Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1973–1976

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council
New South Wales Legislative Council
The New South Wales Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is referred to as the lower house and the Council as...

from 1973 to 1976. At this time the Council was not directly elected, but was chosen by members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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...

at triennial elections.

Name	Party	Years in office
Kath Anderson Kath Anderson Kathleen Harris "Kath" Anderson AM, née Hough was an Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1981...	ALP 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...	1973–1981
Evelyn Barron Evelyn Barron Evelyn Barron, née Bock , an Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1963 to 1976 representing the Labor Party....	ALP	1963–1976
Fred Bowen	ALP	1966–1976
Hon Roger de Bryon-Faes Roger de Bryon-Faes Roger August Alfred Faes de Bryon-Faes was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1961 until 1981....	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	1961–1981
Hon Sir Harry Budd	Country National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1946–1978
Cyril Cahill	Independent Labor Independent Labor Group The Independent Labor Group was a minor Australian political grouping in the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1959 to 1977. The group emerged when a number of Labor Party MLCs were expelled from the party for voting against the abolition of the Legislative Council, which was then party...	1949–1977
Hon Frank Calabro Frank Calabro Francesco "Frank" Calabro, AM was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1970 to 1988...	Liberal	1970–1988
Joseph Calcraft	Independent	1973–1976
Hon Leo Connellan Leo Connellan (politician) Leo Paul Connellan was an Australian politician. He was a Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1969 to 1981....	Country	1969–1970, 1970–1981
William Coulter	ALP	1947–1978
Margaret Davis Margaret Davis Margaret Alayne Elizabeth Davis, née Alexander is a former Australian politician. She was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1967 to 1978....	Liberal	1967–1978
John Ducker	ALP	1972–1979
Hon Fred Duncan Fred Duncan Frederick Norman "Fred" Duncan was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1972 to 1984....	Liberal	1972–1984
Thomas Erskine	Liberal	1970–1978
Stanley Eskell	Liberal	1958–1978
Dick Evans	Liberal	1969–1978
Otway Falkiner	Country	1946–1978
Hon Dr Derek Freeman Derek Freeman (politician) Derek David Freeman is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1981 and from 1981 to 1984.Freeman was born in Sydney...	Liberal	1973–1981, 1981–1984
Hon Barney French Barney French Henry Bernard "Barney" French was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1991....	ALP	1973–1991
John Fuller John Fuller (Australian politician) Sir John Bryan Munro Fuller was an Australian politician, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for the Country Party from 1961 to 1978.-Early years:...	Country	1961–1978
John Gardiner ³	Independent	1960–1974
Walter Geraghty Walter Geraghty Walter James Geraghty was an Australian politician.Born at Hunters Hill to builder Martin Joseph Geraghty and Lilian Frederika Roberts, he attended school locally and became an audit clerk and accountant, although he lost his job during the Great Depression. He married Grace Elsie Degan, with whom...	ALP	1961–1978
Thomas Gleeson ⁵	Independent Labor	1946–1975
Trevor Gordon	ALP	1964–1976
Hon Jack Hallam Jack Hallam (politician) Jack Rowland Hallam is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1991....	ALP	1973–1991
Clive Healey Clive Healey Clive Healey was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1970 to 1988....	ALP	1970–1988
Frederick Hewitt	Liberal	1955–1976
Hon John Holt John Holt (Australian politician) Walter John Holt QC is a former Australian politician and judge. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1972 to 1984, and was Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Upper House from 1976 to 1977....	Liberal	1972–1984
Ted Humphries	Liberal	1972–1978
Sir Asher Joel Asher Joel Sir Asher Alexander Joel KBE, AO was an Australian public figure and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for 20 years...	Country	1958–1978
Geoffrey Keighley Geoffrey Keighley William Geoffrey Keighley OAM was an English barrister, businessman, first-class cricketer, farmer, grazier and legislator....	Country	1965–1978
Hon Bill Kennedy Bill Kennedy (politician) James William "Bill" Kennedy was an Australian politician. He was a Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1971 to 1984....	Country	1971–1984
Paul Landa Paul Landa David Paul Landa, QC was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1984, and the member for Peats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1984...	ALP	1973–1984
Hon Lloyd Lange Lloyd Lange William Lloyd Lange is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1974 to 1986, serving as Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council from 1981 to 1984, and as Opposition Spokesman for Minerals and Energy and Deputy Leader of... ²	Liberal	1974–1986
Violet Lloyd Violet Lloyd Florence Violet Lloyd OBE is a former Australian politician. She was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1981....	Liberal	1973–1981
Hon Toby MacDiarmid Toby MacDiarmid Finlay Melrose "Toby" MacDiarmid OBE was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1988, serving as a member of the National Party until 1985 and thereafter as an Independent.MacDiarmid was born in Queanbeyan, and was educated at Sydney... ¹	Country	1973–1988
Richmond Manyweathers Richmond Manyweathers Richmond William Manyweathers OBE was an Australian politician. He was a Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing the electorate of Casino from 1964 to 1968...	Country	1968–1978
Ralph Marsh	ALP	1962–1976
Thomas McKay	Liberal	1966–1978
Peter McMahon Peter McMahon (politician) Peter McMahon AM is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1981.McMahon was born in Wagga Wagga to Otho Thomas McMahon and Ida Bramsdore...	ALP	1973–1981
Hon Herb McPherson Herb McPherson Herbert John "Herb" McPherson was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1964 to 1981, and was Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Council from 1972 to 1973....	ALP	1964–1981
Robert Melville Robert Melville (politician) Robert Gavin Melville was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1981....	ALP	1973–1981
Doug Moppett Doug Moppett Douglas Frederick "Doug" Moppett is a former Australian politician. He was a Country Party, later National Party, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1976 to 1978 and again from 1991 up until 2002... ⁵	Country	1976–1978, 1991–2002
William Murray	ALP	1952–1976
Lindsay North Lindsay North Lindsay Annan North was an Australian politician.Born in Cooktown in Queensland to bank manager Charles Roger North and Florence Victoria Lindsay, he was educated in Brisbane, Toowoomba and Bribie Island before becoming a wool classer and shop assistant. On 30 April 1938 he married Dorothy Morris,...	ALP	1964–1976
Clyde Packer Clyde Packer Robert Clyde Packer , usually known as "Clyde", was the son of Australian newspaper magnate Frank Packer and the elder brother of media baron Kerry Packer...	Liberal	1964–1976
Frederick Pratten Frederick Pratten Frederick Graham Pratten was an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he attended North Sydney Grammar School and the University of Sydney, and served in World War I 1917-18. He then became the managing director of the family companies...	Liberal	1937–1976
Anne Press	Liberal	1959–1978
Bernard Riley ²	Liberal	1968–1973
Edna Roper	ALP	1958–1978
Bob Rowland Smith Bob Rowland Smith Robert Baron Rowland "Bob" Smith is a former Australian politician. He was a National Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1974 until 1999.... ⁴	Country	1974–1999
Amelia Rygate	ALP	1961–1978
Walter Scott Walter Scott (Australian politician) Walter Robert Scott is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1974 to 1978.... ³	Liberal	1974–1978
Leroy Serisier Leroy Serisier Leroy Dudley Serisier is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1970 to 1978, and served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Council from 1973 to 1976....	ALP	1970–1978
Hon Adrian Solomons Adrian Solomons Sir Louis Adrian Solomons was an Australian politician. He was a Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1969 to 1991....	Country	1969–1991
Harry Sullivan	Independent/Country	1970–1977
Hon Norman Thom	ALP	1950–1978
Hon Joe Thompson Joe Thompson (Australian politician) Joe Slater Thompson AM was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1974 to 1988.... ²	ALP	1974–1988
Eben Vickery ⁴	Country	1967–1974
Sir Edward Warren	Liberal	1955–1978
Hon Max Willis Max Willis Max Frederick Willis RFD, ED, CSI, is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1970 to 1999. His brother Sir Eric Willis was briefly Premier of New South Wales in 1976....	Liberal	1970–1999
Neville Wran Neville Wran Neville Kenneth Wran, AC, CNZM, QC was the Premier of New South Wales from 1976 until 1986. He was National President of the Australian Labor Party from 1980 to 1986 and Chairman of both the Lionel Murphy Foundation and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation from 1986... ²	ALP	1970–1973
Ernest Wright ¹	ALP	1943–1973

