Scholey | East Maitland | 1872–1878 |
| Shepherd, JohnJohn Shepherd | Wellington | 1877–1880, 1885–1887, 1889–1891 |
| Simson, ColinColin Simson | Balranald | 1877–1880 |
| Smith, Robert BurdettRobert Smith | Hastings | 1870–1889 |
| Smith, Thomas RichardThomas Smith | Nepean | 1877–1887, 1895–1904 |
| Stuart, AlexanderAlexander Stuart | East Sydney, Illawarra | 1874–1885 |
| Sutherland, JohnJohn Sutherland | Paddington | 1860–1881, 1882–1889 |
| Suttor, Francis BathurstFrancis Suttor | Bathurst | 1875–1890 |
| Suttor, WilliamWilliam Suttor | East Macquarie | 1875–1879 |
| Tarrant, HarmanHarman Tarrant | Kiama | 1880–1887 |
| Taylor, HughHugh Taylor | Parramatta | 1872–1880, 1882–1894 |
| Teece, WilliamWilliam Teece | Goulburn | 1872–1880 |
| Terry, SamuelSamuel Terry | New England | 1859–1869, 1871–1881 |
| Thompson, JamesJames Thompson | Queanbeyan | 1877–1881 |
| Watson, JamesJames Watson | Lachlan | 1869–1882, 1884–1885 |
| Webb, EdmundEdmund Webb | East Macquarie | 1869–1874, 1878–1881 |
| Windeyer, William CharlesWilliam Windeyer | University of Sydney | 1859–1862, 1866–1872, 1876–1879 |
| Wisdom, RobertRobert Wisdom | Morpeth | 1859–1872, 1874–1887 | |
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.
