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.
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.
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...
who served in the 27th parliament of New South Wales from 1925 to 1927. They were elected at the 1925 state election
New South Wales state election, 1925
The 1925 New South Wales state election was held on 30 May 1925. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 27th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in multiple member constituencies with compulsory preferential single transferable vote usit the Hare Clark system)...
on 30 May 1925.
Name | Party | Electorate New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is elected from 93 single-member electorates called districts.- Current districts :This is a list of districts for the 2011 state election.* Albury* Auburn* Ballina... |
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James Arkins James Arkins James Guy Dalley Arkins was an Australian politician.Born in Millthorpe, New South Wales, he was educated at public schools before becoming a builder. In 1915 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Castlereagh. After the Labor split of 1916 over... |
Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime... |
St George Electoral district of St George St George was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1894 with the abolition of multi-member districts, from part of Canterbury and named after the St George district... |
1915-1930, 1938-1941 |
Septimus Alldis | Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
Eastern Suburbs | 1925–1927 |
David Anderson | Nationalist | Ryde Electoral district of Ryde Ryde is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It includes the suburbs and localities of Denistone, Denistone East, Denistone West, Macquarie Park, Marsfield, Meadowbank, Melrose Park, Ryde, North Ryde, West Ryde; and part of Eastwood.It is... |
1920–1930 |
Richard Arthur Richard Arthur Richard Arthur was an Australian politician, social reformer and medical practitioner.-Early life:Arthur was born in Aldershot, Hampshire, England and educated at Dover College. He received a Master of Arts from the University of St Andrews and MB and ChM from the University of Edinburgh... |
Nationalist | North Shore Electoral district of North Shore North Shore is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Jillian Skinner of the Liberal Party of Australia.-History:... |
1904–1932 |
Hon Jack Baddeley | Labor | Newcastle Electoral district of Newcastle Newcastle is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales named after and including Newcastle. It is represented by Tim Owen of the Liberal Party of Australia.-History:... |
1922–1949 |
William Bagnall | Nationalist | St George Electoral district of St George St George was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1894 with the abolition of multi-member districts, from part of Canterbury and named after the St George district... |
1925-1927 |
Richard Ball | Nationalist | Murray Electoral district of Murray (New South Wales) Murray was an electoral district in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was a single-member electorate from 1859 to 1920, but from 1920 to 1927 it was merged with Albury, Corowa and Wagga Wagga to create a three-member electorate, voting by proportional representation. It was recreated as a... |
1895-1898, 1904-1937 |
Henry Bate Henry Bate (Australian politician) Henry John Bate was an Australian politician.Born at Tilba Tilba to farmer Richard Mossop Bate and Henrietta Higman, he was educated at Newington College , Sydney Technical and Hawkesbury Agricultural Colleges before becoming a farmer... |
Nationalist | Goulburn Electoral district of Goulburn Goulburn is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Pru Goward of the Liberal Party of Australia.... |
1926–1941 |
Thomas Bavin | Nationalist | Ryde Electoral district of Ryde Ryde is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It includes the suburbs and localities of Denistone, Denistone East, Denistone West, Macquarie Park, Marsfield, Meadowbank, Melrose Park, Ryde, North Ryde, West Ryde; and part of Eastwood.It is... |
1917–1935 |
Walter Bennett | Nationalist | Maitland Electoral district of Maitland Maitland is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Robyn Parker of the Liberal Party of Australia.... |
1889-1902, 1917-1934 |
Edmund Best | Nationalist | Murrumbidgee Electoral district of Murrumbidgee Murrumbidgee is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after the Murrumbidgee River. It is represented by Adrian Piccoli of the National Party of Australia.... |
1925–1930 |
John Birt | Labor | Sydney Electoral district of Sydney Sydney is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales in Inner Sydney. It includes the commercial centre of the Sydney CBD; the suburbs and localities of Barangaroo, Broadway, Chinatown, Chippendale, Darling Harbour, Dawes Point, Elizabeth Bay,... |
