Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1958–1961
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]
Name | Party | End term | Years in office | |
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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 [e] | 1961 | 1949–1977 | |
John Carter | Country | 1967 | 1955–1968 | |
Hector Clayton | Independent | 1961 | 1937–1973 | |
Donald Cochrane | Labor / Independent Labor [e] | 1964 | 1950–1964 | |
Harry Cockerill [b] | 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 [d] | 1970 | 1955–1970 | |
Harry Gardiner [g] | Independent Labor | 1967 | 1960–1974 | |
Thomas Gleeson | Labor / Independent Labor [e] | 1970 | 1946–1975 | |
Patrick Grace | Labor / Independent Labor [e] | 1964 | 1952–1964 | |
James Graves | Labor | 1961 | 1934–1961 | |
Charles Hackett | Labor / Independent Labor [e] | 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 [d] | 1970 | 1958–1978 | |
Jim Kenny | Labor | 1964 | 1948–1967 | |
John Kenny | Labor / Independent Labor [e] | 1970 | 1955–1970 | |
Robert King [f] | Labor | 1970 | 1931–1960 | |
Christopher Love | Labor | 1961 | 1955–1970 | |
Robert Mahony [h] | Labor | 1967 | 1921–1961 | |
Jim Maloney | Labor | 1967 | 1941–1972 | |
Gertrude Melville [c] | Labor | 1970 | 1952–1959 | |
William Murray | Labor | 1964 | 1952–1976 | |
George Neilly [a] | Labor | 1970 | 1954–1959 | |
Ernest O'Dea | Labor | 1967 | 1943–1967 | |
John Paterson | Liberal | 1970 | 1958–1970 | |
William Peters [a] | Labor | 1970 | 1959–1978 | |
Thomas Playfair | Liberal | 1967 | 1927–1966 | |
Graham Pratten | Liberal / Country [d] | 1964 | 1937–1976 | |
Anne Press [c] | Labor / Independent Labor [e] | 1970 | 1959–1978 | |
Michael Quinn [f] | Independent Labor | 1970 | 1960–1965 | |
Edna Roper | Labor | 1970 | 1958–1978 | |
Gerald Rygate [g] | Labor / Independent Labor [e] | 1967 | 1952–1960 | |
Leicester Saddington | Liberal | 1964 | 1952–1962 | |
Robert Savage [b] | Labor | 1961 | 1931–1934, 1943–1959 | |
Leon Snider | Liberal / Country [d] | 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 |
- ^ a b c George Neilly (Labor) resigned on 16 February 1959. William Peters (Labor) was elected to replace him on 19 May 1959.
- ^ a b c Robert Savage (Labor) died on 2 July 1959. Harry Cockerill (Labor) was elected to replace him on 10 September 1959.
- ^ a b c Gertrude Melville (Labor) died on 21 August 1959. Anne Press (Labor) was elected to replace her on 22 October 1959.
- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i 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.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c Gerald Rygate (Independent Labor) died on 8 June 1960. Harry Gardiner (Independent Labor) was elected to replace him on 15 September 1960.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ The changes to the composition of the council, in chronological order, were: Neilly resigned,[a] Savage died,[b] Melville died,[c] 4 members joined Country[d] 8 Labor members were expelled from the party,[e] King died,[f] Rygate died,[g] and Mahoney died.[h]
See also
- Third Cahill ministry
- Fourth Cahill ministry
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Part 3 Members of the Legislative Council" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ "Legislative Council History". ABC News. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ "Part 10 Officers of the Parliament" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 November 2020.[i]
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