Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1895–1898

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 17th parliament of New South Wales from 1895 to 1898. They were elected at the 1895 colonial election on 24 July 1895. The Speaker was Sir Joseph Abbott.[1][2]

Name Party [a] Electorate Term in office
Sir Joseph Abbott   Protectionist Wentworth 1880–1901
William Affleck   Free Trade Yass 1894–1904
George Anderson   Free Trade Waterloo 1894–1904
James Ashton   Free Trade Hay 1894–1907
Richard Ball   Free Trade Albury 1895–1898 1904–1937
John Barnes   Protectionist Gundagai 1889–1904
Thomas Bavister   Free Trade Ashfield 1891–1898
George Black   Labour Sydney-Gipps 1891–1898 1910–1917
Herbert Brown   Protectionist Durham 1875–1898
Thomas Brown   Labour Condoublin 1894–1901 1913–1917
James Brunker   Free Trade East Maitland 1880–1904
Charles Bull   Free Trade Camden 1895–1898
Angus Cameron 3   Free Trade Waverley 1874–1889 1894–1896
Alexander Campbell   Protectionist Kiama 1894–1904
Archibald Campbell   Free Trade Illawarra 1891–1903
John Cann   Labour Broken Hill 1891–1916
James Carroll 5   Protectionist Lachlan 1894–1904
Joseph Carruthers   Free Trade St George 1887–1908
John Chanter   Protectionist Deniliquin 1885–1901
Austin Chapman   Protectionist Braidwood 1891–1901
Edward Clark   Free Trade St Leonards 1891–1904 1907–1910
Francis Clarke   Protectionist Hastings and Macleay 1893–1898 1900–1901
Henry Clarke   Ind. Protectionist Bega 1869–1894, 1895–1904
Charles Collins 6   Free Trade Narrabri 1885–1887 1890–1898
Joseph Cook   Free Trade Hartley 1891–1901
Henry Copeland 2   Protectionist Sydney-Phillip 1877–1883, 1883–1895, 1895–1900
Francis Cotton   Free Trade Newtown-Camperdown 1891–1901
Paddy Crick   Protectionist West Macquarie 1889–1906
George Cruickshank   Protectionist Inverell 1889–1901
John Dacey   Labour Botany 1895–1912
Thomas Davis   Labour Sydney-Pyrmont 1891–1898
William Dick   Free Trade Newcastle East 1894–1907
Denis Donnelly 4   Protectionist Cowra 1891–1896
Alfred Edden   Labour Kahibah 1891–1920
Thomas Ewing   Protectionist Lismore 1885–1901
Frank Farnell   Free Trade Ryde 1887–1898 1901–1903
John Fegan   Free Trade Wickham 1891–1907 1920–1922
William Ferguson   Labour Sturt 1894–1904
Robert Fitzgerald   Protectionist Robertson 1885–1901
John Fitzpatrick 1   Free Trade Rylstone 1895–1904 1907–1930
Thomas Fitzpatrick   Protectionist Murrumbidgee 1894–1904
Jacob Garrard   Free Trade Sherbrooke 1880–1898
John Gillies   Free Trade West Maitland 1891–1911
Thomas Goodwin   Protectionist Gunnedah 1887–1888, 1895–1901
James Gormly   Protectionist Wagga Wagga 1885–1904
Albert Gould   Free Trade Singleton 1882–1898
James Graham   Free Trade Sydney-Belmore 1894–1901 1907–1910
George Greene   Ind. Free Trade Grenfell 1889–1891 1894 1895–1898
Arthur Griffith   Labour Waratah 1894–1903 1904–1920
Matthew Harris   Free Trade Sydney-Denison 1894–1901
James Harvey   Free Trade Sydney-Bligh 1895–1898
Thomas Hassall   Protectionist Moree 1886–1901
John Hawthorne   Free Trade Leichhardt 1885–1891 1894–1904
James Hayes   Protectionist Murray 1885–1904
John Haynes   Free Trade Wellington 1887–1904 1915–1917
James Hogue   Free Trade Glebe 1894–1910
Leslie Hollis   Free Trade Goulburn 1891–1898
George Howarth   Free Trade Willoughby 1895–1903
Billy Hughes   Labour Sydney-Lang 1894–1901
William Hurley   Protectionist Macquarie 1895–1904
Thomas Jessep 3   Free Trade Waverley 1896–1907
Llewellyn Jones   Free Trade Petersham 1894–1898
Robert Jones   Free Trade Mudgee 1891–1998 1907–1910
Travers Jones   Protectionist Tumut 1885–1891 1894–1898
Joseph Kelly   Protectionist Tweed 1894–1898
Adrian Knox   Free Trade Woollahra 1894–1898
Sydney Law   Labour Balmain South 1894–1907
Charles Lee   Free Trade Tenterfield 1884–1920
Robert Levien   Protectionist Quirindi 1880–1889, 1889–1913
Edmund Lonsdale   Free Trade Armidale 1891–1894 1895–1898 1901–1903 1907–1913
William Lyne   Protectionist Hume 1880–1901
Hugh Macdonald   Labour Coonamble 1894–1906
Kenneth Mackay   Protectionist Boorowa 1895–1899
William Mahony   Free Trade Annandale 1894–1910
William McCourt   Free Trade Bowral 1882–1885 1887–1913
