Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1885–1887


Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 12th parliament of New South Wales held their seats between from 1885 to 1887.
Elections for the twelfth Legislative Assembly were held between 16 and 31 October 1885 with parliament first meeting on 17 November 1985. The Assembly was expanded from 113 to 122 members elected in 37 single member electorates, 24 two member electorates, 7 three member electorate and 4 four member electorates. The parliament had a maximum term of 3 years but was dissolved on 26 January 1886 after 14 months. The Premiers during this parliament were George Dibbs until 22 December 1885, Sir John Robertson until 26 February 1886, Sir Patrick Jennings until 20 January 1887 and Sir Henry Parkes.
NameElectorateYears in office
Gunnedah 1880–1901
West Sydney 1880–1891
Carcoar 1870-1877 1879-1881 1884-1887
Murray 1877-1880 1882-1894
East Sydney 1879–1887, 1891–1894, 1898–1900
Bourke 1880–1886
Murrumbidgee 1885–1887
Hawkesbury 1877-1882 1885-1892
Durham 1875–1898
Mudgee 1885–1889
East Maitland 1880–1904
Central Cumberland 1885–1887
East Sydney 1880-1882 1884-1891 1892-1894
Tamworth 1885–1887
Hunter 1861–1869, 1872–1891
Paddington 1882–1887
Kiama 1874–1885 1887-1889 1894-1896
Gwydir 1868–1869 1880-1886
Bogan 1880–1892
Murray 1885–1901
Eden 1869–1894, 1895–1904
Orange 1880–1889
Namoi 1885–1887 1890-1898
Yass Plains 1886–1894
Forbes 1877-1880 1882-1887
East Sydney 1877–1883, 1883–1895, 1895–1900
Balranald 1880–1887
Northumberland 1885–1891
Orange 1882–1891
South Sydney 1874–1882 1885-1887
Monaro 1885–1894
Albury 1874–1889
Murrumbidgee 1874–1877, 1882–1895
Richmond 1885–1901
Wellington 1882–1891
Glen Innes 1880–1887
Upper Hunter 1885–1901
Newcastle 1880–1891
South Sydney 1885–1887
Newtown 1880–1882 1885-1888
Carcoar 1885–1891
Balmain 1880–1898
Camden 1860–1871, 1872–1891
Eden 1880–1894
Newtown 1882–1888
Murrumbidgee 1885–1904
Patrick's Plains 1882–1898
Canterbury 1884–1887
Gwydir 1886–1901
Balmain 1885–1891 1894-1904
Hume 1885–1904
Canterbury 1880-1882 1885-1889
Yass Plains 1882–1886
Richmond 1885–1887 1889-1895
Argyle 1880–1894
Shoalhaven 1882–1887
Upper Hunter 1875-1875 1877-1882 1885-1887
Balmain 1885–1887
New England 1885–1894
St Leonards 1885–1889
Bogan 1869–1872 1880-1887
Tumut 1885–1891 1894-1898
Canterbury 1885–1887
West Sydney 1885–1889
Camden 1880–1882, 1885–1887 1889-1904
Tenterfield 1884–1920
Tamworth 1880–1889, 1889–1913
Newcastle 1869–1877, 1880–1882, 1885-1887
West Macquarie 1884–1887
Hume 1880–1901
Illawarra 1885–1887 1891
Wentworth 1885–1887
Young 1882–1894
Central Cumberland 1877–1888
Glebe 1885–1887
Northumberland 1880–1887 1889-1894
Inverell 1885–1889 1894-1910
Paddington 1885–1889 1891-1894 1895-1901
West Sydney 1877-1891 1900-1904
South Sydney 1882–1887
Queanbeyan 1885–1910
St Leonards 1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1872–1895
Central Cumberland 1885–1888, 1891–1900 1907-1913
New England 1880–1887
Clarence 1880–1887
Wentworth 1882–1887
East Sydney 1880-1884 1885-1901
Redfern 1879-1882 1885-1887
Hastings and Manning 1882–1890
Mudgee 1856–1861, 1862–1865, 1865–1866, 1866–1870,
1870–1877, 1877–1878, 1882–1886
Molong 1880–1904
Braidwood 1880–1891
Bourke 1885–1886 1898-1901
Wollombi 1885–1886
Grafton 1880–1904
East Macquarie 1877-1880 1885-1887 1889-1891
Boorowa 1880-1885 1887-1895
Newtown 1885–1887 1901-1907
Macleay 1870–1889
East Macquarie 1882–1898 1900
Nepean 1877-1887 1895-1904
Young 1869–1872 1882-1887
Monaro 1885–1889
Canterbury 1882–1887
Wollombi 1885–1886
Forbes 1882–1891
Bathurst 1875-1887 1891-1894 1898-1900
Redfern 1860–1881, 1882–1889
Argyle 1885–1887
Hartley 1882–1887
Kiama 1880–1887
Mudgee 1882–1887 1890-1891
Parramatta 1882–1894
Goulburn 1872–1890
West Maitland 1885–1891
South Sydney 1885–1891
Paddington 1880–1887
Grenfell 1880–1894
Mudgee 1886–1895
Gundagai 1885–1894
Young 1880–1882 1885
Gloucester 1882–1887
Balranald 1880–1894
Glebe 1885–1889
Redfern 1885–1887
Morpeth 1859–1872, 1874–1887
Hastings and Manning 1880–1901 1904-1907
West Sydney 1885–1887