Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1955–1958

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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
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
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c Peter Fallon (Labor) died on 9 February 1956. Gavin Sutherland (Labor) was elected to replace him on 2 May 1956.
  4. ^ a b c John Stewart (Labor) died on 8 April 1957. Tom Dougherty (Labor) was elected to replace him on 24 September 1957.
  5. ^ 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]

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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. 195. 1 December 1954. p. 3667. Retrieved 29 November 2020 – via Trove.
  2. ^ Part 3 Members of the Legislative Council (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  3. ^ Part 10 Officers of the Parliament (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 November 2020.[e]
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