Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1959–1962
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This is a list of 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...

from 1959 to 1962, as elected at the 1959 state election
New South Wales state election, 1959
The 1959 New South Wales state election was held on 21 March 1959. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1957 redistribution...

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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...

Term in office
Keith Anderson
Keith Anderson (Australian politician)
Keith Anderson was an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1961 until 1962. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party....

 
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...

 
Paddington-Waverley
Electoral district of Paddington-Waverley
Paddington-Waverley was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was created in 1959, when Paddington and part of Waverley were merged. Paddington-Waverley was abolished in 1962 and partly replaced by Bligh.-Members for Paddington-Waverley:...

 
1961-1962
Hon Robert Askin
Robert Askin
Sir Robert William Askin GCMG, was an Australian politician and the 32nd Premier of New South Wales from 1965 to 1975, the first representing the Liberal Party of Australia. He was born in 1907 as Robin William Askin, but always disliked his first name and changed it by deed poll in 1971...

 
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...

 
Collaroy
Electoral district of Collaroy
Collaroy was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1950 and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Collaroy. It was abolished in 1973 and mostly replaced by Pittwater, Wakehurst and Davidson.-Members for Collaroy:-References:...

 
1950-1975
Brian Bannon
Brian Bannon
Brian Joseph Bannon, OAM is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Rockdale in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1986....

 
Labor Rockdale
Electoral district of Rockdale
Rockdale is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by John Flowers of the Liberal Party of Australia.-History:...

 
1959–1986
Jack Beale
Jack Beale
Jack Gordon Beale AO was an Australian politician who championed the need for Australia to conserve and develop its water resources. He was also Australia's first environment minister...

 
Liberal South Coast
Electoral district of South Coast
South Coast is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Shelley Hancock of the Liberal Party of Australia.-Members for South Coast:-Election results:...

 
1942–1973
Ivan Black
Ivan Black
Ivan Black was an Australian politician and part of the Liberal Party. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1945 until 1962....

 
Liberal Neutral Bay
Electoral district of Neutral Bay
Neutral Bay was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1927, replacing part of the multi-member electorate of North Shore, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Neutral Bay. It was abolished in 1962 and partly replaced...

 
1945-1951, 1951-1962
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 Kurri Kurri
Electoral district of Kurri Kurri
Kurri Kurri was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales created in 1927, with the abolition of the multi-member electorates of Newcastle and Maitland and named after the Hunter Valley town of Kurri Kurri. It was abolished in 1968 and replaced by...

 
1925-1960
Ken Booth
Ken Booth (politician)
Kenneth George Booth was a New South Wales politician, Treasurer, and Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of Neville Wran and Barrie Unsworth. From 1981 to 1988 he was the Treasurer of New South Wales...

 
Labor Kurri Kurri
Electoral district of Kurri Kurri
Kurri Kurri was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales created in 1927, with the abolition of the multi-member electorates of Newcastle and Maitland and named after the Hunter Valley town of Kurri Kurri. It was abolished in 1968 and replaced by...

 
1960–1988
George Brain
George Brain
George William Brain was an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. He was the longest-serving member for Willoughby, serving from 1943 until his retirement in 1968. Brain was recognized as one of the primary forces in establishing the Free Library Movement in...

 
Liberal Willoughby
Electoral district of Willoughby
Willoughby is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Gladys Berejiklian of the Liberal Party of Australia.-History:...

 
1943–1968
Jim Brown  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...

 
Raleigh
Electoral district of Raleigh
Raleigh was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1894, partly replacing Macleay, and named after Raleigh County. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Oxley, along with...

 
1959–1984
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...

 
Country Tenterfield
Electoral district of Tenterfield
Tenterfield was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1859, partly replacing New England and Macleay, and named after, and including, Tenterfield. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was...

 
1920-1962
Hon 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 Cook's River
Electoral district of Cook's River
Cook's River was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1941, partly replacing Arncliffe, and named after inner southwestern Sydney's Cooks River. It was abolished in 1973....

 
1925-1959
Tom Cahill  Labor Cook's River
Electoral district of Cook's River
Cook's River was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1941, partly replacing Arncliffe, and named after inner southwestern Sydney's Cooks River. It was abolished in 1973....

 
1959–1983
Bill Chaffey
Bill Chaffey
William Adolphus Chaffey was an Australian farmer, soldier and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the district of Tamworth...

 
Country Tamworth
Electoral district of Tamworth
Tamworth is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Kevin Anderson of the National Party of Australia...

