Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the ninth parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1877 to 1880. The 1877 election was held between 24 October and 12 November 1877 with parliament first meeting on 27 November 1877. There were 73 members elected for 53 single member electorates, 6 two member electorates and 2 four member electorates. Premiers during this parliament were Sir John Robertson until 18 December 1877, James Farnell from 18 December 1877 until 21 December 1878 and Sir Henry Parkes from 21 December 1878. The Speaker was Sir George Allen. Name Electorate Years in office Allen, George WigramSir George Allen Glebe 1869–1883 Badgery, HenryHenry Badgery East Maitland 1878–1885 Baker, EzekielEzekiel Baker Goldfields South 1870–1877, 1879–1881, 1884–1887 Barbour, RobertRobert Barbour Murray 1877–1880, 1882–1894 Barton, EdmundEdmund Barton University of Sydney 1879–1887, 1891–1894, 1898–1900 Bawden, ThomasThomas Bawden Clarence 1869–1880 Bennett, HanleyHanley Bennett Liverpool Plains 1872–1880 Beyers, LouisLouis Beyers Goldfields West 1877–1882 Bowker, RichardRichard Bowker Newcastle 1858–1859, 1877–1880 Bowman, AlexanderAlexander Bowman Hawkesbury 1877–1882, 1885–1892 Brown, HerbertHerbert Brown Paterson 1875–1898 Brown, Stephen CampbellStephen Brown Newtown 1864–1881 Browne, WilliamWilliam Browne Patrick's Plains 1872–1880 Buchanan, DavidDavid Buchanan Mudgee 1860–1862, 1864–1867, 1869–1877, 1879–1885, 1888–1889 Burns, John FitzgeraldJohn Burns Hunter 1861–1869, 1872–1891 Cameron, AngusAngus Cameron West Sydney 1874–1889, 1894–1896 Charles, SamuelSamuel Charles Kiama 1874–1880 Clarke, HenryHenry Clarke Eden 1869–1894, 1895–1904 Cohen, HenryHenry Cohen West Maitland 1874–1885 Combes, EdwardEdward Combes Orange, East Macquarie 1872–1874, 1877–1885 Coonan, WalterWalter Coonan Bogan 1877–1880, 1882–1887 Copeland, HenryHenry Copeland Goldfields North 1877–1883, 1883–1895, 1895–1900 Dangar, ThomasThomas Dangar Gwydir 1865–1885, 1887–1890 Davies, JohnJohn Davies East Sydney 1874–1887 Davies, WilliamWilliam Davies Argyle 1877–1880 Day, GeorgeGeorge Day Hume 1874–1889 Dillon, JohnJohn Dillon Tenterfield 1869–1872, 1877–1882 Driver, RichardRichard Driver Windsor 1860–1880 Eckford, JosephJoseph Eckford Wollombi 1860–1872, 1877–1882 Farnell, James SquireJames Farnell St Leonards 1860–1860, 1864–1885, 1887–1888 Fawcett, CharlesCharles Fawcett Clarence 1880–1882 Fitzpatrick, MichaelMichael Fitzpatrick Yass Plains 1869–1881 Garrett, ThomasThomas Garrett Camden 1860–1871, 1872–1891 Gray, SamuelSamuel Gray Illawarra 1859–1864, 1874–1880, 1882–1885 Greenwood, JamesJames Greenwood East Sydney 1877–1880 Greville, EdwardEdward Greville Braidwood 1870–1880 Harris, JohnJohn Harris West Sydney 1877–1880, 1882–1885 Hezlet, WilliamWilliam Hezlet Paddington 1880–1882 Hoskins, JamesJames Hoskins Tumut 1859–1863, 1868–1882 Hungerford, ThomasThomas Hungerford Northumberland 1875-1875, 1877–1882, 1885–1887 Hurley, JohnJohn Hurley (b.1796) Narellan 1859–1860, 1864–1869, 1872–1880 Hurley, JohnJohn Hurley (b.1844) Hartley 1872–1874, 1876–1880, 1887–1891, 1901–1907 Jacob, ArchibaldArchibald Jacob Lower Hunter 1872–1882 Johnston, WilliamWilliam Johnston Williams 1877–1880 Kerr, AndrewAndrew Kerr Orange 1879–1882 Lackey, JohnJohn Lackey Central Cumberland 1860–1864, 1867–1880 Leary, JosephJoseph Leary Murrumbidgee 1860–1864, 1869–1872, 1876–1880 Long, WilliamWilliam Long Parramatta 1875–1880 Lucas, JohnJohn Lucas Canterbury 1860–1869, 1871–1880 Lynch, AndrewAndrew Lynch Carcoar 1876–1884 Macintosh, JohnJohn Macintosh East Sydney 1872–1880 McCulloch, AndrewAndrew McCulloch Central Cumberland 1877–1888 McElhone, JohnJohn McElhone Upper Hunter 1875–1889, 1895–1898 McQuade, HenryHenry McQuade Windsor 1880, 1882–1885 Melville, NinianNinian Melville Northumberland 1880–1887, 1889–1894 Merriman, JamesJames Merriman West Sydney 1877–1880 Moses, HenryHenry Moses Hawkesbury 1869–1880, 1882–1885 Murphy, JohnJohn Murphy Monaro 1877–1880 O'Connor, DanielDaniel O'Connor West Sydney 1877–1891, 1900–1904 Onslow, ArthurArthur Onslow Camden 1869–1880 Parkes, HenrySir Henry Parkes Canterbury 1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1872–1895 Pilcher, CharlesCharles Pilcher West Macquarie 1874–1882 Renwick, ArthurArthur Renwick East Sydney 1879–1882, 1885–1887 Robertson, JohnSir John Robertson East Macquarie, Mudgee 1856–1861, 1862–1865, 1865–1866, 1866–1870,1870–1877, 1877–1878, 1882–1886 Roseby, JohnJohn Roseby Shoalhaven 1877–1882 Rouse, RichardRichard Rouse Mudgee 1876–1877, 1879 Scholey, StephenStephen Scholey East Maitland 1872–1878 Shepherd, JohnJohn Shepherd Wellington 1877–1880, 1885–1887, 1889–1891 Simson, ColinColin Simson Balranald 1877–1880 Smith, Robert BurdettRobert Smith Hastings 1870–1889 Smith, Thomas RichardThomas Smith Nepean 1877–1887, 1895–1904 Stuart, AlexanderAlexander Stuart East Sydney, Illawarra 1874–1885 Sutherland, JohnJohn Sutherland Paddington 1860–1881, 1882–1889 Suttor, Francis BathurstFrancis Suttor Bathurst 1875–1890 Suttor, WilliamWilliam Suttor East Macquarie 1875–1879 Tarrant, HarmanHarman Tarrant Kiama 1880–1887 Taylor, HughHugh Taylor Parramatta 1872–1880, 1882–1894 Teece, WilliamWilliam Teece Goulburn 1872–1880 Terry, SamuelSamuel Terry New England 1859–1869, 1871–1881 Thompson, JamesJames Thompson Queanbeyan 1877–1881 Watson, JamesJames Watson Lachlan 1869–1882, 1884–1885 Webb, EdmundEdmund Webb East Macquarie 1869–1874, 1878–1881 Windeyer, William CharlesWilliam Windeyer University of Sydney 1859–1862, 1866–1872, 1876–1879 Wisdom, RobertRobert Wisdom Morpeth 1859–1872, 1874–1887
See also Fourth Robertson ministry Farnell ministry Third Parkes ministry Results of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election Candidates of the 1877 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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