Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1887–1889
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 13th parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1887 to 1889. They were elected at the 1887 colonial election between 4 and 26 February 1887.[1][2][3][4] The Speaker was James Young. This was the first parliament to have recognizable party groups.
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 | ||
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1 | Mudgee | Adolphus Taylor | Free Trade | Accepted position as Examiner of Patents | 11 May 1887 | John Haynes | Free Trade | ||
2 | Wentworth | William MacGregor | Independent Free Trade | Unknown Resignation | 28 September 1887 | Thomas Browne | Protectionist | ||
3 | St Leonards | Sir Henry Parkes | Free Trade | Financial Difficulty | 25 October 1887 | Sir Henry Parkes | Free Trade | ||
4 | Central Cumberland | Andrew McCulloch | Free Trade | Financial difficulty | 28 December 1887 | Andrew McCulloch | Free Trade | ||
5 | Paddington | William Trickett | Free Trade | Appointed to Legislative Council | 12 January 1888 | William Allen | Protectionist | ||
6 | Newtown | Frederick Gibbes | Protectionist | Death | 3 February 1888 | Joseph Abbott | Free Trade | ||
7 | Newtown | William Foster | Free Trade | Appointed Supreme Court Judge | 25 February 1888 | Joseph Mitchell | Free Trade | ||
8 | Central Cumberland | Varney Parkes | Free Trade | Business Commitments | 14 March 1888 | John Nobbs | Free Trade | ||
9 | Central Cumberland | Andrew McCulloch | Free Trade | Financial Difficulty | 15 May 1888 | David Buchanan | Protectionist | ||
10 | Redfern | James Farnell | Free Trade | Death | 8 September 1888 | James Howe | Protectionist | ||
11 | Gunnedah | Thomas Goodwin | Protectionist | Unknown Resignation | 12 September 1888 | Edwin Turner | Free Trade | ||
See also
References
- Green, Antony. "Results of the 1887 colonial election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- Green, Antony. "Results of 1887–88 by-elections". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- "Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate" (PDF). New South Wales Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- "Former Members". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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