 
1940–1973
Bill Chapman
Bill Chapman (politician)
William Leslie Chapman was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1956 and 1962. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Australia.-Early life:...

 
Liberal Nepean
Electoral district of Nepean (New South Wales)
Nepean was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1859, and named after the Nepean River. It was abolished in 1904 with the downsizing of the Assembly after Federation. Nepean was recreated in 1927 and abolished again in...

 
1956-1962
Reg Coady
Reg Coady
Reginald John Francis Coady was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1954 until 1973. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party ....

 
Labor Leichhardt  1954–1973
Keith Compton
Keith Compton
Keith Clive Compton was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1965, representing the electorate of Lismore....

 
Labor Lismore
Electoral district of Lismore
Lismore is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Thomas George of the National Party of Australia....

 
1959-1965
Rex Connor
Rex Connor
Reginald Francis Xavier "Rex" Connor , Australian politician, was a minister in the Whitlam government and promoted government investment to support national development...

 
Labor Wollongong-Kembla
Electoral district of Wollongong-Kembla
Wollongong-Kembla was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was created in 1941, and abolished in 1968, being split into Wollongong and Kembla.-Members for Wollongong-Kembla:...

 
1950-1963
Geoffrey Cox
Geoffrey Cox (Australian politician)
Brigadier Geoffrey Souter Cox DSO, MC, ED was an Australian soldier and politician. A decorated officer during World War II, he later entered politics, serving as a Liberal Party of Australia member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1957 to 1964, representing the electorate of...

 
Liberal Vaucluse
Electoral district of Vaucluse
Vaucluse is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, based on the suburb of Vaucluse. Vaucluse is one of two original electorates to have never been held by the opposing Labor party and always by the Liberal Party or its predecessors, the other...

 
1957-1964
Bill Crabtree
Bill Crabtree
Bill Crabtree was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1953 until 1983 and represented the ALP....

 
Labor Kogarah
Electoral district of Kogarah
Kogarah is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's St George district. It is represented by Cherie Burton of the Australian Labor Party.-History:...

 
1953–1983
Geoff Crawford
Geoff Crawford
Geoffrey Robertson Crawford was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1950 until 1976 . He was a member of the Country Party and Minister for Agriculture from 1968 until 1975.Crawford was born in Inverell, New South Wales and educated at a...

 
Country Barwon  1950–1976
Douglas Cross
Douglas Cross
Douglas Donald Cross was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1948 until 1953 and from 1956 until his death . He was a member of the Liberal Party of Australia....

 
Liberal Georges River
Electoral district of Georges River
Georges River was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1930 to 2007. It was replaced by Oatley.-Members for Georges River:-Election results:...

 
1948–1953, 1956–1970
Charles Cutler
Charles Cutler
Sir Charles Benjamin Cutler KBE, ED was an Australian politician, holding office for 28 years as an elected member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Orange...

 
Country Orange
Electoral district of Orange
Orange is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Andrew Gee of the National Party of Australia....

 
1947–1975
Tom Dalton
Tom Dalton
Thomas William Dalton was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1953 until 1956 and from 1959 until 1968. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party .-Early life:...

 
Labor Sutherland
Electoral district of Sutherland
Sutherland was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1950 to 1971 before it was abolished. The seat was reformed in 1988 until 1999...

 
1953–1956, 1959–1968
Douglas Darby
Douglas Darby
Evelyn Douglas Darby MP was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly...

 
Liberal Manly
Electoral district of Manly
Manly is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It has historically tended to be a Liberal-leaning seat. It is currently represented by the Treasurer of New South Wales, Mike Baird of the Liberal Party of Australia.-Members for Manly:-Election...

 
1945–1978
Bernie Deane
Bernie Deane
Bernard Sydney Llewellyn Deane was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1950 until 1972. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Australia....

 
Liberal Hawkesbury
Electoral district of Hawkesbury
Hawkesbury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was represented by Steven Pringle, formerly of the Liberal Party of Australia, who contested the 2007 election as an independent but was defeated by Ray Williams of the Liberal Party of...

 
1950–1972
Alfred Dennis
Alfred Dennis
Alfred Hugh Dennis is an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1962, representing the electorate of Blacktown. He was elected in 1959 as a Liberal for the typically safe Labor seat, but resigned to sit as an independent in 1962.Dennis was...

