Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1895–1898

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 17th parliament of New South Wales from 1895 to 1898. They were elected at the 1895 colonial election on 24 July 1895. The Speaker was Sir Joseph Abbott.^[1][2]

Name	Party ^[a]		Electorate	Term in office
Sir Joseph Abbott		Protectionist	Wentworth	1880–1901
William Affleck		Free Trade	Yass	1894–1904
George Anderson		Free Trade	Waterloo	1894–1904
James Ashton		Free Trade	Hay	1894–1907
Richard Ball		Free Trade	Albury	1895–1898 1904–1937
John Barnes		Protectionist	Gundagai	1889–1904
Thomas Bavister		Free Trade	Ashfield	1891–1898
George Black		Labour	Sydney-Gipps	1891–1898 1910–1917
Herbert Brown		Protectionist	Durham	1875–1898
Thomas Brown		Labour	Condoublin	1894–1901 1913–1917
James Brunker		Free Trade	East Maitland	1880–1904
Charles Bull		Free Trade	Camden	1895–1898
Angus Cameron ^3		Free Trade	Waverley	1874–1889 1894–1896
Alexander Campbell		Protectionist	Kiama	1894–1904
Archibald Campbell		Free Trade	Illawarra	1891–1903
John Cann		Labour	Broken Hill	1891–1916
James Carroll ^5		Protectionist	Lachlan	1894–1904
Joseph Carruthers		Free Trade	St George	1887–1908
John Chanter		Protectionist	Deniliquin	1885–1901
Austin Chapman		Protectionist	Braidwood	1891–1901
Edward Clark		Free Trade	St Leonards	1891–1904 1907–1910
Francis Clarke		Protectionist	Hastings and Macleay	1893–1898 1900–1901
Henry Clarke		Ind. Protectionist	Bega	1869–1894, 1895–1904
Charles Collins ^6		Free Trade	Narrabri	1885–1887 1890–1898
Joseph Cook		Free Trade	Hartley	1891–1901
Henry Copeland ^2		Protectionist	Sydney-Phillip	1877–1883, 1883–1895, 1895–1900
Francis Cotton		Free Trade	Newtown-Camperdown	1891–1901
Paddy Crick		Protectionist	West Macquarie	1889–1906
George Cruickshank		Protectionist	Inverell	1889–1901
John Dacey		Labour	Botany	1895–1912
Thomas Davis		Labour	Sydney-Pyrmont	1891–1898
William Dick		Free Trade	Newcastle East	1894–1907
Denis Donnelly ^4		Protectionist	Cowra	1891–1896
Alfred Edden		Labour	Kahibah	1891–1920
Thomas Ewing		Protectionist	Lismore	1885–1901
Frank Farnell		Free Trade	Ryde	1887–1898 1901–1903
John Fegan		Free Trade	Wickham	1891–1907 1920–1922
William Ferguson		Labour	Sturt	1894–1904
Robert Fitzgerald		Protectionist	Robertson	1885–1901
John Fitzpatrick ^1		Free Trade	Rylstone	1895–1904 1907–1930
Thomas Fitzpatrick		Protectionist	Murrumbidgee	1894–1904
Jacob Garrard		Free Trade	Sherbrooke	1880–1898
John Gillies		Free Trade	West Maitland	1891–1911
Thomas Goodwin		Protectionist	Gunnedah	1887–1888, 1895–1901
James Gormly		Protectionist	Wagga Wagga	1885–1904
Albert Gould		Free Trade	Singleton	1882–1898
James Graham		Free Trade	Sydney-Belmore	1894–1901 1907–1910
George Greene		Ind. Free Trade	Grenfell	1889–1891 1894 1895–1898
Arthur Griffith		Labour	Waratah	1894–1903 1904–1920
Matthew Harris		Free Trade	Sydney-Denison	1894–1901
James Harvey		Free Trade	Sydney-Bligh	1895–1898
Thomas Hassall		Protectionist	Moree	1886–1901
John Hawthorne		Free Trade	Leichhardt	1885–1891 1894–1904
James Hayes		Protectionist	Murray	1885–1904
John Haynes		Free Trade	Wellington	1887–1904 1915–1917
James Hogue		Free Trade	Glebe	1894–1910
Leslie Hollis		Free Trade	Goulburn	1891–1898
George Howarth		Free Trade	Willoughby	1895–1903
Billy Hughes		Labour	Sydney-Lang	1894–1901
William Hurley		Protectionist	Macquarie	1895–1904
Thomas Jessep ^3		Free Trade	Waverley	1896–1907
Llewellyn Jones		Free Trade	Petersham	1894–1898
Robert Jones		Free Trade	Mudgee	1891–1998 1907–1910
Travers Jones		Protectionist	Tumut	1885–1891 1894–1898
Joseph Kelly		Protectionist	Tweed	1894–1898
Adrian Knox		Free Trade	Woollahra	1894–1898
Sydney Law		Labour	Balmain South	1894–1907
Charles Lee		Free Trade	Tenterfield	1884–1920
Robert Levien		Protectionist	Quirindi	1880–1889, 1889–1913
Edmund Lonsdale		Free Trade	Armidale	1891–1894 1895–1898 1901–1903 1907–1913
William Lyne		Protectionist	Hume	1880–1901
Hugh Macdonald		Labour	Coonamble	1894–1906
Kenneth Mackay		Protectionist	Boorowa	1895–1899
William Mahony		Free Trade	Annandale	1894–1910
William McCourt		Free Trade	Bowral	1882–1885 1887–1913
John McElhone ^7		Ind. Free Trade	Sydney-Fitzroy	1875–1889 1895–1898
