Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1917–1920

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 24th parliament of New South Wales from 1917 to 1920. They were elected at the 1917 state election on 24 March 1917. The Speaker was John Cohen until 19 August 1919 when he was succeeded by Daniel Levy.

Name Party Electorate Term in office
Mac Abbott 5 Nat Upper Hunter 1913–1918
Guy Arkins Nat Castlereagh 1915–1930 1938–1941
Richard Arthur Nat Middle Harbour 1904–1932
William Ashford Nat Liverpool Plains 1910–1925
William Bagnall Nat St George 1913–1925 1925–1927
John Bailey 6 ALP Monaro 1918–1925
Richard Ball Nat Corowa 1895–1898 1904–1937
Thomas Bavin Nat Gordon 1917–1935
George Beeby Nat Wagga Wagga 1907–1913 1917–1920
Walter Bennett Independent Durham 1898–1907 1917–1934
John Birt 9 ALP Paddington 1919–1925
George Briner Nat Raleigh 1901–1920
Percy Brookfield ALP Sturt 1917–1921
Albert Bruntnell Nat Parramatta 1906–1907 1910–1913 1916–1929
Arthur Buckley ALP Surry Hills 1917–1922
Frank Burke ALP Newtown 1917–1944
Michael Burke ALP Belmore 1917–1922 1925–1930
Claude Bushell ALP Lyndhurst 1917–1920
Ernest Buttenshaw Nat Lachlan 1917–1938
William Cameron 5 Nat Upper Hunter 1918–1931
George Cann ALP Canterbury 1914–1927
Ambrose Carmichael ALP/Soldiers and Citizens10 Leichhardt 1907–1920
Frank Chaffey Nat Tamworth 1913–1940
John Cochran ALP Darling Harbour 1910–1920
Hon Arthur Cocks Nat St Leonards 1910–1925
John Cohen 7 Nat Petersham 1898–1919
Percy Colquhoun Nat Mosman 1913–1920
John Crane Nat Gwydir 1913–1920
Mat Davidson 4 ALP Cobar 1918–1949
Billy Davies ALP Wollongong 1917–1949
Brian Doe 2 Nat Murray 1917–1927
James Dooley ALP Hartley 1907–1927
John Doyle ALP Phillip 1917–1922
Hon Bill Dunn ALP Mudgee 1910–1911, 1911–1932, 1935–1950
Alfred Edden Nat Kahibah 1891–1920
John Estell ALP Wallsend 1901 -1913 1917–1922
James Fallick Nat Singleton 1901–1920
Charles Fern 4 ALP Cobar 1913–1918
John Fitzpatrick Nat Orange 1895–1904 1907–1930
George Fuller Nat Wollondilly 1889–1894 1915–1928
Arthur Gardiner Independent Labor Newcastle 1910–1922
Alexander Graff Nat Drummoyne 1916–1920
William Grahame Nat Wickham 1907–1920
Arthur Grimm Nat Ashburnham 1913–1925
David Hall Nat Enmore 1901–1904 1913–1920
Thomas Henley Nat Burwood 1904–1935
Simon Hickey ALP Alexandria 1912–1922
William Holman Nat Cootamundra 1898–1920
Tom Hoskins Nat Dulwich Hill 1913–1927
John Hunt Nat Camden 1907–1920
Augustus James Nat Goulburn 1907–1920
Valentine Johnston ALP Bathurst 1917–1922
William Kearsley ALP Cessnock 1910–1921
Tom Keegan ALP Glebe 1910–1920 1921–1935
Herbert Lane Nat Armidale 1915–1920
Jack Lang ALP Granville 1913–1943, 1943–1946
William Latimer Nat Woollahra 1901 -1920
Hon Carlo Lazzarini ALP Marrickville 1917–1952
Charles Lee Nat Tenterfield 1884–1920
Hon Daniel Levy Nat Darlinghurst 1901–1937
Hon Thomas Ley Nat Hurstville 1917–1925
Peter Loughlin ALP Burrangong 1917–1927, 1932–1935
Arthur Manning Nat Albury 1917–1920
James Macarthur-Onslow Nat Bondi 1907–1922
George McDonald Nat Bingara 1910–1920
Patrick McGarry Nat Murrumbidgee 1904–1920
Greg McGirr ALP Yass 1913–1925
Patrick McGirr 1 ALP Macquarie 1917–1920
Hon William McKell ALP Redfern 1917–1947
William Millard Nat Bega 1894–1920 1920–1921
Gus Miller 6 ALP Monaro 1889–1918
Henry Morton Nat Hastings and Manning 1910–1920
Mark Morton Nat Allowrie 1901–1920 1922–1938
Thomas Mutch ALP Botany 1917 -1930 1938–1941
George Nesbitt Nat Lismore 1913–1925
Charles Nicholson Nat Maitland 1911–1920
Charles Oakes Nat Waverley 1901–1910 1917–1925
William O'Brien ALP Annandale 1917–1925
Lawrence O'Hara 8, 9 ALP Paddington 1919
John Osborne 8 ALP Paddington 1910–1919
John Perry Nat Byron 1889–1920
Richard Price 3 Independent Gloucester 1894–1904 1907–1922
William Robson Nat Ashfield 1905–1920
Robert Scobie 2 Nat Murray 1901–1917
Sydney Shillington 7 Nat Petersham 1919–1922
Tom Smith ALP King 1917–1920
David Storey Nat Randwick 1894–1920
John Storey ALP Balmain 1901–1904 1907–1921
Robert Stuart-Robertson ALP Camperdown 1907–1933
Follett Thomas Nat Gough 1903–1920
William Thompson Nat Ryde 1913–1920
Thomas Thrower 1 ALP Macquarie 1904–1917
Bruce Walker Independent Hawkesbury 1917–1932
Walter Wearne Independent Nationalist Namoi 1917–1930
Hon Reginald Weaver Nat Willoughby 1917–1925, 1927–1945
Jabez Wright ALP Willyama 1913–1920 1921–1922
William Zuill Nat Clarence 1915–1920
1 Macquarie ALP MLA Thomas Thrower died on 21 June 1917. The resultant by-election was won by ALP candidate Patrick McGirr on 12 July.
2 Murray Nationalist MLA Robert Scobie died on 15 August 1917. The resultant by-election was won by Nationalist candidate Brian Doe on 22 September.
3 Gloucester Independent MLA Richard Price resigned after a Royal Commission found he had made "wanton lies" in an attack on the Lands Minister William Ashford. He was re-elected at the resultant by-election on 10 November.
4 Cobar ALP MLA Charles Fern died on 18 April 1918. The resultant by-election was won by ALP candidate Mat Davidson on 1 June.
5 Upper Hunter Nationalist MLA Mac Abbott resigned in May 1918. The resultant by-election was won by candidate William Cameron on 8 June.
6 Monaro ALP MLA Gus Miller died on 20 October 1918. The resultant by-election was won by ALP candidate John Bailey on 23 November.
7 Petersham Nationalist MLA John Cohen resigned to take an appointment as a District Court Judge in February 1919. The resultant by-election was won by Nationalist candidate Sydney Shillington on 22 March.
8, 9 Paddington ALP MLA John Osborne resigned on being appointed to the Metropolitan Meat Board in April 1919. The resultant by-election was won by ALP candidate Lawrence O'Hara on 24 May but he died before taking his seat. The resultant by-election was won by ALP candidate John Birt on 26 July.
10 Leichhardt ALP MLA Ambrose Carmichael formed the Soldiers and Citizens Party in 1919.

See also

New South Wales state election, 1917

References

Members of the Parliament of New South Wales
Legislative Council

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Legislative Assembly

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