 
Liberal/Independent Blacktown  1959-1962
Doug Dickson
Doug Dickson
Samuel Douglas Dickson was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1938 until his death in 1960. He was a member of the Country Party, serving as its Deputy Leader from 1953 to 1958.Dickson was born in Cootamundra, New South Wales...

 
Country Temora
Electoral district of Temora
Temora was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales from 1927 to 1981, including the town of Temora.-Members for Temora:...

 
1938-1960
Ben Doig
Ben Doig
Benjamin Cochrane Doig was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1957 to 1965, representing the electorate of Burwood...

 
Liberal Burwood
Electoral district of Burwood (New South Wales)
Burwood was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, first created in 1894 with the abolition of multi-member electoral districts from part of Canterbury, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Burwood. With the introduction of...

 
1957-1965
Frank Downing
Frank Downing
Francis George Downing was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1953 until 1968. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party ....

 
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...

 
1953–1968
Clarrie Earl
Clarrie Earl
Clarence Joseph Earl was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1953 until 1973. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party ....

 
Labor Fairfield
Electoral district of Fairfield
Fairfield is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's West. Fairfield has historically been one of the safest Labor seats in New South Wales and is considered a part of Labor's heartland in Western Sydney...

 
1953–1973
Jack Easter
Jack Easter
Jack Stuart Easter was an Australian politician who represented the National Party of Australia in the Parliament of New South Wales.He was educated at Ardingly College and at Regent Street Polytechnic...

 
Country Lismore
Electoral district of Lismore
Lismore is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Thomas George of the National Party of Australia....

 
1953-1959
Kevin Ellis
Kevin Ellis (Australian politician)
Sir Kevin William Collin Ellis KBE was an Australian politician, elected as a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly....

 
Liberal Coogee
Electoral district of Coogee
Coogee is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Bruce Notley-Smith of the Liberal Party.-Members for Coogee:-Election results:...

 
1948–1953, 1956–1962, 1965–1973
Hon George Enticknap
George Enticknap
The Hon. Ambrose George Enticknap was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1941 until 1965...

 
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....

 
1941-1965
Jack Ferguson
Jack Ferguson
Laurie John Ferguson was an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.-Early life:...

 
Labor Merrylands
Electoral district of Merrylands
Merrylands was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after and including the Sydney suburb of Merrylands. It was first created in 1959 and abolished in 1962. It was recreated in 1968 and abolished in 1988.-Members for...

 
1959–1984
William Ferguson
William Ferguson (1891-1961)
William John Ferguson was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for 16 days in 1953 and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1953 until his death. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party .Ferguson was born in Redfern and...

 
Labor Paddington-Waverley
Electoral district of Paddington-Waverley
Paddington-Waverley was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was created in 1959, when Paddington and part of Waverley were merged. Paddington-Waverley was abolished in 1962 and partly replaced by Bligh.-Members for Paddington-Waverley:...

 
1953-1961
Wal Fife
Wal Fife
Wallace Clyde Fife is a former Australian politician.Fife was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, and was educated at Gurwood Street public school, Wagga Wagga and Canberra Grammar School. In 1948 he started working in the federal secretariat of the Liberal Party of Australia and in 1949 he...

 
Liberal Wagga Wagga
Electoral district of Wagga Wagga
Wagga Wagga is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Daryl Maguire of the Liberal Party of Australia....

 
1957–1975
Ray Fitzgerald
Ray Fitzgerald (politician)
Raymond Leo Fitzgerald was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1941 until 1962 and served as an independent member until 1950 and then as a member of the Country Party....

 
Country Gloucester
Electoral district of Gloucester
Gloucester was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1880, partly replacing Williams, and named after Gloucester or Gloucester County . In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into...

 
1941-1962
Les Ford
Les Ford
Leslie Hunter Ford was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1964, representing the electorate of Dubbo....

 
Liberal Dubbo
Electoral district of Dubbo
Dubbo is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Troy Grant of the National Party of Australia....

 
1959-1964
Howard Fowles
Howard Fowles
Howard Fowles was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1941 until 1968 and a member of the Australian Labor Party . He was the acting Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for 3 months in 1962.Fowles was born in Merrylands, New...

 
Labor Illawarra
Electoral district of Illawarra
Illawarra was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was originally created in 1859, replacing East Camden. It was replaced by Wollongong in 1904 and recreated in 1927. In 1968, it was abolished and partly replaced by Kembla. In 1971,...

 
1941–1968
Stewart Fraser  Liberal Gordon  1953-1962
George Freudenstein
George Freudenstein
George Francis Freudenstein was an Australian politician. He was a Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1981, representing the electorate of Young...