1919-1925 |
George Booth George Booth (Australian politician) George Booth was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.Booth was born in Bolton, England. He worked part time as a coal miner at eleven and attended classes by Philip Snowden and became interested in the Labour Movement... |
Labor | Newcastle Electoral district of Newcastle Newcastle is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales named after and including Newcastle. It is represented by Tim Owen of the Liberal Party of Australia.-History:... |
1925–1960 |
Albert Bruntnell Albert Bruntnell Albert Bruntnell was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1906 until his death and held a number of ministerial positions in the Government of New South Wales... |
Nationalist | Parramatta Electoral district of Parramatta Parramatta is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently held by Geoff Lee of the Liberal Party of Australia.... |
1906-1907, 1910-1913, 1919-1929 |
Hon Michael Bruxner Michael Bruxner Lieutenant Colonel Sir Michael Frederick Bruxner KBE, DSO, JP was an Australian politician and soldier, serving for many years as Leader of the Country Party and its predecessors... |
Progressive Progressive Party (1920) The Progressive Party was a New South Wales political party that operated between 1920 and 1927, achieving representation in the Legislative Assembly due to proportional representation. The party attracted support from conservative voters in both rural and urban NSW. As a result, its policies were... |
Northern Tablelands Electoral district of Northern Tablelands Northern Tablelands is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently represented by independent member Richard Torbay.... |
1920–1962 |
Frank Burke | Labor | Botany Electoral district of Botany Botany was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1894, partly replacing Redfern, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Botany... |
1917–1944 |
Michael Burke | Labor | Sydney Electoral district of Sydney Sydney is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales in Inner Sydney. It includes the commercial centre of the Sydney CBD; the suburbs and localities of Barangaroo, Broadway, Chinatown, Chippendale, Darling Harbour, Dawes Point, Elizabeth Bay,... |
1917–1922, 1925-1930 |
Ernest Buttenshaw Ernest Buttenshaw Ernest Albert Buttenshaw was an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1917 until 1932. He was a member of the Nationalist Party of Australia until 1920, when he helped to establish the Progressive Party. After 1925 he was a member of its successor, the... |
Progressive | Murrumbidgee Electoral district of Murrumbidgee Murrumbidgee is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after the Murrumbidgee River. It is represented by Adrian Piccoli of the National Party of Australia.... |
1917–1938 |
Joseph Cahill Joseph Cahill John Joseph Cahill was Premier of New South Wales in Australia from 1952 to 1959. He is best remembered as the Premier who approved construction on the Sydney Opera House, and for his work increasing the authority of local government in the state.-Early years:Joe Cahill, as he was popularly known,... |
Labor | St George Electoral district of St George St George was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1894 with the abolition of multi-member districts, from part of Canterbury and named after the St George district... |
1925-1932, 1935–1959 |
William Cameron | Nationalist | Maitland Electoral district of Maitland Maitland is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Robyn Parker of the Liberal Party of Australia.... |
1918–1931 |
George Cann George Cann George Cann was an Australian miner and politician in the Parliaments of Australia and New South Wales.Cann was born at Shankhouse, Cramlington, Northumberland, England, educated at Cramlington National School and became a coalminer at eleven. He married Catherine Roberts in 1890 and they had one... |
Labor | St George Electoral district of St George St George was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1894 with the abolition of multi-member districts, from part of Canterbury and named after the St George district... |
1914-1927 |
Frank Chaffey | Nationalist | Namoi Electoral district of Namoi The Namoi was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1880 and named after the Namoi River. It elected two members between 1891 and 1894. In 1894 it was abolished and partly replaced by Narrabri... |
1913–1940 |
Joseph Clark | Labor | Wammerawa Electoral district of Wammerawa Wammerawa was a former electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales, created in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and named after an alternative name for the Macquarie River. It mainly replaced Mudgee, Castlereagh and Liverpool... |
