Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1947–1950

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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 35th parliament held their seats from 1947 to 1950. They were elected at the 1947 state election, [1] and at by-elections. [2] [3] [4] The Speaker was Bill Lamb. [5]

NameParty Electorate Term in office
John Adamson [lower-alpha 14]   Liberal Concord 1950–1953
Joshua Arthur   Labor Hamilton 1935–1953
Jack Baddeley [lower-alpha 10]   Labor Cessnock 1922–1949
Jeff Bate [lower-alpha 11]   Liberal Wollondilly 1938–1949
Jack Beale   Independent/Liberal South Coast 1942–1973
Ivan Black   Liberal Neutral Bay 1945–1951, 1951–1962
George Booth   Labor Kurri Kurri 1925–1960
George Brain   Liberal Willoughby 1943–1968
Michael Bruxner   Country Tenterfield 1920–1962
Fred Cahill   Labor Young 1941–1959
Joseph Cahill   Labor Cook's River 1925–1959
Robert Cameron   Labor Waratah 1927–1956
Bill Carlton [lower-alpha 8]   Labor Concord 1935–1949
Bill Chaffey   Country Tamworth 1940–1973
Jim Chalmers [lower-alpha 1]   Labor Hartley 1947–1956
Daniel Clyne   Labor King 1927–1956
John Crook [lower-alpha 10]   Labor Cessnock 1949–1959
Douglas Cross [lower-alpha 6]   Liberal Kogarah 1948–1953, 1956–1970
Lou Cunningham [lower-alpha 5]   Labor Coogee 1941–1948
William Currey [lower-alpha 6]   Labor Kogarah 1941–1948
Charles Cutler   Country Orange 1947–1975
Douglas Darby   Liberal Manly 1945–1978
Mat Davidson [lower-alpha 7]   Labor Cobar 1918–1949
Billy Davies [lower-alpha 13]   Labor Wollongong-Kembla 1917–1949
Robert Dewley   Liberal Drummoyne 1947–1953
Doug Dickson   Country Temora 1938–1960
Edgar Dring   Labor Ashburnham 1941–1955
David Drummond [lower-alpha 12]   Country Armidale 1920–1949
Bill Dunn   Labor Mudgee 1910–1911, 1911–1932, 1935–1950
Kevin Dwyer [lower-alpha 9]   Labor Redfern 1949–1950
Kevin Ellis [lower-alpha 5]   Liberal Coogee 1948–1953, 1956–1962, 1965–1973
George Enticknap   Labor Murrumbidgee 1941–1965
Clive Evatt   Labor Hurstville 1939–1959
Frank Finnan   Labor Hawkesbury 1941–1953
Ray Fitzgerald   Independent/Country Gloucester 1941–1962
Lilian Fowler   Lang Labor Newtown 1944–1950
Howard Fowles   Labor Illawarra 1941–1968
John Freeman   Labor Blacktown 1945–1959
William Frith   Country Lismore 1933–1953
James Geraghty [lower-alpha 15]   Labor/Independent Labor North Sydney 1941–1953
George Gollan   Liberal Parramatta 1932–1953
William Gollan   Labor Randwick 1941–1962
Bob Gorman   Labor Annandale 1933–1950
Eddie Graham   Labor Wagga Wagga 1941–1957
Raymond Hamilton   Labor Namoi 1941–1950
Frank Hawkins   Labor Newcastle 1935–1968
Eric Hearnshaw   Liberal Ryde 1945–1965
Roy Heferen [lower-alpha 15]   Labor/Independent Labor Barwon 1940–1950
Robert Heffron   Labor Botany 1930–1968
Walter Howarth   Liberal Maitland 1932–1956
Davis Hughes [lower-alpha 12]   Country Armidale 1950–1953, 1956–1973
David Hunter   Liberal Croydon 1940–1976
Gordon Jackett   Liberal Burwood 1935–1951
Joseph Jackson   Liberal Nepean 1922–1956
Les Jordan   Country Oxley 1944–1965
Gus Kelly   Labor Bathurst 1925–1932, 1935–1967
Laurie Kelly   Labor Bulli 1947–1955
Ebenezer Kendell   Country Corowa 1946–1950
Hamilton Knight [lower-alpha 1]   Labor Hartley 1927–1947
Bill Lamb   Labor Granville 1938–1962
Abe Landa   Labor Bondi 1930–1965
Chris Lang   Lang Labor Auburn 1946–1950
Joe Lawson   Country Murray 1932–1973
Carlo Lazzarini   Labor Marrickville 1917–1952
Clarrie Martin   Labor Waverley 1930–1932, 1939–1953
Claude Matthews   Labor Leichhardt 1934–1954
Ken McCaw   Liberal Lane Cove 1947–1975
James McGirr   Labor Bankstown 1922–1952
John McGrath   Labor Rockdale 1941–1959
Robert Medcalf   Country Lachlan 1947–1953
Pat Morton   Liberal Mosman 1947–1972
Brice Mutton [lower-alpha 8]   Liberal Concord 1949
George Noble [lower-alpha 9]   Labor Redfern 1947–1949
Roger Nott   Labor Liverpool Plains 1941–1961
Maurice O'Sullivan   Labor Paddington 1927–1959
Doug Padman   Liberal Albury 1947–1965
Blake Pelly [lower-alpha 11]   Liberal Wollondilly 1950–1957
Baden Powell [lower-alpha 13]   Labor Wollongong-Kembla 1950
Mary Quirk   Labor Balmain 1939–1950
John Reid   Country Casino 1930–1953
Jack Renshaw   Labor Castlereagh 1941–1980
Athol Richardson   Liberal Ashfield 1935–1946, 1946–1952
