# Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1887–1889

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 13th parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1887 to 1889. They were elected at the 1887 colonial election between 4 and 26 February 1887. The Speaker was James Young. This was the first parliament to have recognizable party groups.
| Name | Party | Electorate | Term in office |
| Joseph Abbott | Free Trade | Newtown | 1888–1895 |
| Joseph Palmer Abbott | Protectionist | Wentworth | 1880–1901 |
| Francis Abigail | Free Trade | West Sydney | 1880–1891 |
| Alfred Allen | Free Trade | Paddington | 1887–1894 |
| William Allen | Protectionist | Paddington | 1888–1889 |
| Edward Ball | Free Trade | Argyle | 1887–1891 |
| Robert Barbour | Protectionist | Murray | 1877–1880, 1882–1894 |
| Reginald Black | Free Trade | Mudgee | 1887–1891 |
| John Bowes | Protectionist | Morpeth | 1887–1889, 1891–1894 |
| Alexander Bowman | Free Trade | Hawkesbury | 1877–1882, 1885–1892 |
| Herbert Brown | Free Trade | Durham | 1875–1898 |
| Thomas Browne | Protectionist | Wentworth | 1885–1889 |
| James Brunker | Free Trade | East Maitland | 1880–1904 |
| David Buchanan | Protectionist | Central Cumberland | 1860–1862, 1864–1867, 1869–1877, 1879–1885, 1888–1889 |
| Sydney Burdekin | Free Trade | East Sydney | 1880–1882, 1884–1891, 1892–1894 |
| John Burns | Free Trade | Hunter | 1861–1869, 1872–1891 |
| Angus Cameron | Free Trade | Kiama | 1874–1889, 1894–1896 |
| Joseph Carruthers | Free Trade | Canterbury | 1887–1908 |
| John Chanter | Protectionist | Murray | 1885–1901 |
| Michael Chapman | Free Trade | Glebe | 1883–1891 |
| Henry Clarke | Protectionist | Eden | 1869–1894, 1895–1904 |
| William Clarke | Free Trade | Orange | 1880–1889 |
| Thomas Colls | Protectionist | Yass Plains | 1886–1894 |
| Henry Cooke | Free Trade | Forbes | 1880–1882, 1887–1891 |
| Henry Copeland | Protectionist | New England | 1877–1883, 1883–1895, 1895–1900 |
| William Cortis | Free Trade | Bathurst | 1887–1889 |
| Joseph Creer | Ind. Protectionist | Northumberland | 1885–1891 |
| Frederick Crouch | Protectionist | Richmond | 1887–1889 |
| Thomas Dalton | Protectionist | Orange | 1882–1891 |
| Thomas Dangar | Free Trade | Namoi | 1865–1885, 1887–1890 |
| William Davis | Free Trade | Canterbury | 1887–1889 |
| Henry Dawson | Protectionist | Monaro | 1885–1894 |
| George Day | Protectionist | Albury | 1874–1889 |
| George Dibbs | Ind. Free Trade | Murrumbidgee | 1874–1877, 1882–1895 |
| William Dowel | Protectionist | Tamworth | 1887–1894 |
| James Ellis | Free Trade | Newcastle | 1882–1885, 1887–1889, 1894–1895 |
| Thomas Ewing | Protectionist | Richmond | 1885–1901 |
| Frank Farnell | Free Trade | Central Cumberland | 1887–1898, 1901–1903 |
| James Farnell | Free Trade | Redfern | 1860–1860, 1864–1885, 1887–1888 |
| David Ferguson | Protectionist | Wellington | 1882–1891 |
| Robert Fitzgerald | Protectionist | Upper Hunter | 1885–1901 |
| James Fletcher | Protectionist | Newcastle | 1880–1891 |
| William Foster | Free Trade | Newtown | 1880–1882, 1885–1888 |
| John Gale | Protectionist | Murrumbidgee | 1887–1889 |
| Charles Garland | Free Trade | Carcoar | 1885–1891 |
| Jacob Garrard | Free Trade | Balmain | 1880–1898 |
| Thomas Garrett | Free Trade | Camden | 1860–1871, 1872–1891 |
| James Garvan | Protectionist | Eden | 1880–1894 |
| Frederick Gibbes | Free Trade | Newtown | 1882–1888 |
