Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1944–1947

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1944 to 1947, as elected at the 1944 state election:

The opposition Democratic Party merged into the nascent Liberal Party of Australia in late 1944, becoming the New South Wales branch of the new party.

Name Party Electorate Term in office
Joshua Arthur Labor Hamilton 1935–1953
Hon Jack Baddeley Labor Cessnock 1922–1949
Jeff Bate Democratic/Liberal Wollondilly 1938–1949
Jack Beale Independent South Coast 1942–1973
Ivan Black [7] Liberal Neutral Bay 1945–1951, 1951–1962
George Booth Labor Kurri Kurri 1925–1960
George Brain Democratic/Liberal Willoughby 1943–1968
Hon Michael Bruxner Country Tenterfield 1920–1962
Fred Cahill Labor Young 1941–1959
Hon Joseph Cahill Labor Cook's River 1925–1959
Robert Cameron Labor Waratah 1927–1956
Bill Carlton Labor Concord 1935–1949
Bill Chaffey Independent/Country [3] Tamworth 1940–1973
John Chanter Labor Lachlan 1943–1947
Hon Daniel Clyne Labor King 1927–1956
Lou Cunningham Labor Coogee 1941–1948
William Currey Labor Kogarah 1941–1948
Douglas Darby [6] Liberal Manly 1945–1978
Mat Davidson Labor Cobar 1918–1949
Billy Davies Labor Wollongong-Kembla 1917–1949
Doug Dickson Country Temora 1938–1960
Edgar Dring Labor Ashburnham 1941–1955
Hon David Drummond Country Armidale 1920–1949
Hon Bill Dunn Labor Mudgee 1910–1911, 1911–1932, 1935–1950
George Enticknap Labor Murrumbidgee 1941–1965
Clive Evatt Labor Hurstville 1939–1959
Frank Finnan Labor Hawkesbury 1941–1953
Ray Fitzgerald Independent Gloucester 1941–1962
Lilian Fowler Lang Labor Newtown 1944–1950
Howard Fowles Labor Illawarra 1941–1968
John Freeman [5] Labor Blacktown 1945–1959
William Frith Country Lismore 1933–1953
James Geraghty Labor North Sydney 1941–1953
Hon George Gollan Democratic/Liberal Parramatta 1932–1953
William Gollan Labor Randwick 1941–1962
Bob Gorman Labor Annandale 1933–1950
Eddie Graham Labor Wagga Wagga 1941–1957
Robert Greig Labor Drummoyne 1920–1927, 1941–1947
Raymond Hamilton Labor Namoi 1941–1950
Frank Hawkins Labor Newcastle 1935–1968
Eric Hearnshaw [4] Liberal Ryde 1945–1965
Roy Heferen Labor Barwon 1940–1950
Hon Robert Heffron Labor Botany 1930–1968
Frank Hill [5] Labor Blacktown 1941–1945
Ted Horsington Labor Sturt 1922–1947
Walter Howarth Democratic/Liberal Maitland 1932–1956
David Hunter Democratic/Liberal Croydon 1940–1976
John Hurley [9] Labor Albury 1946–1947
Gordon Jackett Democratic/Liberal Burwood 1935–1951
Joseph Jackson Independent Democrat/Liberal [1] Nepean 1922–1956
Les Jordan Independent Country/Country [2] Oxley 1944–1965
Hon Gus Kelly Labor Bathurst 1925–1932, 1935–1967
Ebenezer Kendell [12] Country Corowa 1946–1950
Hamilton Knight Labor Hartley 1927–1947
Bill Lamb Labor Granville 1938–1962
Abe Landa Labor Bondi 1930–1965
Jack Lang [10] Lang Labor Auburn 1913–1943, 1943–1946
James Lang [10] Lang Labor Auburn 1946–1950
Joe Lawson Country Murray 1932–1973
Hon Carlo Lazzarini Labor Marrickville 1917–1952
Christopher Lethbridge [12] Independent/Liberal Corowa 1937–1946
Donald Macdonald Independent Mosman 1941–1947
Hon Alexander Mair [9] Democratic/Liberal Albury 1932–1946
Clarrie Martin Labor Waverley 1930–1932, 1939–1953
Claude Matthews Labor Leichhardt 1934–1954
James McGirr Labor Bankstown 1922–1952
John McGrath Labor Rockdale 1941–1959
Hon William McKell Labor Redfern 1917–1947
Roger Nott Labor Liverpool Plains 1941–1961
Robert O'Halloran Labor Orange 1920–1927, 1941–1947
Hon Maurice O'Sullivan Labor Paddington 1927–1959
Mary Quirk Labor Balmain 1939–1950
Alfred Reid [6] Independent Democrat/Liberal [1] Manly 1920–1922, 1925–1945
John Reid Country Casino 1930–1953
Jack Renshaw Labor Castlereagh 1941–1980
Hon Athol Richardson [11] Democratic/Liberal Ashfield 1935–1946, 1946–1952
