Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1851–1856

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1851 to 1856. The 1851 Electoral Act increased the number of members in the Council to 54, 18 to be appointed and 36 elected. The initial appointments were made in October 1851. The Speaker was Charles Nicholson.

Name Appointed or District Years in office Appointed 1845–1856   Appointed 1853–1856 1843; 1851–1856 Appointed 1843–1856   1851–1853   1851–1852 1851–1856 1851–1856   1843–1851; 1853–1856   Appointed 1843–1846; 1851–1856 Appointed 1851–1856   1851–1856 1851–1856; 1865–1888   Appointed 1852–1856   1849–1851; 1855–1856 1843–1850; 1851–1856; 1860   Appointed 1851–1855 1844–1856 Appointed 1851–1851   Appointed 1851–1855   ; Sydney Hamlets 1848–1853; 1855–1856 1851–1856; 1856–1861 1843–1848; 1851–1856 1854–1856   1853–1856 1849–1856; 1856–1865 1851–1856; 1879–1888   1843–1855   1854   ; Appointed 1851–1853; 1853–1856 1851–1856   1855–1856; 1856–1861 Appointed 1851–1853   Appointed 1843–1853; 1855–1856; 1864–1874   1851–1854   1829–1843; 1850–1852 1839; 1850–1851; 1851–1856   1844–1851; 1851–1853   County of Stanley 1843–1847; 1850–1851; 1854–1856   1851–1855   1829–1852   Appointed 1851 1839–1843; 1848–1856; 1866–1867   1849–1855; 1864–1882 1851–1856   1855–1856 1851–1856   1851–1855 1848–1856   1855   1852–1856 1851–1856   Appointed 1855–1856 1851–1856 1843–1856 1848–1856 1843–1856 1848–1856; 1879–1881   1851–1855 1851–1856   1853–1856 Appointed 1846–1856 1854–1856 1836–1841; 1843–1856; 1857–1858; 1861–1869   ; Stanley Boroughs 1851–1854; 1855–1856 1843–1858   1855–1856   1853–1855   1854–1856; 1872–1880   1851–1855; 1870–1881   1853–1856   1851–1852; 1856–1858   Appointed 1854–1856   1843–1854   1837–1854; 1856–1879   1853–1855   Appointed 1855–1856; 1861–1865   1843–1854; 1861–1862   1855–1856

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