John McElhone 7   Ind. Free Trade Sydney-Fitzroy 1875–1889 1895–1898
John McFarlane   Protectionist Clarence 1887–1915
James McGowen   Labour Redfern 1891–1917
John McLaughlin   Ind. Protectionist Raleigh 1880–1885 1895–1901
Francis McLean   Free Trade Marrickville 1894–1901
William McMillan   Free Trade Burwood 1887–1898
Dick Meagher 2   Protectionist Sydney-Phillip 1895 1898–1904 1907–1917
William Millard   Free Trade Moruya 1894–1920 1920–1921
Edward Millen   Free Trade Bourke 1894–1898
Gus Miller   Protectionist Monaro 1889–1918
Edmund Molesworth   Free Trade Newtown-Erskine 1889–1901
Samuel Moore   Free Trade Bingara 1885–1910
William Morgan   Free Trade Hawkesbury 1894–1901
Philip Morton   Ind. Free Trade Shoalhaven 1889–1898
John Neild   Ind. Free Trade Paddington 1885–1889 1891–1894 1895–1901
Arthur Nelson   Protectionist Sydney-Flinders 1895–1904
Harry Newman   Free Trade Orange 1891–1904
John Nicholson   Labour Woronora 1891–1917
John Norton 7   Protectionist Sydney-Fitzroy 1898–1906 1907–1910
Dowell O'Reilly   Free Trade Parramatta 1894–1898
Edward O'Sullivan   Protectionist Queanbeyan 1885–1910
Varney Parkes   Free Trade Canterbury 1885–1888, 1891–1900 1907–1913
John Perry   Protectionist Ballina 1889–1920
Michael Phillips 4   Protectionist Cowra 1896–1898
Simeon Phillips   Free Trade Dubbo 1895–1904
Albert Piddington   Free Trade Tamworth 1895–1898
William Henry Piddington   Free Trade Uralla-Walcha 1894–1900
Richard Price   Protectionist Gloucester 1894–1904 1907–1922
Robert Pyers   Protectionist Richmond 1894–1904
George Reid   Free Trade Sydney-King 1880–1884 1885–1901
Joseph Reymond   Protectionist Ashburnham 1895–1904
William Rigg   Free Trade Newtown-St Peters 1894–1901
Thomas Rose   Protectionist Argyle 1891–1904
Andrew Ross   Protectionist Molong 1880–1904
Hugh Ross 6   Labour Narrabri 1898–1901
William Schey   Protectionist Darlington 1887–1898
John See   Protectionist Grafton 1880–1904
Richard Sleath   Labour Wilcannia 1894–1904
George Smailes   Labour Granville 1895–1898
Sydney Smith   Free Trade Bathurst 1882–1898 1900
Thomas Smith   Protectionist Nepean 1877–1887 1895–1898, 1901–1904
David Storey   Free Trade Randwick 1894–1920
Josiah Thomas   Labour Alma 1894–1901
Dugald Thomson   Free Trade Warringah 1894–1901
James Thomson   Labour Newcastle West 1895–1901
Thomas Waddell   Protectionist Cobar 1897–1917
David Watkins   Labour Wallsend 1894–1901
Chris Watson   Labour Young 1894–1901
Henry Wheeler   Free Trade Northumberland 1895–1898
Samuel Whiddon   Free Trade Sydney-Cook 1894–1904
Bill Wilks   Free Trade Balmain North 1894–1901
William Willis   Protectionist Barwon 1889–1904
William Wood   Protectionist Eden-Bombala 1894–1913
Francis Wright   Protectionist Glen Innes 1882–1885, 1889–1903
James Young   Free Trade Manning 1880–1901 1904–1907

By-elections

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.

# Electorate Departing Member Party  Reason for By-election Date of By-election Winner of By-election Party 
1 Rylstone John Fitzpatrick   Free Trade Election result voided on appeal 14 October 1895 John Fitzpatrick   Free Trade
2 Sydney-Phillip Dick Meagher   Protectionist Resigned in disgrace in relation to the pardon of George Dean 17 October 1895 Henry Copeland   Protectionist
3 Waverley Angus Cameron   Free Trade Death 18 February 1896 Thomas Jessep   Free Trade
4 Cowra Denis Donnelly   Protectionist Death 27 March 1896 Michael Phillips   Protectionist
5 Lachlan James Carroll   Protectionist Financial difficulties 11 September 1896 James Carroll   Protectionist
6 Narrabri Charles Collins   Free Trade Death 3 June 1898 Hugh Ross   Labour
7 Sydney-Fitzroy John McElhone   Ind. Free Trade Death 3 June 1898 John Norton   Protectionist

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The party designation is the designation given at the time of election but party affiliations were particularly flexible during the pre-federation period in the New South Wales Parliament.

References

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Elected members". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 14 April 2020.