Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1955–1958
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1952 and 1955 were indirectly elected by a joint sitting of the New South Wales Parliament, with 15 members elected every three years. The most recent election was on 26 November 1954, with the term of new members commencing on 23 April 1955.[1][2] The President was William Dickson.[3]
Name | Party | End term | Years in office | |
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Harold Ahern | Liberal | 1961 | 1949–1973 | |
Alexander Alam | Labor | 1958 | 1925–1958, 1963–1973 | |
Alexander Armstrong | Country | 1964 | 1952–1969 | |
Thomas Armstrong [b] | Liberal | 1961 | 1935–1955 | |
George Bassett | Country | 1964 | 1932–1964 | |
Colin Begg [b] | Liberal | 1961 | 1955–1964 | |
Arthur Bridges | Liberal | 1958 | 1946–1968 | |
Harry Budd | Country | 1958 | 1946–1978 | |
Cedric Cahill | Labor | 1961 | 1954–1973 | |
Cyril Cahill | Labor | 1961 | 1949–1977 | |
John Carter | Country | 1967 | 1955–1968 | |
Hector Clayton | Independent | 1961 | 1937–1973 | |
Donald Cochrane | Labor | 1964 | 1950–1964 | |
Col Colborne | Labor | 1961 | 1949–1973 | |
James Concannon | Labor | 1958 | 1925–1958 | |
William Coulter | Labor | 1967 | 1947–1978 | |
Chris Dalton | Labor | 1958 | 1943–1970 | |
Robert Day | Labor | 1967 | 1953–1967 | |
William Dickson | Labor | 1964 | 1925–1934, 1940–1966 | |
Tom Dougherty [d] | Labor | 1967 | 1957–1961 | |
Reg Downing | Labor | 1964 | 1940–1972 | |
Robert Erskine | Labor | 1961 | 1949–1973 | |
Otway Falkiner | Country | 1958 | 1946–1978 | |
Peter Fallon [c] | Labor | 1961 | 1952–1956 | |
Herbert FitzSimons [a] | Liberal | 1958 | 1955–1970 | |
Thomas Gleeson | Labor | 1958 | 1946–1975 | |
Patrick Grace | Labor | 1964 | 1952–1964 | |
James Graves | Labor | 1961 | 1934–1961 | |
Charles Hackett | Labor | 1964 | 1943–1964 | |
Herbert Henley | Country | 1964 | 1937–1964 | |
Frederick Hewitt | Liberal | 1967 | 1955–1976 | |
Henry Horne [a] | Liberal | 1958 | 1917–1955 | |
Reginald Jackson | Labor | 1958 | 1950–1969 | |
Jim Kenny | Labor | 1964 | 1948–1967 | |
John Kenny [a] | Labor | 1958 | 1955–1970 | |
Robert King | Labor | 1958 | 1931–1960 | |
Christopher Love [b] | Labor | 1961 | 1955–1970 | |
Robert Mahony | Labor | 1967 | 1921–1961 | |
Jim Maloney | Labor | 1967 | 1941–1972 | |
Sir Henry Manning | Liberal | 1958 | 1932–1958 | |
Alan McNamara [b] | Labor | 1961 | 1931–1934, 1937–1955 | |
Gertrude Melville | Labor | 1958 | 1952–1959 | |
Thomas Murray | Independent | 1958 | 1921–1958 | |
William Murray | Labor | 1964 | 1952–1976 | |
George Neilly | Labor | 1958 | 1954–1959 | |
Ernest O'Dea | Labor | 1967 | 1943–1967 | |
Walter Padgen [a] | Labor | 1958 | 1946–1955 | |
Thomas Playfair | Liberal | 1967 | 1927–1966 | |
Graham Pratten | Liberal | 1964 | 1937–1976 | |
Gerald Rygate | Labor | 1967 | 1952–1960 | |
Leicester Saddington | Liberal | 1964 | 1952–1962 | |
Robert Savage | Labor | 1961 | 1931–1934, 1943–1959 | |
Leon Snider | Liberal | 1967 | 1943–1965 | |
Lloyd Sommerlad | Country | 1967 | 1955–1967 | |
Frank Spicer | Country | 1961 | 1925–1973 | |
Thomas Steele | Country | 1961 | 1934–1961 | |
John Stewart [d] | Labor | 1967 | 1941–1957 | |
Gavin Sutherland [c] | Labor | 1961 | 1956–1970 | |
Norman Thom | Labor | 1967 | 1950–1978 | |
Henry Thompson | Liberal | 1964 | 1940–1964 | |
William Walmsley | Country | 1964 | 1952–1964 | |
Edward Warren | Liberal | 1967 | 1955–1978 | |
John Weir | Labor | 1961 | 1949–1973 | |
Samuel Williams | Labor | 1964 | 1943–1962 | |
Robert Wilson | Country | 1961 | 1949–1961 | |
Ernest Wright | Labor | 1967 | 1943–1973 |
- ^ a b c d e Walter Padgen (Labor) died on 8 May 1955. Henry Horne (Liberal) died on 14 July 1955. Herbert FitzSimons (Liberal) and John Kenny (Labor) were elected to replace them on 14 September 1955.
- ^ a b c d e Alan McNamara (Labor) died on 5 May 1955. Thomas Armstrong (Liberal) died on 13 June 1955. Colin Begg (Liberal) and Christopher Love (Labor) were elected to replace them on 15 September 1955.
- ^ a b c Peter Fallon (Labor) died on 9 February 1956. Gavin Sutherland (Labor) was elected to replace him on 2 May 1956.
- ^ a b c John Stewart (Labor) died on 8 April 1957. Tom Dougherty (Labor) was elected to replace him on 24 September 1957.
- ^ The changes to the composition of the council, in chronological order, were: Pagden & Horne died,[a] McNamara & Armstrong died,[b] Fallon died,[c] and Stewart died.[d]
See also
- Second Cahill ministry
- Third Cahill ministry
References
- ^ "Candidates declared to be elected Members of the Legislative Council". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 195. 1 December 1954. p. 3667. Retrieved 29 November 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Part 3 Members of the Legislative Council" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ "Part 10 Officers of the Parliament" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 November 2020.[e]
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