Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1877–1880


This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1877 to 1880. 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 1877 colonial election on 24 October 1877 and the beginning of the 1880 colonial election on 17 November 1880.
NameYears in office
George Allen 141856–1861, 1861–1877
Archibald Bell 61879–1883
John Blaxland1863–1884
William Busby1867–1887
Edward Butler 31861–1863, 1877–1879
William Byrnes1858–1861, 1861–1891
Alexander Campbell1864–1890
Charles Campbell1870–1888
John Campbell1856, 1861–1886
James Chisholm1865–1888
Edward Cox1874–1883
George Cox1863–1901
William Dalley 91870–1873, 1875–1880, 1883–1888
Frederick Darley1868–1886
Leopold De Salis1874–1898
Joseph Docker1856–1861, 1863–1884
Edward Flood 61879–1888
William Foster 4,71878–1880
John Frazer1874–1884
Samuel Gordon1861–1882
William Grahame1875–1889
Sir John Hay1867–1892
Thomas Holt1868–1883
Joseph Innes1873–1881
Francis Lord1856–1861, 1864–1893
George Lord 21877–1880
Sir William Macarthur1864–1882
William Macleay 11877–1891
John Marks 41878–1885
Henry Moore1868–1888
James Norton 61879–1906
George Oakes 61879–1881
Edward Ogilvie1863–1889
Robert Owen 111868–1878
William Piddington 61879–1887
John Richardson1868–1887
Sir John Robertson 51861, 1861, 1879–1881
Bourn Russell 131858–1861, 1861–1880
Saul Samuel 101872–1880
Thomas Smart1870–1881
John Smith1874–1885
Sir Alfred Stephen 6,81856–1858, 1875–1879, 1879–1885, 1886–1890
John Stewart 61879–1895
Sir Edward Thomson 121856–1861, 1861–1879
George Thornton 11877–1901
John Watt1861–1866, 1874–1890
Elias Weekes1865–1880
James White1874–1890