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

¹ Appointed 17 November 1885; died 16 June 1886.

² Appointed 25 November 1885.

³ Appointed 23 December 1885.

⁴ Resigned 9 November 1885; re-appointed 27 January 1886.

⁵ Appointed 21 January 1887; resigned 28 January 1887.

⁶ Died 28 January 1887.

⁷ Resigned 18 August 1886.

⁸ Died 27 May 1886.

⁹ Died 31 May 1886.

¹⁰ Resigned 22 September 1886.

¹¹ Resigned 1 December 1886.

¹² Died 2 January 1886.