Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1959–1962

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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 39th parliament held their seats from 1959 to 1962. They were elected at the 1959 state election,[1] and at by-elections.[2][3][4] The Speaker was Ray Maher.[5]

Name Party Electorate Term in office
Keith Anderson [f]   Labor Paddington-Waverley 1961–1962
Robert Askin   Liberal Collaroy 1950–1975
Brian Bannon   Labor Rockdale 1959–1986
Jack Beale   Liberal South Coast 1942–1973
Ivan Black   Liberal Neutral Bay 1945–1951, 1951–1962
George Booth [d]   Labor Kurri Kurri 1925–1960
Ken Booth [d]   Labor Kurri Kurri 1960–1988
George Brain   Liberal Willoughby 1943–1968
Jim Brown   Country Raleigh 1959–1984
Michael Bruxner   Country Tenterfield 1920–1962
Joseph Cahill [c]   Labor Cook's River 1925–1959
Tom Cahill [c]   Labor Cook's River 1959–1983
Bill Chaffey   Country Tamworth 1940–1973
Bill Chapman   Liberal Nepean 1956–1962
Reg Coady   Labor Leichhardt 1954–1973
Keith Compton [a]   Labor Lismore 1959–1965
Rex Connor   Labor Wollongong-Kembla 1950–1963
Geoffrey Cox   Liberal Vaucluse 1957–1964
Bill Crabtree   Labor Kogarah 1953–1983
Geoff Crawford   Country Barwon 1950–1976
Douglas Cross   Liberal Georges River 1948–1953, 1956–1970
Charles Cutler   Country Orange 1947–1975
Tom Dalton   Labor Sutherland 1953–1956, 1959–1968
Douglas Darby   Liberal Manly 1945–1978
Bernie Deane   Liberal Hawkesbury 1950–1972
Alfred Dennis [h]   Liberal/Independent Blacktown 1959–1962
Doug Dickson [e]   Country Temora 1938–1960
Ben Doig   Liberal Burwood 1957–1965
Frank Downing   Labor Ryde 1953–1968
Clarrie Earl   Labor Fairfield 1953–1973
Jack Easter [a]   Country Lismore 1953–1959
Kevin Ellis   Liberal Coogee 1948–1953, 1956–1962, 1965–1973
George Enticknap   Labor Murrumbidgee 1941–1965
Jack Ferguson   Labor Merrylands 1959–1984
William Ferguson [f]   Labor Paddington-Waverley 1953–1961
Wal Fife   Liberal Wagga Wagga 1957–1975
Ray Fitzgerald   Country Gloucester 1941–1962
Les Ford   Liberal Dubbo 1959–1964
Howard Fowles   Labor Illawarra 1941–1968
Stewart Fraser   Liberal Gordon 1953–1962
George Freudenstein   Country Young 1959–1981
William Gollan   Labor Randwick 1941–1962
Fred Green   Labor Redfern 1950–1968
Ian Griffith   Liberal Cronulla 1956–1978
Frank Hawkins   Labor Newcastle 1935–1968
Eric Hearnshaw   Liberal Eastwood 1945–1965
Bob Heffron   Labor Maroubra 1930–1968
Pat Hills   Labor Phillip 1954–1988
Davis Hughes   Country Armidale 1950–1953, 1956–1973
David Hunter   Liberal Ashfield-Croydon 1940–1976
Harold Jackson   Liberal Gosford 1950–1965
Rex Jackson   Labor Bulli 1955–1986
Les Jordan [b]   Country/Liberal Oxley 1944–1965
Gus Kelly   Labor Bathurst 1925–1932, 1935–1967
Joe Kelly   Labor East Hills 1956–1973
Bill Lamb   Labor Granville 1938–1962
Abe Landa   Labor Bondi 1930–1965
Walter Lawrence   Liberal Drummoyne 1956–1962
Joe Lawson   Country Murray 1932–1973
Tom Lewis   Liberal Wollondilly 1957–1978
Ray Maher   Labor North Sydney 1953–1965
Dan Mahoney   Labor Parramatta 1959–1976
Cliff Mallam   Labor Dulwich Hill 1953–1968, 1971–1981
Jack Mannix   Labor Liverpool 1952–1971
Robert McCartney   Labor Hamilton 1959–1971
Ken McCaw   Liberal Lane Cove 1947–1975
John McMahon   Labor Balmain 1950–1968
Milton Morris   Liberal Maitland 1956–1980
Pat Morton   Liberal Mosman 1947–1972
Thomas Murphy   Labor Concord 1953–1968
