Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1947–1950

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1947 to 1950, as elected at the 1947 state election:

Name Party Electorate Term in office
John Adamson [14] Liberal Concord 1950–1953
Joshua Arthur Labor Hamilton 1935–1953
Hon Jack Baddeley [10] Labor Cessnock 1922–1949
Jeff Bate [11] Liberal Wollondilly 1938–1949
Jack Beale Independent/Liberal [4] South Coast 1942–1973
Ivan Black Liberal Neutral Bay 1945–1951, 1951–1962
George Booth Labor Kurri Kurri 1925–1960
George Brain 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 [8] Labor Concord 1935–1949
Bill Chaffey Country Tamworth 1940–1973
Jim Chalmers [1] Labor Hartley 1947–1956
Hon Daniel Clyne Labor King 1927–1956
John Crook [10] Labor Cessnock 1949–1959
Douglas Cross [6] Liberal Kogarah 1948–1953, 1956–1970
Lou Cunningham [5] Labor Coogee 1941–1948
William Currey [6] Labor Kogarah 1941–1948
Charles Cutler Country Orange 1947–1975
Douglas Darby Liberal Manly 1945–1978
Mat Davidson [7] Labor Cobar 1918–1949
Billy Davies [13] Labor Wollongong-Kembla 1917–1949
Robert Dewley Liberal Drummoyne 1947–1953
Doug Dickson Country Temora 1938–1960
Edgar Dring Labor Ashburnham 1941–1955
Hon David Drummond [12] Country Armidale 1920–1949
Bill Dunn Labor Mudgee 1910–1911, 1911–1932, 1935–1950
Kevin Dwyer [9] Labor Redfern 1949–1950
Kevin Ellis [5] Liberal Coogee 1948–1953, 1956–1962, 1965–1973
George Enticknap Labor Murrumbidgee 1941–1965
Hon Clive Evatt Labor Hurstville 1939–1959
Hon Frank Finnan Labor Hawkesbury 1941–1953
Ray Fitzgerald Independent/Country [3] Gloucester 1941–1962
Lilian Fowler Lang Labor Newtown 1944–1950
Howard Fowles Labor Illawarra 1941–1968
John Freeman Labor Blacktown 1945–1959
William Frith Country Lismore 1933–1953
James Geraghty Labor/Independent Labor [15] North Sydney 1941–1953
Hon George Gollan Liberal Parramatta 1932–1953
William Gollan Labor Randwick 1941–1962
Bob Gorman Labor Annandale 1933–1950
Eddie Graham Labor Wagga Wagga 1941–1957
Raymond Hamilton Labor Namoi 1941–1950
Frank Hawkins Labor Newcastle 1935–1968
Eric Hearnshaw Liberal Ryde 1945–1965
Roy Heferen Labor/Independent Labor [15] Barwon 1940–1950
Hon Robert Heffron Labor Botany 1930–1968
Walter Howarth Liberal Maitland 1932–1956
Davis Hughes [12] Country Armidale 1950–1953, 1956–1973
David Hunter Liberal Croydon 1940–1976
Gordon Jackett Liberal Burwood 1935–1951
Joseph Jackson Liberal Nepean 1922–1956
Les Jordan Country Oxley 1944–1965
Hon Gus Kelly Labor Bathurst 1925–1932, 1935–1967
Laurie Kelly Sr. Labor Bulli 1947–1955
Ebenezer Kendell Country Corowa 1946–1950
Hon Hamilton Knight [1] Labor Hartley 1927–1947
Hon Bill Lamb Labor Granville 1938–1962
Abe Landa Labor Bondi 1930–1965
James Lang Lang Labor Auburn 1946–1950
Joe Lawson Country Murray 1932–1973
Hon Carlo Lazzarini Labor Marrickville 1917–1952
Clarrie Martin Labor Waverley 1930–1932, 1939–1953
Hon Claude Matthews Labor Leichhardt 1934–1954
Ken McCaw Liberal Lane Cove 1947–1975
James McGirr Labor Bankstown 1922–1952
John McGrath Labor Rockdale 1941–1959
Robert Medcalf Country Lachlan 1947–1953
Pat Morton Liberal Mosman 1947–1972
Brice Mutton [8] [14] Liberal Concord 1949
George Noble [9] Labor Redfern 1947–1949
Roger Nott Labor Liverpool Plains 1941–1961
Hon Maurice O'Sullivan Labor Paddington 1927–1959
Doug Padman Liberal [1] Albury 1947–1965
Blake Pelly [11] Liberal Wollondilly 1950–1957
Baden Powell [13] Labor Wollongong-Kembla 1950
Mary Quirk Labor Balmain 1939–1950
John Reid Country Casino 1930–1953
Jack Renshaw Labor Castlereagh 1941–1980
Hon Athol Richardson Liberal Ashfield 1935–1946, 1946–1952
