Parliamentary activity
Information about members' parliamentary service including their positions held and biography.
Positions
| Position | Start | End | Period | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Justice | Wed 11 August 1880 | Thu 13 October 1881 | 1 year 2 months 3 days | |
| Minister of Justice | Wed 11 August 1880 | Thu 13 October 1881 | 1 year 2 months 3 days | |
| Chairman of Committees | Tue 09 February 1875 | Thu 16 December 1880 | 5 years 10 months 8 days | |
| Attorney General | Thu 20 November 1873 | Mon 08 February 1875 | 1 year 2 months 20 days | |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | Tue 09 September 1873 | Fri 14 October 1881 | 8 years 1 month 6 days | Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 2 September 1873 |
| Representative of Government | Tue 09 September 1873 | Mon 08 February 1875 | 1 year 5 months | |
| Fire Brigades Bill Committee No.25 | Fri 14 February 1873 | Fri 25 April 1873 | 2 months 12 days | |
| Patents Committee No.10 | Tue 19 November 1872 | Fri 14 March 1873 | 3 months 24 days | |
| The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 | Tue 05 November 1872 | Tue 05 November 1872 | 1 day | |
| Sydney United Omnibus Company’s Incorporation Bill Committee No.11 | Wed 26 June 1872 | Fri 28 June 1872 | 3 days | |
| Member for Mudgee | Mon 27 May 1872 | Mon 11 August 1873 | 1 year 2 months 16 days | |
| Solicitor General | Tue 14 May 1872 | Wed 19 November 1873 | 1 year 6 months 6 days | |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly | Thu 07 March 1872 | Mon 11 August 1873 | 1 year 5 months 5 days | |
| Member for Mudgee | Thu 07 March 1872 | Tue 14 May 1872 | 2 months 8 days |
Biography
Honours Received
Knighted (Kt) in 1875.
Personal information
Son of Major Joseph Long Innes, superintendent of police, and his wife Elizabeth Anne Reibey, daughter of Thomas and Mary Reibey. Married Emily Janet Smith, daughter of John Smith MLC, on 5 July 1865 and they had 1 daughter and 5 sons. Church of England. As well as his father-in-law being a Member of the Legislative Council, his brother-in-law, Fergus Jago Smith, was also a Member of the Legislative Assembly and a Member of the Legislative Council.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Lawyer (barrister). Educated at W. T Cape's School and King's School, Parramatta. Became a clerk in the Survey Department and Clerk of Petty Sessions at Sofala in 1851. Associate to Sir Alfred Stephen in 1854. Entered Lincolns Inn in London, 1856. Called to the Bar, practised in London; Returned to Sydney in 1862; Admitted to the Bar in 1863; District Court Judge in Queensland 1865 - 1869; Practised at Bar, sometimes as a Crown Prosecutor; Judge of the Supreme Court. 1881 - 1896. President of Royal Commission on Gold Fields Act 1870. Trusteee of Free Public Library from 1879; Trustee of National Art Gallery of New South Wales; On Committee of Goodenough Royal Naval House. Sportsman and 'staunch churchman'.
Additional information
Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB), Volume 4