Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1949–1952

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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1949 and 1952 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 31 March 1949, with the term of new members commencing on 23 April 1949.[1][2] The President was Ernest Farrar.[3]

This election gave Labor a majority in the Legislative Council, its first since the re-constitution of the council in 1934, giving it a majority in both houses of parliament.[4] The Labor Party expelled four members of the Legislative Assembly before the 1950 election - James Geraghty (North Sydney), John Seiffert (Monaro), Roy Heferen (Barwon) and Fred Stanley (Lakemba) for not following the party's endorsed ticket in the Legislative Council election, apparently voting for Bill McNamara who was 9th on the Labor ticket.[5]

Name Party End term Years in office
Harold Ahern   Liberal 1961 1949–1973
Alexander Alam   Labor 1958 1925–1958, 1963–1973
Charles Anderson [d]   Labor 1955 1951–1953
Thomas Armstrong   Liberal 1961 1935–1955
George Bassett   Country 1952 1932–1964
Alfred Binks   Liberal 1952 1932–1952
Joseph Bodkin [c]   Labor 1958 1946–1950
Arthur Bridges   Liberal 1958 1946–1968
Francis Buckley   Labor 1958 1946–1954
Harry Budd   Country 1958 1946–1978
Cyril Cahill   Labor 1961 1949–1977
Hector Clayton   Liberal 1961 1937–1973
Donald Cochrane [a]   Labor 1952 1950–1964
Col Colborne   Labor 1961 1949–1973
Arthur Colvin   Liberal 1955 1932–1955
James Concannon   Labor 1958 1925–1958
William Coulter   Labor 1955 1947–1978
Chris Dalton   Labor 1958 1943–1970
William Dickson   Labor 1952 1925–1934, 1940–1966
Reg Downing   Labor 1952 1940–1972
Jim Eggins [a]   Country 1952 1940–1949
Robert Erskine   Labor 1961 1949–1973
Otway Falkiner   Country 1958 1946–1978
Ernest Farrar   Liberal 1958 1912–1952
John Ferguson   Labor 1952 1945–1952
William Gibb   Labor 1961 1931–1934, 1943–1952
Thomas Gleeson   Labor 1958 1946–1975
James Graves   Labor 1961 1934–1961
Charles Hackett   Labor 1952 1943–1964
Jim Harrison [b]   Labor 1955 1943–1949
Herbert Henley   Country 1952 1937–1964
Henry Horne   Liberal 1958 1917–1955
Reginald Jackson [c]   Labor 1958 1950–1969
Sir Norman Kater   Country 1955 1923–1955
Jim Kenny   Labor 1952 1948–1967
Robert King   Labor 1958 1931–1960
Hugh Latimer   Liberal 1961 1934–1955
Robert Mahony   Labor 1955 1921–1961
Jim Maloney   Labor 1955 1941–1972
Sir Henry Manning   Liberal 1958 1932–1958
Patrick McGirr   Labor 1955 1921–1955
Alan McNamara   Labor 1961 1931–1934, 1937–1955
Thomas Murray   Independent 1958 1921–1958
Ernest O'Dea   Labor 1955 1943–1967
Walter Padgen   Labor 1958 1946–1955
Stanley Parry   Independent 1952 1940–1952
Thomas Playfair   Liberal 1955 1927–1966
Graham Pratten   Liberal 1952 1937–1976
William Robson [d]   Liberal 1955 1920–1951
Robert Savage   Labor 1961 1931–1934, 1943–1959
Leon Snider   Liberal 1955 1943–1965
Ernest Sommerlad   Country 1955 1932–1952
Edmond Speck   Liberal 1952 1940–1952
Frank Spicer   Country 1961 1925–1973
Thomas Steele   Country 1961 1934–1961
John Stewart   Labor 1955 1941–1957
Colin Tannock   Labor 1952 1931–1952
Norman Thom [b]   Labor 1955 1950–1978
Henry Thompson   Liberal 1952 1940–1964
John Weir   Labor 1961 1949–1973
Horace Whiddon    Liberal 1955 1934–1955
Samuel Williams   Labor 1952 1943–1962
Robert Wilson   Country 1961 1949–1961
Ernest Wright   Labor 1955 1943–1973
  1. ^ a b c Jim Eggins (Country) resigned on 27 October 1949. Donald Cochrane (Labor) was elected as his replacement on 21 March 1950.
  2. ^ a b c Jim Harrison (Labor) resigned on 28 October 1949. Norman Thom (Labor) was elected as his replacement on 22 March 1950.
  3. ^ a b c Joseph Bodkin (Labor) died on 18 March 1950. Reginald Jackson (Labor) was elected as his replacement on 12 April 1950.
  4. ^ a b c William Robson (Liberal) died on 29 June 1951. Charles Anderson (Labor) was elected as his replacement on 11 October 1951.
  5. ^ The changes to the composition of the council, in chronological order, were: Eggins resigned,[a] Harrison resigned,[b] Bodkin died,[c] and Robson died[d]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Candidates declared to be elected Members of the Legislative Council". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 60. 8 April 1949. p. 1093. Retrieved 28 November 2020 – via Trove.
  2. ^ Part 3 Members of the Legislative Council (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  3. ^ Part 10 Officers of the Parliament (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 November 2020.[e]
  4. ^ "Labour captures the Council". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 April 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 5 December 2020 – via Trove.
  5. ^ "Abolition move unlikely". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 April 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 5 December 2020 – via Trove.
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