Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1925–1927

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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 27th parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1925 to 1927. They were elected at the 1925 state election on 30 May 1925. [1] [2] [3] The Speaker was James Dooley. [4]

NameParty Electorate Term in office'
Septimus Alldis   Labor Eastern Suburbs 1925–1927
David Anderson   Nationalist Ryde 1920–1930
Guy Arkins   Nationalist St George 1915–1930, 1938–1941
Richard Arthur   Nationalist North Shore 1904–1932
Jack Baddeley   Labor Newcastle 1922–1949
William Bagnall    [lower-alpha 2]   Nationalist St George 1913–1925, 1925–1927
Richard Ball   Nationalist Murray 1895–1898, 1904–1937
Henry Bate   [lower-alpha 3]   Nationalist Goulburn 1926–1941
Thomas Bavin   Nationalist Ryde 1917–1935
Walter Bennett   Nationalist Maitland 1889–1902, 1917–1934
Edmund Best   Nationalist Murrumbidgee 1925–1930
John Birt   [lower-alpha 1]   Labor Sydney 1919–1925
George Booth   Labor Newcastle 1925–1960
Albert Bruntnell   Nationalist Parramatta 1906–1907, 1910–1913, 1919–1929
Michael Bruxner   Progressive Northern Tablelands 1920–1962
Frank Burke   Labor Botany 1917–1944
Michael Burke   Labor Sydney 1917–1922, 1925–1930
Ernest Buttenshaw   Progressive Murrumbidgee 1917–1938
Joseph Cahill   Labor St George 1925–1932, 1935–1959
William Cameron   Nationalist Maitland 1918–1931
George Cann   Labor St George 1914–1927
Frank Chaffey   Nationalist Namoi 1913–1940
Joseph Clark   Labor Wammerawa 1920–1927, 1930–1932
Hugh Connell   Labor Newcastle 1920–1934
Mat Davidson   Labor Sturt 1918–1949
Billy Davies   Labor Wollondilly 1917–1949
Brian Doe   Nationalist Sturt 1917–1927
James Dooley   Labor Bathurst 1907–1927
David Drummond   Progressive Northern Tablelands 1920–1949
Bill Dunn   Labor Wammerawa 1910–1911, 1911–1932, 1935–1950
Bill Ely   Labor Parramatta 1920–1922, 1925–1932
H. V. Evatt   Labor Balmain 1925–1930
William Fell   Ind. Nationalist North Shore 1922–1927
Joseph Fitzgerald   Labor Oxley 1920–1927, 1930–1932
John Fitzpatrick   Nationalist Bathurst 1895–1904, 1907–1930
William FitzSimons   [lower-alpha 4]   Nationalist Cumberland 1922–1926
Martin Flannery   Labor Murrumbidgee 1920–1932
William Foster   Nationalist Eastern Suburbs 1925–1936
Sir George Fuller   Nationalist Wollondilly 1889–1894, 1915–1928
Robert Gillies   Labor/Independent   [lower-alpha 7] Byron 1925–1927
Vern Goodin   Labor/Independent   [lower-alpha 7] Murray 1925–1927
Mark Gosling   Labor St George 1920–1932
Robert Greig   Labor Ryde 1920–1927, 1941–1947
Sir Thomas Henley   Nationalist Ryde 1904–1935
Theodore Hill   Nationalist Oxley 1920–1927
Ken Hoad   Labor Cootamundra 1925–1932
William Holdsworth   Labor Sydney 1925–1927
Ted Horsington   Labor Sturt 1922–1947
Tom Hoskins   Nationalist Western Suburbs 1913–1927
Joseph Jackson   Nationalist Sydney 1922–1956
Harold Jaques   Nationalist Eastern Suburbs 1920–1930
Milton Jarvie   Nationalist Western Suburbs 1925–1929, 1929–1935
Alick Kay   [lower-alpha 5]   Independent North Shore 1925–1926
Tom Keegan   Labor Balmain 1910–1920, 1921–1935
Gus Kelly   Labor Bathurst 1925–1932, 1935–1967
Matthew Kilpatrick   Progressive Murray 1920–1941
Albert Lane   Nationalist Balmain 1922–1927
Jack Lang   Labor Parramatta 1913–1943, 1943–1946
Carlo Lazzarini   Labor Western Suburbs 1917–1952
John Lee   Nationalist Botany 1920–1930, 1932–1941
Daniel Levy   Nationalist Sydney 1901–1937
Thomas Ley   [lower-alpha 2]   Nationalist St George 1917–1925
Peter Loughlin   Labor/Independent   [lower-alpha 6] Cootamundra 1917–1927, 1932–1935
Andrew Lysaght   Labor Wollondilly 1925–1933
Hugh Main   Progressive Cootamundra 1922–1938
Alfred McClelland   Labor Northern Tablelands 1920–1927, 1930–1932
James McGirr   Labor Cumberland 1922–1952
William McKell   Labor Botany 1917–1947
Edward McTiernan   Labor Western Suburbs 1920–1927
Patrick Minahan   [lower-alpha 1]   Labor Sydney 1910–1917, 1920–1925, 1925–1927
William Missingham   Progressive Byron 1922–1933
Cecil Murphy   Labor North Shore 1920–1927
David Murray   Labor Newcastle 1921–1928
Thomas Mutch   Labor Botany 1917–1930, 1938–1941
John Ness   Nationalist Western Suburbs 1922–1930, 1932–1938
Walter O'Hearn   Labor Maitland 1920–1932
Bob O'Halloran   Labor Eastern Suburbs 1920–1927, 1941–1947
John Perkins   [lower-alpha 3]   Nationalist Goulburn 1921–1926
Millicent Preston-Stanley   Nationalist Eastern Suburbs 1925–1927
John Quirk   Labor Balmain 1917–1938
Bill Ratcliffe   Labor Botany 1922–1932
Alfred Reid   Nationalist North Shore 1920–1922, 1925–1945
Edward Sanders   Nationalist Ryde 1925–1943
William Scully   Labor Namoi 1923–1932
James Shand   [lower-alpha 4]   Nationalist Cumberland 1926–1944
Walter Skelton   Protestant Labor Newcastle 1922–1927
Paddy Stokes   Labor Goulburn 1925–1927
Frederick Stuart   Progressive Byron 1925–1927
Robert Stuart-Robertson   Labor Balmain 1907–1933
Harold Thorby   Progressive Wammerawa 1922–1930
Arthur Tonge   [lower-alpha 5]   Labor North Shore 1926–1932, 1935–1962
Jack Tully   Labor Goulburn 1925–1932, 1935–1946
Roy Vincent   Progressive Oxley 1922–1953
Bruce Walker   Nationalist Cumberland 1917–1932
Walter Wearne   Nationalist Namoi 1917–1930

