Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served from 1877 to 1880 were appointed for life by the Governor on the advice of the Premier. This list includes members between the elections commencing on 24 October 1877 and the elections commencing on 17 November 1880.[1] The President was Sir John Hay.[8]
| Name | Years in office | Office |
|---|---|---|
| George Allen [a] | 1856–1861, 1861–1877 | |
| Archibald Bell [j] | 1879–1883 | |
| John Blaxland | 1863–1884 | |
| William Busby | 1867–1887 | |
| Edward Butler [d] | 1861–1863, 1877–1879 | |
| 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 [l] | 1870–1873, 1875–1880, 1883–1888 |
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| Frederick Darley | 1868–1886 | |
| Leopold De Salis | 1874–1898 | |
| Joseph Docker | 1856–1861, 1863–1884 | |
| Edward Flood [j] | 1879–1888 | |
| William Foster [e] | 1878–1880 | Attorney General (18 December 1877 − 20 December 1878) |
| John Frazer | 1874–1884 | |
| Samuel Gordon | 1861–1882 | |
| William Grahame | 1875–1889 | |
| Sir John Hay | 1867–1892 | President |
| Thomas Holt | 1868–1883 | |
| Sir Joseph Innes | 1873–1881 | Chairman of Committees (9 February 1875 − 16 December 1880) Minister of Justice (11 August 1880 − 13 October 1881) |
| Francis Lord | 1856–1861, 1864–1893 | |
| George Lord [c] | 1877–1880 | |
| Sir William Macarthur | 1864–1882 | |
| William Macleay [b] | 1877–1891 | |
| John Marks [f] | 1878–1885 | Representative of the Government and Vice-President of the Executive Council (14 January 1877 − 20 December 1878) |
| Henry Moore | 1868–1888 | |
| James Norton [j] | 1879–1906 | |
| George Oakes [j] | 1879–1881 | |
| Edward Ogilvie | 1863–1889 | |
| Robert Owen [g] | 1868–1878 | |
| William Piddington [j] | 1879–1887 | |
| John Richardson | 1868–1887 | |
| Sir John Robertson [h] | 1861, 1861, 1879–1881 | Representative of the Government and Vice-President of the Executive Council (21 December 1878 − 10 November 1881) Minister of Public Instruction (1 May 1880 − 10 November 1881) |
| Bourn Russell [m] | 1858–1861, 1861–1880 | |
| Saul Samuel [n] | 1872–1880 | Postmaster-General (21 December 1878 − 10 August 1880) |
| Thomas Smart | 1870–1881 | |
| John Smith | 1874–1885 | |
| Sir Alfred Stephen [i] | 1856–1858, 1875–1879, 1879–1885, 1886–1890 |
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| John Stewart [j] | 1879–1895 | |
| Sir Edward Deas Thomson [k] | 1856–1861, 1861–1879 | |
| George Thornton [b] | 1877–1901 | |
| John Watt | 1861–1866, 1874–1890 | |
| Elias Weekes | 1865–1880 | |
| James White | 1874–1890 |
