Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1949 and 1952 were indirectly elected by a joint sitting of the New South Wales Parliament, with 15 members elected every three years. The most recent election was on 31 March 1949, with the term of new members commencing on 23 April 1949.[1][2] The President was Ernest Farrar.[3]
This election gave Labor a majority in the Legislative Council, its first since the re-constitution of the council in 1934, giving it a majority in both houses of parliament.[4] The Labor Party expelled four members of the Legislative Assembly before the 1950 election - James Geraghty (North Sydney), John Seiffert (Monaro), Roy Heferen (Barwon) and Fred Stanley (Lakemba) for not following the party's endorsed ticket in the Legislative Council election, apparently voting for Bill McNamara who was 9th on the Labor ticket.[5]
- ^ a b c Jim Eggins (Country) resigned on 27 October 1949. Donald Cochrane (Labor) was elected as his replacement on 21 March 1950.
- ^ a b c Jim Harrison (Labor) resigned on 28 October 1949. Norman Thom (Labor) was elected as his replacement on 22 March 1950.
- ^ a b c Joseph Bodkin (Labor) died on 18 March 1950. Reginald Jackson (Labor) was elected as his replacement on 12 April 1950.
- ^ a b c William Robson (Liberal) died on 29 June 1951. Charles Anderson (Labor) was elected as his replacement on 11 October 1951.
- ^ The changes to the composition of the council, in chronological order, were: Eggins resigned,[a] Harrison resigned,[b] Bodkin died,[c] and Robson died[d]
See also
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edit- ^ "Candidates declared to be elected Members of the Legislative Council". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 60. 8 April 1949. p. 1093. Retrieved 28 November 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Part 3 Members of the Legislative Council" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ "Part 10 Officers of the Parliament" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 November 2020.[e]
- ^ "Labour captures the Council". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 April 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 5 December 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Abolition move unlikely". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 April 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 5 December 2020 – via Trove.