John McFarlane		Protectionist	Clarence	1887–1915
James McGowen		Labour	Redfern	1891–1917
John McLaughlin		Ind. Protectionist	Raleigh	1880–1885 1895–1901
Francis McLean		Free Trade	Marrickville	1894–1901
William McMillan		Free Trade	Burwood	1887–1898
Dick Meagher ^2		Protectionist	Sydney-Phillip	1895 1898–1904 1907–1917
William Millard		Free Trade	Moruya	1894–1920 1920–1921
Edward Millen		Free Trade	Bourke	1894–1898
Gus Miller		Protectionist	Monaro	1889–1918
Edmund Molesworth		Free Trade	Newtown-Erskine	1889–1901
Samuel Moore		Free Trade	Bingara	1885–1910
William Morgan		Free Trade	Hawkesbury	1894–1901
Philip Morton		Ind. Free Trade	Shoalhaven	1889–1898
John Neild		Ind. Free Trade	Paddington	1885–1889 1891–1894 1895–1901
Arthur Nelson		Protectionist	Sydney-Flinders	1895–1904
Harry Newman		Free Trade	Orange	1891–1904
John Nicholson		Labour	Woronora	1891–1917
John Norton ^7		Protectionist	Sydney-Fitzroy	1898–1906 1907–1910
Dowell O'Reilly		Free Trade	Parramatta	1894–1898
Edward O'Sullivan		Protectionist	Queanbeyan	1885–1910
Varney Parkes		Free Trade	Canterbury	1885–1888, 1891–1900 1907–1913
John Perry		Protectionist	Ballina	1889–1920
Michael Phillips ^4		Protectionist	Cowra	1896–1898
Simeon Phillips		Free Trade	Dubbo	1895–1904
Albert Piddington		Free Trade	Tamworth	1895–1898
William Henry Piddington		Free Trade	Uralla-Walcha	1894–1900
Richard Price		Protectionist	Gloucester	1894–1904 1907–1922
Robert Pyers		Protectionist	Richmond	1894–1904
George Reid		Free Trade	Sydney-King	1880–1884 1885–1901
Joseph Reymond		Protectionist	Ashburnham	1895–1904
William Rigg		Free Trade	Newtown-St Peters	1894–1901
Thomas Rose		Protectionist	Argyle	1891–1904
Andrew Ross		Protectionist	Molong	1880–1904
Hugh Ross ^6		Labour	Narrabri	1898–1901
William Schey		Protectionist	Darlington	1887–1898
John See		Protectionist	Grafton	1880–1904
Richard Sleath		Labour	Wilcannia	1894–1904
George Smailes		Labour	Granville	1895–1898
Sydney Smith		Free Trade	Bathurst	1882–1898 1900
Thomas Smith		Protectionist	Nepean	1877–1887 1895–1898, 1901–1904
David Storey		Free Trade	Randwick	1894–1920
Josiah Thomas		Labour	Alma	1894–1901
Dugald Thomson		Free Trade	Warringah	1894–1901
James Thomson		Labour	Newcastle West	1895–1901
Thomas Waddell		Protectionist	Cobar	1897–1917
David Watkins		Labour	Wallsend	1894–1901
Chris Watson		Labour	Young	1894–1901
Henry Wheeler		Free Trade	Northumberland	1895–1898
Samuel Whiddon		Free Trade	Sydney-Cook	1894–1904
Bill Wilks		Free Trade	Balmain North	1894–1901
William Willis		Protectionist	Barwon	1889–1904
William Wood		Protectionist	Eden-Bombala	1894–1913
Francis Wright		Protectionist	Glen Innes	1882–1885, 1889–1903
James Young		Free Trade	Manning	1880–1901 1904–1907

By-elections

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.

#	Electorate	Departing Member	Party		Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party
1	Rylstone	John Fitzpatrick		Free Trade	Election result voided on appeal	14 October 1895	John Fitzpatrick		Free Trade
2	Sydney-Phillip	Dick Meagher		Protectionist	Resigned in disgrace in relation to the pardon of George Dean	17 October 1895	Henry Copeland		Protectionist
3	Waverley	Angus Cameron		Free Trade	Death	18 February 1896	Thomas Jessep		Free Trade
4	Cowra	Denis Donnelly		Protectionist	Death	27 March 1896	Michael Phillips		Protectionist
5	Lachlan	James Carroll		Protectionist	Financial difficulties	11 September 1896	James Carroll		Protectionist
6	Narrabri	Charles Collins		Free Trade	Death	3 June 1898	Hugh Ross		Labour
7	Sydney-Fitzroy	John McElhone		Ind. Free Trade	Death	3 June 1898	John Norton		Protectionist

See also

• Reid ministry
• Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election
• Candidates of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election

Notes

1. The party designation is the designation given at the time of election but party affiliations were particularly flexible during the pre-federation period in the New South Wales Parliament.

References

1. Green, Antony. "1895 Elected members". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
2. "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 14 April 2020.