1920-1927, 1930-1932 |
Hugh Connell Hugh Connell Hugh John Connell DSO, MC & Bar was an Australian politician and soldier.-Early life:Connell was born in the Sydney suburb of Woollahra, New South Wales and educated at Woollahra and Paddington public schools, Fort Street High School and at a teachers' training college... |
Labor | Newcastle Electoral district of Newcastle Newcastle is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales named after and including Newcastle. It is represented by Tim Owen of the Liberal Party of Australia.-History:... |
1920–1934 |
Mat Davidson | Labor | Sturt | 1918–1949 |
Billy Davies | Labor | Wollondilly Electoral district of Wollondilly Wollondilly is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently held by Jai Rowell of the Liberal Party of Australia.... |
1917–1949 |
Brian Doe Brian Doe Brian James Doe was an Australian politician.Doe was born in Portland, Victoria, and educated at Warrnambool and moved to Mount Gambier, South Australia when he was eleven. He worked as a blacksmith and a railway porter at Port Broughton from 1888 until 1899. He married Hannah Fairbank in about... |
Nationalist | Sturt | 1917-1927 |
James Dooley James Dooley (Australian politician) James Thomas Dooley served twice, briefly, as Premier of New South Wales during the early 1920s.-Early years:... |
Labor | Bathurst | 1907-1927 |
Hon David Drummond | Progressive | Northern Tablelands Electoral district of Northern Tablelands Northern Tablelands is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently represented by independent member Richard Torbay.... |
1920–1949 |
Hon Bill Dunn Bill Dunn (Australian politician) William Fraser Dunn was an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1910 until 1950. He was a member of the ALP.-Early life:... |
Labor | Wammerawa Electoral district of Wammerawa Wammerawa was a former electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales, created in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and named after an alternative name for the Macquarie River. It mainly replaced Mudgee, Castlereagh and Liverpool... |
1910–1911, 1911–1932, 1935–1950 |
Bill Ely Bill Ely William Thomas Ely was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1920 to 1922 and 1925 to 1932, representing the electorates of Parramatta and Granville... |
Labor | Parramatta Electoral district of Parramatta Parramatta is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently held by Geoff Lee of the Liberal Party of Australia.... |
1920–1922, 1925–1932 |
H. V. Evatt H. V. Evatt Herbert Vere Evatt, QC KStJ , was an Australian jurist, politician and writer. He was President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1948–49 and helped draft the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights... |
Labor | Balmain Electoral district of Balmain Balmain is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's Inner West. It includes the suburbs and localities of Annandale, Balmain, Balmain East, Birchgrove, Forest Lodge, Glebe, Glebe Island, Haberfield, Leichhardt, Lilyfield, Rozelle,... |
1925–1930 |
William Fell | Independent Nationalist | North Shore Electoral district of North Shore North Shore is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Jillian Skinner of the Liberal Party of Australia.-History:... |
1922-1927 |
Joseph Fitzgerald | Labor | Oxley | 1920-1927, 1930-1932 |
John Fitzpatrick John Fitzpatrick (New South Wales politician) John Charles Lucas Fitzpatrick was an Australian politician and journalist.Fitzpatrick was born in Moama in the Riverina region of New South Wales, but his family moved to Windsor in 1869. He was educated at a catholic school and he was apprenticed to the former Australian newspaper's Windsor... |
Nationalist | Bathurst | 1895-1904, 1907-1930 |
William FitzSimons | Nationalist | Cumberland | 1922–1926 |
Martin Flannery | Labor | Murrumbidgee Electoral district of Murrumbidgee Murrumbidgee is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after the Murrumbidgee River. It is represented by Adrian Piccoli of the National Party of Australia.... |
1920–1932 |
William Foster | Nationalist | Eastern Suburbs | 1925–1936 |
George Fuller George Fuller (Australian politician) Sir George Warburton Fuller KCMG was Premier of New South Wales, Australia on two occasions during the 1920s. His first term of office lasted less than one day ; his second lasted from 13 April 1922 to 17 June 1925.-Early life:Fuller was born in Kiama, New South Wales and was educated at Kiama... |
Nationalist | Wollondilly Electoral district of Wollondilly Wollondilly is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently held by Jai Rowell of the Liberal Party of Australia.... |
1889-1894, 1915-1928 |
