Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1869–1872

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1869 to 1872. At this time the Council was composed of individuals appointed for life by the Governor on the advice of the Premier. This list includes members between the beginning of the 1869–70 colonial election on 3 December 1869 and the beginning of the 1872 colonial election on 13 February 1872.

Name	Years in office
George Allen	1856–1861, 1861–1877
John Blaxland	1863–1884
William Busby	1867–1887
William Byrnes	1858–1861, 1861–1891
Alexander Campbell	1864–1890
Charles Campbell ^2	1870–1888
John Campbell	1856, 1861–1886
James Chisholm	1865–1888
George Cox	1863–1901
William Dalley ^3	1870–1873, 1875–1880, 1883–1888
Frederick Darley	1868–1886
Joseph Docker	1856–1861, 1863–1884
Samuel Gordon	1861–1882
John Hay	1867–1892
Thomas Holt	1868–1883
Thomas Icely	1864–1874
Patrick Jennings ^5	1867–1869, 1890–1897
Francis Lord	1856–1861, 1864–1893
Sir William Macarthur	1864–1882
John MacFarlane ^6	1858–1861, 1861–1870
Sir William Manning	1861–1876, 1888–1895
Henry Moore	1868–1888
Sir Terence Murray	1862–1873
Edward Ogilvie	1863–1889
Robert Owen	1868–1878
Alexander Park	1858–1861, 1868–1873
John Richardson	1868–1887
Bourn Russell	1858–1861, 1861–1880
Julian Salomons ^3,4	1870–1871, 1887–1899
Thomas Smart ^1	1870–1881
Sir Edward Thomson	1856–1861, 1861–1879
Robert Towns	1856–1861, 1863–1873
Elias Weekes	1865–1880

¹ Appointed 27 January 1870.

² Appointed 1 February 1870.

³ Appointed 11 August 1870.

⁴ Resigned 14 February 1871.

⁵ Resigned 17 December 1869.

⁶ Resigned 26 May 1870.

Members of the Parliament of New South Wales

Legislative Council 1864–1869 • 1869–1872 • 1872–1874

Legislative Assembly 1864–1869 • 1869–1872 • 1872–1874