- Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1925–1927
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This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 27th parliament of New South Wales from 1925 to 1927. They were elected at the 1925 state election on 30 May 1925.
Name Party Electorate Term in office' James Arkins Nationalist St George 1915-1930, 1938-1941 Septimus Alldis Labor Eastern Suburbs 1925–1927 David Anderson Nationalist Ryde 1920–1930 Richard Arthur Nationalist North Shore 1904–1932 Hon Jack Baddeley Labor Newcastle 1922–1949 William Bagnall [4] Nationalist St George 1925-1927 Richard Ball Nationalist Murray 1895-1898, 1904-1937 Henry Bate [5] Nationalist Goulburn 1926–1941 Thomas Bavin Nationalist Ryde 1917–1935 Walter Bennett Nationalist Maitland 1889-1902, 1917-1934 Edmund Best Nationalist Murrumbidgee 1925–1930 John Birt [3] Labor Sydney 1919-1925 George Booth Labor Newcastle 1925–1960 Albert Bruntnell Nationalist Parramatta 1906-1907, 1910-1913, 1919-1929 Hon Michael Bruxner Progressive Northern Tablelands 1920–1962 Frank Burke Labor Botany 1917–1944 Michael Burke Labor Sydney 1917–1922, 1925-1930 Ernest Buttenshaw Progressive Murrumbidgee 1917–1938 Joseph Cahill Labor St George 1925-1932, 1935–1959 William Cameron Nationalist Maitland 1918–1931 George Cann Labor St George 1914-1927 Frank Chaffey Nationalist Namoi 1913–1940 Joseph Clark Labor Wammerawa 1920-1927, 1930-1932 Hugh Connell Labor Newcastle 1920–1934 Mat Davidson Labor Sturt 1918–1949 Billy Davies Labor Wollondilly 1917–1949 Brian Doe Nationalist Sturt 1917-1927 James Dooley Labor Bathurst 1907-1927 Hon David Drummond Progressive Northern Tablelands 1920–1949 Hon Bill Dunn Labor Wammerawa 1910–1911, 1911–1932, 1935–1950 Bill Ely Labor Parramatta 1920–1922, 1925–1932 H. V. Evatt Labor Balmain 1925–1930 William Fell Independent Nationalist North Shore 1922-1927 Joseph Fitzgerald Labor Oxley 1920-1927, 1930-1932 John Fitzpatrick Nationalist Bathurst 1895-1904, 1907-1930 William FitzSimons [6] Nationalist Cumberland 1922–1926 Martin Flannery Labor Murrumbidgee 1920–1932 William Foster Nationalist Eastern Suburbs 1925–1936 George Fuller Nationalist Wollondilly 1889-1894, 1915-1928 Robert Gillies Labor/Independent 2 Byron 1925–1927 Vern Goodin Labor/Independent 2 Murray 1925-1927 Mark Gosling Labor St George 1920–1932 Robert Greig Labor Ryde 1920–1927, 1941-1947 Thomas Henley Nationalist Ryde 1904–1935 Theodore Hill Nationalist Oxley 1920-1927 Ken Hoad Labor Cootamundra 1925–1932 William Holdsworth Labor Sydney 1925-1927 Ted Horsington Labor Sturt 1922–1947 Tom Hoskins Nationalist Western Suburbs 1913-1927 Joseph Jackson Nationalist Sydney 1922–1956 Harold Jacques Nationalist Eastern Suburbs 1920–1930 Milton Jarvie Nationalist Western Suburbs 1925–1929, 1929–1935 Alick Kay [7] Independent North Shore 1925-1926 Tom Keegan Labor Balmain 1910–1920, 1921-1935 Gus Kelly Labor Bathurst 1925–1932, 1935-1967 Matthew Kilpatrick Progressive Murray 1920–1941 Albert Lane Nationalist Balmain 1922-1927 Jack Lang Labor Parramatta 1913–1943, 1943–1946 Hon Carlo Lazzarini Labor Western Suburbs 1917–1952 Hon John Lee Nationalist Botany 1920-1930, 1932-1941 Hon Daniel Levy Nationalist Sydney 1901–1937 Hon Thomas Ley [4] Nationalist St George 1917-1925 Peter Loughlin Labor/Independent 1 Cootamundra 1917–1927, 1932–1935 Andrew Lysaght, junior Labor Wollondilly 1925–1933 Hugh Main Progressive Cootamundra 1922–1938 Alfred McClelland Labor Northern Tablelands 1920-1927, 1930–1932 James McGirr Labor Cumberland 1922–1952 Hon William McKell Labor Botany 1917–1947 Edward McTiernan Labor Western Suburbs 1920-1927 Patrick Minahan [3] Labor Sydney 1910-1917, 1925-1927 William Missingham Progressive Byron 1922–1933 Cecil Murphy Labor North Shore 1920-1927 David Murray Labor Newcastle 1921–1928 Thomas Mutch Labor Botany 1917-1930, 1938-1941 John