Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1956–1959

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 38th parliament held their seats from 1956 to 1959. They were elected at the 1956 state election,[1] and at by-elections.[2][3][4] The Speaker was Bill Lamb.[5]

Name Party Electorate Term in office
Tom Armstrong[c]   Independent Labor Kahibah 1953–1957
Robert Askin   Liberal Collaroy 1950–1975
Jack Beale   Liberal South Coast 1942–1973
Ivan Black   Liberal Neutral Bay 1945–1951, 1951–1962
George Booth   Labor Kurri Kurri 1925–1960
George Brain   Liberal Willoughby 1943–1968
Michael Bruxner   Country Tenterfield 1920–1962
Fred Cahill   Labor Young 1941–1959
Joseph Cahill   Labor Cook's River 1925–1959
George Campbell   Labor Hamilton 1950–1959
Bill Chaffey   Country Tamworth 1940–1973
Bill Chapman   Liberal Nepean 1956–1962
Jim Clough   Liberal Parramatta 1956–1959, 1965–1988
Reg Coady   Labor Leichhardt 1954–1973
Rex Connor   Labor Wollongong-Kembla 1950–1963
Geoffrey Cox[d]   Liberal Vaucluse 1957–1964
Bill Crabtree   Labor Kogarah 1953–1983
Geoff Crawford   Country Barwon 1950–1976
John Crook   Labor Cessnock 1949–1959
Douglas Cross   Liberal Georges River 1948–1953, 1956–1970
Charles Cutler   Country Orange 1947–1975
Douglas Darby   Liberal Manly 1945–1978
Bernie Deane   Liberal Hawkesbury 1950–1972
Doug Dickson   Country Temora 1938–1960
Ben Doig[b]   Liberal Burwood 1957–1965
Frank Downing   Labor Ryde 1953–1968
Clarrie Earl   Labor Fairfield 1953–1973
Jack Easter   Country Lismore 1953–1959
Kevin Ellis   Liberal Coogee 1948–1953, 1956–1973
George Enticknap   Labor Murrumbidgee 1941–1965
Clive Evatt[a]   Labor/Independent Hurstville 1939–1959
William Ferguson   Labor Waverley 1953–1961
Wal Fife[f]   Liberal Wagga Wagga 1957–1975
Ray Fitzgerald   Country Gloucester 1941–1962
Howard Fowles   Labor Illawarra 1941–1968
Stewart Fraser   Liberal Gordon 1953–1962
John Freeman   Labor Blacktown 1945–1959
Radford Gamack   Country Raleigh 1953–1959
William Gollan   Labor Randwick 1941–1962
Eddie Graham[f]   Labor Wagga Wagga 1941–1957
Fred Green   Labor Redfern 1950–1968
Ian Griffith   Liberal Sutherland 1956–1978
Frank Hawkins   Labor Newcastle 1935–1968
Eric Hearnshaw   Liberal Eastwood 1945–1965
Robert Heffron   Labor Maroubra 1930–1968
Pat Hills   Labor Phillip 1954–1988
Davis Hughes   Country Armidale 1950–1953, 1956–1973
David Hunter   Liberal Croydon 1940–1976
Harold Jackson   Liberal Gosford 1950–1965
Rex Jackson   Labor Bulli 1955–1986
Les Jordan   Country Oxley 1944–1965
Gus Kelly   Labor Bathurst 1925–1932, 1935–1967
Joe Kelly   Labor East Hills 1956–1973
Bill Lamb   Labor Granville 1938–1962
Abe Landa   Labor Bondi 1930–1965
Walter Lawrence   Liberal Drummoyne 1956–1962
Joe Lawson   Country Murray 1932–1973
Tom Lewis[e]   Liberal Wollondilly 1957–1978
Ray Maher   Labor North Sydney 1953–1965
Cliff Mallam   Labor Dulwich Hill 1953–1968, 1971–1981
Jack Mannix   Labor Liverpool 1952–1971
Ken McCaw   Liberal Lane Cove 1947–1975
John McGrath   Labor Rockdale 1941–1959
John McMahon   Labor Balmain 1950–1968
Milton Morris   Liberal Maitland 1956–1980
Pat Morton   Liberal Mosman 1947–1972
Richard Murden   Liberal Ashfield 1953–1959
Thomas Murphy   Labor Concord 1953–1968
Leo Nott   Labor Mudgee 1953–1973
Roger Nott   Labor Liverpool Plains 1941–1961
Maurice O'Sullivan   Labor Paddington 1927–1959
Doug Padman   Liberal Albury 1947–1965
Leslie Parr[b]   Liberal Burwood 1951–1956
Blake Pelly[e]   Liberal Wollondilly 1950–1957
Spence Powell   Labor Bankstown 1950–1962
Frank Purdue   Independent Waratah 1956–1962, 1964–1965
Jack Renshaw   Labor Castlereagh 1941–1980
Clarrie Robertson   Labor Dubbo 1942–1950, 1953-1959
Ian Robinson   Country Casino 1953–1963
Murray Robson[d]   Country Vaucluse 1936–1957
Jim Robson   Labor Hartley 1956–1965
D'Arcy Rose   Country Upper Hunter 1939–1959
Norm Ryan   Labor Marrickville 1953–1973
Thomas Ryan   Labor Auburn 1956–1965
John Seiffert   Labor Monaro 1941–1965
Bill Sheahan   Labor Burrinjuck 1941–1973
Jim Simpson   Labor Lake Macquarie 1950–1968
Albert Sloss   Labor King 1956–1973
Stanley Stephens   Country Byron 1944–1973
Jack Stewart[c]   Labor Kahibah 1957–1972
Sydney Storey   Liberal Hornsby 1941–1962
Arthur Tonge   Labor Canterbury 1926–1932, 1935–1962
Vernon Treatt   Liberal Woollahra 1938–1962
Laurie Tully   Labor Goulburn 1946–1965
William Wattison   Labor Sturt 1947–1968
Bill Weiley   Country Clarence 1955–1971
Ernest Wetherell   Labor Cobar 1949–1965
Eric Willis   Liberal Earlwood 1950–1978
Stan Wyatt   Labor Lakemba 1950–1964
  1. ^ a b Hurstville MLA Clive Evatt was expelled from the Labor Party on 13 July 1956 for his continued public criticism of Premier Cahill. He served out his term as an independent.
  2. ^ a b c Burwood Liberal MLA Leslie Parr died on 3 December 1956. Liberal candidate Ben Doig won the resulting by-election on 16 February 1957.
  3. ^ a b c Kahibah independent MLA Tom Armstrong died on 16 March 1957. Labor candidate Jack Stewart won the resulting by-election on 13 April.
  4. ^ a b c Vaucluse Liberal MLA Murray Robson resigned on 2 July 1957. Liberal candidate Geoffrey Cox won the resulting by-election on 24 August.
  5. ^ a b c Wollondilly Liberal MLA Blake Pelly resigned on 19 September 1957. Liberal candidate Tom Lewis won the resulting by-election on 26 October.
  6. ^ a b c Wagga Wagga Labor MLA Eddie Graham died on 13 November 1957. Liberal candidate Wal Fife won the resulting by-election on 14 December.
  7. ^ The changes to the composition of the house, in chronological order, were: Evatt expelled from Labor,[a] Parr died,[b] Armstrong died,[c] Robson resigned,[d] Pelly resigned,[e] Graham died,[f]

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "1956 District List". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "1956-1959 By elections". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate" (PDF). New South Wales Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Part Ten - Officers of Parliament" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 May 2020.[g]