 
Country Young
Electoral district of Young
Young was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in the Young area. It elected two members between 1880 to 1894 and one member from 1894 to 1904, when it was replaced by Burrangong. Young was recreated in 1927 and abolished in 1981.-Members for...

 
1959–1981
Hon William Gollan
William Gollan
The Hon. William McCulloch Gollan was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1941 until 1962 . He was a member of the Australian Labor Party. He held numerous ministerial positions between 1953 and 1959.Gollan was born in Woodburn, New South Wales...

 
Labor Randwick
Electoral district of Randwick
Randwick was an Australian electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created with the abolition of multi-member constituencies in 1894 from part of Paddington, along with Waverley and Woollahra. It was named after and including the Sydney...

 
1941-1962
Fred Green
Fred Green (Australian politician)
Frederick Green was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1950 until 1968. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party ....

 
Labor Redfern
Electoral district of Redfern
Redfern was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1880, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Redfern...

 
1950–1968
Ian Griffith
Ian Griffith
Ian Ross Griffith was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1956 until 1978...

 
Liberal Cronulla
Electoral district of Cronulla
Cronulla is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Mark Speakman of the Liberal Party of Australia.-Members for Cronulla:-Election results:...

 
1956–1978
Frank Hawkins  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:...

 
1935–1968
Eric Hearnshaw
Eric Hearnshaw
Eric Hearnshaw was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1945 until 1965. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Australia....

 
Liberal Eastwood
Electoral district of Eastwood
Eastwood was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1927 to 1930 and from 1965 to 1999. It included Eastwood.-Members for Eastwood:...

 
1945-1965
Bob Heffron  Labor Maroubra
Electoral district of Maroubra
Maroubra is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently represented by Michael Daley of the Australian Labor Party,...

 
1930–1968
Pat Hills  Labor Phillip
Electoral district of Phillip
Phillip was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, in central Sydney and named after Arthur Phillip, created in 1904 from part of Sydney-Phillip. It was initially south of Liverpool Street, east of George Street and City Road, north of...

 
1954–1988
Davis Hughes
Davis Hughes
Sir Davis Hughes was an Australian politician and bureaucrat.-Early life:Hughes was born in Launceston, Tasmania and was educated at Launceston High School and the University of Tasmania, although he did not graduate. He married Joan Johnson in 1940 and they had issue one son and two daughters...

 
Country Armidale
Electoral district of Armidale
Armidale was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1894, partly replacing New England, and named after and including Armidale. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Northern...

 
1950–1953, 1956–1973
David Hunter
David Hunter (politician)
David Benjamin Hunter was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1940 to 1976, representing three successive conservative parties - the United Australia Party, Democratic Party, and Liberal Party...

 
Liberal Ashfield-Croydon
Electoral district of Ashfield-Croydon
Ashfield-Croydon was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1959 to 1968, when it was replaced by Ashfield.-Members for Ashfield-Croydon:...

 
1940–1976
Harold Jackson
Harold Jackson (Australian politician)
Harold Jackson was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the seat of Gosford between 1950 and 1965.-Notes:...

 
Liberal Gosford
Electoral district of Gosford
Gosford is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Chris Holstein of the Liberal Party. The former district of Gosford was renamed Terrigal for the 2007 state election...

 
1950-1965
Rex Jackson
Rex Jackson
Rex Frederick Jackson was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. He was the son of a railway fettler and born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales and educated at Harefield Public School and Junee and Sutherland High Schools. He became a rail...

 
Labor Bulli
Electoral district of Bulli
Bulli was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in the Bulli area. It was originally created in 1930, replacing Wollongong. In 1971 it was abolished and was divided between the new electoral district of Heathcote and Corrimal. In 1991,...

 
1955–1986
Les Jordan
Les Jordan
Leslie Charles Jordan was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1944 until his death in 1965 . He was initially elected as a member of the Country Party but changed allegiance to the Liberal Party of Australia in 1959.Jordan was born in Sydney...

 
Country/Liberal Oxley  1944–1965
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
Joe Kelly
Joe Kelly (politician)
Robert Joseph Kelly was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1956 to 1973, representing the electorate of East Hills....

 
Labor East Hills
Electoral district of East Hills
East Hills is a state electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is represented by Glenn Brookes of the Liberal Party of Australia.-Members for East Hills:-Election results:...

