# Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1864–1869

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the fifth parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1864 until 1869. The 1864–65 election was held between 22 November 1864 and 10 January 1865 with parliament first meeting on 24 January 1865. The Speaker was John Hay until 31 October 1865 and then William Arnold.
| Name | Electorate | Years in office |
| Alexander, MauriceMaurice Alexander | Goulburn | 1861–1872 |
| Arnold, William MunningsWilliam Arnold | Paterson | 1856–1875 |
| Bell, ArchibaldArchibald Bell | Upper Hunter | 1868–1872 |
| Brown, Edward GeorgeEdward Brown | Tumut | 1866–1872, 1891–1894 |
| Brown, Stephen CampbellStephen Brown | Newtown | 1864–1881 |
| Buchanan, DavidDavid Buchanan | East Macquarie | 1860–1862, 1864–1867, 1869–1877, 1879–1885, 1888–1889 |
| Burdekin, MarshallMarshall Burdekin | Williams, East Sydney | 1863–1866, 1867–1869 |
| Burns, John FitzgeraldJohn Burns | Hunter | 1861–1869, 1872–1891 |
| Byrnes, JamesJames Byrnes | Parramatta | 1858–1861, 1864–1872 |
| Caldwell, JohnJohn Caldwell | East Sydney | 1860–1866 |
| Campbell, JamesJames Campbell | Morpeth | 1864–1874 |
| Campbell, WilliamWilliam Campbell | West Sydney | 1868–1869, 1880–1886 |
| Church, WalterWalter Church | Goldfields West | 1869–1872 |
| Cooper, TheophilusTheophilus Cooper | New England | 1864–1869 |
| Cowper, CharlesSir Charles Cowper | East Sydney | 1856–1859, 1860–1870 |
| Cowper Jr., CharlesCharles Cowper, Jr. | Tumut | 1860–1866 |
| Cummings, WilliamWilliam Cummings | East Macquarie | 1859–1874 |
| Cunneen, JamesJames Cunneen | Hawkesbury | 1860–1869, 1872–1877 |
| Dangar, ThomasThomas Dangar | Gwydir | 1865–1885, 1887–1890 |
| Darvall, JohnJohn Darvall | West Sydney | 1859–1865 |
| De Salis, Leopold FaneLeopold De Salis | Queanbeyan | 1864–1869 |
| Dignam, PhillipPhillip Dignam | Argyle | 1864–1869 |
| Dodds, AlexanderAlexander Dodds | East Maitland | 1864–1872 |
| Donnelly, StephenStephen Donnelly | Goldfields West | 1864–1866 |
| Driver, RichardRichard Driver | West Macquarie | 1860–1880 |
| Eagar, GeoffreyGeoffrey Eagar | West Sydney | 1863–1864, 1865–1869 |
| Eckford, JosephJoseph Eckford | Wollombi | 1860–1872, 1877–1882 |
| Egan, DanielDaniel Egan | Eden | 1856–1870 |
| Faucett, PeterPeter Faucett | Yass Plains | 1856–1859, 1860, 1861–1865 |
| Farnell, JamesJames Farnell | Parramatta | 1860–1860, 1864–1885, 1887–1888 |
| Forlonge, WilliamWilliam Forlonge | Orange | 1864–1867 |
| Forster, WilliamWilliam Forster | Hastings | 1856–1860, 1861–1864, 1864–1869, 1869–1874, 1875–1876, 1880–1882 |
| Garrett, ThomasThomas Garrett | Shoalhaven | 1860–1871, 1872–1891 |
| Gordon, HughHugh Gordon | Tenterfield | 1861–1869 |
| Grahame, WilliamWilliam Grahame | Monaro | 1865–1869, 1872–1874 |
| Hannell, JamesJames Hannell | Newcastle | 1860–1869, 1872–1874 |
| Hart, JamesJohn Hart | East Sydney | 1859–1872 |
| Hay, JohnJohn Hay | Central Cumberland | 1856–1857, 1858–1864, 1864–1867 |
| Hill, RichardRichard Hill | Canterbury | 1868–1877 |
| Hoskins, JamesJames Hoskins | Goldfields North | 1859–1863, 1868–1882 |
| Hurley, JohnJohn Hurley | Narellan | 1859–1860, 1864–1880 |
| Isaacs, RobertRobert Isaacs | Yass Plains | 1865–1869 |
| Joseph, SamuelSamuel Joseph | West Sydney | 1864–1868 |