George Neilly   Labor Cessnock 1959–1978
Leo Nott   Labor Mudgee 1953–1973
Roger Nott [g]   Labor Liverpool Plains 1941–1961
Frank O'Keefe [g]   Country Liverpool Plains 1961–1969
Doug Padman   Liberal Albury 1947–1965
Spence Powell   Labor Bankstown 1950–1962
Leon Punch   Country Upper Hunter 1959–1985
Frank Purdue   Independent Waratah 1956–1962, 1964–1965
Jack Renshaw   Labor Castlereagh 1941–1980
Bill Rigby   Labor Hurstville 1959–1965
Ian Robinson   Country Casino 1953–1963
Jim Robson   Labor Hartley 1956–1965
Norm Ryan   Labor Marrickville 1953–1973
Thomas Ryan   Labor Auburn 1956–1965
John Seiffert   Labor Monaro 1941–1965
Bill Sheahan   Labor Burrinjuck 1941–1973
Jim Simpson   Labor Lake Macquarie 1950–1968
Albert Sloss   Labor King 1956–1973
Stanley Stephens   Country Byron 1944–1973
Jack Stewart   Labor Kahibah 1957–1972
Sydney Storey   Country Hornsby 1941–1962
Jim Taylor [e]   Country Temora 1960–1981
Arthur Tonge   Labor Canterbury 1926–1932, 1935–1962
Vernon Treatt   Country Woollahra 1938–1962
Laurie Tully   Labor Goulburn 1946–1965
William Wattison   Labor Sturt 1947–1968
Bill Weiley   Labor Clarence 1955–1971
Ernest Wetherell   Labor Cobar 1949–1965
Eric Willis   Labor Earlwood 1950–1978
Stan Wyatt   Labor Lakemba 1950–1964
  1. ^ a b c The 1959 re-election of Lismore Country Party MLA Jack Easter was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns on 12 June 1959. Labor candidate Keith Compton won the resulting by-election on 12 September.
  2. ^ a b Oxley MLA Les Jordan had been re-elected as a Country Party member in 1959, but defected to the Liberal Party late that year.
  3. ^ a b c Cook’s River Labor MLA and Premier Joseph Cahill died on 22 October 1959. His son, Labor candidate Tom Cahill, won the on 12 December.
  4. ^ a b c Kurri Kurri Labor MLA George Booth died on 31 July 1960. His son, Labor candidate Ken Booth, won the resulting by-election on 8 October.
  5. ^ a b c Temora Country Party MLA Doug Dickson died on 27 July 1960. Country Party candidate Jim Taylor won the resulting by-election on 8 October.
  6. ^ a b c Paddington-Waverley Labor MLA William Ferguson died on 29 January 1961. Labor candidate Keith Anderson won the resulting by-election on 25 February.
  7. ^ a b c Liverpool Plains Labor MLA Roger Nott resigned on 3 March 1961 to accept an appointment as Administrator of the Northern Territory. Country Party candidate Frank O'Keefe won the resulting by-election on 25 March.
  8. ^ a b Blacktown MLA Alfred Dennis was elected as a representative of the Liberal Party, but resigned to sit as an independent in 1962 after losing a preselection challenge for the safer Liberal seat of The Hills.
  9. ^ The changes to the composition of the house, in chronological order, were: Easter’s election overturned,[a] Jordan joined the Liberals ,[b] Cahill died,[c] Booth died,[d] Dickson died,[e] Ferguson died,[f] Nott resigned,[g] Dennis sat as an independent,[h]

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References[]

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "1959 District List". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "1959-1962 By elections". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate" (PDF). New South Wales Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Part Ten - Officers of Parliament" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 May 2020.[i]
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