 
1956–1973
Hon Bill Lamb
Bill Lamb
The Hon. William Henry Lamb was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1938 until 1962 and, variously, a member of the Australian Labor Party and the Lang Labor Party...

 
Labor Granville
Electoral district of Granville
Granville is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's West. It is currently represented by Tony Issa of the Liberal Party of Australia.-History:...

 
1938-1962
Hon Abe Landa
Abe Landa
The Hon. Abram Landa was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1930 until 1932 and from 1941 until 1965. He was variously a member of the Australian Labor Party and the Australian Labor Party...

 
Labor Bondi
Electoral district of Bondi
Bondi was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1913 and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Bondi. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Eastern Suburbs...

 
1930–1965
Walter Lawrence
Walter Lawrence
Walter Richard Lawrence MBE was an Australian politician. He was the Liberal member for Drummoyne in the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1956 to 1962....

 
Liberal Drummoyne
Electoral district of Drummoyne
Drummoyne is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by John Sidoti of the Liberal Party of Australia.-History:...

 
1956-1962
Joe Lawson
Joe Lawson (politician)
Joseph Alexander Lawson was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly....

 
Country 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...

 
1932–1973
Tom Lewis
Tom Lewis (Australian politician)
Thomas Lancelot Lewis AO is a former New South Wales politician, Premier of New South Wales and Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of Sir Robert Askin and Sir Eric Willis. He was made the Premier of New South Wales following Askin's retirement from politics and held it until he was replaced by...

 
Liberal 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....

 
1957–1978
Hon Ray Maher
Ray Maher
The Hon. Raphael Septimus Maher was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1953 until 1966 and a member of the Australian Labor Party . Maher was the Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1959 and 1966.-Early life:Maher...

 
Labor North Sydney
Electoral district of North Sydney
North Sydney was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. Created in 1927, it replaced part of the multi-member electorate of North Shore, and was named after and included the Sydney suburb of North Sydney. It was abolished in 1962 and partly...

 
1953-1965
Dan Mahoney
Dan Mahoney (politician)
Daniel John Mahoney was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1976....

 
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....

 
1959–1976
Cliff Mallam
Cliff Mallam
Heathcote Clifford Mallam was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1953 and 1968 and between 1971 and 1981. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party ....

 
Labor Dulwich Hill
Electoral district of Dulwich Hill
Dulwich Hill was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1913, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Dulwich Hill. With the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into the multi-member electorate of...

 
1953–1968, 1971–1981
Jack Mannix
Jack Mannix
The Hon. Norman John Mannix was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1952 until 1971...

 
Labor Liverpool
Electoral district of Liverpool
Liverpool is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's West. It is currently represented by Paul Lynch of the Australian Labor Party....

 
1952–1971
Robert McCartney
Robert McCartney (Australian politician)
Robert Arthur McCartney was an Australian politician who represented the Electoral district of Hamilton for the Australian Labor Party from 1959 until 1971.-Early life:...

 
Labor Hamilton  1959–1971
Ken McCaw
Ken McCaw
Sir Kenneth Malcolm McCaw QC , an Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Lane Cove for the Liberal Party of Australia from 1947 until his retirement from political office in 1975...

 
Liberal Lane Cove
Electoral district of Lane Cove
Lane Cove is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Anthony Roberts of the Liberal Party of Australia...

 
1947–1975
John McMahon
John McMahon (Australian politician)
The Hon John Michael Alfred McMahon was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1950 until 1968...

 
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,...

 
1950–1968
Milton Morris
Milton Morris
Milton Arthur Morris AO is an Australian politician who represented the Electoral district of Maitland between 3 March 1956 and 29 August 1980 for the Liberal Party of Australia.-Early life:...

 
Liberal 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....

 
1956–1980
Pat Morton
Pat Morton
Philip Henry Morton was an Australian businessman and politician. Born in Lismore in Northern New South Wales to a prominent political family and educated at Lismore High School, Morton left school at fourteen to be employed in a legal firm, before branching out into various businesses...

 
Liberal Mosman
Electoral district of Mosman
Mosman was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1913 and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Mosman. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Middle Harbour. Mosman...

 
1947–1972
Thomas Murphy
Thomas Murphy (Australian politician)
Thomas Patrick Murphy was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1953 and 1968. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party and held the minor government position of Assistant Minister in 1964-65.Murphy was the son of a railway worker and was...

 
Labor Concord
Electoral district of Concord
Concord was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1930, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Concord. It was abolished in 1968.-Members for Concord:-References:...