Clarrie Robertson   Labor Dubbo 1942–1950, 1953–1959
Murray Robson   Liberal Vaucluse 1936–1957
D'Arcy Rose   Country Upper Hunter 1939–1959
John Seiffert [lower-alpha 15]   Labor/Independent Labor Monaro 1941–1965
Tom Shannon   Labor Phillip 1927–1954
Bill Sheahan   Labor Yass 1941–1973
Fred Stanley [lower-alpha 15]   Labor/Independent Labor Lakemba 1927–1950
Stanley Stephens   Country Byron 1944–1973
Sydney Storey   Liberal Hornsby 1941–1962
Arthur Tonge   Labor Canterbury 1926–1932, 1935–1962
Vernon Treatt   Liberal Woollahra 1938–1962
Laurie Tully   Labor Goulburn 1946–1965
Harry Turner   Liberal Gordon 1937–1952
Roy Vincent   Country Raleigh 1922–1953
William Wattison   Labor Sturt 1947–1968
George Weir   Labor Dulwich Hill 1941–1953
Ernest Wetherell [lower-alpha 7]   Labor Cobar 1949–1965
Arthur Williams   Labor Georges River 1940–1956
Cecil Wingfield   Country Clarence 1938–1955
  1. 1 2 3 Albury MLA Doug Padman was endorsed by both the Liberal and Country parties at the 1947 election, but sat in parliament as a Liberal.
  2. Hartley Labor MLA Hamilton Knight resigned on 29 October 1947 to accept an appointment to the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission. Labor candidate Jim Chalmers won the resulting by-election on 13 December.
  3. Gloucester MLA Ray Fitzgerald had been elected as an independent, but joined the Country Party in 1947.
  4. South Coast MLA Jack Beale had been elected as an independent, but joined the Liberal Party in 1948.
  5. 1 2 3 Coogee Labor MLA Lou Cunningham died on 23 March 1948. Liberal candidate Kevin Ellis won the resulting by-election on 8 May.
  6. 1 2 3 Kogarah Labor MLA William Currey died on 30 April 1948. Liberal candidate Douglas Cross won the resulting by-election on 17 July.
  7. 1 2 3 Cobar Labor MLA Mat Davidson died on 9 January 1949. Labor candidate Ernest Wetherell won the resulting by-election on 12 March.
  8. 1 2 3 Concord Labor MLA Bill Carlton died on 30 January 1949. Liberal candidate Brice Mutton won the resulting by-election on 12 March.
  9. 1 2 3 Redfern Labor MLA George Noble died on 9 July 1949. Labor candidate Kevin Dwyer won the resulting by-election on 8 October.
  10. 1 2 3 Cessnock Labor MLA Jack Baddeley resigned on 8 September 1949 to accept an appointment as Chairman of the State Coal Mine Authority. Labor candidate John Crook won the resulting by-election on 8 October.
  11. 1 2 3 Wollondilly Liberal MLA Jeff Bate resigned on 28 October 1949 to contest the seat of Macarthur at the 1949 federal election. Liberal candidate Blake Pelly was elected unopposed on 23 January.
  12. 1 2 3 Armidale Country Party MLA David Drummond resigned on 28 October 1949 to contest the seat of New England at the 1949 federal election. Country Party candidate Davis Hughes won the resulting by-election on 11 February 1950.
  13. 1 2 3 Wollongong-Kembla Labor MLA Billy Davies resigned on 28 October 1949 to contest the seat of Cunningham at the 1949 federal election. Labor candidate Baden Powell won the resulting by-election on 11 February 1950.
  14. 1 2 Concord Liberal MLA Brice Mutton, who had only won a by-election the previous year, died on 7 December 1949. Liberal candidate John Adamson won the resulting by-election on 11 February 1950.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 The Labor Party expelled four MLAs before the 1950 electionJames Geraghty (North Sydney), John Seiffert (Monaro), Roy Heferen (Barwon) and Fred Stanley (Lakemba) for not following the party's endorsed ticket in a Legislative Council election. All four served out the remainder of their terms as independents.
  16. The changes to the composition of the house, in chronological order, were: Padman sat as a Liberal, [lower-alpha 1] Knight resigned, [lower-alpha 2] Fitzgerald joined the Country Party, [lower-alpha 3] Beale joined the Liberal Party, [lower-alpha 4] Cunningham died, [lower-alpha 5] Currey died, [lower-alpha 6] Davidson died, [lower-alpha 7] Carlton died, [lower-alpha 8] Noble died, [lower-alpha 9] Baddeley resigned, [lower-alpha 10] Bate resigned, [lower-alpha 11] Drummond resigned, [lower-alpha 12] Davies resigned, [lower-alpha 13] Mutton died, [lower-alpha 14] Geraghty, Seiffert, Heferen and Stanley were expelled from Labor, [lower-alpha 15]

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