Clarrie Robertson Labor Dubbo 1942–1950, 1953–1959
Murray Robson Liberal Vaucluse 1936–1957
D'Arcy Rose Country Upper Hunter 1939–1959
John Seiffert Labor/Independent Labor [15] Monaro 1941–1965
Tom Shannon Labor Phillip 1927–1954
Hon Bill Sheahan Labor Yass 1941–1973
Fred Stanley Labor/Independent Labor [15] Lakemba 1927–1950
Stanley Stephens Country Byron 1944–1973
Sydney Storey Liberal Hornsby 1941–1962
Arthur Tonge Labor Canterbury 1926–1932, 1935–1962
Hon Vernon Treatt Liberal Woollahra 1938–1962
Laurie Tully Labor Goulburn 1946–1965
Harry Turner Liberal Gordon 1937–1952
Hon Roy Vincent Country Raleigh 1922–1953
William Wattison Labor Sturt 1947–1968
George Weir Labor Dulwich Hill 1941–1953
Ernest Wetherell [7] Labor Cobar 1949–1965
Arthur Williams Labor Georges River 1940–1956
Cecil Wingfield Country Clarence 1938–1955
1 Albury MLA Doug Padman was endorsed by both the Liberal and Country parties at the 1947 election, but sat in parliament as a Liberal.
2 Hartley Labor MLA Hamilton Knight resigned on 29 October 1947 to accept an appointment to the Commonwealth Industrial Commission. Labor candidate Jim Chalmers won the resulting by-election on 13 December.
3 Gloucester MLA Ray Fitzgerald had been elected as an independent, but joined the Country Party in 1947.
4 South Coast MLA Jack Beale had been elected as an independent, but joined the Liberal Party in 1948.
5 Coogee Labor MLA Lou Cunningham died on 23 March 1948. Liberal candidate Kevin Ellis won the resulting by-election on 8 May.
6 Kogarah Labor MLA William Currey died on 30 April 1948. Liberal candidate Douglas Cross won the resulting by-election on 17 July.
7 Cobar Labor MLA Mat Davidson died on 9 January 1949. Labor candidate Ernest Wetherell won the resulting by-election on 12 March.
8 Concord Labor MLA Bill Carlton died on 30 January 1949. Liberal candidate Brice Mutton won the resulting by-election on 12 March.
9 Redfern Labor MLA George Noble died on 9 July 1949. Labor candidate Kevin Dwyer won the resulting by-election on 8 October.
10 Cessnock Labor MLA Jack Baddeley resigned on 8 September 1949 to accept an appointment as Chairman of the State Coal Mine Authority. Labor candidate John Crook won the resulting by-election on 8 October.
11 Wollondilly Liberal MLA Jeff Bate resigned on 28 October 1949 to contest the seat of Macarthur at the 1949 federal election. Liberal candidate Blake Pelly was elected unopposed on 23 January.
12 Armidale Country Party MLA David Drummond resigned on 28 October 1949 to contest the seat of New England at the 1949 federal election. Country Party candidate Davis Hughes won the resulting by-election on 11 February 1950.
13 Wollongong-Kembla Labor MLA Billy Davies resigned on 28 October 1949 to contest the seat of Cunningham at the 1949 federal election. Labor candidate Baden Powell won the resulting by-election on 11 February 1950.
14 Concord Liberal MLA Brice Mutton, who had only won a by-election the previous year, died on 7 December 1949. Liberal candidate John Adamson won the resulting by-election on 11 February 1950.
15 The Labor Party expelled four MLAs before the 1950 election - James Geraghty (North Sydney), John Seiffert (Monaro), Roy Heferen (Barwon) and Fred Stanley (Lakemba) for not following the party's endorsed ticket in a Legislative Council election. All four served out the remainder of their terms as independents.

See also

Members of the Parliament of New South Wales
Legislative Council

1943–19461946–19491949–1952

Legislative Assembly

1944–19471947–19501950–1953

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