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This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1962, as elected at the 1959 state election.
Name |
Party |
Electorate |
Term in office |
Keith Anderson [6] |
Labor |
Paddington-Waverley |
1961-1962 |
Hon Robert Askin |
Liberal |
Collaroy |
1950-1975 |
Brian Bannon |
Labor |
Rockdale |
1959–1986 |
Jack Beale |
Liberal |
South Coast |
1942–1973 |
Ivan Black |
Liberal |
Neutral Bay |
1945-1951, 1951-1962 |
George Booth [4] |
Labor |
Kurri Kurri |
1925-1960 |
Ken Booth [4] |
Labor |
Kurri Kurri |
1960–1988 |
George Brain |
Liberal |
Willoughby |
1943–1968 |
Jim Brown |
Country |
Raleigh |
1959–1984 |
Hon Michael Bruxner |
Country |
Tenterfield |
1920-1962 |
Hon Joseph Cahill [3] |
Labor |
Cook's River |
1925-1959 |
Tom Cahill [3] |
Labor |
Cook's River |
1959–1983 |
Bill Chaffey |
Country |
Tamworth |
1940–1973 |
Bill Chapman |
Liberal |
Nepean |
1956-1962 |
Reg Coady |
Labor |
Leichhardt |
1954–1973 |
Keith Compton [1] |
Labor |
Lismore |
1959-1965 |
Rex Connor |
Labor |
Wollongong-Kembla |
1950-1963 |
Geoffrey Cox |
Liberal |
Vaucluse |
1957-1964 |
Bill Crabtree |
Labor |
Kogarah |
1953–1983 |
Geoff Crawford |
Country |
Barwon |
1950–1976 |
Douglas Cross |
Liberal |
Georges River |
1948–1953, 1956–1970 |
Charles Cutler |
Country |
Orange |
1947–1975 |
Tom Dalton |
Labor |
Sutherland |
1953–1956, 1959–1968 |
Douglas Darby |
Liberal |
Manly |
1945–1978 |
Bernie Deane |
Liberal |
Hawkesbury |
1950–1972 |
Alfred Dennis |
Liberal/Independent [8] |
Blacktown |
1959-1962 |
Doug Dickson [5] |
Country |
Temora |
1938-1960 |
Ben Doig |
Liberal |
Burwood |
1957-1965 |
Frank Downing |
Labor |
Ryde |
1953–1968 |
Clarrie Earl |
Labor |
Fairfield |
1953–1973 |
Jack Easter [1] |
Country |
Lismore |
1953-1959 |
Kevin Ellis |
Liberal |
Coogee |
1948–1953, 1956–1962, 1965–1973 |
Hon George Enticknap |
Labor |
Murrumbidgee |
1941-1965 |
Jack Ferguson |
Labor |
Merrylands |
1959–1984 |
William Ferguson [6] |
Labor |
Paddington-Waverley |
1953-1961 |
Wal Fife |
Liberal |
Wagga Wagga |
1957–1975 |
Ray Fitzgerald |
Country |
Gloucester |
1941-1962 |
Les Ford |
Liberal |
Dubbo |
1959-1964 |
Howard Fowles |
Labor |
Illawarra |
1941–1968 |
Stewart Fraser |
Liberal |
Gordon |
1953-1962 |
George Freudenstein |
Country |
Young |
1959–1981 |
Hon William Gollan |
Labor |
Randwick |
1941-1962 |
Fred Green |
Labor |
Redfern |
1950–1968 |
Ian Griffith |
Liberal |
Cronulla |
1956–1978 |
Frank Hawkins |
Labor |
Newcastle |
1935–1968 |
Eric Hearnshaw |
Liberal |
Eastwood |
1945-1965 |
Bob Heffron |
Labor |
Maroubra |
1930–1968 |
Pat Hills |
Labor |
Phillip |
1954–1988 |
Davis Hughes |
Country |
Armidale |
1950–1953, 1956–1973 |
David Hunter |
Liberal |
Ashfield-Croydon |
1940–1976 |
Harold Jackson |
Liberal |
Gosford |
1950-1965 |
Rex Jackson |
Labor |
Bulli |
1955–1986 |
Les Jordan |
Country/Liberal [2] |
Oxley |
1944–1965 |
Gus Kelly |
Labor |
Bathurst |
1925–1932, 1935–1967 |
Joe Kelly |
Labor |
East Hills |
1956–1973 |
Hon Bill Lamb |
Labor |
Granville |
1938-1962 |
Hon Abe Landa |
Labor |
Bondi |
1930–1965 |
Walter Lawrence |
Liberal |
Drummoyne |
1956-1962 |
Joe Lawson |
Country |
Murray |
1932–1973 |
Tom Lewis |
Liberal |
Wollondilly |
1957–1978 |
Hon Ray Maher |
Labor |
North Sydney |
1953-1965 |
