Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1856–1858 explained

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the first parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1856 to 1858.^{[1] [2]} The Speaker was Sir Daniel Cooper.^[3]

Name	Electorate	Years in office
Arnold, William MunningsWilliam Arnold	Durham	1856–1875
Barker, ThomasThomas Barker	Gloucester and Macquarie	1856–1858
Bowman, WilliamWilliam Bowman	Cumberland Boroughs	1856–1858
Brenan, RyanRyan Brenan	Cumberland (South Riding)	1856
Buckley, HenryHenry Buckley	Stanley County	1856–1859
Byrnes, JamesJames Byrnes	Cumberland (South Riding)	1857–1861, 1864–1872
Campbell, JohnJohn Campbell	Sydney Hamlets	1856–1860
Campbell, RobertRobert Campbell	Sydney City	1856–1859
Cooper, DanielSir Daniel Cooper	Sydney Hamlets	1856–1860
Cowper, CharlesCharles Cowper	Sydney City	1856–1859, 1860–1867, 1869–1870
Cox, GeorgeGeorge Cox	Wellington (County)	1856–1859
Dalley, William BedeWilliam Dalley	Sydney City	1856–1857, 1858–1860, 1862–1864
Darvall, JohnJohn Darvall	Cumberland (North Riding)	1856–1857, 1859–1860, 1863–1865
Deniehy, DanielDaniel Deniehy	Argyle	1857–1859, 1860
Dickson, James	Northumberland Boroughs	1857–1859, 1859–1863
Donaldson, StuartStuart Donaldson	Sydney Hamlets, Cumberland (South Riding)	1856, 1856–1859
Egan, DanielDaniel Egan	Maneroo	1856–1869, 1870
Faucett, PeterPeter Faucett	King and Georgiana	1856–1859, 1860, 1861–1865
Flood, EdwardEdward Flood	North Eastern Boroughs	1856–1860, 1869–1872
Forster, WilliamWilliam Forster	United Counties of Murray and St Vincent	1856–1860, 1861–1864, 1864–1869, 1869–1874, 1875–1876, 1880–1882
Garland, JamesJames Garland	Lachlan and Lower Darling	1856–1858
Gordon, SamuelSamuel Gordon	Durham	1856–1859, 1859–1860
Hargrave, RichardRichard Hargrave	New England and Macleay	1856–1858
Hay, JohnJohn Hay	Murrumbidgee	1856–1867
Hely, HovendenHovenden Hely	Northumberland and Hunter	1856–1858
Holroyd, ArthurArthur Holroyd	Western Boroughs	1856–1858, 1861–1864
Holt, ThomasThomas Holt	Stanley Boroughs	1856–1858, 1861–1864
Irving, ClarkClark Irving	Clarence and Darling Downs	1856–1858, 1859–1864
Jamison, RobertRobert Jamison	Cook and Westmoreland	1856–1860
Jones, RichardRichard Jones	Durham	1856–1860
Lang, GideonGideon Lang	Liverpool Plains and Gwydir	1856–1858
Lee, WilliamWilliam Lee	Roxburgh	1856–1859
Leslie, PatrickPatrick Leslie	Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa	1857–1858
Lord, GeorgeGeorge Lord	Wellington and Bligh	1856–1877
Macarthur, JamesJames Macarthur	Western Division of Camden	1856, 1856–1859
Macleay, GeorgeGeorge Macleay	Murrumbidgee	1856–1859
Macleay, William JohnWilliam Macleay	Lachlan and Lower Darling	1856–1874
Manning, William MontaguWilliam Manning	Cumberland (South Riding)	1856–1857
Marks, JohnJohn Marks	Eastern Division of Camden	1856–1859
Martin, JamesJames Martin	Cook and Westmoreland	1856–1860, 1862–1863, 1863–1864, 1864–1872, 1872–1873
Murray, Terence AubreyTerence Murray	Southern Boroughs	1856–1862
Nichols, BobBob Nichols	Northumberland Boroughs	1856–1857
Oakes, GeorgeGeorge Oakes	Parramatta	1856–1860, 1872–1874
Osborne, HenryHenry Osborne	Eastern Division of Camden	1856–1858
Oxley, John NortonJohn Oxley	Western Division of Camden	1856–1858
Parker, HenryHenry Parker	Parramatta	1856–1858
Parkes, Henry	Sydney City	1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1870, 1872–1877, 1877–1882, 1882–1884, 1885–1887, 1887–1895
Piddington, WilliamWilliam Piddington	Northumberland and Hunter	1856–1877
Plunkett, JohnJohn Plunkett	Argyle, Bathurst County	1856–1857, 1858–1860
Pye, JamesJames Pye	Cumberland (North Riding)	1856–1858
Richardson, JohnJohn Richardson	Stanley Boroughs	1856–1859
Robertson, JohnJohn Robertson	Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh	1856–1861, 1862–1865, 1865–1866, 1866–1870, 1870–1877, 1877–1878, 1882–1886
Rusden, FrancisFrancis Rusden	Liverpool Plains and Gwydir	1856–1858, 1860–1864
Rusden, ThomasThomas Rusden	New England and Macleay	1856–1858
Russell, BournBourn Russell	Northumberland Boroughs	1856
Sandeman, GordonGordon Sandeman	Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa	1856–1857
Scott, Alexander WalkerAlexander Scott	Northumberland and Hunter	1856–1860, 1860–1861
Smith, Thomas WhistlerThomas Smith	Cumberland (North Riding)	1857–1859
Suttor, William HenryWilliam Suttor	Bathurst County	1856–1859, 1860–1864, 1866–1872
Thompson, JamesJames Thompson	St Vincent	1856–1858
Weekes, EliasElias Weekes	Cumberland (South Riding), Northumberland Boroughs	1856–1864
Wilshire, James RobertJames Wilshire	Sydney City	1856–1858

See also

• Donaldson ministry
• First Cowper ministry
• Parker ministry
• Second Cowper ministry
• Results of the 1856 New South Wales colonial election
• Candidates of the 1856 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: Part Ten - Officers of Parliament . Parliament of New South Wales . NSW Parliamentary Record . 12 April 2020.