 
1953–1968
George Neilly
George Neilly
George Neilly was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Parliament from 1954 to 1977. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party ....

 
Labor Cessnock
Electoral district of Cessnock
Cessnock is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in the rural fringe of the Hunter. It is represented by Clayton Barr of the Australian Labor Party.-History:...

 
1959–1978
Leo Nott
Leo Nott
Leo Mervyn Nott was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1953 and 1968 and again between 1971 and 1973. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party ....

 
Labor Mudgee
Electoral district of Mudgee
Mudgee was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales first created in 1859, partly replacing Wellington and Bligh and named after and including Mudgee. Following the abolition of Goldfields West in 1880, it elected three members simultaneously,...

 
1953–1973
Hon Roger Nott
Roger Nott
The Hon. Roger Bede Nott was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1941 until 1961. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party and held numerous ministerial positions between 1954 and 1961...

 
Labor Liverpool Plains
Electoral district of Liverpool Plains
Liverpool Plains was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1859 and including the Liverpool Plains and the extensive pastoral district around the Gwydir River in the northwest of the state. It was created when the seat of...

 
1941-1961
Frank O'Keefe
Frank O'Keefe
Frank Lionel O'Keefe, AM was an Australian politician. Born in Gunnedah, New South Wales, he attended state schools before becoming a farm machinery distributor and oil merchant. He was mayor of Gunnedah Shire Council for 18 years, and also served on Namoi Valley County Council...

 
Country Liverpool Plains
Electoral district of Liverpool Plains
Liverpool Plains was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1859 and including the Liverpool Plains and the extensive pastoral district around the Gwydir River in the northwest of the state. It was created when the seat of...

 
1961–1969
Doug Padman  Liberal Albury  1947-1965
Spence Powell
Spence Powell
Arthur Thomas Powell was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1950 until 1962. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party ....

 
Labor Bankstown  1950-1962
Leon Punch
Leon Punch
Leon Ashton Punch was a New South Wales politician, Deputy Premier, and Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of Sir Robert Askin, Tom Lewis and Sir Eric Willis. From 1975 to 1976 he was the Deputy Premier of New South Wales...

 
Country Upper Hunter
Electoral district of Upper Hunter
Upper Hunter is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by George Souris of the National Party of Australia....

 
1959–1985
Frank Purdue
Frank Purdue
Frank Outen Jensen Purdue was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1956 until 1962 and again between 1964 and 1965. He was prominent in local Government and was Lord Mayor of Newcastle, NSW for 9 years between 1951 and 1965...

 
Independent Waratah  1956-1962, 1964-1965
Hon Jack Renshaw
Jack Renshaw
John Brophy "Jack" Renshaw AC was an Australian politician. He was Labor Premier of New South Wales from 30 April 1964 to 13 May 1965.-Early life:...

 
Labor Castlereagh
Electoral district of Castlereagh
Castlereagh was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales originally created in 1904, partly replacing Coonamble and named after the Castlereagh River. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Wammerawa,...

 
1941–1980
Bill Rigby
Bill Rigby (politician)
William Matthew Rigby was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1965, representing the electorate of Hurstville....

 
Labor Hurstville
Electoral district of Hurstville
Hurstville was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after and including the Sydney suburb of Hurstville....

 
1959-1965
Ian Robinson
Ian Robinson (Australian politician)
Ian Louis Robinson is an Australian politician.Born in Coraki, New South Wales, he was educated at state schools before becoming a dairy farmer, a journalist and company director...

 
Country Casino
Electoral district of Casino
Casino was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales originally created in 1930 and named after Casino. It was abolished in 1968, recreated in 1971 and abolished again in 1981.-Members for Casino:...

 
1953-1963
Jim Robson
Jim Robson (politician)
James Hutchins "Jim" Robson was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Hartley in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1956 to 1965....

 
Labor Hartley
Electoral district of Hartley (New South Wales)
Hartley was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1859 in the Lithgow area and named after the town of Hartley, near Lithgow. It replaced part of Cook and Westmoreland. From 1891 to 1894, it elected two members...

 
1956-1965
Hon Norm Ryan  Labor Marrickville
Electoral district of Marrickville
Marrickville is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is a 13.47 km² urban electorate in Sydney's inner west, centred on the suburb of Marrickville from which it takes its name...

 
1953–1973
Thomas Ryan
Thomas Ryan (New South Wales politician)
Thomas Vernon Ryan was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1956 to 1965, representing the electorate of Auburn....