Dan Mahoney |
Labor |
Parramatta |
1959–1976 |
Cliff Mallam |
Labor |
Dulwich Hill |
1953–1968, 1971–1981 |
Jack Mannix |
Labor |
Liverpool |
1952–1971 |
Robert McCartney |
Labor |
Hamilton |
1959–1971 |
Ken McCaw |
Liberal |
Lane Cove |
1947–1975 |
John McMahon |
Labor |
Balmain |
1950–1968 |
Milton Morris |
Liberal |
Maitland |
1956–1980 |
Pat Morton |
Liberal |
Mosman |
1947–1972 |
Thomas Murphy |
Labor |
Concord |
1953–1968 |
George Neilly |
Labor |
Cessnock |
1959–1978 |
Leo Nott |
Labor |
Mudgee |
1953–1973 |
Hon Roger Nott [7] |
Labor |
Liverpool Plains |
1941-1961 |
Frank O'Keefe [7] |
Country |
Liverpool Plains |
1961–1969 |
Doug Padman |
Liberal |
Albury |
1947-1965 |
Spence Powell |
Labor |
Bankstown |
1950-1962 |
Leon Punch |
Country |
Upper Hunter |
1959–1985 |
Frank Purdue |
Independent |
Waratah |
1956-1962, 1964-1965 |
Hon Jack Renshaw |
Labor |
Castlereagh |
1941–1980 |
Bill Rigby |
Labor |
Hurstville |
1959-1965 |
Ian Robinson |
Country |
Casino |
1953-1963 |
Jim Robson |
Labor |
Hartley |
1956-1965 |
Hon Norm Ryan |
Labor |
Marrickville |
1953–1973 |
Thomas Ryan |
Labor |
Auburn |
1956-1965 |
John Seiffert |
Labor |
Monaro |
1941-1965 |
Hon Bill Sheahan |
Labor |
Burrinjuck |
1941–1973 |
Jim Simpson |
Labor |
Lake Macquarie |
1950–1968 |
Albert Sloss |
Labor |
King |
1956–1973 |
Stanley Stephens |
Country |
Byron |
1944–1973 |
Jack Stewart |
Labor |
Kahibah |
1957–1972 |
Sydney Storey |
Liberal |
Hornsby |
1941-1962 |
Jim Taylor [5] |
Country |
Temora |
1960–1981 |
Arthur Tonge |
Labor |
Canterbury |
1926-1932, 1935-1962 |
Hon Vernon Treatt |
Liberal |
Woollahra |
1938-1962 |
Laurie Tully |
Labor |
Goulburn |
1946-1965 |
William Wattison |
Labor |
Sturt |
1947–1968 |
Bill Weiley |
Labor |
Clarence |
1955–1971 |
Ernest Wetherell |
Labor |
Cobar |
1949-1965 |
Eric Willis |
Labor |
Earlwood |
1950–1978 |
Stan Wyatt |
Labor |
Lakemba |
1950-1964 |
- 1 The 1959 re-election of Lismore Country Party MLA Jack Easter was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns on 12 June 1959. Labor candidate Keith Compton won the resulting by-election on 12 September.
- 2 Oxley MLA Les Jordan had been re-elected as a Country Party member in 1959, but defected to the Liberal Party late that year.
- 3 Cook’s River Labor MLA and Premier Joseph Cahill died on 22 October 1959. His son, Labor candidate Tom Cahill, won the resulting by-election on 12 December.
- 4 Kurri Kurri Labor MLA George Booth died on 31 July 1960. His son, Labor candidate Ken Booth, won the resulting by-election on 8 October.
- 5 Temora Country Party MLA Doug Dickson died on 27 July 1960. Country Party candidate Jim Taylor won the resulting by-election on 8 October.
- 6 Paddington-Waverley Labor MLA William Ferguson died on 29 January 1961. Labor candidate Keith Anderson won the resulting by-election on 25 February.
- 7 Liverpool Plains Labor MLA Roger Nott resigned on March 3, 1961 to accept an appointment as Administrator of the Northern Territory. Country Party candidate Frank O'Keefe won the resulting by-election on 25 March.
- 8 Blacktown MLA Alfred Dennis was elected as a representative of the Liberal Party, but resigned to sit as an independent in 1962 after losing a preselection challenge for the safer Liberal seat of The Hills.
See also