Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1872–1874
# Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1872–1874

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served from 1872 to 1874 were appointed for life by the Governor on the advice of the Premier. This list includes members between the beginning of the 1872 colonial election on 13 February 1872 and the beginning of the 1874–75 colonial election on 8 December 1874. The President was Sir Terence Murray until his death on 22 June 1873 and then John Hay.

| Name | Years in office | Office |
| - | - | - |
| George Allen | 1856–1861, 1861–1877 | Chairman of Committees (4 June 1856 – 15 January 1873) |
| John Blaxland | 1863–1884 | |
| William Busby | 1867–1887 | |
| William Byrnes | 1858–1861, 1861–1891 | |
| Alexander Campbell | 1864–1890 | |
| Charles Campbell | 1870–1888 | |
| John Campbell | 1856, 1861–1886 | |
| James Chisholm | 1865–1888 | |
| Edward Cox | 1874–1883 | |
| George Cox | 1863–1901 | |
| William Dalley | 1870–1873, 1875–1880, 1883–1888 | |
| Frederick Darley | 1868–1886 | |
| Leopold De Salis | 1874–1898 | |
| Joseph Docker | 1856–1861, 1863–1884 | Representative of the Government and Postmaster-General (16 December 1870 – 13 May 1872) Chairman of Committees (15 January 1873 – 9 February 1875) |
| John Fairfax | 1874–1877 | |
| John Frazer | 1874–1884 | |
| Samuel Gordon | 1861–1882 | |
| John Hay | 1867–1892 | President (8 July 1872 - 10 January 1892) |
| Thomas Holt | 1868–1883 | |
| Thomas Icely | 1843–1853; 1855–1856; 1864–1874 | |
| Joseph Innes | 1873–1881 | Representative of the Government (13 September 1873 – 8 February 1875) Attorney General (20 November 1873 – 8 February 1875) |
| Francis Lord | 1856–1861, 1864–1893 | |
| Sir William Macarthur | 1864–1882 | |
| Sir William Manning | 1861–1876, 1888–1895 | |
| Jacob Montefiore | 1856–1860, 1874–1877 | |
| Henry Moore | 1868–1888 | |
| Sir Terence Murray | 1862–1873 | President (14 October 1862 - 22 June 1873) |
| Edward Ogilvie | 1863–1889 | |
| Robert Owen | 1868–1878 | |
| Alexander Park | 1858–1861, 1868–1873 | |
| John Richardson | 1868–1887 | |
| Bourn Russell | 1858–1861, 1861–1880 | |
| Saul Samuel | 1872–1880 | Postmaster-General and Vice-President of the Executive Council (3 December 1872 – 8 February 1875) |
| Thomas Smart | 1870–1881 | |
| John Smith | 1874–1885 | |
| Sir Edward Deas Thomson | 1856–1861, 1861–1879 | |
| Robert Towns | 1856–1861, 1863–1873 | |
| John Watt | 1861–1866, 1874–1890 | |
| Elias Weekes | 1865–1880 | |
| James White | 1874–1890 | |
