Members_of_the_New_South_Wales_Legislative_Council,_1843–1851

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1843–1851

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1843–1851

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This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1843 to 1851.[1][2] The 1843 Electoral Act prescribed 36 members, 24 to be elected, 6 appointed by virtue of their office (Colonial Secretary, Colonial Treasurer, Auditor-General, Attorney General, Commander of the forces and Collector of Customs)[3] and 6 nominated. The appointments and elections were for five year terms and thus occurred in 1843,[4] and 1848.[5] The Speaker was Alexander Macleay until 19 May 1846 and then Charles Nicholson.[6] The parliament was dissolved on 30 June 1851 as a result of the 1851 Electoral Act which increased the number of members in the Council to 54 (18 to be appointed and 36 elected).[7]

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  1. George Barney resigned in August 1843 and John Plunkett was appointed to replace him.[8]
  2. Richard Jones resigned on 1 November 1843 and Robert Lowe was appointed to replace him.[27]
  3. Henry Condell resigned in February 1844 and Joseph Robinson was elected to replace him.[16]
  4. Charles Ebden and Alexander Thomson resigned in March 1844 and Adolphus Young and Sir Thomas Mitchell were elected to replace them.[18]
  5. Hastings Elwin resigned in July 1844 and John Darvall was appointed to replace him.[19]
  6. Sir Thomas Mitchell resigned in August 1844 and Benjamin Boyd was elected to replace him.[32]
  7. Robert Lowe resigned in September 1844 and John Lamb was appointed to replace him.[30]
  8. Roger Therry resigned in February 1845 as he had been appointed a judge of the Supreme Court for the District of Port Phillip and John Wild was elected to replace him.[35]
  9. John Coghill resigned in March 1845 and Robert Lowe was elected to replace him.[15]
  10. John Blaxland resigned in July 1845 and George Allen was appointed to replace him.[10]
  11. Edward Hamilton resigned in May 1846 and Henry Parker was appointed to replace him.[24]
  12. Thomas Walker resigned in July 1845 and Maurice O'Connell Jr. was elected to replace him.[36]
  13. Adolphus Young resigned in July 1845 and Thomas Boyd was elected to replace him.[36]
  14. D'Arcy Wentworth resigned in July 1845 and Patrick Grant was elected to replace him.[37] Grant's election was declared void as he did not meet the property qualification,[38] however he was re-elected unopposed.[39]
  15. Benjamin Boyd resigned in August 1845 and Edward Curr was elected to replace him.[11]
  16. William Foster resigned in October 1845 and Henry Dangar was elected to replace him.[21]
  17. Thomas Boyd resigned in December 1845 and Edward Brewster was elected unopposed to replace him.[12]
  18. Edward Curr resigned in May 1846 and John Foster was elected unopposed to replace him.;[17]
  19. William Bradley resigned in July 1846 and William Faithfull was elected to replace him.[13]
  20. John Lang was absent for two successive sessions of the Council, his seat was declared vacant in November 1847 and John Airey was elected unopposed to replace him.[28]
  21. Richard Windeyer died in December 1847 and Stuart Donaldson was elected to replace him.;[41]
  22. Edward Brewster resigned in February 1848 and Charles Ebden was elected unopposed to replace him.[14]
  23. Alexander Macleay died on 19 June 1848 however he was not replaced as the Council was dissolved on 30 June 1848.
  24. James Williamson resigned in January 1849 and William Macarthur was elected to replace him.[40]
  25. Nelson Lawson died in February 1849 and Robert Fitzgerald was elected to replace him.[29]
  26. George Hill resigned in May 1849 and Daniel Cooper was elected to replace him.[26]
  27. James Palmer resigned in May 1849 and Henry Moor was elected unopposed to replace him.[33]
  28. Robert Lowe resigned in November 1849 and William Bland was elected to replace him.[31]
  29. Charles Cowper resigned in February 1850 and James Byrnes was elected to replace him.[13]
  30. Edward Hamilton resigned in May 1850 and Phillip King was appointed to replace him.[25]
  31. Lauchlan Mackinnon and John Foster resigned in May 1850 and Charles Ebden and William Mercer were elected to replace them.[20]
  32. William Bland resigned in June 1850 and John Lang was elected to replace him.[9]
  33. Kenneth Snodgrass resigned in September 1850 and Richard Jones was elected to replace him.[34]
  34. Earl Grey was the Colonial Secretary in London had never set foot in the colony and there was no suggestion he met the property requirement for election. He was nominated and elected as part of the campaign for independence, protesting against government by New South Wales.[22] As he did not attend the Legislative Council his seat was vacated on 31 October 1850 and William Westgarth was elected to replace him.[23]
  35. Outside of the general elections and appointments in 1843 and 1848, the members elected or appointed, in chronological order, were Plunkett,[lower-alpha 1] Lowe,[lower-alpha 2] Robinson, [lower-alpha 3] Young & Mitchell,[lower-alpha 4] Darvall,[lower-alpha 5] B Boyd,[lower-alpha 6] Lamb,[lower-alpha 7] Wild,[lower-alpha 8] Lowe,[lower-alpha 9] Allen,[lower-alpha 10] Parker,[lower-alpha 11] O'Connell,[lower-alpha 12] T Boyd,[lower-alpha 13] Grant,[lower-alpha 14] Curr,[lower-alpha 15] Dangar,[lower-alpha 16] Brewster,[lower-alpha 17] J Forster,[lower-alpha 18] Faithfull,[lower-alpha 19] Airey,[lower-alpha 20] Donaldson,[lower-alpha 21] Ebden,[lower-alpha 22] N/A,[lower-alpha 23] Macarthur,[lower-alpha 24] Fitzgerald,[lower-alpha 25] J Foster,[lower-alpha 18] Cooper,[lower-alpha 26] Moor,[lower-alpha 27] Bland,[lower-alpha 28] Byrnes,[lower-alpha 29] King,[lower-alpha 30] Ebden & Mercer,[lower-alpha 31] Lang,[lower-alpha 32] Jones,[lower-alpha 33] and Westgarth.[lower-alpha 34]

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