Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1894–1895
This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 16th parliament of New South Wales from 1894 to 1895 They were elected at the 1894 colonial election on 17 July 1894.[1][2][3] The Speaker was Sir Joseph Palmer Abbott.
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.[4]
# | Electorate | Departing Member | Party | Reason for By-election | Date of By-election | Winner of By-election | Party | ||
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1 | Grenfell | George Greene | Free Trade | Election result voided on appeal (no by-election) | 25 October 1894 | Michael Loughnane | Labour | ||
2 | Willoughby | Joseph Cullen | Free Trade | Financial difficulty | 30 November 1894 | Edward Clark | Free Trade | ||
3 | Tweed | John Willard | Labour | Not a resident of NSW | 29 November 1894 | Joseph Kelly | Protectionist | ||
4 | Boorowa | Thomas Slattery | Protectionist | Unknown resignation | 15 January 1895 | James Mackay | Protectionist | ||
5 | Bowral | William McCourt | Protectionist | Unknown resignation | 19 February 1895 | William McCourt | Protectionist | ||
6 | Canterbury | Varney Parkes | Free Trade | Unknown resignation | 14 June 1895 | Varney Parkes | Free Trade |
See also
Notes
- Despite being the inaugural Labour Leader in the previous parliament, Joseph Cook stood as an independent Labour candidate in the 1884 election and became the Postmaster General in George Reid's Free Trade government.
References
- Green, Antony. "1894 Elected members". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- "Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate" (PDF). New South Wales Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- Green, Antony. "Results of 1894–95 by-elections". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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