Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1941–1944
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 33rd parliament held their seats from 1941 to 1944. They were elected at the 1941 state election ,[ 1] and at by-elections .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] During this term, the opposition United Australia Party merged with the new Commonwealth Party to form the Democratic Party in late 1943. The merger was only at a state level, however; the federal United Australia Party, however, remained intact during this period. The Speaker was Daniel Clyne .[ 5]
Name
Party
Electorate
Term in office
Joshua Arthur
Labor
Hamilton
1935–1953
Jack Baddeley
Labor
Cessnock
1922–1949
Jeff Bate
United Australia /Democratic
Wollondilly
1938–1949
Jack Beale [ c]
Independent
South Coast
1942–1973
Rupert Beale [ c]
Independent
South Coast
1941–1942
George Booth
Labor
Kurri Kurri
1925–1960
George Brain [ d]
United Australia
Willoughby
1943–1968
Michael Bruxner
Country
Tenterfield
1920–1962
Arthur Budd
Country
Byron
1927–1944
Frank Burke
Labor
Newtown
1917–1944
Fred Cahill
Labor
Young
1941–1959
Joseph Cahill
Labor
Cook's River
1925–1959
Robert Cameron
Labor
Waratah
1927–1956
Bill Carlton
Labor
Concord
1935–1949
Bill Chaffey
Ind. United Australia
Tamworth
1940–1973
John Chanter [ e]
Labor
Lachlan
1943–1947
Daniel Clyne
Labor
King
1927–1956
Lou Cunningham
Labor
Coogee
1941–1948
William Currey
Labor
Kogarah
1941–1948
Mat Davidson
Labor
Cobar
1918–1949
Billy Davies
Labor
Wollongong-Kembla
1917–1949
Doug Dickson
Country
Temora
1938–1960
Edgar Dring
Labor
Ashburnham
1941–1955
David Drummond
Country
Armidale
1920–1949
Bill Dunn
Labor
Mudgee
1910–1911, 1911–1932, 1935–1950
George Enticknap [ a]
Independent Labor /Labor
Murrumbidgee
1941–1965
Griffith Evans [ e]
Country
Lachlan
1938–1943
Clive Evatt
Labor
Hurstville
1939–1959
Frank Finnan
Labor
Hawkesbury
1941–1953
Ray Fitzgerald
Independent
Gloucester
1941–1962
Herbert FitzSimons
United Australia /Democratic
Lane Cove
1930–1944
Howard Fowles
Labor
Illawarra
1941–1968
William Frith
Country
Lismore
1933–1953
James Geraghty
Labor
North Sydney
1941–1953
George Gollan
United Australia /Democratic
Parramatta
1932–1953
William Gollan
Labor
Randwick
1941–1962
Bob Gorman
Labor
Annandale
1933–1950
Eddie Graham
Labor
Wagga Wagga
1941–1957
Robert Greig
Labor
Drummoyne
1920–1927, 1941–1947
Raymond Hamilton
Labor
Namoi
1941–1950
Frank Hawkins
Labor
Newcastle
1935–1968
Roy Heferen
Labor
Barwon
1940–1950
Robert Heffron
Labor
Botany
1930–1968
Frank Hill
Labor
Blacktown
1941–1945
Ted Horsington
Labor
Sturt
1922–1947
Walter Howarth
United Australia /Democratic
Maitland
1932–1956
David Hunter
United Australia /Democratic
Croydon
1940–1976
Gordon Jackett
Ind. United Australia
Burwood
1935–1951
Joseph Jackson
United Australia /Democratic
Nepean
1922–1956
Gus Kelly
Labor
Bathurst
1925–1932, 1935–1967
Hamilton Knight
Labor
Hartley
1927–1947
Bill Lamb
Labor
Granville
1938–1962
Abe Landa
Labor
Bondi
1930–1965
Jack Lang [ f] [7]
Labor /Lang Labor
Auburn
1913–1943, 1943–1946
Joe Lawson
Country
Murray
1932–1973
Carlo Lazzarini
Labor
Marrickville
1917–1952
Christopher Lethbridge
Independent
Corowa
1937–1946
Donald Macdonald
Ind. United Australia
Mosman
1941–1947
