Members of the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 11th parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1882 to 1885.[1][2][3][4]
Elections for the eleventh Legislative Assembly were held between 30 November and 21 December 1882 with parliament first meeting on 3 January 1883. The Assembly was expanded to 113 members elected in 40 single member electorates, 26 two member electorates, 3 three member electorate and 3 four member electorates. The parliament had a maximum term of 3 years and was dissolved on 7 October 1885 after 33 months. The
Premiers during this parliament were
Sir Alexander Stuart until 7 October 1885 and then
George Dibbs. The
Speaker was
Edmund Barton.[5]
There was no party system in New South Wales politics until 1887. Under the constitution, ministers were required to resign to recontest their seats in a by-election when appointed. These by-elections are only noted when the minister was defeated; in general, he was elected unopposed.[4]
^
abcMudgee MLA
Adolphus Taylor, notorious for his disruption of Assembly proceedings, made an inflammatory speech in February 1883 in which he was challenged by
Upper Hunter MLA
John McElhone to resign and both would contest Taylor's seat of Mudgee. The challenge was accepted and both resigned. Taylor received 67% of the votes, defeating McElhone in the
Mudgee by-election on 6 March 1883. McElhone had also been nominated for the
Upper Hunter by-election, held on the same day, which saw him returned to his seat.[6]
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abBathurst MLA
Francis Suttor was declared to have a position of profit under the crown in January 1884. Having resolved this he was unopposed at the
resulting by-election on 11 February 1884.
^By-elections in chronological order were
Newtown,[a]
East Sydney,[b]
Mudgee,[c]
Glebe,[d]
Orange,[e]
East Sydney,[f]
Canterbury,[g]
Gundagai,[h]
Northumberland,[i]
West Macquarie,[j]
Monaro,[k]
Tenterfield,[l]
Carcoar,[m]
Argyle,[n]
St Leonards,[o]
Canterbury,[p]
Central Cumberland.[q]
Members of the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 11th parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1882 to 1885.[1][2][3][4]
Elections for the eleventh Legislative Assembly were held between 30 November and 21 December 1882 with parliament first meeting on 3 January 1883. The Assembly was expanded to 113 members elected in 40 single member electorates, 26 two member electorates, 3 three member electorate and 3 four member electorates. The parliament had a maximum term of 3 years and was dissolved on 7 October 1885 after 33 months. The
Premiers during this parliament were
Sir Alexander Stuart until 7 October 1885 and then
George Dibbs. The
Speaker was
Edmund Barton.[5]
There was no party system in New South Wales politics until 1887. Under the constitution, ministers were required to resign to recontest their seats in a by-election when appointed. These by-elections are only noted when the minister was defeated; in general, he was elected unopposed.[4]
^
abcMudgee MLA
Adolphus Taylor, notorious for his disruption of Assembly proceedings, made an inflammatory speech in February 1883 in which he was challenged by
Upper Hunter MLA
John McElhone to resign and both would contest Taylor's seat of Mudgee. The challenge was accepted and both resigned. Taylor received 67% of the votes, defeating McElhone in the
Mudgee by-election on 6 March 1883. McElhone had also been nominated for the
Upper Hunter by-election, held on the same day, which saw him returned to his seat.[6]
^
abBathurst MLA
Francis Suttor was declared to have a position of profit under the crown in January 1884. Having resolved this he was unopposed at the
resulting by-election on 11 February 1884.
^By-elections in chronological order were
Newtown,[a]
East Sydney,[b]
Mudgee,[c]
Glebe,[d]
Orange,[e]
East Sydney,[f]
Canterbury,[g]
Gundagai,[h]
Northumberland,[i]
West Macquarie,[j]
Monaro,[k]
Tenterfield,[l]
Carcoar,[m]
Argyle,[n]
St Leonards,[o]
Canterbury,[p]
Central Cumberland.[q]