| Thomas Goodwin | Protectionist | Gunnedah | 1887–1888, 1895–1901 |
| James Gordon | Free Trade | Young | 1887–1889 |
| James Gormly | Protectionist | Murrumbidgee | 1885–1904 |
| Albert Gould | Free Trade | Patrick's Plains | 1882–1898 |
| Thomas Hassall | Protectionist | Gwydir | 1886–1901 |
| Nicholas Hawken | Free Trade | Newtown | 1887–1891 |
| John Hawthorne | Free Trade | Balmain | 1885–1891, 1894–1904 |
| James Hayes | Protectionist | Hume | 1885–1904 |
| John Haynes | Free Trade | Mudgee | 1887–1904, 1915–1917 |
| William Henson | Free Trade | Canterbury | 1880–1882, 1885–1889 |
| William Holborow | Free Trade | Argyle | 1880–1894 |
| Peter Howe | Protectionist | Redfern | 1888–1891 |
| John Hurley | Free Trade | Hartley | 1872–1874, 1876–1880, 1887–1891, 1901–1907 |
| Alexander Hutchison | Free Trade | Canterbury | 1887–1891 |
| James Inglis | Free Trade | New England | 1885–1894 |
| Isaac Ives | Free Trade | St Leonards | 1885–1889 |
| Charles Jeanneret | Free Trade | Carcoar | 1887–1889, 1891–1894 |
| Travers Jones | Protectionist | Tumut | 1885–1891, 1894–1898 |
| John Kelly | Free Trade | Bogan | 1887–1889 |
| Alexander Kethel | Free Trade | West Sydney | 1885–1889 |
| Allen Lakeman | Ind. Protectionist | Balranald | 1887–1891 |
| Charles Lee | Free Trade | Tenterfield | 1884–1920 |
| Samuel Lees | Free Trade | Nepean | 1887–1895, 1898–1901 |
| Robert Levien | Protectionist | Tamworth | 1880–1889, 1889–1913 |
| William Lyne | Protectionist | Hume | 1880–1901 |
| William MacGregor | Ind. Free Trade | Wentworth | 1885–1887 |
| James Mackinnon | Protectionist | Young | 1882–1894 |
| William Martin | Free Trade | Shoalhaven | 1880–1882, 1887–1889 |
| George Matheson | Free Trade | Glen Innes | 1887–1889 |
| William McCourt | Free Trade | Camden | 1882–1885, 1887–1913 |
| Andrew McCulloch | Free Trade | Central Cumberland | 1877–1888 |
| John McElhone | Free Trade | Upper Hunter | 1875–1885, 1887–1889, 1895–1898 |
| John McFarlane | Protectionist | Clarence | 1887–1915 |
| William McMillan | Free Trade | East Sydney | 1887–1898 |
| Ninian Melville | Protectionist | Northumberland | 1880–1887, 1889–1894 |
| George Merriman | Free Trade | West Sydney | 1882–1885, 1887–1889 |
| Joseph Mitchell | Free Trade | Newtown | 1881–1882, 1883–1885, 1888–1889, 1889–1891 |
| Samuel Moore | Free Trade | Inverell | 1885–1889, 1894–1910 |
| John Neild | Free Trade | Paddington | 1885–1889, 1891–1894, 1895–1901 |
| John Nobbs | Free Trade | Central Cumberland | 1888–1993, 1898–1913 |
| Thomas O'Mara | Ind. Protectionist | Monaro | 1882–1885, 1887–1889 |
| Daniel O'Connor | Free Trade | West Sydney | 1877–1891, 1900–1904 |
| Joseph Olliffe | Protectionist | Queanbeyan | 1885–1910 |
| Sir Henry Parkes | Free Trade | St Leonards | 1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1872–1895 |
| Varney Parkes | Free Trade | Central Cumberland | 1885–1888, 1891–1900, 1907–1913 |
| Joseph Penzer | Free Trade | Bogan | 1887–1889 |
| George Reid | Free Trade | East Sydney | 1880–1884, 1885–1901 |
| Alban Riley | Free Trade | South Sydney | 1887–1889 |
| Charles Roberts | Free Trade | Hastings and Manning | 1882–1890 |
| Andrew Ross | Ind. Protectionist | Molong | 1880–1904 |
| Alexander Ryrie | Protectionist | Braidwood | 1880–1891 |
| William Schey | Free Trade | Redfern | 1887–1898 |
| Jonathan Seaver | Free Trade | Gloucester | 1887–1891 |
