Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1922–1925

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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served from 1922 to 1925 were appointed for life by the Governor on the advice of the Premier. This list includes members between the election on 25 March 1922 and the election on 30 May 1925. [1] The President was Fred Flowers. [2] </ref>

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NamePartyYears in office
James Ashton   Nationalist 1907–1934
George Black 1917–1934
Reginald Black 1900–1928
Frank Boyce   [lower-alpha 2] 1923–1932
Sir Henry Braddon 1917–1940
William Brooks 1917–1934
Alexander Brown   [lower-alpha 3] 1892–1926
Joseph Browne   Independent 1912–1932
Frank Bryant   Labor 1912–1934
Sir James Burns   [lower-alpha 4]   Nationalist 1908–1923
Nicholas Buzacott 1899–1933
Sir Joseph Carruthers 1908–1932
Joseph Coates   Labor 1921–1943
Cecil Coghlan   [lower-alpha 5] 1921–1924
Michael Connington   [lower-alpha 6] 1917–1930
Sir Owen Cox   Nationalist 1922–1930
John Creed 1885–1930
Robert Cruickshank   Labor 1921–1928
George Dewar 1921–1934
William Dick   Nationalist 1907–1932
Jeffrey Dodd   [lower-alpha 7] 1917–1925
Henry Doyle   Independent 1912–1929
George Earp   Nationalist 1900–1933
John Estell   [lower-alpha 8]   Labor 1899–1901; 1922–1928
John Farleigh   Nationalist 1908–1934
Ernest Farrar 1912–1952
Jack FitzGerald   [lower-alpha 9] 1915–1922
Robert Fitzgerald 1901–1933
Fred Flowers   Independent Labor 1900–1928
James Gannon   [lower-alpha 10]   Nationalist 1904–1924
James Gormly   [lower-alpha 11] 1904–1922
Edward Grayndler   Labor 1921–1934, 1936–1943
John Hepher 1899–1932
John Higgins 1921–1936
Thomas Holden   [lower-alpha 12]   Independent Labor 1912–1934
Percy Hordern   Labor 1921–1926
Henry Horne   Nationalist 1917–1955
Sir Thomas Hughes 1908–1930
Alfred Hunt   Progressive 1916–1930
William Hurley   [lower-alpha 13]   Nationalist 1904–1924
Sydney Innes-Noad 1917–1931
Henry Kater   [lower-alpha 14] [lower-alpha 15]   Independent 1889–1924
Norman Kater   [lower-alpha 14]   Progressive 1923–1955
Edward Kavanagh   Labor 1912–1934
John Lane Mullins   Nationalist 1917–1934
William Latimer 1920–1934
James Macarthur-Onslow   [lower-alpha 16] 1922–1934
Kenneth Mackay 1899–1934
Charles Mackellar 1885–1903, 1903–1925
Robert Mahony   Labor 1921–1961
George McDonald   Independent 1921–1930
Patrick McGirr   Labor 1921–1955
James McGowen   [lower-alpha 3]   Independent Labor 1917–1922
Hugh McIntosh   Nationalist 1917–1932
Christopher McRae   [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 17] 1923–1924
Sir Alfred Meeks 1900–1932
Henry Moses   [lower-alpha 18] 1885–1923
Sir James Murdoch   [lower-alpha 2] 1923–1934
Thomas Murray   Labor 1921–1958
John Nash   Nationalist 1900–1925
Broughton O'Conor 1908–1940
John O'Regan   Labor 1921–1940
John Peden   Nationalist 1917–1946
John Percival   Labor 1921–1934
John Perry   [lower-alpha 19]   Nationalist 1920–1922
Jack Power   [lower-alpha 7]   Labor 1921–1924
Charles Roberts   [lower-alpha 9]   Nationalist 1890–1925
James Robinson   [lower-alpha 16] [lower-alpha 20] 1922
William Robson 1920–1951
James Ryan 1917–1940
Thomas Shakespeare   [lower-alpha 2] 1923–1934
Andrew Sinclair 1912–1934
Fergus Smith   [lower-alpha 21] 1895–1924
Sir Joynton Smith   Independent 1912–1934
Tom Smith   Labor 1921–1934
Robert Sproule 1920–1934
Sir David Storey   [lower-alpha 22]   Nationalist 1920–1924
Thomas Storey   Labor 1921–1934
John Suttor 1921–1934
Sir Allen Taylor   Nationalist 1912–1940
Patrick Taylor   [lower-alpha 23] 1917–1922
John Travers   [lower-alpha 24]   Independent 1908–1934
Arthur Trethowan   Progressive 1916–1937
George Varley   Nationalist 1917–1934
Thomas Waddell 1917–1934
Frank Wall 1917–1941
Winter Warden 1917–1934
John Wetherspoon 1908–1928
James White 1908–1927
James Wilson   [lower-alpha 6]   Labor 1899–1925
John Wise   Nationalist 1917–1934

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Notes

  1. ↑ The changes to the composition of the council, in chronological order, were: McGowen died, Estell appointed, Perry resigned, Gormly died, J FitzGerald died, 2 appointed, Cox appointed, Robinson died, P Taylor died, Moses resigned, 4 appointed, Burns died, N Kater appointed, F Smith died, Hurley died, D Storey died, Coghlan died, McRae died, H Kater died, Gannon died, Power resigned,<ref name=':8' group='lower-alpha'>Jack Power resigned on 20 November 1924.
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  6. 1 2 There is some doubt about the party membership of Michael Connington and James Wilson as The Australian Worker does not include them in the 4 Labor members in the council in September 1921. [3]
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  12. ↑ Thomas Holden had been appointed by the McGowen Labor government but was not recognised as a Labor member as he had voted against government proposals. [4]
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  24. ↑ John Travers was a Labor member in January 1913, [4] however he resigned from the party some time prior to 1921. [3] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Part 3 Members of the Legislative Council (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  2. ↑ Part 10 Officers of the Parliament (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 November 2020. [lower-alpha 1]
  3. 1 2 "Mr F. H. Bryant, M.L.C." The Australian Worker . 1 September 1921. p. 12. Retrieved 8 August 2021– via Trove.
  4. 1 2 "The Labor conference". Singleton Argus . 30 January 1913. p. 4. Retrieved 14 August 2021– via Trove.
  5. ↑ "Mr. Travers' reply". The Sydney Morning Herald . 19 January 1926. p. 11. Retrieved 14 August 2021– via Trove.

 

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