Robert Gillies | Labor/Independent | Byron Electoral district of Byron Byron was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales created in 1913, replacing Rous, and named after Cape Byron. With the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, Byron absorbed Lismore and Clarence and elected three members... |
1925–1927 |
Vern Goodin | Labor/Independent | Murray Electoral district of Murray (New South Wales) Murray was an electoral district in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was a single-member electorate from 1859 to 1920, but from 1920 to 1927 it was merged with Albury, Corowa and Wagga Wagga to create a three-member electorate, voting by proportional representation. It was recreated as a... |
1925-1927 |
Mark Gosling Mark Gosling Mark Gosling was an English Australian painter, building contractor and Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the districts of St George , Oatley and Kogarah... |
Labor | St George Electoral district of St George St George was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1894 with the abolition of multi-member districts, from part of Canterbury and named after the St George district... |
1920–1932 |
Robert Greig Robert Greig (politician) Robert Greig was an Australian politician for the Labour party. He represented the Electoral district of Drummoyne 1941—1947. He served alongside Thomas Bavin in the Electoral district of Ryde 1920-27.-References:... |
Labor | Ryde Electoral district of Ryde Ryde is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It includes the suburbs and localities of Denistone, Denistone East, Denistone West, Macquarie Park, Marsfield, Meadowbank, Melrose Park, Ryde, North Ryde, West Ryde; and part of Eastwood.It is... |
1920–1927, 1941-1947 |
Thomas Henley Thomas Henley Sir Thomas Henley KBE was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.-Early years:... |
Nationalist | Ryde Electoral district of Ryde Ryde is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It includes the suburbs and localities of Denistone, Denistone East, Denistone West, Macquarie Park, Marsfield, Meadowbank, Melrose Park, Ryde, North Ryde, West Ryde; and part of Eastwood.It is... |
1904–1935 |
Theodore Hill | Nationalist | Oxley | 1920-1927 |
Ken Hoad Ken Hoad Kenneth Oswald Hoad was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1925 to 1932, representing the electorate of Cootamundra.... |
Labor | Cootamundra Electoral district of Cootamundra Cootamundra was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1904 to 1941, in the Cootamundra area. It elected one member between 1904 and 1920 and between 1927 and 1941. In 1920, it absorbed Burrangong and Yass and elected three members under... |
1925–1932 |
William Holdsworth | Labor | Sydney Electoral district of Sydney Sydney is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales in Inner Sydney. It includes the commercial centre of the Sydney CBD; the suburbs and localities of Barangaroo, Broadway, Chinatown, Chippendale, Darling Harbour, Dawes Point, Elizabeth Bay,... |
1925-1927 |
Ted Horsington | Labor | Sturt | 1922–1947 |
Tom Hoskins | Nationalist | Western Suburbs Electoral district of Western Suburbs Western Suburbs was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's inner western suburbs. It was created as a five-member electorate with the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, replacing Ashfield, Dulwich Hill, Leichhardt,... |
1913-1927 |
Joseph Jackson Joseph Jackson (Australian politician) Joseph Jackson was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1922 until 1956... |
Nationalist | Sydney Electoral district of Sydney Sydney is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales in Inner Sydney. It includes the commercial centre of the Sydney CBD; the suburbs and localities of Barangaroo, Broadway, Chinatown, Chippendale, Darling Harbour, Dawes Point, Elizabeth Bay,... |
1922–1956 |
Harold Jacques | Nationalist | Eastern Suburbs | 1920–1930 |
Milton Jarvie | Nationalist | Western Suburbs Electoral district of Western Suburbs Western Suburbs was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's inner western suburbs. It was created as a five-member electorate with the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, replacing Ashfield, Dulwich Hill, Leichhardt,... |
1925–1929, 1929–1935 |
Alick Kay Alick Kay Alick Dudley Kay was an Australian politician and Domain orator. He is described by the Australian Dictionary of Biography as a "harmless ratbag".... |
Independent | North Shore Electoral district of North Shore North Shore is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Jillian Skinner of the Liberal Party of Australia.-History:... |
1925-1926 |
Tom Keegan Tom Keegan (Australian politician) Thomas Michael "Tom" Keegan was an Australian politician.Born in Ararat to miner John Walter Keegan and Mary Flood, he attended primary schools before becoming a miner at Wyalong. Active in the miners' union and the Australian Labor Party, he moved to Sydney around 1901... |
