Members Of The New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1882–1885
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Members of the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...
who served in the 11th parliament of New South Wales held their seats 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 1883. 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
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during this parliament were Sir Alexander Stuart until 7 October 1885 and then
George Dibbs Sir George Richard Dibbs KCMG (12 October 1834 – 5 August 1904) was an Australian politician who was Premier of New South Wales on three occasions. Early years Dibbs was born in Sydney, son of Captain John Dibbs, who 'disappeared' in the sa ...
. The
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was
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.


See also

* Stuart ministry * First Dibbs ministry *
Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election The 1882 New South Wales colonial election was for 113 members representing 72 electoral districts. The election was conducted on the basis of a simple majority or first-past-the-post voting system. In this election there were 32 multi-member d ...
*
Candidates of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election This is a list of candidates for the 1882 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 30 November to 21 December 1882. There was no recognisable party structure at this election. Retiring Members * Robert Abbott MLA ( Hartley) ...


Notes

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.


References

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