Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1872–1874
Introduction '''Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly''' who served in the seventh parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1872 to 1874.The 182 election was held between 13 February and 28 March 1872 with parliament first meeting on 30 April 1872.There were 72 members elected for 52 single member electorates, 6 two member electorates and 2 four member electorates. The maximum term of this parliament was 3 years. However the assembly was dissolved after 32 months. Henry Parkes was the premier for the duration of the parliament. The Speaker was William Arnold. '''Name''' '''Electorate''' '''Years in office''' Abbott, RobertRobert Abbott Tenterfield 1872–1877, 1880–1882 Allen, George WigramGeorge Allen Glebe 1869–1883 Arnold, William MunningsWilliam Arnold Paterson 1856–1875 Baker, EzekialEzekial Baker Goldfields South 1870–1877, 1879–1881, 1884–1887 Bawden, ThomasThomas Bawden Clarence 1869–1880 Bennett, HanleyHanley Bennett Liverpool Plains 1872–1880  Booth, JohnJohn Booth West Sydney 1872–1877 Brown, Stephen CampbellStephen Brown Newtown 1864–1881 Brown, ThomasThomas Brown Hartley 1872–1876 Browne, WilliamWilliam Browne Patrick's Plains 1872–1880 Buchanan, DavidDavid Buchanan Goldfields West 1860–1862, 1864–1867, 1869–1877, 1879–1885, 1888–1889 Burns, John FitzgeraldJohn Burns Hunter 1861–1869, 1872–1891 Butler, EdwardEdward Butler Argyle 1869–1877 Campbell, JamesJames Campbell Morpeth 1864–1874 Clarke, HenryHenry Clarke Eden 1869–1894, 1895–1904  Combes, EdwardEdward Combes Bathurst 1872–1885 Cooper, WalterWalter Cooper  East Macquarie 1873–1874 Creed, JohnJohn Creed Upper Hunter 1872–1874 Cummings, WilliamWilliam Cummings East Macquarie 1859–1874 Cunneen, JamesJames Cunneen Wollombi 1860–1869, 1872–1877 Dangar, ThomasThomas Dangar Gwydir 1865–1885, 1887–1890 De Salis, Leopold WilliamLeopold William De Salis Queanbeyan 1872–1874 Driver, RichardRichard Driver Windsor 1860–1880 Farnell, James SquireJames Farnell Parramatta 1860–1860, 1864–1885, 1887–1888 Fitzpatrick, MichaelMichael Fitzpatrick Yass Plains 1869–1881 Forster, WilliamWilliam Forster Illawarra 1856–1860, 1861–1864, 1864–1869, 1869–1874,1875–1876, 1880–1882 Garrett, ThomasThomas Garrett Camden 1860–1871, 1872–1891 Grahame, WilliamWilliam Grahame Monaro 1865–1869, 1872–1874 Greville, EdwardEdward Greville Braidwood 1870–1880 Hannell, JamesJames Hannell Northumberland 1860–1869, 1872–1874 Hay, WilliamWilliam Hay  Murray 1872–1877, 1880–1882 Hill, RichardRichard Hill Canterbury 1868–1877 Hoskins, JamesJames Hoskins Tumut 1859–1863, 1868–1882 Hurley, JohnJohn Hurley (b.1796) Narellan 1859–1860, 1864–1869, 1872–1880 Hurley, JohnJohn Hurley (b.1844) Central Cumberland 1872–1874, 1876–1880, 1887–1891, 1901–1907 Innes, JosephJoseph Innes  Mudgee 1872–1873 Jacob, ArchibaldArchibald Jacob Lower Hunter 1872–1882 Jennings, PatrickPatrick Jennings  Murray 1869–1872, 1880–1887  Lackey, JohnJohn Lackey Central Cumberland 1860–1864, 1867–1880 Lee, BenjaminBenjamin Lee  West Maitland 1864–1874 Levy, LewisLewis Levy  West Maitland 1871–1872, 1874–1874 Lloyd, GeorgeGeorge Lloyd Newcastle 1869–1877, 1880–1882, 1885–1887  Lord, GeorgeGeorge Lord Bogan 1856–1877 Lucas, JohnJohn Lucas Canterbury 1860–1869, 1871–1880 Macintosh, JohnJohn Macintosh East Sydney 1872–1880 Macleay, William JohnWilliam Macleay Murrumbidgee 1856–1874 Martin, JamesSir James Martin  East Macquarie 1856, 1857–1860, 1862–1873 McLaurin, JamesJames McLaurin  Hume 1872–1873 Moore, CharlesCharles Moore  East Sydney 1874 Moses, HenryHenry Moses Hawkesbury 1869–1880, 1882–1885 Neale, JamesJames Neale  East Sydney 1864–1874 Nelson, HarrisHarris Nelson Orange 1872–1877 Nowlan, JohnJohn Nowlan Williams 1866–1874 O'Connor, JosephJoseph O'Connor  Mudgee 1873–1874 Oakes, GeorgeGeorge Oakes  East Sydney 1856–1860, 1872–1874 Onslow, ArthurArthur Onslow Camden 1869–1880 Parkes, HenryHenry Parkes East Sydney 1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1872–1895 Phelps, JosephJoseph Phelps Balranald 1864–1877 Piddington, WilliamWilliam Piddington Hawkesbury 1856–1877 Raphael, JosephJoseph Raphael West Sydney 1872–1874 Robertson, JohnJohn Robertson West Sydney 1856–1861, 1862–1865, 1865–1866, 1866–1870,1870–1877, 1877–1878, 1882–1886 Robertson, ThomasThomas Robertson  Hume 1873–1874 Rodd, JamesJames Rodd Goldfields North 1865–1869, 1872–1874 Samuel, SaulSaul Samuel  East Sydney 1859–1860, 1862–1872 Scholey, StephenStephen Scholey East Maitland 1872–1878 Single, JosephJoseph Single Nepean 1872–1874 Smith, John SamuelJohn Smith Wellington 1872–1877 Smith, Robert BurdettRobert Smith Hastings 1870–1889  Stewart, JohnJohn Stewart Kiama 1866–1869, 1871–1874 Sutherland, JohnJohn Sutherland Paddington 1860–1881, 1882–1889 Taylor, HughHugh Taylor  Parramatta 1872–1880, 1882–1894 Teece, WilliamWilliam Teece Goulburn 1872–1880 Terry, SamuelSamuel Terry New England 1859–1869, 1871–1881 Tunks, WilliamWilliam Tunks St Leonards 1864–1874 Warden, JamesJames Warden Shoalhaven 1871–1877 Watson, JamesJames Watson Lachlan 1869–1882, 1884–1885 Wearne, JosephJoseph Wearne West Sydney 1869–1875 Webb, EdmundEdmund Webb West Macquarie 1869–1874, 1878–1881 West, ThomasThomas West Carcoar 1872–1874
See also *First Parkes ministry*Results of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election*Candidates of the 1872 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.
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