- Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1938–1941
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This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1938 to 1941, as elected at the 1938 state election.
Name Party Electorate Term in office George Ardill UAP Yass 1930-1941 James Arkins UAP Dulwich Hill 1915-1930, 1938-1941 Joshua Arthur Labor Hamilton 1935–1953 Hon Jack Baddeley Labor Cessnock 1922–1949 Henry Bate UAP South Coast 1926-1941 Jeff Bate [3] UAP Wollondilly 1938-1949 Charles Bennett UAP Gloucester 1934-1941 George Booth Labor Kurri Kurri 1925–1960 Malcolm Brown [7] Country Upper Hunter 1931-1939 Hon Michael Bruxner Country Tenterfield 1920–1962 Arthur Budd Country Byron 1927–1944 Frank Burke Labor/ILP/Labor [12] [13] Newtown 1917–1944 Hon Joseph Cahill Labor Arncliffe 1925–1959 Robert Cameron Labor Waratah 1927–1956 Bill Carlton Labor Glebe 1935-1941 Harry Carter Country Liverpool Plains 1927-1941 Bill Chaffey [8] UAP Tamworth 1940–1973 Frank Chaffey [8] UAP Tamworth 1913-1940 Hon Daniel Clyne Labor King 1927–1956 Mat Davidson Labor/ILP/Labor [12] [13] Cobar 1918–1949 Billy Davies Labor Illawarra 1917–1949 Doug Dickson Country Temora 1938–1960 John Dunningham [1] UAP Coogee 1928-1938 Hon David Drummond Country Armidale 1920–1949 Hon Bill Dunn Labor Mudgee 1910–1911, 1911–1932, 1935–1950 Hilton Elliott Country Ashburnham 1932-1941 Griffith Evans Country Lachlan 1938–1943 Clive Evatt [5] ILP/Labor [13] Hurstville 1939–1959 Herbert FitzSimons UAP Lane Cove 1930–1944 William Frith Country Lismore 1933–1953 Hon George Gollan UAP Parramatta 1932–1953 Bob Gorman Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] Annandale 1933–1950 Robert Hankinson Country Murrumbidgee 1932-1941 Frank Hawkins Labor Newcastle 1935–1968 William Hedges UAP Monaro 1927-1941 Roy Heferen [11] Labor Barwon 1940- 1950 Hon Robert Heffron ILP/Labor [13] Botany 1930–1968 Ted Horsington Labor/ILP/Labor [12] [13] Sturt 1922–1947 Walter Howarth UAP Maitland 1932–1956 David Hunter [9] UAP Croydon 1940–1976 Joseph Jackson UAP Nepean 1922–1956 Matthew Kilpatrick UAP Wagga Wagga 1920-1941 Hon Gus Kelly Labor Bathurst 1925–1932, 1935–1967 Hamilton Knight Labor Hartley 1927–1947 Bill Lamb Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] Granville 1938–1962 Jack Lang Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] Auburn 1913–1943, 1943–1946 Joe Lawson Country Murray 1932–1973 Hon Carlo Lazzarini ILP/Labor [13] Marrickville 1917–1952 John Lee UAP Drummoyne 1920–1927, 1941–1947 Christopher Lethbridge Independent Corowa 1937–1946 Herbert Lloyd UAP Mosman 1929-1941 Stan Lloyd UAP Concord 1932-1941 Hon Alexander Mair UAP Albury 1932–1946 Clarrie Martin [6] ILP/Labor [13] Waverley 1930–1932, 1939–1953 Lewis Martin UAP Oxley 1927-1941 Claude Matthews Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] Leichhardt 1934–1954 James McGirr Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] Bankstown 1922–1952 Hon William McKell Labor Redfern 1917–1947 Harrie Mitchell UAP Burwood 1938-1941 Cecil Monro UAP Georges River 1932-1941, 1950-1953 Mark Morton [3] UAP Wollondilly 1901-1920, 1922-1938 Arthur Moverly UAP Randwick 1932-1941 Thomas Mutch [1] UAP Coogee 1917-1930, 1938-1941 Hon Maurice O'Sullivan Labor Paddington 1927–1959 Hubert Primrose UAP North Sydney 1932-1941 John Quirk [4] Labor Balmain 1917-1938 Mary Quirk [4] Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] Balmain 1939–1950 Albert Reid Country Young 1927-1930, 1932-1941 Alfred Reid UAP Manly 1920–1922, 1925–1945 John Reid Country Casino 1930–1953 Hon Athol Richardson UAP Ashfield 1935–1946, 1946–1952 Murray Robson UAP Vaucluse 1936–1957 D'Arcy Rose [7] Country Upper Hunter 1939-1959 Bill Ross UAP Cootamundra 1932-1941 James Ross UAP Kogarah 1932-1941 Edward Sanders UAP Willoughby 1925–1943 James Shand UAP Hornsby 1926-1944 Tom