Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1885–1887

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served from 1885 to 1887 were appointed for life by the Governor on the advice of the Premier. This list includes members between the elections commencing on 16 October 1885 and the elections commencing on 4 February 1887.^[1] The President was Sir John Hay.^[6]

Name	Years in office	Office
Robert Abbott	1883–1888
William Brodribb [g]	1882–1886
John Burns [k]	1887	Representative of the Government (21 – 27 January 1887)
William Busby	1867–1887
William Byrnes	1858–1861, 1861–1891
Thomas Cadell [i]	1881–1886
Alexander Campbell	1864–1890
Charles Campbell	1870–1888
John Campbell [e]	1856, 1861–1886
Samuel Charles	1885–1909
James Chisholm	1865–1888
George Cox	1863–1901
John Creed	1885–1930
William Dalley	1870–1873, 1875–1880, 1883–1888
Henry Dangar	1883–1917
Frederick Darley [j]	1868–1886
Leopold De Salis	1874–1898
Alexander Dodds	1885–1892
John Eales	1880–1894
James Farnell [b]	1885–1887
Edward Flood	1879–1888
Alexander Gordon [h]	1883–1886
William Grahame	1875–1889
William Halliday	1885–1892
Sir John Hay	1867–1892	President
Richard Hill	1880–1895
Archibald Jacob	1883–1900
Philip King	1880–1904
Edward Knox	1856–1857, 1882–1894
John Lackey	1885–1903
George Lee	1882–1912
William Long	1885–1909
Francis Lord	1856–1861, 1864–1893
John Lucas	1880–1902
John Macintosh	1882–1911
Charles Mackellar	1885–1903, 1903–1925	Representative of the Government Vice-President of the Executive Council (26 February 1886 – 23 December 1886)
William Macleay	1877–1891
Charles Moore	1880–1895
Henry Moore	1868–1888
Henry Mort	1882–1900
Henry Moses	1885–1923
James Neale	1883–1890
James Norton	1879–1906
Edward Ogilvie	1863–1889
William Piddington	1879–1887	Chairman of Committees
John Richardson	1868–1887
Richard Roberts	1882–1903
Jeremiah Rundle	1882–1893
John Ryan [l]	1883–1887
George Simpson [d]	1885–1894	Representative of the Government (22 December 1885 – 25 February 1886)
John Smith	1880–1895
Sir Alfred Stephen [c]	1856–1858, 1875–1879, 1879–1885, 1886–1890
John Stewart	1879–1895
Sir Alexander Stuart [a]	1885–1886
John Suttor [f]	1882–1886
William Suttor Jr.	1880–1900
Samuel Terry	1882–1887
George Thornton	1877–1901	Secretary for Mines Representative of the Government in Legislative Council (13 November 1885 − 21 December 1885)
John Watt	1861–1866, 1874–1890
Edmund Webb	1882–1899
James White	1874–1890
Robert White [d]	1888–1900

See also

• Fifth Robertson ministry
• Jennings ministry
• Fourth Parkes ministry

Notes

1. Sir Alexander Stuart was appointed on 7 October 1885,^[2] took his seat on 17 November 1885 and died on 16 June 1886.
2. James Farnell was appointed on 7 October 1885,^[2] and took his seat on 25 November 1885.
3. Sir Alfred Stephen resigned on 9 November 1885 to become acting Governor of New South Wales and was re-appointed on 16 December 1885,^[3] taking his seat on 27 January 1886.
4. George Simpson was appointed on 22 December 1885.^[4]
5. John Campbell died on 2 January 1886.
6. John Suttor died on 27 May 1886.
7. William Brodribb died on 31 May 1886.
8. Alexander Gordon had retired to England in 1885 and resigned on 18 August 1886.
9. Thomas Cadell resigned on 22 September 1886 to visit England.
10. Frederick Darley resigned on 1 December 1886 as he had been appointed Chief Justice.
11. John Burns was appointed on 21 January 1887,^[5] for the purpose of taking charge of the supply bill and resigned on 28 January 1887 to return to the Legislative Assembly.
12. John Ryan died on 28 January 1887.
13. The changes to the composition of the council, in chronological order, were: Stuart appointed,^[a] Farnell appointed,^[b] Stephen resigned,^[c] Simpson appointed,^[d] J Campbell died,^[e] J Suttor died,^[f] Brodribb died,^[g] Gordon resigned,^[h] Cadell resigned,^[i] Darley resigned,^[j] Burns appointed,^[k] Ryan died,^[l]