| John See | Protectionist | Grafton | 1880–1904 |
| Thomas Slattery | Protectionist | Boorowa | 1880–1885, 1887–1895 |
| Fergus Smith | Free Trade | West Macquarie | 1887–1889 |
| Frank Smith | Free Trade | Balmain | 1887–1891 |
| Robert Smith | Protectionist | Macleay | 1870–1889 |
| Sydney Smith | Free Trade | East Macquarie | 1887–1889 |
| William Stephen | Free Trade | Redfern | 1887–1891, 1894–1895 |
| Richard Stevenson | Free Trade | Wollombi | 1886–1895, 1898–1899 |
| Alfred Stokes | Protectionist | Forbes | 1882–1891 |
| John Street | Free Trade | East Sydney | 1887–1891 |
| John Sutherland | Free Trade | Redfern | 1860–1881, 1882–1889 |
| Adolphus Taylor | Free Trade | Mudgee | 1882–1887, 1890–1891 |
| Hugh Taylor | Free Trade | Parramatta | 1882–1894 |
| William Teece | Free Trade | Goulburn | 1872–1890 |
| Richard Thompson | Free Trade | West Maitland | 1885–1891 |
| James Tonkin | Free Trade | East Macquarie | 1887–1895 |
| James Toohey | Protectionist | South Sydney | 1885–1891 |
| William Trickett | Free Trade | Paddington | 1880–1887 |
| Edwin Turner | Free Trade | Gunnedah | 1889–1894 |
| Robert Vaughn | Protectionist | Grenfell | 1880–1894 |
| Thomas Waddell | Protectionist | Bourke | 1887–1917 |
| Thomas Walker | Protectionist | Northumberland | 1887–1894 |
| William Wall | Protectionist | Mudgee | 1886–1895 |
| Jack Want | Ind. Free Trade | Gundagai | 1885–1894 |
| Robert Wilkinson | Free Trade | Balranald | 1880–1894 |
| William Wilkinson | Free Trade | Glebe | 1885–1889 |
| Alexander Wilson | Free Trade | Bourke | 1880–1885, 1887–1889 |
| Bernhard Wise | Free Trade | South Sydney | 1887–1889, 1891–1895, 1898–1900 |
| George Withers | Free Trade | South Sydney | 1880–1885, 1887–1889 |
| Francis Woodward | Free Trade | Illawarra | 1887–1891 |
| James Young | Free Trade | Hastings and Manning | 1880–1901, 1904–1907 |
By-elections
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.
| # | Electorate | Departing Member | Party | Reason for By-election | Date of By-election | Winner of By-election | Party |
| 1 | Mudgee | Adolphus Taylor | Free Trade | Accepted position as Examiner of Patents | 11 May 1887 | John Haynes | Free Trade |
| 2 | Wentworth | William MacGregor | Independent Free Trade | Resignation | 28 September 1887 | Thomas Browne | Protectionist |
| 3 | St Leonards | Sir Henry Parkes | Free Trade | Financial Difficulty | 25 October 1887 | Sir Henry Parkes | Free Trade |
| 4 | Central Cumberland | Andrew McCulloch | Free Trade | Financial difficulty | 28 December 1887 | Andrew McCulloch | Free Trade |
| 5 | Paddington | William Trickett | Free Trade | Appointed to Legislative Council | 12 January 1888 | William Allen | Protectionist |
| 6 | Newtown | Frederick Gibbes | Protectionist | Death | 3 February 1888 | Joseph Abbott | Free Trade |
| 7 | Newtown | William Foster | Free Trade | Appointed Supreme Court Judge | 25 February 1888 | Joseph Mitchell | Free Trade |
| 8 | Central Cumberland | Varney Parkes | Free Trade | Business Commitments | 14 March 1888 | John Nobbs | Free Trade |
| 9 | Central Cumberland | Andrew McCulloch | Free Trade | Financial Difficulty | 15 May 1888 | David Buchanan | Protectionist |
| 10 | Redfern | James Farnell | Free Trade | Death | 8 September 1888 | Peter Howe | Protectionist |
| 11 | Gunnedah | Thomas Goodwin | Protectionist | Resignation | 12 September 1888 | Edwin Turner | Free Trade |