Labor | Balmain Electoral district of Balmain Balmain is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's Inner West. It includes the suburbs and localities of Annandale, Balmain, Balmain East, Birchgrove, Forest Lodge, Glebe, Glebe Island, Haberfield, Leichhardt, Lilyfield, Rozelle,... |
1910–1920, 1921-1935 |
Gus Kelly Gus Kelly (politician) Christopher Augustus "Gus" Kelly was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1925 to 1932 and again from 1935 until his death in 1967, representing the electorate of Bathurst... |
Labor | Bathurst | 1925–1932, 1935-1967 |
Matthew Kilpatrick | Progressive | Murray Electoral district of Murray (New South Wales) Murray was an electoral district in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was a single-member electorate from 1859 to 1920, but from 1920 to 1927 it was merged with Albury, Corowa and Wagga Wagga to create a three-member electorate, voting by proportional representation. It was recreated as a... |
1920–1941 |
Albert Lane Albert Lane (Australian politician) Albert Lane was an Australian politician. He was born in Windsor, New South Wales, and studied at public schools. He became an accountant and business manager. In 1917 he contested the federal election as the unsuccessful Nationalist candidate for the safe Labor seat of Dalley... |
Nationalist | Balmain Electoral district of Balmain Balmain is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's Inner West. It includes the suburbs and localities of Annandale, Balmain, Balmain East, Birchgrove, Forest Lodge, Glebe, Glebe Island, Haberfield, Leichhardt, Lilyfield, Rozelle,... |
1922-1927 |
Jack Lang Jack Lang (Australian politician) John Thomas Lang , usually referred to as J.T. Lang during his career, and familiarly known as "Jack" and nicknamed "The Big Fella" was an Australian politician who was Premier of New South Wales for two terms... |
Labor | Parramatta Electoral district of Parramatta Parramatta is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently held by Geoff Lee of the Liberal Party of Australia.... |
1913–1943, 1943–1946 |
Hon Carlo Lazzarini Carlo Lazzarini Carlo Camillo Lazzarini , also known as Charlie Lazzarini, was an Australian politician affiliated with the Australian Labor Party... |
Labor | Western Suburbs Electoral district of Western Suburbs Western Suburbs was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's inner western suburbs. It was created as a five-member electorate with the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, replacing Ashfield, Dulwich Hill, Leichhardt,... |
1917–1952 |
Hon John Lee John Lee (Australian politician) John Robert Lee was an Australian politician.Born at Hedley Hill, Lanchester, Durham, to coalminer James Lee and Jessie Watson, he was educated at public schools in Leadgate and Durham before attending Cliff College in Sheffield... |
Nationalist | Botany Electoral district of Botany Botany was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1894, partly replacing Redfern, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Botany... |
1920-1930, 1932-1941 |
Hon Daniel Levy | Nationalist | Sydney Electoral district of Sydney Sydney is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales in Inner Sydney. It includes the commercial centre of the Sydney CBD; the suburbs and localities of Barangaroo, Broadway, Chinatown, Chippendale, Darling Harbour, Dawes Point, Elizabeth Bay,... |
1901–1937 |
Hon Thomas Ley | Nationalist | St George Electoral district of St George St George was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1894 with the abolition of multi-member districts, from part of Canterbury and named after the St George district... |
1917-1925 |
Peter Loughlin | Labor/Independent | Cootamundra Electoral district of Cootamundra Cootamundra was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1904 to 1941, in the Cootamundra area. It elected one member between 1904 and 1920 and between 1927 and 1941. In 1920, it absorbed Burrangong and Yass and elected three members under... |
1917–1927, 1932–1935 |
Andrew Lysaght, junior Andrew Lysaght, junior Andrew Augustus Lysaght was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1925 until 1933, representing the electorate of Bulli... |
Labor | Wollondilly Electoral district of Wollondilly Wollondilly is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently held by Jai Rowell of the Liberal Party of Australia.... |
1925–1933 |
Hugh Main Hugh Main Hugh Main was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1920 until 1938, representing the electorates of Cootamundra and Temora... |
Progressive | Cootamundra Electoral district of Cootamundra Cootamundra was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1904 to 1941, in the Cootamundra area. It elected one member between 1904 and 1920 and between 1927 and 1941. In 1920, it absorbed Burrangong and Yass and elected three members under... |