| Josephson, JoshuaJoshua Josephson | Braidwood | 1864–1869 |
| Kelly, MichaelMichael Kelly | Braidwood | 1869–1870 |
| Kemp, JamesJames Kemp | Bathurst | 1864–1866 |
| Lackey, JohnJohn Lackey | Central Cumberland | 1860–1864, 1867–1880 |
| Landale, RobertRobert Landale | Murray | 1864–1869 |
| Lang, John DunmoreJohn Dunmore Lang | West Sydney | 1859–1869 |
| Laycock, JohnJohn Laycock | Clarence | 1859–1866 |
| Lee, BenjaminBenjamin Lee | West Maitland | 1864–1874 |
| Lord, GeorgeGeorge Lord | Bogan | 1856–1877 |
| Lloyd, JohnJohn Lloyd | Liverpool Plains | 1864–1869 |
| Lucas, JohnJohn Lucas | Canterbury Hartley | 1860–1869, 1871–1880 |
| Lyons, SamuelSamuel Lyons | Central Cumberland | 1859–1860, 1868–1869 |
| Macleay, William JohnWilliam Macleay | Murrumbidgee | 1856–1874 |
| Macpherson, AllanAllan Macpherson | Central Cumberland | 1863–1868 |
| Manton, Fredeick JulianFrederick Manton | Williams | 1866 |
| Martin, JamesSir James Martin | Lachlan, Monaro | 1856, 1857–1860, 1862–1873 |
| Mate, ThomasThomas Mate | Hume | 1860–1869 |
| McKay, GeorgeGeorge McKay | Orange | 1867–1869 |
| Morrice, JohnJohn Morrice | Camden | 1860–1872 |
| Neale, JamesJames Neale | East Sydney | 1864–1874 |
| Nowlan, JohnJohn Nowlan | Williams | 1866–1874 |
| Oatley, JamesJames Oatley | Canterbury | 1864–1869 |
| Osborne, PatrickPatrick Osborne | Illawarra | 1864–1866 |
| Parkes, HenryHenry Parkes | Kiama | 1856, 1858, 1859–1861, 1864–1870, 1872–1895 |
| Pemell, JamesJames Pemell | Canterbury | 1859–1860, 1865–1869 |
| Phelps, JosephJoseph Phelps | Balranald | 1864–1877 |
| Pickering, GeorgeGeorge Pickering | Goldfields North | 1865–1868 |
| Piddington, WilliamWilliam Piddington | Hawkesbury | 1856–1877 |
| Roberts, RichardRichard Roberts | Camden | 1864–1869 |
| Robertson, JohnJohn Robertson | West Sydney, Clarence | 1856–1861, 1862–1865, 1865–1866, 1866–1870, 1870–1877, 1877–1878, 1882–1886 |
| Rodd, JamesJames Rodd | Goldfields South | 1865–1869, 1872–1874 |
| Ryan, JamesJames Ryan | Nepean | 1860–1872 |
| Samuel, SaulSaul Samuel | Wellington | 1859–1860, 1862–1872 |
| Smart, ThomasThomas Smart | Glebe | 1860–1869 |
| Stewart, JohnJohn Stewart | Illawarra | 1866–1869, 1871–1871 |
| Stewart, RobertRobert Stewart | East Sydney | 1860–1864, 1866–1869 |
| Stimpson, BarnardBarnard Stimpson | Carcoar | 1864–1869 |
| Sutherland, JohnJohn Sutherland | Paddington | 1860–1881, 1882–1889 |
| Suttor, JohnJohn Suttor | East Macquarie | 1867–1872 |
| Suttor, WilliamWilliam Suttor | Bathurst | 1856–1859, 1860–1864, 1866–1872 |
| Terry, SamuelSamuel Terry | Mudgee | 1859–1869, 1871–1881 |
| Thornton, GeorgeGeorge Thornton | Goldfields West | 1858–1859, 1867–1868 |
| Tighe, AtkinsonAtkinson Tighe | Northumberland | 1862–1869, 1882–1884 |
| Tunks, WilliamWilliam Tunks | St Leonards | 1864–1874 |
| Walker, WilliamWilliam Walker | Windsor | 1860–1869 |
| White, JamesJames White | Upper Hunter | 1864–1868 |
| Wilson, BowieBowie Wilson | Patrick's Plains | 1859–1872 |
| Windeyer, William CharlesWilliam Windeyer | West Sydney | 1859–1862, 1866–1872, 1876–1879 |
| Wisdom, RobertRobert Wisdom | Lower Hunter | 1859–1872, 1874–1887 |
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 | Reason for By-election | Date of By-election | Winner of By-election |
| 1 | Canterbury | Lucas, JohnJohn Lucas | Elected to two seats | 24 February 1865 | Pemell, JamesJames Pemell |