 
Labor Auburn  1956-1965
John Seiffert
John Seiffert
John Wesley Seiffert was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1941 until his death in 1965...

 
Labor Monaro
Electoral district of Monaro
Monaro is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by John Barilaro of the National Party of Australia....

 
1941-1965
Hon Bill Sheahan  Labor Burrinjuck  1941–1973
Jim Simpson  Labor Lake Macquarie
Electoral district of Lake Macquarie
Lake Macquarie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Hunter region of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently represented by the independent Greg Piper.-Members for Lake Macquarie:-Election results:...

 
1950–1968
Albert Sloss
Albert Sloss
Albert Ross Sloss was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1956 to 1973, representing the seat of King....

 
Labor King
Electoral district of King
King was an electoral district in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was created in 1904, replacing Sydney-King, and in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into the multi-member electorate of Sydney. It was recreated in 1927, but it was abolished in...

 
1956–1973
Stanley Stephens
Stanley Stephens (Australian politician)
Stanley Tunstall "Stepper" Stephens was an Australian politician. He was a Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1944 to 1973, representing the electorate of Byron...

 
Country 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...

 
1944–1973
Jack Stewart
Jack Stewart (politician)
John Julius Thomas Stewart was an Australian politician who represented the Electoral district of Kahibah and the Charlestown for the Australian Labor Party.-Early life:...

 
Labor Kahibah
Electoral district of Kahibah
Kahibah was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales created in 1894 with the abolition of multi-member districts from part of the electoral district of Newcastle and named after the Newcastle suburb of Kahibah. It was abolished in 1920, with the...

 
1957–1972
Sydney Storey
Sydney Storey
Sydney Albert Dawson Storey was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1941 and 1962...

 
Liberal Hornsby
Electoral district of Hornsby
Hornsby is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. Hornsby is one of two post-1927 electorates to have never been held by the Labor party and always by the Liberals, a predecessor party to the Liberals, or an independent, the other such district...

 
1941-1962
Jim Taylor
Jim Taylor (politician)
James Hugh Taylor was an Australian politician. He was a Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1960 to 1981, representing the electorate of Temora....

 
Country Temora
Electoral district of Temora
Temora was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales from 1927 to 1981, including the town of Temora.-Members for Temora:...

 
1960–1981
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 Canterbury
Electoral district of Canterbury
Canterbury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Linda Burney of the Australian Labor Party.-History:...

 
1926-1932, 1935-1962
Hon Vernon Treatt
Vernon Treatt
Sir Vernon Haddon Treatt KBE, MM, QC was an Australian lawyer, soldier, Rhodes Scholar and politician. Born in Singleton, New South Wales and educated at Shore School, Treatt interrupted his studies at the University of Sydney to enlist at the outbreak of the First World War...

 
Liberal Woollahra
Electoral district of Woollahra
Woollahra was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created with the abolition of multi-member constituencies in 1894 from part of Paddington, along with Waverley and Randwick. It was named after and including the Sydney suburb of...

 
1938-1962
Laurie Tully
Laurie Tully
Laurence John Tully was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1946 until 1965. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party ....

 
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....

 
1946-1965
William Wattison
William Wattison
William Ernest Wattison was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1947 until 1968. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party ....

 
Labor Sturt  1947–1968
Bill Weiley
Bill Weiley
William Robert Weiley was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1955 until 1971. He was a member of the Country Party....

 
Labor Clarence
Electoral district of Clarence
Clarence is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales.It was represented by Steve Cansdell of the National Party of Australia until he resigned on 16th September 2011 due to issues relating to a statutory declaration related to a speeding offence...

 
1955–1971
Ernest Wetherell
Ernest Wetherell
The Hon. Ernest "Ern" Wetherell was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1949 until 1965...

 
Labor Cobar
Electoral district of Cobar
Cobar was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1894 to 1920, when it was combined with Willyama and Sturt to create a three-member Sturt. Cobar was recreated in 1932 and abolished in 1968. It included Cobar.-Members for Cobar:...

 
1949-1965
Eric Willis
Eric Willis
Sir Eric Archibald Willis KBE, CMG was an Australian politician, Cabinet Minister and the 34th Premier of New South Wales, serving from 23 January 1976 to 14 May 1976. Born in Murwillumbah in 1922, Willis was educated at Murwillumbah High School and the University of Sydney, where he obtained a...

 
Labor Earlwood
Electoral district of Earlwood
Earlwood was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales from 1950 to 1991. It included Earlwood.-Members for Earlwood:...

