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Members of the First Legislative Council, 1824 to 1856

Please note that our database of former Members is a work in progress.

This list is linked to the larger on-line Biographical Register of Members of the NSW Parliament, which will give more details and (where available) a picture of the Member.

Name of Member (a) Appointed by Governor, 1824-43
(b) Non-elective member, 1843-56
(c) Elective member, 1843-56
Member of Legislative Assembly / Member of Legislative Council after Responsible Government in 1856
Airey, John Moore Cole(c)(c) elective member, 1843-56 
Allen, George (b)(b) non-elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Barker, Thomas(b)(b) non-elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Assembly
Barney, Lt-Col. George(b)(b) non-elective member, 1843-56 
Baxter, Alexander Macduff(a) (a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43 
Bell, Archibald (a)(a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43 
Berry, Alexander (a)
(b)
(a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43
(b) non-elective member, 1843-56
Member of Legislative Council
Bettington, James Brindley (c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Bigge, Francis Edward (c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Bland, William (c) (c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Blaxland, John (a) (b)(a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43
(b) non-elective member, 1843-56
 
Bligh, James William(c)(c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Bowman, George(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Bowman, James(a) (a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43 
Bowman, William(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Assembly
Boyd, Benjamin(c)(c) elective member, 1843-56 
Boyd, Thomas Elder(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Bradley, William (b)
(c)
(b) non-elective member, 1843-56 
Brewster, Edward Jones(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Broadhurst, Edward (b)(b) non-elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Broughton, The Ven. William Grant (a)(a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43 
Byrnes, James (Jr)(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Assembly
Campbell, John Thomas(a)(a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43
Campbell, Robert (Sr)(a)(a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43 
Campbell, Robert (Jr) (c) (c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Assembly
Chisholm, James (c) (c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Christie, William Harvie(b)(b) non-elective member, 1843-56 
Close, Edward Charles (a)(a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43 
Coghill, John (c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Condell, Henry(c)(c) elective member, 1843-56 
Cooper, Daniel (c) (c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Assembly
Cotton, Michael Cullen (a)(a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43 
Cowper, Charles (c)(c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Member of Legislative Assembly
Cox, Edward(b)(b) non-elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Curr, Edward (c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Dangar, Henry (c)(c) elective member, 1843-56 
Darvall, John Bayley (b)
(c)
(b) non-elective member, 1843-56
(c) elective member, 1843-56
Member of Legislative Council
Member of Legislative Assembly
Deas Thomson SEE Thomson
Denison, Alfred (b)(b) non-elective member, 1843-56 
Dickson, John(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Dobie, John(b)(b) non-elective member, 1843-56 
Donaldson, Stuart (c) (c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Assembly
Douglass, Henry Grattan (c)(c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Dowling, James(a)(a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43 
Dumaresq, William (c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Ebden, Charles Hotson(c)(c) elective member, 1843-56 
Egan, Daniel (c)(c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Assembly
Elwin, Hastings (b)(b) non-elective member, 1843-56 
Faithfull, William Pitt (c)(c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Finch, Charles Wray(c)(c) elective member, 1843-56 
Fitzgerald, Robert(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Flood, Edward(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Member of Legislative Assembly
Forbes, (Sir) Francis (a)(a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43 
Foster, John Fitzgerald Leslie (c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Foster, William (c)(c) elective member, 1843-56 
Gibbes, Maj. John George Nathaniel(a) (b)(a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43
(b) non-elective member, 1843-56
 
Goulburn, Maj. Frederick (a)(a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43 
Grant, Patrick(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Grey, Henry (Earl Grey)(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Hamilton, Edward(b)(b) non-elective member, 1843-56 
Hill, George(c)(c) elective member, 1843-56 
Hodgson, Arthur(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Holden, John Rose(b)
(c)
(b) non-elective member, 1843-56
(c) elective member, 1843-56
 
Holroyd, Arthur Todd (c)(c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Assembly
Hood, Thomas Hood(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Hughes, Henry (b)(b) non-elective member, 1843-56 
Icely, Thomas(b) (b) non-elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Jamison, Sir John(a) (a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43 
Jeffreys, Arthur(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Jones, Richard(a) (b)
(c)
(a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43
(b) non-elective member, 1843-56
(c) elective member, 1843-56
 
