Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1887–1889
This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1887 to 1889. 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 1887 colonial election on 4 February 1887 and the beginning of the 1889 colonial election on 1 February 1889.
Although a loose party system had emerged in the Legislative Assembly at this time, there was no real party structure in the Council.
| Name | Years in office |
|---|---|
| Robert Abbott 8 | 1883–1888 |
| Edmund Barton 2 | 1887–1891, 1897–1898 |
| Richard Bowker 3 | 1888–1903 |
| William Busby 16 | 1867–1887 |
| William Byrnes | 1858–1861, 1861–1891 |
| Alexander Campbell | 1864–1890 |
| Charles Campbell 13 | 1870–1888 |
| George Campbell 4 | 1888–1890 |
| Samuel Charles | 1885–1909 |
| James Chisholm 17 | 1865–1888 |
| George Cox | 1863–1901 |
| John Creed | 1885–1930 |
| William Cullen | 1885–1910 |
| Henry Dangar | 1883–1917 |
| William Dalley 9 | 1870–1873, 1875–1880, 1883–1888 |
| John Davies 3 | 1888–1896 |
| Leopold De Salis | 1874–1898 |
| Alexander Dodds | 1885–1892 |
| John Eales | 1880–1894 |
| James Farnell 7 | 1885–1887 |
| Peter Faucett 6 | 1888–1894 |
| Edward Flood 12 | 1879–1888 |
| Andrew Garran 2 | 1887–1892, 1895–1901 |
| William Grahame | 1875–1889 |
| William Halliday | 1885–1892 |
| Sir John Hay | 1867–1892 |
| Richard Hill | 1880–1895 |
| Frederick Humphery 3 | 1888–1908 |
| Archibald Jacob | 1883–1900 |
| Samuel Joseph 2 | 1881–1885, 1887–1893 |
| Andrew Kerr 3 | 1888–1907 |
| Philip King | 1880–1904 |
| Edward Knox | 1856–1857, 1882–1894 |
| John Lackey | 1885–1903 |
| George Lee | 1882–1912 |
| George Lloyd 2 | 1887–1897 |
| 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 |
| Sir William Manning 3 | 1861–1876, 1888–1895 |
| Charles Moore | 1880–1895 |
| Henry Moore 15 | 1868–1888 |
| Henry Mort | 1882–1900 |
| Henry Moses | 1885–1923 |
| James Neale | 1883–1890 |
| James Norton | 1879–1906 |
| Richard O'Connor 3 | 1888–1898 |
| Edward Ogilvie | 1863–1889 |
| William Piddington 11 | 1879–1887 |
| William Pigott 2 | 1887–1907 |
| Arthur Renwick 3 | 1888–1908 |
| John Richardson 14 | 1868–1887 |
| Richard Roberts | 1882–1903 |
| Jeremiah Rundle | 1882–1893 |
| Julian Salomons 1 | 1870–1871, 1887–1899 |
| George Simpson | 1885–1894 |
| Patrick Shepherd 3 | 1888–1903 |
| John Smith | 1880–1895 |
| Sir Alfred Stephen | 1856–1858, 1875–1879, 1879–1885, 1886–1890 |
| Septimus Stephen 2 | 1887–1900 |
| John Stewart | 1879–1895 |
| William Suttor | 1880–1900 |
| Samuel Terry 10 | 1882–1887 |
| George Thornton | 1877–1901 |
| William Trickett 3 | 1888–1916 |
| Ebenezer Vickery 2 | 1887–1906 |
| William Walker 3 | 1888–1908 |
| James Watson 2 | 1887–1907 |
| John Watt | 1861–1866, 1874–1890 |
| Edmund Webb | 1882–1899 |
| James White | 1874–1890 |
| Robert White 3 | 1888–1900 |
| Sir Robert Wisdom 5 | 1888 |
- 1 Appointed 7 March 1887.
- 2 Appointed 8 March 1887.
- 3 Appointed 8 February 1888.
- 4 Appointed 15 February 1888.
- 5 Appointed 16 March 1888, died that day.
- 6 Appointed 18 April 1888.
- 7 Resigned 17 February 1887.
- 8 Resigned 29 February 1888.
- 9 Died 28 October 1888.
- 10 Died 21 September 1887.
- 11 Died 25 November 1887.
- 12 Died 9 September 1888.
- 13 Died 23 October 1888.
- 14 Died 29 June 1887.
- 15 Died 29 June 1888.
- 16 Died 23 June 1887.
- 17 Died 24 June 1888.