Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1885–1887
This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1885 to 1887. 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 1885 colonial election on 16 October 1885 and the beginning of the 1887 colonial election on 4 February 1887.
| Name | Years in office |
| Robert Abbott | 1883–1888 |
| William Brodribb 9 | 1882–1886 |
| John Burns 5 | 1887 |
| William Busby | 1867–1887 |
| William Byrnes | 1858–1861, 1861–1891 |
| Thomas Cadell 10 | 1881–1886 |
| Alexander Campbell | 1864–1890 |
| Charles Campbell | 1870–1888 |
| John Campbell 12 | 1856, 1861–1886 |
| Samuel Charles | 1885–1909 |
| James Chisholm | 1865–1888 |
| George Cox | 1863–1901 |
| John Creed | 1885–1930 |
| William Cullen | 1885–1910 |
| William Dalley | 1870–1873, 1875–1880, 1883–1888 |
| Henry Dangar | 1883–1917 |
| Frederick Darley 11 | 1868–1886 |
| Leopold De Salis | 1874–1898 |
| Alexander Dodds | 1885–1892 |
| John Eales | 1880–1894 |
| James Farnell 2 | 1885–1887 |
| Edward Flood | 1879–1888 |
| Alexander Gordon 7 | 1883–1886 |
| William Grahame | 1875–1889 |
| William Halliday | 1885–1892 |
| Sir John Hay | 1867–1892 |
| Richard Hill | 1880–1895 |
| Archibald Jacob | 1883–1900 |
| Philip King | 1880–1904 |
| Edward Knox | 1856–1857, 1882–1894 |
| John Lackey | 1885–1903 |
| George Lee | 1882–1912 |
| William Long | 1885–1909 |
| Francis Lord | 1856–1861, 1864–1893 |
| John Lucas | 1880–1902 |
| John Macintosh | 1882–1911 |
| Charles Mackellar | 1885–1903, 1903–1925 |
| William Macleay | 1877–1891 |
| Charles Moore | 1880–1895 |
| Henry Moore | 1868–1888 |
| Henry Mort | 1882–1900 |
| Henry Moses | 1885–1923 |
| James Neale | 1883–1890 |
| James Norton | 1879–1906 |
| Edward Ogilvie | 1863–1889 |
| William Piddington | 1879–1887 |
| John Richardson | 1868–1887 |
| Richard Roberts | 1882–1903 |
| Jeremiah Rundle | 1882–1893 |
| John Ryan 6 | 1883–1887 |
| George Simpson 3 | 1885–1894 |
| John Smith | 1880–1895 |
| Sir Alfred Stephen 4 | 1856–1858, 1875–1879, 1879–1885, 1886–1890 |
| John Stewart | 1879–1895 |
| Sir Alexander Stuart 1 | 1885–1886 |
| John Suttor 8 | 1882–1886 |
| William Suttor | 1880–1900 |
| Samuel Terry | 1882–1887 |
| George Thornton | 1877–1901 |
| John Watt | 1861–1866, 1874–1890 |
| Edmund Webb | 1882–1899 |
| James White | 1874–1890 |