Kinchela, John(a) (a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43 
King, Captain Phillip Parker, RN(a) (b)(a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43
(b) non-elective member, 1843-56
 
Lamb, John (b)
(c)
(b) non-elective member, 1843-56
(c) elective member, 1843-56
Member of Legislative Council
Lang, John Dunmore(c)(c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Assembly
Lauga, Burman(a) (a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43 
Lawson, Nelson Simmons(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Lawson, William (c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Leslie, George Farquar (c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Lindesay, Col. Patrick(a) (a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43 
Lithgow, William(a) (b)(a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43
(b) non-elective member, 1843-56
 
Longmore, Alexander(b)(b) non-elective member, 1843-56 
Lord, Francis(c)(c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Lowe, Robert(b)
(c)
(b) non-elective member, 1843-56
(c) elective member, 1843-56
 
Macarthur, Hannibal Hawkins(a)
(c)
(a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43
(c) elective member, 1843-56
 
Macarthur, James (a)
(c)
(a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43
(c) elective member, 1843-56
 
Macarthur, John(a) (a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43 
Macarthur, (Sir) William (c) (c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
McIntyre, Donald(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Mackinnon, Lauchlan(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Macleay, Alexander (a) (c) (a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43 
Macleay, George(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Macleay, Sir William(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Member of Legislative Assembly
Manning, William Montagu(b) (b) non-elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Member of Legislative Assembly
Marsh, Matthew Henry(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Martin, James(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Assembly
Massie, Robert George (c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Mayne, William Colburn(b)(b) non-elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Mercer, William Drummond(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Merewether, Francis Lewis Shaw(b) (b) non-elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Mitchell, James (b)(b) non-elective member, 1843-56 
Mitchell, Sir Thomas Livingstone (c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Moor, Henry(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Morris, Augustus(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Assembly
Murray, Terence Aubrey (c) (c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Member of Legislative Assembly
Nichols, George Robert(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Assembly
Nicholson, (Sir) Charles(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Oakes, George(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Member of Legislative Assembly
O'Connell, Maj.-Gen. Sir Maurice Charles (a) (b) (a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43
(b) non-elective member, 1843-56
 
O'Connell, Maurice Charles (Jr)(c)(c) elective member, 1843-56 
Osborne, Alick(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Osborne, Henry(c)(c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Assembly
Oxley, John Joseph William Molesworth (a) (a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43 
Palmer, James Frederick (c)(c) elective member, 1843-56 
Panton, John(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Park, Alexander (c) (c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Parker, Henry Watson(b) (b) non-elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Assembly
Parkes, Henry (c)(c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Assembly
Plunkett, John Hubert(a) (b)(a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43
(b) non-elective member, 1843-56
Member of Legislative Council
Member of Legislative Assembly
Richardson, John (c)(c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Member of Legislative Assembly
Riddell, Campbell Drummond(b)(b) non-elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Robinson, Joseph Phelps (c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Rusden, Thomas George(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Russell, Henry Stuart(c)(c) elective member, 1843-56 
Samuel, Saul (c) (c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Member of Legislative Assembly
Scott, The Ven. Thomas Hobbes (a)(a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43 
Smart, Thomas Ware(c)(c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Member of Legislative Assembly
Smith, Richard Joseph (c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Snodgrass, Lt-Col. Kenneth(a) (a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43 
Spain, William(b) (b) non-elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Stewart, Col. William(a) (a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43 
Stirling, John(b)(b) non-elective member, 1843-56 
Suttor, William Henry (c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Therry, Roger(a) (c)(a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43
(c) elective member, 1843-56
Member of Legislative Council
Thomson, Alexander (c)(c) elective member, 1843-56 
Thomson, Edward Deas (a) (b) (a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43
(b) non-elective member, 1843-56
Member of Legislative Council
Throsby, Charles(a) (a) appointed by Governor, 1824-43 
Thurlow, William(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Walker, Thomas (c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Ward, Edward Wolstenholme(b) (b) non-elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Wentworth, Maj. D'Arcey (c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Wentworth, William Charles (c) (c) elective member, 1843-56Member of Legislative Council
Westgarth, William(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Wild, John(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Williamson, James(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Wilshire, James Robert(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Windeyer, Richard (c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Young, Adolphus William(c) (c) elective member, 1843-56 
Wynyard, Maj-Gen Edward Buckley(b)(b) non-elective member, 1843-56




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