Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the ninth parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1877 to 1880.[1] [2] The 1877 election was held between 24 October and 12 November 1877 with parliament first meeting on 27 November 1877. There were 73 members elected for 53 single member electorates, 6 two member electorates and 2 four member electorates. Premiers during this parliament were Sir John Robertson until 18 December 1877, James Farnell from 18 December 1877 until 21 December 1878 and Sir Henry Parkes from 21 December 1878. The Speaker was Sir George Allen.[3]
| Name | Electorate | Years in office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir George Allen | Glebe | 1869–1883 | |
| Henry Badgery | East Maitland | 1878–1885 | |
| Ezekiel Baker | Goldfields South | 1870–1877, 1879–1881, 1884–1887 | |
| Robert Barbour | Murray | 1877–1880, 1882–1894 | |
| Edmund Barton | University of Sydney | 1879–1887, 1891–1894, 1898–1900 | |
| Thomas Bawden | Clarence | 1869–1880 | |
| Hanley Bennett | Liverpool Plains | 1872–1880 | |
| Louis Beyers | Goldfields West | 1877–1882 | |
| Richard Bowker | Newcastle | 1858–1859, 1877–1880 | |
| Alexander Bowman | Hawkesbury | 1877–1882, 1885–1892 | |
| Herbert Brown | Paterson | 1875–1898 | |
| Stephen Brown | Newtown | 1864–1881 | |
| William Browne | Patrick's Plains | 1872–1880 | |
| David Buchanan | Mudgee | 1860–1862, 1864–1867, 1869–1877, 1879–1885, 1888–1889 | |
| John Burns | Hunter | 1861–1869, 1872–1891 | |
| Angus Cameron | West Sydney | 1874–1889, 1894–1896 | |
| Samuel Charles | Kiama | 1874–1880 | |
| Henry Clarke | Eden | 1869–1894, 1895–1904 | |
| Henry Cohen | West Maitland | 1874–1885 | |
| Edward Combes | Orange, East Macquarie | 1872–1874, 1877–1885 | |
| Walter Coonan | Bogan | 1877–1880, 1882–1887 | |
| Henry Copeland | Goldfields North | 1877–1883, 1883–1895, 1895–1900 | |
| Thomas Dangar | Gwydir | 1865–1885, 1887–1890 | |
| John Davies | East Sydney | 1874–1887 | |
| William Davies | Argyle | 1877–1880 | |
| George Day | Hume | 1874–1889 | |
| John Dillon | Tenterfield | 1869–1872, 1877–1882 | |
| Richard Driver | Windsor | 1860–1880 | |
| Joseph Eckford | Wollombi | 1860–1872, 1877–1882 | |
| James Farnell | St Leonards | 1860–1860, 1864–1885, 1887–1888 | |
| Charles Fawcett | Clarence | 1880–1882 | |
| Michael Fitzpatrick | Yass Plains | 1869–1881 | |
| Thomas Garrett | Camden | 1860–1871, 1872–1891 | |
| Samuel Gray | Illawarra | 1859–1864, 1874–1880, 1882–1885 | |
| James Greenwood | East Sydney | 1877–1880 | |
| Edward Greville | Braidwood | 1870–1880 | |
| John Harris | West Sydney | 1877–1880, 1882–1885 | |
| William Hezlet | Paddington | 1880–1882 | |
| James Hoskins | Tumut | 1859–1863, 1868–1882 | |
| Thomas Hungerford | Northumberland | 1875-1875, 1877–1882, 1885–1887 | |
| John Hurley (b.1796) | Narellan | 1859–1860, 1864–1869, 1872–1880 | |
| John Hurley (b.1844) | Hartley | 1872–1874, 1876–1880, 1887–1891, 1901–1907 | |
| Archibald Jacob | Lower Hunter | 1872–1882 | |
| William Johnston | Williams | 1877–1880 | |
| Andrew Kerr | Orange | 1879–1882 | |
| John Lackey | Central Cumberland | 1860–1864, 1867–1880 | |
| Joseph Leary | Murrumbidgee | 1860–1864, 1869–1872, 1876–1880 | |
| William Long | Parramatta | 1875–1880 | |
| John Lucas | Canterbury | 1860–1869, 1871–1880 | |
| Andrew Lynch | Carcoar | 1876–1884 | |
| John Macintosh | East Sydney | 1872–1880 | |
| Andrew McCulloch | Central Cumberland | 1877–1888 | |
| John McElhone | Upper Hunter | 1875–1889, 1895–1898 | |
| Henry McQuade | Windsor | 1880, 1882–1885 | |
| Ninian Melville | Northumberland | 1880–1887, 1889–1894 | |
| James Merriman | West Sydney | 1877–1880 | |
| Henry Moses | Hawkesbury | 1869–1880, 1882–1885 | |
| John Murphy | Monaro | 1877–1880 | |
| Daniel O'Connor | West Sydney | 1877–1891, 1900–1904 | |
| Arthur Onslow | Camden | 1869–1880 | |
| Sir Henry Parkes | Canterbury | 1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1872–1895 | |
| Charles Pilcher | West Macquarie | 1874–1882 | |
| Arthur Renwick | East Sydney | 1879–1882, 1885–1887 | |
| Sir John Robertson | East Macquarie, Mudgee | 1856–1861, 1862–1865, 1865–1866, 1866–1870, 1870–1877, 1877–1878, 1882–1886 | |
| John Roseby | Shoalhaven | 1877–1882 | |
| Richard Rouse | Mudgee | 1876–1877, 1879 | |
| Stephen Scholey | East Maitland | 1872–1878 | |
| John Shepherd | Wellington | 1877–1880, 1885–1887, 1889–1891 | |
| Colin Simson | Balranald | 1877–1880 | |
| Robert Smith | Hastings | 1870–1889 | |
| Thomas Smith | Nepean | 1877–1887, 1895–1904 | |
| Alexander Stuart | East Sydney, Illawarra | 1874–1885 | |
| John Sutherland | Paddington | 1860–1881, 1882–1889 | |
| Francis Suttor | Bathurst | 1875–1890 | |
| William Suttor | East Macquarie | 1875–1879 | |
| Harman Tarrant | Kiama | 1880–1887 | |
| Hugh Taylor | Parramatta | 1872–1880, 1882–1894 | |
| William Teece | Goulburn | 1872–1880 | |
| Samuel Terry | New England | 1859–1869, 1871–1881 | |
| James Thompson | Queanbeyan | 1877–1881 | |
| James Watson | Lachlan | 1869–1882, 1884–1885 | |
| Edmund Webb | East Macquarie | 1869–1874, 1878–1881 | |
| William Windeyer | University of Sydney | 1859–1862, 1866–1872, 1876–1879 | |
| Robert 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.