Shannon Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] Phillip 1927–1954 Colin Sinclair Country Namoi 1932-1941 Eric Solomon UAP Petersham 1932-1941 Eric Spooner [10] UAP Ryde 1932-1940 Fred Stanley Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] Lakemba 1927–1950 Bertram Stevens [9] UAP Croydon 1927-1940 John Sweeney Labor Bulli 1933–1947 Norman Thomas UAP Bondi 1932-1941 Arthur Tonge Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] Canterbury 1926–1932, 1935–1962 Alwyn Tonking UAP Orange 1932-1944 Hon Vernon Treatt UAP Woollahra 1938–1962 Hon Jack Tully Labor Goulburn 1925–1932, 1935–1946 Harry Turner [2] UAP Gordon 1937–1952 Hon Roy Vincent Country Raleigh 1922–1953 John Waddell [6] UAP Waverley 1932-1939 Ben Wade [11] Country Barwon 1932-1940 Ronald Walker UAP Hawkesbury 1932-1931 Hon Reginald Weaver UAP Neutral Bay 1917–1925, 1927–1945 James Webb [5] UAP Hurstville 1932-1939 Arthur Williams [10] Labor Ryde 1940-1956 George Wilson Country Dubbo 1932-1942 Cecil Wingfield Country Clarence 1938–1955 Alfred Yeo Country Castlereagh 1932-1941 - 1 Coogee MLA John Dunningham died on 26 May 1938. UAP candidate Thomas Mutch won the resulting by-election on 25 June.
- 2 Gordon UAP MLA Harry Turner's election victory was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns on 25 August 1938. He won the resulting by-election on 24 September.
- 3 Wollondilly MLA Mark Morton died on 28 September 1938. UAP candidate Jeff Bate, the son of South Coast MLA Henry Bate won the resulting by-election on 12 November.
- 4 Balmain MLA John Quirk died on 13 December 1938. His wife Labor candidate Mary Quirk won the resulting by-election on 14 January 1939.
- 5 Hurstville UAP MLA James Webb died on 14 February 1939. ILP candidate Clive Evatt won the resulting by-election on 18 March.
- 6 Waverley UAP MLA John Waddell died on 15 March 1939. ILP candidate Clarrie Martin won the resulting by-election on 22 April.
- 7 Upper Hunter Country MLA Malcolm Brown died on 29 August 1939. Country Party candidate D'Arcy Rose won the resulting by-election on 7 October.
- 8 Tamworth UAP MLA Frank Chaffey died on 9 July 1940. His son UAP candidate Bill Chaffey won the resulting by-election on 10 August.
- 9 Croydon UAP MLA Bertram Stevens resigned to unsuccessfully contest the federal seat of Lang at the 1940 election. UAP candidate David Hunter won the by-election for his state seat on 7 September.
- 10 Ryde UAP MLA Eric Spooner resigned to successfully contest the federal seat of Robertson at the 1940 election. Labor candidate Arthur Williams won the by-election for his state seat on 14 September.
- 11 Barwon Country MLA Ben Wade resigned to unsuccessfully contest the federal seat of Gwydir at the 1940 election. Labor candidate Roy Heferen won the by-election for his state seat on 25 October.
- 12 Three Labor MLAs, Frank Burke (Newtown), Mat Davidson (Cobar), and Ted Horsington (Sturt) resigned from the Labor Party and joined the ILP in June 1939.
- 13 The ILP was readmitted into the Labor Party at a unity conference on 26 August 1939.
- 14 Nine Labor MLAs - Jack Lang (Auburn), Bob Gorman (Annandale), Bill Lamb (Granville), Claude Matthews (Leichhardt), James McGirr (Bankstown), Mary Quirk (Balmain), Tom Shannon (Phillip), Fred Stanley (Lakemba) and Arthur Tonge (Canterbury), left the Labor Party in 1940 to form the Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist), in the second of the Lang Labor splits. They rejoined the party in 1941, following a federal intervention in the NSW branch to remove the influence of Communist sympathisers on the state executive.
See also
- New South Wales state election, 1935
- Premier: Bertram Stevens (United Australia Party) (1932-1939)
- Speaker: Reginald Weaver (United Australia Party) (1937-1941)
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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