1922–1938 |
Alfred McClelland Alfred McClelland Alfred McClelland was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1920 until 1927, representing Northern Tablelands, and from 1930 to 1932, representing Dubbo... |
Labor | Northern Tablelands Electoral district of Northern Tablelands Northern Tablelands is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently represented by independent member Richard Torbay.... |
1920-1927, 1930–1932 |
James McGirr James McGirr James McGirr was the Labor Premier of New South Wales from 6 February 1947 to 3 April 1952.A Catholic, McGirr was the seventh son of John Patrick McGirr, farmer and Irish immigrant, and Mary McGirr, whose maiden name was O'Sullivan. Born in Parkes, New South Wales, he grew up on a dairy farm near... |
Labor | Cumberland | 1922–1952 |
Hon William McKell William McKell Sir William John McKell GCMG , Australian politician, was Premier of New South Wales from 1941 to 1947, and was the 12th Governor-General of Australia. He was also the oldest Governor General of Australia, at 93 when he died.... |
Labor | Botany Electoral district of Botany Botany was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1894, partly replacing Redfern, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Botany... |
1917–1947 |
Edward McTiernan Edward McTiernan Sir Edward Aloysius McTiernan, KBE , was an Australian jurist, lawyer and politician. He served as an Australian Labor Party member of both the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and federal House of Representatives before being appointed to the High Court of Australia in 1930... |
Labor | Western Suburbs Electoral district of Western Suburbs Western Suburbs was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's inner western suburbs. It was created as a five-member electorate with the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, replacing Ashfield, Dulwich Hill, Leichhardt,... |
1920-1927 |
Patrick Minahan | Labor | Sydney Electoral district of Sydney Sydney is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales in Inner Sydney. It includes the commercial centre of the Sydney CBD; the suburbs and localities of Barangaroo, Broadway, Chinatown, Chippendale, Darling Harbour, Dawes Point, Elizabeth Bay,... |
1910-1917, 1925-1927 |
William Missingham | Progressive | Byron Electoral district of Byron Byron was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales created in 1913, replacing Rous, and named after Cape Byron. With the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, Byron absorbed Lismore and Clarence and elected three members... |
1922–1933 |
Cecil Murphy Cecil Murphy Cecil Horace Murphy was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.... |
Labor | North Shore Electoral district of North Shore North Shore is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Jillian Skinner of the Liberal Party of Australia.-History:... |
1920-1927 |
David Murray David Murray (Australian politician) David Murray was an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1921 until his death in 1928. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party .... |
Labor | Newcastle Electoral district of Newcastle Newcastle is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales named after and including Newcastle. It is represented by Tim Owen of the Liberal Party of Australia.-History:... |
1921–1928 |
Thomas Mutch Thomas Mutch Thomas Davies Mutch was an Australian politician.Born in London to busdriver William Murdoch Mutch and Sarah Davies, he arrived in New South Wales in 1887 and was educated at Double Bay Public School... |
Labor | Botany Electoral district of Botany Botany was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1894, partly replacing Redfern, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Botany... |
1917-1930, 1938-1941 |
John Ness | Nationalist | Western Suburbs Electoral district of Western Suburbs Western Suburbs was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's inner western suburbs. It was created as a five-member electorate with the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, replacing Ashfield, Dulwich Hill, Leichhardt,... |
1922–1930, 1932-1938 |
Walter O'Hearn Walter O'Hearn Walter Finlay O’Hearn was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.... |
Labor | Maitland Electoral district of Maitland Maitland is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Robyn Parker of the Liberal Party of Australia.... |
1920–1932 |
Robert O'Halloran Robert O'Halloran Robert "Bob" Emmet O'Halloran was an Australian politician. He was an Labor Party Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly spanning 27 years, representing Eastern Suburbs between 1920 to 1927 and Orange between 1941 and 1947.-Early years:O'Halloran was born in Euchareena, New South Wales... |
Labor | Eastern Suburbs | 1920–1927, 1941-1947 |