Under the provisions of the Parliamentary Elections (Casual Vacancies) Act, casual vacancies were filled by the next unsuccessful candidate on the departing member's party list. If an Independent member retired, the Clerk of the Assembly determined who would fill the vacancy based on the departing members voting record in questions of confidence.

  1. 1 2 3 Sydney Labor MLA John Birt died on 21 June 1925. He was replaced by Patrick Minahan on 24 June.
  2. 1 2 3 St George Nationalist MLA Thomas Ley resigned in September 1925 to successfully contest the seat of Barton at the 1925 federal election. He was replaced by William Bagnall on 30 September.
  3. 1 2 3 Goulburn Nationalist MLA John Perkins resigned in January 1926 to successfully contest a by-election for the federal seat of Eden-Monaro. He was replaced by Henry Bate on 21 January.
  4. 1 2 3 Cumberland Nationalist MLA William FitzSimons died on 20 March 1926. He was replaced by James Shand on 22 September.
  5. 1 2 3 North Shore Independent MLA Alick Kay resigned on 28 July 1926 to take a position on the Metropolitan Meat Board. As he had supported the Lang Government in votes of confidence, the Clerk of the Parliament named the first unsuccessful Labor candidate in the North Shore seat, Arthur Tonge, as the replacement member on 22 September.
  6. 1 2 Cootamundra MLA and former Labor Deputy Leader Peter Loughlin resigned from the party on 18 November 1926. He served out his term as an independent.
  7. 1 2 3 Byron MLA Robert Gillies and Murray MLA Vern Goodin were expelled from the Labor Party at its Easter conference in 1927. Both were allies of Loughlin and had been regular dissidents throughout the term, but had remained in the caucus through a deal with the party leadership; after a resounding victory for the leadership at the conference, they proceeded to expel both Gillies and Goodin. Both served out their terms as independents.
  8. ↑ The changes to the composition of the house, in chronological order, were Birt died, [lower-alpha 1] Key resigned, [lower-alpha 2] Perkins resigned, [lower-alpha 3] FitzSimons resigned, [lower-alpha 4] Kay resigned, [lower-alpha 5] Loughlin reigned from Labor, [lower-alpha 6] and Gillies & Goodin expelled from Labor. [lower-alpha 7]

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  2. ↑ "Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate" (PDF). New South Wales Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "Part Ten - Officers of Parliament" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020. [lower-alpha 8]
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