Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1895–1898
This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1895 to 1898. 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 1895 colonial election on 24 July 1895 and the 1898 colonial election on 27 July 1898.
Although a loose party system had emerged in the Legislative Assembly at this time, there was no real party structure in the Council.
| Name |
Years in office |
| Benjamin Backhouse 1 | 1895–1904 |
| Edmund Barton 4,5 | 1887–1891, 1897–1898 |
| James Blanksby 2 | 1895–1901 |
| Alexander Brown | 1892–1926 |
| Richard Bowker | 1888–1903 |
| William Campbell | 1890–1906 |
| Samuel Charles | 1885–1909 |
| Edward Combes 8 | 1891–1895 |
| George Cox | 1863–1901 |
| John Creed | 1885–1930 |
| William Cullen | 1885–1910 |
| Thomas Dalton | 1892–1901 |
| Henry Dangar | 1883–1917 |
| John Davies 13 | 1888–1896 |
| George Day | 1889–1906 |
| Leopold De Salis 17 | 1874–1898 |
| Robert Fowler 2 | 1895–1906 |
| Andrew Garran | 1887–1892, 1895–1901 |
| Charles Goodchap 7 | 1892–1896 |
| Edward Greville | 1892–1903 |
| Charles Heydon 6 | 1893–1898, 1898–1900 |
| Louis Heydon | 1889–1918 |
| Richard Hill 15 | 1880–1895 |
| James Hoskins | 1889–1900 |
| John Hughes 2 | 1895–1912 |
| Frederick Humphery | 1888–1908 |
| Solomon Hyam | 1892–1901 |
| Archibald Jacob | 1883–1900 |
| Sir Patrick Jennings 9 | 1867–1870, 1890–1897 |
| Henry Kater | 1889–1924 |
| Andrew Kerr | 1888–1907 |
| Alexander Kethel 3 | 1895–1916 |
| Philip King | 1880–1904 |
| Sir John Lackey | 1885–1903 |
| William Laidley 11 | 1889–1897 |
| George Lee | 1882–1912 |
| Samuel Lees 2,5 | 1895–1898 |
| George Lloyd 14 | 1887–1897 |
| William Long | 1885–1909 |
| John Lucas | 1880–1902 |
| John Macintosh | 1882–1911 |
| Charles Mackellar | 1885–1903, 1903–1925 |
| Normand MacLaurin | 1889–1914 |
| Henry Mort | 1882–1900 |
| Henry Moses | 1885–1923 |
| James Norton | 1879–1906 |
| Daniel O'Connor 2,5 | 1891–1892, 1895–1898 |
| Richard O'Connor 12 | 1888–1898 |
| William Pigott | 1887–1907 |
| Charles Pilcher | 1891–1916 |
| Edward Pulsford 2 | 1895–1901 |
| Sir Arthur Renwick | 1888–1908 |
| Charles Roberts | 1890–1925 |
| Richard Roberts | 1882–1903 |
| Alexander Ryrie | 1892–1909 |
| Sir Julian Salomons | 1870–1871, 1887–1899 |
| Patrick Shepherd | 1888–1903 |
| Fergus Smith 2 | 1895–1924 |
| Thomas Smith | 1892–1902 |
| Septimus Stephen | 1887–1900 |
| John Stewart 16 | 1879–1895 |
| William Suttor | 1880–1900 |
| Harman Tarrant 10 | 1890–1896 |
| George Thornton | 1877–1901 |
| John Toohey | 1892–1903 |
| William Trickett | 1888–1916 |
| Ebenezer Vickery | 1887–1906 |
| William Walker | 1888–1908 |
| John Want | 1894–1905 |
| James Watson | 1887–1907 |
| Edmund Webb | 1882–1899 |
| Robert White | 1888–1900 |
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- 1 Appointed 8 August 1895.
- 2 Appointed 13 August 1895.
- 3 Appointed 21 August 1895.
- 4 Appointed 12 May 1897.
- 5 Resigned 18 July 1898.
- 6 Resigned 22 March 1898, re-appointed 10 May 1898.
- 7 Died 20 October 1896.
- 8 Died 18 October 1895.
- 9 Died 11 July 1897.
- 10 Vacated due to bankruptcy 12 May 1896.
- 11 Died 14 February 1897.
- 12 Resigned 16 July 1898.
- 13 Died 23 May 1896.
- 14 Died 25 December 1897.
- 15 Died 19 August 1895.
- 16 Died 13 August 1895.
- 17 Resigned 5 January 1898.