Ness Nationalist Western Suburbs 1922–1930, 1932-1938 Walter O'Hearn Labor Maitland 1920–1932 Robert O'Halloran Labor Eastern Suburbs 1920–1927, 1941-1947 John Perkins [5] Nationalist Goulburn 1921-1926 Millicent Preston-Stanley Nationalist Eastern Suburbs 1925–1927 John Quirk Labor Balmain 1917–1938 Bill Ratcliffe Labor Botany 1922–1932 Alfred Reid Nationalist North Shore 1920–1922, 1925–1945 Edward Sanders Nationalist Ryde 1925–1943 William Scully Labor Namoi 1923–1932 James Shand [6] Nationalist Cumberland 1926–1944 Walter Skelton Protestant Labor Newcastle 1922–1927 Paddy Stokes Labor Goulburn 1925–1927 Frederick Stuart Progressive Byron 1925–1927 Robert Stuart-Robertson Labor Balmain 1907–1933 Harold Thorby Progressive Wammerawa 1922–1930 Arthur Tonge [7] Labor North Shore 1926-1932, 1935-1962 Jack Tully Labor Goulburn 1925–1932, 1935-1946 Hon Roy Vincent Progressive Oxley 1922–1953 Bruce Walker Nationalist Cumberland 1917–1932 Walter Wearne Nationalist Namoi 1917–1930 - 1 Cootamundra MLA and former Labor Deputy Leader Peter Loughlin resigned from the party on 18 November 1926. He served out his term as an independent.
- 2 Byron MLA Robert Gillies and Murray MLA Vern Goodin were expelled from the Labor Party at its Easter conference in 1927. Both were allies of Loughlin and had been regular dissidents throughout the term, but had remained in the caucus through a deal with the party leadership; after a resounding victory for the leadership at the conference, they proceeded to expel both Gillies and Goodin. Both served out their terms as independents.
Under the provisions of the Parliamentary Elections (Casual Vacancies) Act, casual vacancies were filled by the next unsuccessful candidate on the departing member's party list. If an Independent member retired, the Clerk of the Assembly determined who would fill the vacancy based on the departing members voting record in questions of confidence.
- 3 Sydney Labor MLA John Birt died on 21 June 1925. He was replaced by Patrick Minahan on 24 June.
- 4 St George Nationalist MLA Thomas Ley resigned in September 1925 to successfully contest the seat of Barton at the 1925 federal election. He was replaced by William Bagnall on 30 September.
- 5 Goulburn Nationalist MLA John Perkins resigned in January 1926 to successfully contest a by-election for the federal seat of Eden-Monaro. He was replaced by Henry Bate on 21 January.
- 6 Cumberland Nationalist MLA William FitzSimons died on 20 March 1926. He was replaced by James Shand on 22 September.
- 7 North Shore Independent MLA Alick Kay resigned on 28 July 1926 to take a position on the Metropolitan Meat Board. As he had supported the Lang Government in votes of confidence, the Clerk of the Parliament named the first unsuccessful Labor candidate in the North Shore seat, Arthur Tonge, as the replacement member on 22 September.
See also
- New South Wales state election, 1925
- Premier: Jack Lang (Labor) (1925-1927, 1930-1932)
- Speaker: James Dooley (Labor) (1925-1927)
References
- "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856-2006". New South Wales Parliament. http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/V3ListFormerMembers. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
- Antony Green. "NSW Elections Analysis". New South Wales Parliament. http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/resources/nswelectionsanalysis/HomePage.htm. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
- Nairn, Bede (1995) Jack Lang the 'Big Fella': Jack Lang and the Australian Labor Party 1891-1949, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne. ISBN 052284700
Members of the Parliament of New South Wales Legislative Council
1940–1943 • 1943–1946 • 1946–1949
Legislative Assembly
Categories:- Members of New South Wales parliaments by term
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