Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1958–1961

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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1958 and 1961 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 1957, with the term of new members commencing on 23 April 1958. [1] [2] The President was William Dickson. [4]

NamePartyEnd termYears in office
Harold Ahern   Liberal 1961 1949–1973
Alexander Armstrong   Country 1964 1952–1969
George Bassett   Country 1964 1932–1964
Colin Begg   Liberal 1961 1955–1964
Arthur Bridges   Liberal 1970 1946–1968
Harry Budd   Country 1970 1946–1978
Cedric Cahill   Labor 1961 1954–1973
Cyril Cahill   Labor / Independent Labor   [lower-alpha 5] 1961 1949–1977
John Carter   Country 1967 1955–1968
Hector Clayton   Independent 1961 1937–1973
Donald Cochrane   Labor / Independent Labor   [lower-alpha 5] 1964 1950–1964
Harry Cockerill   [lower-alpha 2]   Labor 1961 1959–1973
Col Colborne   Labor 1961 1949–1973
William Coulter   Labor 1967 1947–1978
Chris Dalton   Labor 1970 1943–1970
Robert Day   Labor 1967 1953–1967
William Dickson   Labor 1964 1925–1934, 1940–1966
Tom Dougherty   Labor 1967 1957–1961
Reg Downing   Labor 1964 1940–1972
Robert Erskine   Labor 1961 1949–1973
Stanley Eskell   Liberal 1970 1958–1978
Otway Falkiner   Country 1970 1946–1978
Herbert FitzSimons   Liberal / Country   [lower-alpha 4] 1970 1955–1970
Harry Gardiner   [lower-alpha 7]   Independent Labor 1967 1960–1974
Thomas Gleeson   Labor / Independent Labor   [lower-alpha 5] 1970 1946–1975
Patrick Grace   Labor / Independent Labor   [lower-alpha 5] 1964 1952–1964
James Graves   Labor 1961 1934–1961
Charles Hackett   Labor / Independent Labor   [lower-alpha 5] 1964 1943–1964
Herbert Henley   Country 1964 1937–1964
Frederick Hewitt   Liberal 1967 1955–1976
Reginald Jackson   Labor 1970 1950–1969
Asher Joel   Independent / Country   [lower-alpha 4] 1970 1958–1978
Jim Kenny   Labor 1964 1948–1967
John Kenny   Labor / Independent Labor   [lower-alpha 5] 1970 1955–1970
Robert King   [lower-alpha 6]   Labor 1970 1931–1960
Christopher Love   Labor 1961 1955–1970
Robert Mahony   [lower-alpha 8]   Labor 1967 1921–1961
Jim Maloney   Labor 1967 1941–1972
Gertrude Melville   [lower-alpha 3]   Labor 1970 1952–1959
William Murray   Labor 1964 1952–1976
George Neilly   [lower-alpha 1]   Labor 1970 1954–1959
Ernest O'Dea   Labor 1967 1943–1967
John Paterson   Liberal 1970 1958–1970
William Peters   [lower-alpha 1]   Labor 1970 1959–1978
Thomas Playfair   Liberal 1967 1927–1966
Graham Pratten   Liberal / Country   [lower-alpha 4] 1964 1937–1976
Anne Press   [lower-alpha 3]   Labor / Independent Labor   [lower-alpha 5] 1970 1959–1978
Michael Quinn   [lower-alpha 6]   Independent Labor 1970 1960–1965
Edna Roper   Labor 1970 1958–1978
Gerald Rygate   [lower-alpha 7]   Labor / Independent Labor   [lower-alpha 5] 1967 1952–1960
Leicester Saddington   Liberal 1964 1952–1962
Robert Savage   [lower-alpha 2]   Labor 1961 1931–1934, 1943–1959
Leon Snider   Liberal / Country   [lower-alpha 4] 1967 1943–1965
Lloyd Sommerlad   Country 1967 1955–1967
Frank Spicer   Country 1961 1925–1973
Thomas Steele   Country 1961 1934–1961
Gavin Sutherland   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. 1 2 3 George Neilly (Labor) resigned on 16 February 1959. William Peters (Labor) was elected to replace him on 19 May 1959.
  2. 1 2 3 Robert Savage (Labor) died on 2 July 1959. Harry Cockerill (Labor) was elected to replace him on 10 September 1959.
  3. 1 2 3 Gertrude Melville (Labor) died on 21 August 1959. Anne Press (Labor) was elected to replace her on 22 October 1959.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 On 30 September 1959, 3 Liberal members, Herbert FitzSimons, Graham Pratten and Leon Snider, together with Asher Joel (Independent), joined the Country Party, citing its uncompromising opposition to abolition of the Legislative Council.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 In December 1959, 8 Labor members, Cyril Cahill, Donald Cochrane, Thomas Gleeson, Patrick Grace, Charles Hackett, John Kenny, Anne Press and Gerald Rygate, were expelled from the party for voting against the abolition of the Legislative Council. [3] They constituted themselves, at first informally, as the Independent Labor Group.
  6. 1 2 3 Robert King (Labor) died on 27 February 1960. Michael Quinn (Labor) was elected to replace him on 29 March 1960, whereupon he immediately resigned from the Labor Party to join the Independent Labor Group.
  7. 1 2 3 Gerald Rygate (Independent Labor) died on 8 June 1960. Harry Gardiner (Independent Labor) was elected to replace him on 15 September 1960.
  8. 1 2 Robert Mahony (Labor) died on 8 February 1961. A by-election was not held this term, so the vacancy carried over to the next parliament.
  9. ↑ The changes to the composition of the council, in chronological order, were: Neilly resigned, [lower-alpha 1] Savage died, [lower-alpha 2] Melville died, [lower-alpha 3] 4 members joined Country [lower-alpha 4] 8 Labor members were expelled from the party, [lower-alpha 5] King died, [lower-alpha 6] Rygate died, [lower-alpha 7] and Mahoney died. [lower-alpha 8]

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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. 153. 25 November 1957. p. 3781. 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. ↑ "Legislative Council History". ABC News. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Part 10 Officers of the Parliament" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 29 November 2020. [lower-alpha 9]
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