 
1950–1978
Stan Wyatt
Stan Wyatt
Stanislaw Wyatt was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1950 until his death in 1964. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party ....

 
Labor Lakemba
Electoral district of Lakemba
Lakemba is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's Inner West. It has been held by the Australian Labor Party since its creation in 1927...

 
1950-1964

The 1959 re-election of Lismore Country Party MLA Jack Easter
Jack Easter
Jack Stuart Easter was an Australian politician who represented the National Party of Australia in the Parliament of New South Wales.He was educated at Ardingly College and at Regent Street Polytechnic...

 was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns on 12 June 1959. Labor candidate Keith Compton
Keith Compton
Keith Clive Compton was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1965, representing the electorate of Lismore....

 won the resulting by-election on 12 September.
Oxley MLA Les Jordan
Les Jordan
Leslie Charles Jordan was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1944 until his death in 1965 . He was initially elected as a member of the Country Party but changed allegiance to the Liberal Party of Australia in 1959.Jordan was born in Sydney...

 had been re-elected as a Country Party member in 1959, but defected to the Liberal Party late that year.
Cook’s River Labor MLA and Premier 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,...

 died on 22 October 1959. His son, Labor candidate Tom Cahill, won the resulting by-election on 12 December.
Kurri Kurri Labor MLA 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...

 died on 31 July 1960. His son, Labor candidate Ken Booth
Ken Booth (politician)
Kenneth George Booth was a New South Wales politician, Treasurer, and Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of Neville Wran and Barrie Unsworth. From 1981 to 1988 he was the Treasurer of New South Wales...

, won the resulting by-election on 8 October.
Temora Country Party MLA Doug Dickson
Doug Dickson
Samuel Douglas Dickson was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1938 until his death in 1960. He was a member of the Country Party, serving as its Deputy Leader from 1953 to 1958.Dickson was born in Cootamundra, New South Wales...

 died on 27 July 1960. Country Party candidate Jim Taylor
Jim Taylor (politician)
James Hugh Taylor was an Australian politician. He was a Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1960 to 1981, representing the electorate of Temora....

 won the resulting by-election on 8 October.
Paddington-Waverley Labor MLA William Ferguson
William Ferguson (1891-1961)
William John Ferguson was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for 16 days in 1953 and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1953 until his death. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party .Ferguson was born in Redfern and...

 died on 29 January 1961. Labor candidate Keith Anderson
Keith Anderson (Australian politician)
Keith Anderson was an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1961 until 1962. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party....

 won the resulting by-election on 25 February.
Liverpool Plains Labor MLA Roger Nott
Roger Nott
The Hon. Roger Bede Nott was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1941 until 1961. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party and held numerous ministerial positions between 1954 and 1961...

 resigned on March 3, 1961 to accept an appointment as Administrator of the Northern Territory
Administrator of the Northern Territory
The Administrator of the Northern Territory is an official appointed by the Governor-General of Australia to exercise powers analogous to that of a state governor...

. Country Party candidate Frank O'Keefe
Frank O'Keefe
Frank Lionel O'Keefe, AM was an Australian politician. Born in Gunnedah, New South Wales, he attended state schools before becoming a farm machinery distributor and oil merchant. He was mayor of Gunnedah Shire Council for 18 years, and also served on Namoi Valley County Council...

 won the resulting by-election on 25 March.
Blacktown MLA Alfred Dennis
Alfred Dennis
Alfred Hugh Dennis is an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1962, representing the electorate of Blacktown. He was elected in 1959 as a Liberal for the typically safe Labor seat, but resigned to sit as an independent in 1962.Dennis was...

 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
Electoral district of The Hills
The Hills was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1962 to 2007. It was a 51.08 km² urban electorate in Sydney's north-west, taking in the suburbs of Carlingford, Castle Hill, Cherrybrook, Glenhaven, Kellyville, Pennant Hills and West...

.

See also

  • New South Wales state election, 1959
    New South Wales state election, 1959
    The 1959 New South Wales state election was held on 21 March 1959. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1957 redistribution...

  • Premiers:
    • 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
      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...

      ) (1952-1959)
    • Robert Heffron
      Robert Heffron
      Robert James "Bob" Heffron was one of the longest-serving New South Wales state parliamentarians. He was the Australian Labor Party Premier of New South Wales from 28 October 1959, to 30 April 1964.-Early years:...

       (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...

      ) (1959-1964)
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