Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1861–1864

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1861 to 1864. On 3 September 1861 the Governor appointed a new Legislative Council following the mass resignation and prorogue of the previous Council on 13 May 1861; members were appointed to the new Council for life. This list includes members between 3 September 1861 and the beginning of the 1864–65 colonial election on 22 November 1864.

Name	Years in office
George Allen	1856–1861, 1861–1877
John Blaxland ^7	1863–1884
Edward Butler ^11	1861–1863, 1877–1879
William Byrnes	1858–1861, 1861–1891
Alexander Campbell ^9	1864–1890
John Campbell	1856, 1861–1886
George Cox ^5	1863–1901
Joseph Docker ^8	1856–1861, 1863–1884
Robert Fitzgerald ^2	1856–1861, 1861–1865
Samuel Gordon	1861–1882
John Hargrave	1859–1861, 1861–1865
George Holden ^12	1856–1861, 1861–1863
Thomas Icely ^10	1864–1874
Robert Johnson ^6	1856–1861, 1863–1866
Charles Kemp ^13	1861–1864
Edward Lloyd ^6	1863–1865
Francis Lord ^9	1856–1861, 1864–1893
Sir William Macarthur ^10	1864–1882
John MacFarlane	1858–1861, 1861–1870
Sir William Manning	1861–1876, 1888–1895
Alexander McArthur	1861–1865
Francis Merewether	1856–1861, 1861–1865
James Mitchell	1856–1861, 1861–1869
Sir Terence Murray ^4	1862–1873
Edward Ogilvie ^6	1863–1889
John Plunkett ^2	1857–1858, 1861–1869
John Robertson ^14	1861, 1861, 1878–1881
Ralph Robey ^1,16	1858–1861, 1861–1864
Bourn Russell	1858–1861, 1861–1880
William Russell	1861–1865
Alexander Scott ^3	1862–1866
Sir Edward Thomson	1856–1861, 1861–1879
Robert Towns ^5	1856–1861, 1863–1873
William Walker ^5	1863–1867
Edward Ward	1861–1865
John Watt ^1	1861–1866, 1874–1890
William Wentworth ^15	1861–1862

¹ Appointed 13 September 1861.

² Appointed 1 October 1861.

³ Appointed 27 May 1862.

⁴ Appointed 14 October 1862.

⁵ Appointed 23 June 1863.

⁶ Appointed 1 July 1863.

⁷ Appointed 25 November 1863.

⁸ Appointed 26 December 1863.

⁹ Appointed 18 October 1864.

¹⁰ Appointed 26 October 1864.

¹¹ Resigned 19 November 1863.

¹² Resigned 1 January 1863.

¹³ Died 25 August 1864.

¹⁴ Resigned 30 December 1861.

¹⁵ Resigned 10 October 1862.

¹⁶ Died 1 April 1864.

Members of the Parliament of New South Wales

Legislative Council 1856–1861 • 1861–1864 • 1864–1869

Legislative Assembly 1859–1860 • 1860–1864 • 1864–1869