Clarrie Robertson Labor Dubbo 1942–1950, 1953–1959
Murray Robson Democratic/Liberal Vaucluse 1936–1957
D'Arcy Rose Country Upper Hunter 1939–1959
James Shand [4] Independent Democrat Ryde 1926–1944
John Seiffert Labor Monaro 1941–1965
Tom Shannon Labor Phillip 1927–1954
Bill Sheahan Labor Yass 1941–1973
Fred Stanley Labor Lakemba 1927–1950
Stanley Stephens Country Byron 1944–1973
Sydney Storey Independent Democrat/Liberal [1] Hornsby 1941–1962
John Sweeney Labor Bulli 1933–1947
Arthur Tonge Labor Canterbury 1926–1932, 1935–1962
Hon Vernon Treatt Democratic/Liberal Woollahra 1938–1962
Hon Jack Tully [8] Labor Goulburn 1925–1932, 1935–1946
Laurie Tully [8] Labor Goulburn 1946–1965
Harry Turner Democratic/Liberal Gordon 1937–1952
Hon Roy Vincent Country Raleigh 1922–1953
Hon Reginald Weaver [7] Democratic/Liberal Neutral Bay 1917–1925, 1927–1945
George Weir Labor Dulwich Hill 1941–1953
Arthur Williams Labor Georges River 1940–1956
Cecil Wingfield Country Clarence 1938–1955
Henry Woodward Labor Lane Cove 1944–1947
1 Manly MLA Alfred Reid and Nepean MLA Joseph Jackson were re-elected in 1944 as Independent Democrat candidates; Reid after losing preselection and Jackson after refusing Democratic endorsement. Both later joined the new Liberal Party. A third Independent Democrat, Sydney Storey, joined the Liberal Party in 1946.
2 Oxley MLA Les Jordan had won his seat as an Independent Country candidate against independent George Mitchell at the 1944 state election. He had been previously refused endorsement due to the party's refusal to officially challenge MLAs who, like Mitchell, were serving in World War II; upon his election, he was admitted to the Country Party caucus.
3 Tamworth MLA Bill Chaffey was elected as an independent, but joined the Country Party during this term.
4 The Independent Democrat member for Ryde, James Shand died on 21 December 1944. Liberal candidate Eric Hearnshaw won the resulting by-election on 3 February 1945 in the first electoral test for the new conservative party.
5 Blacktown Labor MLA Frank Hill died on 11 July 1945. Labor candidate John Freeman won the resulting by-election on 18 August 1945.
6 Manly Liberal MLA Alfred Reid died on 5 August 1945. Liberal candidate Douglas Darby won the resulting by-election on 15 September.
7 Neutral Bay Liberal MLA Reginald Weaver died on 12 November 1945. Liberal candidate Ivan Black won the resulting by-election on 15 December.
8 Goulburn Labor MLA Jack Tully resigned on 9 May 1946. His son, Labor candidate Laurie Tully won the resulting by-election on 1 June.
9 Albury Liberal MLA Alexander Mair resigned on 14 August 1946 in order to contest a seat in the Australian Senate at the 1946 federal election. Labor candidate John Hurley won the resulting by-election on 9 November.
10 Auburn Lang Labor MLA Jack Lang resigned on 15 August 1946 in order to contest the federal seat of Reid at the 1946 federal election. His son, Lang Labor candidate James Lang, won the resulting by-election on 9 November.
11 Ashfield Liberal MLA Athol Richardson resigned on 16 August 1946 in order to contest the federal seat of Parkes at the 1946 federal election. He lost the federal contest, and recontested and won the by-election for his state seat on 9 November.
12 Corowa MLA Christopher Lethbridge was elected as an independent, but joined the Liberal Party in 1946. He subsequently resigned on 16 August 1946 in order to contest the federal seat of Riverina at the 1946 federal election. Lethbridge contested the by-election for his old seat as the Liberal candidate on 9 November, but lost to Country Party candidate Ebenezer Kendell.

See also

Members of the Parliament of New South Wales
Legislative Council

1940–1943 • 1943–1946 • 1946–1949
Legislative Assembly

1941–1944 • 1944–1947 • 1947–1950