Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1882–1885

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1882 to 1885. Elections for the eleventh Legislative Assembly were held between 30 November and 21 December 1882 with parliament first meeting on 3 January 1983. 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 Alexander Stuart until 7 October 1885 and then George Dibbs .

¹ Newtown MLA Henry Copeland was required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election after being appointed Secretary for Public Works in January 1883. The resulting by-election on 13 January 1883 was won by Joseph Mitchell. ² East Sydney MLA John McElhone was elected to two seats, East Sydney and Upper Hunter. He resigned the seat of East Sydney and represented Upper Hunter. The resulting by-election on 23 January 1883 was won by Henry Copeland. ^{3 4}Mudgee MLA Adolphus Taylor, notorious for his disruption of Assembly proceedings made an inflammatory speech in February 1883 in which he challenged Upper Hunter MLA John McElhone to resign. McElhone took up the challenge and both resigned. They were both returned to their respective seats at the resultant by-elections on 6 March 1883. ⁵ Glebe MLA George Allen resigned in August 1883 to take a voyage to England. The resulting by-election was won by Michael Chapman on 26 August 1883. ⁶ Orange MLA Francis Bathurst 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. ⁷ East Sydney MLA George Reid was declared to have a position of profit under the crown in January 1884. The resulting by-election on 29 February 1884 was won by Sydney Burdekin. ⁸ Canterbury MLA William Pigott resigned in April 1884 due to his private work commitments. The resulting by-election was won by Mark Hammond on 19 April 1884. ⁹ Gundagai MLA Bruce Smith resigned in April 1884. The resulting by-election on 22 April 1884 was won by James Watson. ¹⁰ Northumberland MLA Atkinson Tighe resigned in May 1884. The resulting by-election on 26 May 1884 was won by Richard Luscombe. ¹¹ West Macquarie MLA Thomas Hellyer resigned in June 1884. The resulting by-election was won by Lewis Lloyd on 2 July 1884. ¹² Monaro MLA Robert Tooth resigned in July 1884. The resulting by-election on 24 July 1884 was won by David Ryrie. ¹³ Tenterfield MLA Henry Parkes resigned in November 1884 claiming that he was retiring from politics. The resulting by-election on 24 November 1884 was won by Charles Lee. ¹⁴ Carcoar MLA Andrew Lynch died on 2 November 1884. The resulting by-election on 21 November 1884 was won by Ezekiel Baker . ¹⁵ Argyle MLA John Gannon resigned in March 1885 due to ill health. The resulting by-election on 31 March 1885 was won by Henry Parkes. ¹⁶ St Leonards MLA Bernhardt Holtermann died on 29 April 1885. The resulting by-election on 4 June 1885 was won by Isaac Ives ¹⁷ Canterbury MLA Henry Moses was elevated to the Legislative Council in August 1885. The resulting by-election on 16 September 1885 was won by William Henson. ¹⁸ Central Cumberland MLA John Lackey was elevated to the Legislative Council in August 1885. The resulting by-election on 24 September 1885 was won by Varney Parkes.

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.