John Perkins John Perkins (Australian politician) John Arthur Perkins was an Australian politician and journalist.Perkins was born at Gocup near Tumut, New South Wales and educated at public schools in Tumut and Cooma. He was a member of the Cooma Municipal Council from 1902 to 1909 and mayor in 1904 and 1908... |
Nationalist | Goulburn Electoral district of Goulburn Goulburn is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Pru Goward of the Liberal Party of Australia.... |
1921-1926 |
Millicent Preston-Stanley Millicent Preston-Stanley Millicent Preston-Stanley was an Australian feminist, politician and the first female member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and the second woman to enter government in Australia.Preston-Stanley was born in Sydney... |
Nationalist | Eastern Suburbs | 1925–1927 |
John Quirk | Labor | Balmain Electoral district of Balmain Balmain is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's Inner West. It includes the suburbs and localities of Annandale, Balmain, Balmain East, Birchgrove, Forest Lodge, Glebe, Glebe Island, Haberfield, Leichhardt, Lilyfield, Rozelle,... |
1917–1938 |
Bill Ratcliffe Bill Ratcliffe Wilfred Joseph "Bill" Ratcliffe was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1922 until 1932, representing the districts of Botany , Alexandria and Barwon... |
Labor | Botany Electoral district of Botany Botany was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1894, partly replacing Redfern, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Botany... |
1922–1932 |
Alfred Reid | Nationalist | North Shore Electoral district of North Shore North Shore is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Jillian Skinner of the Liberal Party of Australia.-History:... |
1920–1922, 1925–1945 |
Edward Sanders | Nationalist | Ryde Electoral district of Ryde Ryde is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It includes the suburbs and localities of Denistone, Denistone East, Denistone West, Macquarie Park, Marsfield, Meadowbank, Melrose Park, Ryde, North Ryde, West Ryde; and part of Eastwood.It is... |
1925–1943 |
William Scully | Labor | Namoi Electoral district of Namoi The Namoi was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1880 and named after the Namoi River. It elected two members between 1891 and 1894. In 1894 it was abolished and partly replaced by Narrabri... |
1923–1932 |
James Shand | Nationalist | Cumberland | 1926–1944 |
Walter Skelton Walter Skelton Walter Peden Joyce Skelton MBE was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.... |
Protestant Labor Protestant Labor Party The Protestant Labor Party was a minor Australian political party that operated mainly in New South Wales and Queensland in the 1920s and 1930s. It was formed by Independent MP Walter Skelton, member for Newcastle in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1922–27... |
Newcastle Electoral district of Newcastle Newcastle is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales named after and including Newcastle. It is represented by Tim Owen of the Liberal Party of Australia.-History:... |
1922–1927 |
Paddy Stokes | Labor | Goulburn Electoral district of Goulburn Goulburn is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Pru Goward of the Liberal Party of Australia.... |
1925–1927 |
Frederick Stuart | Progressive | Byron Electoral district of Byron Byron was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales created in 1913, replacing Rous, and named after Cape Byron. With the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, Byron absorbed Lismore and Clarence and elected three members... |
1925–1927 |
Robert Stuart-Robertson Robert Stuart-Robertson Robert James STUART-ROBERTSON was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1907 until his death and was the Minister for Health for 4 months in 1927... |
Labor | Balmain Electoral district of Balmain Balmain is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's Inner West. It includes the suburbs and localities of Annandale, Balmain, Balmain East, Birchgrove, Forest Lodge, Glebe, Glebe Island, Haberfield, Leichhardt, Lilyfield, Rozelle,... |
1907–1933 |
Harold Thorby Harold Thorby Harold Victor Campbell Thorby was an Australian politician and government minister.-Early life:Thorby was born in the Sydney suburb of Annandale and was educated at Geurie Public School and Sydney Grammar School and worked on his grandparents' farm at Geurie. He studied woolclassing, veterinary... |
Progressive | Wammerawa Electoral district of Wammerawa Wammerawa was a former electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales, created in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and named after an alternative name for the Macquarie River. It mainly replaced Mudgee, Castlereagh and Liverpool... |
1922–1930 |
Arthur Tonge Arthur Tonge Arthut Tonge was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1926 and 1932 and from 1935 to 1962... |
