Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1874–1877

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served from 1874 to 1877 were appointed for life by the Governor on the advice of the Premier. This list includes members between the beginning of the 1874–75 colonial election on 8 December 1874 and the beginning of the 1877 colonial election on 24 October 1877.[1] The President was John Hay.[5]

NameYears in officeOffice
George Allen1856–1861, 1861–1877
John Blaxland1863–1884
William Busby1867–1887
William Byrnes1858–1861, 1861–1891
Alexander Campbell1864–1890
Charles Campbell1870–1888
John Campbell1856, 1861–1886
James Chisholm1865–1888
Edward Cox1874–1883
George Cox1863–1901
William Dalley[b]1870–1873, 1875–1880,
1883–1888
Attorney General (9 February 1875 – 21 March 1877)
(17 August 1877 – 17 December 1877)
Frederick Darley1868–1886
Leopold De Salis1874–1898
Joseph Docker1856–1861, 1863–1884Chairman of Committees (15 January 1873 – 9 February 1875)
Minister of Justice and Public Instruction and Representative of the Government
(9 February 1875 – 21 March 1877)
Representative of the Government and Vice-President of the Executive Council
(17 August 1877 – 17 December 1877)
John Fairfax[e]1874–1877
John Frazer1874–1884
Samuel Gordon1861–1882
William Grahame[a]1875–1889
John Hay1867–1892President
Thomas Holt1868–1883
Sir Joseph Innes1873–1881Representative of the Government (13 September 1873 – 8 February 1875)
Attorney General (20 November 1873 – 8 February 1875)
Chairman of Committees (9 February 1875 – 16 December 1880)
Francis Lord1856–1861, 1864–1893
Sir William Macarthur1864–1882
Sir William Manning[d]1861–1876, 1888–1895
Jacob Montefiore[f]1856–1860, 1874–1877
Henry Moore1868–1888
Edward Ogilvie1863–1889
Robert Owen1868–1878
John Richardson1868–1887
Bourn Russell1858–1861, 1861–1880
Saul Samuel1872–1880Postmaster-General and Vice-President of the Executive Council
(3 December 1872 – 8 February 1875) (22 March 1877 – 16 August 1877)
Thomas Smart1870–1881
John Smith1874–1885
Sir Alfred Stephen[c]1856–1858, 1875–1879,
1879–1885, 1886–1890
Sir Edward Deas Thomson1856–1861, 1861–1879
John Watt1861–1866, 1874–1890
Elias Weekes1865–1880
James White1874–1890

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