¹ ALP MLC Ernest Wright resigned on 16 April 1973. Country candidate Toby MacDiarmid

Toby MacDiarmid

Finlay Melrose "Toby" MacDiarmid OBE was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1988, serving as a member of the National Party until 1985 and thereafter as an Independent.MacDiarmid was born in Queanbeyan, and was educated at Sydney...

was elected as his replacement on 17 August 1973.

² Liberal MLC Bernard Riley and ALP MLC Neville Wran

Neville Wran

Neville Kenneth Wran, AC, CNZM, QC was the Premier of New South Wales from 1976 until 1986. He was National President of the Australian Labor Party from 1980 to 1986 and Chairman of both the Lionel Murphy Foundation and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation from 1986...

resigned on 19 October 1973. Liberal candidate Lloyd Lange

Lloyd Lange

William Lloyd Lange is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1974 to 1986, serving as Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council from 1981 to 1984, and as Opposition Spokesman for Minerals and Energy and Deputy Leader of...

and ALP candidate Joe Thompson

Joe Thompson (Australian politician)

Joe Slater Thompson AM was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1974 to 1988....

were elected as their replacements on 6 March 1974.

³ Independent MLC John Gardiner died on 8 April 1974. Liberal candidate Walter Scott

Walter Scott (Australian politician)

Walter Robert Scott is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1974 to 1978....

was elected as his replacement on 15 August 1974.

⁴ Country MLC Eben Vickery died on 26 August 1974. Country candidate Bob Rowland Smith

Bob Rowland Smith

Robert Baron Rowland "Bob" Smith is a former Australian politician. He was a National Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1974 until 1999....

was elected as his replacement on 26 September 1974.

⁵ Independent Labor MLC Thomas Gleeson died on 25 November 1975. Country candidate Doug Moppett

Doug Moppett

Douglas Frederick "Doug" Moppett is a former Australian politician. He was a Country Party, later National Party, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1976 to 1978 and again from 1991 up until 2002...

was elected as his replacement on 3 March 1976.

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