Alexander Mair
United Australia /Democratic
Albury
1932–1946
Clarrie Martin
Labor
Waverley
1930–1932, 1939–1953
Claude Matthews
Labor
Leichhardt
1934–1954
James McGirr
Labor
Bankstown
1922–1952
John McGrath
Labor
Rockdale
1941–1959
William McKell
Labor
Redfern
1917–1947
George Mitchell
Independent
Oxley
1941–1944
Roger Nott
Labor
Liverpool Plains
1941–1961
Bob O'Halloran
Labor
Orange
1920–1927, 1941–1947
Maurice O'Sullivan
Labor
Paddington
1927–1959
Mary Quirk
Labor
Balmain
1939–1950
Alfred Reid
United Australia /Democratic
Manly
1920–1922, 1925–1945
John Reid
Country
Casino
1930–1953
Jack Renshaw
Labor
Castlereagh
1941–1980
Athol Richardson
United Australia /Democratic
Ashfield
1935–1946, 1946–1952
Clarrie Robertson [ b]
Labor
Dubbo
1942–1950, 1953–1959
Murray Robson
United Australia /Democratic
Vaucluse
1936–1957
D'Arcy Rose
Country
Upper Hunter
1939–1959
Edward Sanders [ d]
United Australia
Willoughby
1925–1943
John Seiffert
Labor
Monaro
1941–1965
James Shand
Ind. United Australia
Ryde
1926–1944
Tom Shannon
Labor
Phillip
1927–1954
Bill Sheahan
Labor
Yass
1941–1973
Fred Stanley
Labor
Lakemba
1927–1950
Sydney Storey
Ind. United Australia
Hornsby
1941–1962
John Sweeney
Labor
Bulli
1933–1947
Arthur Tonge
Labor
Canterbury
1926–1932, 1935–1962
Vernon Treatt
United Australia /Democratic
Woollahra
1938–1962
Jack Tully
Labor
Goulburn
1925–1932, 1935–1946
Harry Turner
United Australia /Democratic
Gordon
1937–1952
Roy Vincent
Country
Raleigh
1922–1953
Reginald Weaver
United Australia /Democratic
Neutral Bay
1917–1925, 1927–1945
George Weir
Labor
Dulwich Hill
1941–1953
Arthur Williams
Labor
Georges River
1940–1956
George Wilson [ b]
Country
Dubbo
1932–1942
Cecil Wingfield
Country
Clarence
1938–1955
^ a b Murrumbidgee MLA George Enticknap was elected as an Independent Labor candidate, defeating the endorsed Labor candidate, but was readmitted by the party soon after his election.
^ a b c Dubbo Country Party MLA George Wilson died on 24 April 1942. Labor candidate Clarrie Robertson won the resulting by-election on 6 June.
^ a b c South Coast independent MLA Rupert Beale died on 28 September 1942. His son, independent candidate Jack Beale , won the resulting by-election on 14 November.
^ a b c Willoughby UAP MLA Edward Sanders died on 10 July 1943. UAP candidate George Brain won the resulting by-election on 25 September.
^ a b c Lachlan Country Party MLA Griffith Evans died on 16 August 1943. Labor candidate John Chanter won the resulting by-election on 25 September.
^ a b Auburn MLA Jack Lang was expelled from the Labor Party in 1943 and sat as a Lang Labor candidate thereafter, in the final Lang Labor split. Unlike the previous Labor schisms, however, all of his parliamentary colleagues in this parliament remained in the official Labor Party.
^ Lang resigned on 15 July 1943 to contest the federal seat of Reid at the 1943 election , but lost the federal contest, and contested and won the by-election for his state seat on 2 October.
^ The changes to the composition of the house, in chronological order, were:
Enticknap joined Labor,[ a]
Wilson died,[ b]
Beale died,[ c]
Sanders died,[ d]
Evans died,[ e]
Lang was expelled from Labor,[ f]
Lang resigned,[ g]
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