Labor | North Shore Electoral district of North Shore North Shore is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Jillian Skinner of the Liberal Party of Australia.-History:... |
1926-1932, 1935-1962 |
Jack Tully Jack Tully John Moran "Jack" Tully was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1925 to 1932 and from 1935 to 1946.... |
Labor | Goulburn Electoral district of Goulburn Goulburn is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Pru Goward of the Liberal Party of Australia.... |
1925–1932, 1935-1946 |
Hon Roy Vincent Roy Vincent Roy Vincent was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1922 until 1953. He was a member of the "True Blue" faction of the Progressive Party until it became the Country Party in 1927. He was the party's Deputy Leader and Whip between 1950 and 1953... |
Progressive | Oxley | 1922–1953 |
Bruce Walker | Nationalist | Cumberland | 1917–1932 |
Walter Wearne Walter Wearne Walter Wearne was an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1917 until 1930. He was initially elected as an Independent but subsequently formed the Progressive Party of which he was the leader until it split into urban and rural wings in 1921... |
Nationalist | Namoi Electoral district of Namoi The Namoi was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1880 and named after the Namoi River. It elected two members between 1891 and 1894. In 1894 it was abolished and partly replaced by Narrabri... |
1917–1930 |
- 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.
- 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.
- Sydney Labor MLA John Birt died on 21 June 1925. He was replaced by Patrick Minahan on 24 June.
- St George Nationalist MLA Thomas Ley resigned in September 1925 to successfully contest the seat of BartonDivision of BartonThe Division of Barton is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1922 and is named for Sir Edmund Barton, the first Prime Minister of Australia...
at the 1925 federal electionAustralian federal election, 1925Federal elections were held in Australia on 14 November 1925. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives, and 22 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election...
. He was replaced by William Bagnall on 30 September. - Goulburn Nationalist MLA John PerkinsJohn Perkins (Australian politician)John Arthur Perkins was an Australian politician and journalist.Perkins was born at Gocup near Tumut, New South Wales and educated at public schools in Tumut and Cooma. He was a member of the Cooma Municipal Council from 1902 to 1909 and mayor in 1904 and 1908...
resigned in January 1926 to successfully contest a by-election for the federal seat of Eden-MonaroDivision of Eden-MonaroThe Division of Eden-Monaro is anAustralian Electoral Division in New South Wales.The division was created in 1900, and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for the town of Eden and the Monaro district of southern New South Wales...
. He was replaced by Henry BateHenry Bate (Australian politician)Henry John Bate was an Australian politician.Born at Tilba Tilba to farmer Richard Mossop Bate and Henrietta Higman, he was educated at Newington College , Sydney Technical and Hawkesbury Agricultural Colleges before becoming a farmer...
on 21 January. - Cumberland Nationalist MLA William FitzSimons died on 20 March 1926. He was replaced by James Shand on 22 September.
- North Shore Independent MLA Alick KayAlick KayAlick Dudley Kay was an Australian politician and Domain orator. He is described by the Australian Dictionary of Biography as a "harmless ratbag"....
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 TongeArthur TongeArthut Tonge was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1926 and 1932 and from 1935 to 1962...
, as the replacement member on 22 September.
See also
- New South Wales state election, 1925New South Wales state election, 1925The 1925 New South Wales state election was held on 30 May 1925. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 27th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in multiple member constituencies with compulsory preferential single transferable vote usit the Hare Clark system)...
- Premier: Jack LangJack Lang (Australian politician)John Thomas Lang , usually referred to as J.T. Lang during his career, and familiarly known as "Jack" and nicknamed "The Big Fella" was an Australian politician who was Premier of New South Wales for two terms...
(LaborAustralian Labor PartyThe Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
) (1925-1927, 1930-1932) - Speaker: James DooleyJames Dooley (Australian politician)James Thomas Dooley served twice, briefly, as Premier of New South Wales during the early 1920s.-Early years:...
(LaborAustralian Labor PartyThe Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
) (1925-1927)