Suttor was appointed Minister of Public Instruction in the second ministry of George Dibbs in January 1889, however he was unsuccessful at the 1889 Bathurst election, with Parkes and Webb campaigning against him, and was appointed to the Legislative Council in February 1889. He resigned from the Legislative Council in 1891 to again stand as a protectionist candidate for the 1891 Bathurst election and was elected with a small margin.
Suttor was appointed Minister of Public Instruction under George Dibbs' second ministry in January 1889 but lost the 1889 Bathurst election. Parkes and Webb opposed him, and he was later placed on the Legislative Council in February 1889. In 1891, Suttor resigned from the Legislative Council to run as a protectionist candidate for the 1891 Bathurst election and won with a small margin.