Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1872–1874 explained

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the seventh parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1872 to 1874.^{[1] [2]} The 182 election was held between 13 February and 28 March 1872 with parliament first meeting on 30 April 1872. There were 72 members elected for 52 single member electorates, 6 two member electorates and 2 four member electorates. The maximum term of this parliament was 3 years. However the assembly was dissolved after 32 months. Henry Parkes was the premier for the duration of the parliament. The Speaker was William Arnold.^[3]

Name	Electorate	Years in office
Abbott, RobertRobert Abbott	Tenterfield	1872–1877, 1880–1882
Allen, George WigramGeorge Allen	Glebe	1869–1883
Arnold, William MunningsWilliam Arnold	Paterson	1856–1875
Baker, EzekialEzekial Baker	Goldfields South	1870–1877, 1879–1881, 1884–1887
Bawden, ThomasThomas Bawden	Clarence	1869–1880
Bennett, HanleyHanley Bennett	Liverpool Plains	1872–1880
Booth, JohnJohn Booth	West Sydney	1872–1877
Brown, Stephen CampbellStephen Brown	Newtown	1864–1881
Brown, ThomasThomas Brown	Hartley	1872–1876
Browne, WilliamWilliam Browne	Patrick's Plains	1872–1880
Buchanan, DavidDavid Buchanan	Goldfields West	1860–1862, 1864–1867, 1869–1877, 1879–1885, 1888–1889
Burns, John FitzgeraldJohn Burns	Hunter	1861–1869, 1872–1891
Butler, EdwardEdward Butler	Argyle	1869–1877
Campbell, JamesJames Campbell	Morpeth	1864–1874
Clarke, HenryHenry Clarke	Eden	1869–1894, 1895–1904
Combes, EdwardEdward Combes	Bathurst	1872–1885
Cooper, WalterWalter Cooper	East Macquarie	1873–1874
Creed, JohnJohn Creed	Upper Hunter	1872–1874
Cummings, WilliamWilliam Cummings	East Macquarie	1859–1874
Cunneen, JamesJames Cunneen	Wollombi	1860–1869, 1872–1877
Dangar, ThomasThomas Dangar	Gwydir	1865–1885, 1887–1890
De Salis, Leopold WilliamLeopold William De Salis	Queanbeyan	1872–1874
Driver, RichardRichard Driver	Windsor	1860–1880
Farnell, James SquireJames Farnell	Parramatta	1860–1860, 1864–1885, 1887–1888
Fitzpatrick, MichaelMichael Fitzpatrick	Yass Plains	1869–1881
Forster, WilliamWilliam Forster	Illawarra	1856–1860, 1861–1864, 1864–1869, 1869–1874, 1875–1876, 1880–1882
Garrett, ThomasThomas Garrett	Camden	1860–1871, 1872–1891
Grahame, WilliamWilliam Grahame	Monaro	1865–1869, 1872–1874
Greville, EdwardEdward Greville	Braidwood	1870–1880
Hannell, JamesJames Hannell	Northumberland	1860–1869, 1872–1874
Hay, WilliamWilliam Hay	Murray	1872–1877, 1880–1882
Hill, RichardRichard Hill	Canterbury	1868–1877
Hoskins, JamesJames Hoskins	Tumut	1859–1863, 1868–1882
Hurley, JohnJohn Hurley (b.1796)	Narellan	1859–1860, 1864–1869, 1872–1880
Hurley, JohnJohn Hurley (b.1844)	Central Cumberland	1872–1874, 1876–1880, 1887–1891, 1901–1907
Innes, JosephJoseph Innes	Mudgee	1872–1873
Jacob, ArchibaldArchibald Jacob	Lower Hunter	1872–1882
Jennings, PatrickPatrick Jennings	Murray	1869–1872, 1880–1887
Lackey, JohnJohn Lackey	Central Cumberland	1860–1864, 1867–1880
Lee, BenjaminBenjamin Lee	West Maitland	1864–1874
Levy, LewisLewis Levy	West Maitland	1871–1872, 1874–1874
Lloyd, GeorgeGeorge Lloyd	Newcastle	1869–1877, 1880–1882, 1885–1887
Lord, GeorgeGeorge Lord	Bogan	1856–1877
Lucas, JohnJohn Lucas	Canterbury	1860–1869, 1871–1880
Macintosh, JohnJohn Macintosh	East Sydney	1872–1880
Macleay, William JohnWilliam Macleay	Murrumbidgee	1856–1874
Martin, JamesSir James Martin	East Macquarie	1856, 1857–1860, 1862–1873
McLaurin, JamesJames McLaurin	Hume	1872–1873
Moore, CharlesCharles Moore	East Sydney	1874
Moses, HenryHenry Moses	Hawkesbury	1869–1880, 1882–1885
Neale, JamesJames Neale	East Sydney	1864–1874
Nelson, HarrisHarris Nelson	Orange	1872–1877
Nowlan, JohnJohn Nowlan	Williams	1866–1874
O'Connor, JosephJoseph O'Connor	Mudgee	1873–1874
Oakes, GeorgeGeorge Oakes	East Sydney	1856–1860, 1872–1874
Onslow, ArthurArthur Onslow	Camden	1869–1880
Parkes, HenryHenry Parkes	East Sydney	1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1872–1895
Phelps, JosephJoseph Phelps	Balranald	1864–1877
Piddington, WilliamWilliam Piddington	Hawkesbury	1856–1877
Raphael, JosephJoseph Raphael	West Sydney	1872–1874
Robertson, JohnJohn Robertson	West Sydney	1856–1861, 1862–1865, 1865–1866, 1866–1870, 1870–1877, 1877–1878, 1882–1886
Robertson, ThomasThomas Robertson	Hume	1873–1874
Rodd, JamesJames Rodd	Goldfields North	1865–1869, 1872–1874
Samuel, SaulSaul Samuel	East Sydney	1859–1860, 1862–1872
Scholey, StephenStephen Scholey	East Maitland	1872–1878
Single, JosephJoseph Single	Nepean	1872–1874
Smith, John SamuelJohn Smith	Wellington	1872–1877
Smith, Robert BurdettRobert Smith	Hastings	1870–1889
Stewart, JohnJohn Stewart	Kiama	1866–1869, 1871–1874
Sutherland, JohnJohn Sutherland	Paddington	1860–1881, 1882–1889
Taylor, HughHugh Taylor	Parramatta	1872–1880, 1882–1894
Teece, WilliamWilliam Teece	Goulburn	1872–1880
Terry, SamuelSamuel Terry	New England	1859–1869, 1871–1881
Tunks, WilliamWilliam Tunks	St Leonards	1864–1874
Warden, JamesJames Warden	Shoalhaven	1871–1877
Watson, JamesJames Watson	Lachlan	1869–1882, 1884–1885
Wearne, JosephJoseph Wearne	West Sydney	1869–1875
Webb, EdmundEdmund Webb	West Macquarie	1869–1874, 1878–1881
West, ThomasThomas West	Carcoar	1872–1874

See also

• First Parkes ministry
• Results of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election
• Candidates of the 1872 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate . New South Wales Parliamentary Record . . 11 December 2019.
2. Web site: Former Members . Members of Parliament . . 11 December 2019.
3. Web site: Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006 . New South Wales Parliament . 4 December 2019.