| 2 | Monaro | Martin, JamesJames Martin | Elected to two seats | 10 April 1865 | Grahame, WilliamWilliam Grahame |
| 3 | Gwydir | Dangar, ThomasThomas Dangar | Position of profit under the crown | 29 June 1865 | Dangar, ThomasThomas Dangar |
| 4 | West Sydney | Darvall, JohnJohn Darvall | Retired to England | 7 July 1865 | Eagar, GeoffreyGeoffrey Eagar |
| 5 | West Sydney | Robertson, JohnJohn Robertson | Financial Difficulty | 20 October 1865 | Robertson, JohnJohn Robertson |
| 6 | Yass Plains | Faucett, PeterPeter Faucett | Appointed as a judge in the New South Wales Supreme Court | 6 November 1865 | Isaacs, RobertRobert Isaacs |
| 7 | West Sydney | Robertson, JohnJohn Robertson | Ministerial by-election | 17 January 1866 | Windeyer, William CharlesWilliam Charles Windeyer |
| 8 | Williams | Burdekin, MarshallMarshall Burdekin | Ministerial by-election | 22 January 1866 | Manton, Frederick JulianFrederick Manton |
| 9 | Williams | Manton, Frederick JulianFrederick Manton | Financial Difficulty | 19 April 1866 | Nowlan, JohnJohn Nowlan |
| 10 | Tumut | Cowper Jr., CharlesCharles Cowper, Jr. | Absent from parliament without leave | 20 August 1866 | Brown, Edward GeorgeEdward Brown |
| 11 | Clarence | Laycock, JohnJohn Laycock | Cause of resignation is unknown | 27 August 1866 | Robertson, JohnJohn Robertson |
| 12 | Illawarra | Osborne, PatrickPatrick Osborne | Prolonged trip to England | 6 September 1866 | Stewart, JohnJohn Stewart |
| 13 | East Sydney | Caldwell, JohnJohn Caldwell | Financial Difficulty | 24 September 1866 | Stewart, RobertRobert Stewart |
| 14 | Bathurst | Kemp, JamesJames Kemp | Cause of resignation is unknown | 24 December 1866 | Suttor Sr., WilliamWilliam Suttor |
| 15 | Goldfields West | Donnelly, StephenStephen Donnelly | Cause of resignation is unknown | 26 February 1867 | Thornton, GeorgeGeorge Thornton |
| 16 | East Sydney | Cowper, CharlesSir Charles Cowper | Financial Difficulty | 20 March 1867 | Burdekin, MarshallMarshall Burdekin |
| 17 | Central Cumberland | Hay, JohnJohn Hay | Appointed to the Legislative Council | 27 June 1867 | Lackey, JohnJohn Lackey |
| 18 | Orange | Forlonge, WilliamWilliam Forlonge | Financial Difficulty | 1 July 1867 | McKay, GeorgeGeorge McKay |
| 19 | East Macquarie | Buchanan, DavidDavid Buchanan | Traveled to England to study for the bar | 26 August 1867 | Suttor, John BlighJohn Suttor |
| 20 | Upper Hunter | White, JamesJames White | Prolonged trip to England | 6 June 1868 | Bell, ArchibaldArchibald Bell |
| 21 | Goldfields North | Pickering, GeorgeGeorge Pickering | Cause of resignation is unknown | 6 July 1868 | Hoskins, JamesJames Hoskins |
| 22 | Canterbury | Pemell, JamesJames Pemell | Cause of resignation is unknown | 19 September 1868 | Hill, RichardRichard Hill |
| 23 | West Sydney | Joseph, SamuelSamuel Joseph | Prolonged trip to England | 15 December 1868 | Campbell, WilliamWilliam Campbell |
| 24 | Central Cumberland | Macpherson, AllanAllan Macpherson | Cause of resignation is unknown | 17 December 1868 | Lyons, SamuelSamuel Lyons |
| 25 | Goldfields West | Thornton, GeorgeGeorge Thornton | Lengthy trip to England | 15 February 1869 | Church, WalterWalter Church |
| 26 | Braidwood | Josephson, JoshuaJoshua Josephson | Appointed a district court judge | 25 September 1869 | Kelly, MichaelMichael Kelly |