Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1920–1922

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 25th parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1920 to 1922. They were elected at the 1920 state election on 20 March 1920.[1][2] The Speaker was The Hon Sir Daniel Levy with the exception of 13–20 December 1921 when he was replaced by Simon Hickey.[3]

Between 1920 and 1927 the Legislative Assembly was elected using a form of proportional representation with multi-member seats and a single transferable vote (modified Hare-Clark). There was confusion at the time as to the process to be used to fill the vacancy. When George Beeby resigned on 9 August 1920, in accordance with the practice prior to 1920, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly issued a writ of election requiring a by-election to be conducted, however the Chief Electoral Officer said he couldn't do so under then law at the time and that a by-election would be contrary to the principle of proportional representation.[4] Kearsley died,[lower-alpha 2] Brookfield murdered,[lower-alpha 3] Storey died,[lower-alpha 4] and Millard died.[lower-alpha 5] </ref></ref> The vacancies were left unfilled until the Parliament passed the Parliamentary Elections (Casual Vacancies) Act on 10 December 1920,[8] so that casual vacancies were filled by the next unsuccessful candidate on the incumbent member's party list. If an Independent member retired, the Clerk of the Assembly determined who would fill the vacancy based on the departing members voting record on questions of confidence.

Name Party Electorate Term in office'
David Anderson NationalistRyde1920–1930
Guy Arkins NationalistSt George1915–1930 1938–1941
Richard Arthur NationalistNorth Shore1904–1932
William Ashford NationalistWammerawa1910–1925
William Bagnall NationalistSt George1913–1925 1925–1927
Jack Bailey LaborGoulburn1918–1925
Richard Ball NationalistMurray1895–1898 1904–1937
Thomas Bavin ProgressiveRyde1917–1935
George Beeby [lower-alpha 6] ProgressiveMurray1907–1913 1917–1920
Walter Bennett ProgressiveMaitland1889–1902 1917–1934
John Birt LaborSydney1919–1925
George Briner [lower-alpha 7] ProgressiveOxley1901–1920
Percy Brookfield [lower-alpha 3] Socialist LaborSturt1917–1921
Albert Bruntnell NationalistParramatta1906–1907 1910–1913 1919–1929
Michael Bruxner ProgressiveNorthern Tablelands1920–1962
Arthur Buckley LaborSydney1917–1922
Frank Burke LaborBotany1917–1944
Michael Burke LaborSydney1917–1922 1925–1930
Ernest Buttenshaw ProgressiveMurrumbidgee1917–1938
William Cameron NationalistMaitland1918–1931
George Cann LaborSt George1914–1927
Ernest Carr NationalistCumberland1920–1922
Frank Chaffey NationalistNamoi1913–1940
Joseph Clark LaborWammerawa1920–1927 1930–1932
John Cleary LaborWollondilly1920–1922
Arthur Cocks NationalistNorth Shore1910–1925
Hugh Connell LaborNewcastle1920–1934
Mat Davidson LaborSturt1918–1949
Billy Davies LaborWollondilly1917–1949
Brian Doe NationalistSturt1917–1927
James Dooley LaborBathurst1907–1927
John Doyle LaborBalmain1917–1922
David Drummond ProgressiveNorthern Tablelands1920–1949
Bill Dunn LaborWammerawa1910–1911, 1911–1932, 1935–1950
Daniel Dwyer [lower-alpha 8] LaborEastern Suburbs1920–1922
Bill Ely LaborParramatta1920–1922, 1925–1932
John Estell LaborNewcastle1901–1913 1917–1922
John Fegan NationalistNewcastle1891–1907 1920–1922
James Fingleton [lower-alpha 8] LaborEastern Suburbs1913–1917 1920
Joseph Fitzgerald LaborOxley1920–1927 1930–1932
John Fitzpatrick NationalistBathurst1895–1904 1907–1930
Martin Flannery LaborMurrumbidgee1920–1932
Sir George Fuller NationalistWollondilly1889–1894 1915–1928
Arthur Gardiner IndependentNewcastle1910–1922
Mark Gosling LaborSt George1920–1932
Robert Greig LaborRyde1920–1927 1941–1947
Arthur Grimm NationalistMurrumbidgee1913–1925
Sir Thomas Henley NationalistRyde1904–1935
Simon Hickey LaborBotany1912–1922
Theodore Hill [lower-alpha 7] ProgressiveOxley1920–1927
Tom Hoskins NationalistWestern Suburbs1913–1927
Harold Jaques NationalistEastern Suburbs1920–1930
Gus James [lower-alpha 9] NationalistGoulburn1907–1920
Valentine Johnston LaborBathurst1917–1922
William Kearsley [lower-alpha 2] LaborNewcastle1910–1921
Tom Keegan [lower-alpha 4] LaborBalmain1910–1920 1921–1935
Matthew Kilpatrick [lower-alpha 6] ProgressiveMurray1920–1941
Jack Lang LaborParramatta1913–1943, 1943–1946
Carlo Lazzarini LaborWestern Suburbs1917–1952
John Lee NationalistBotany1920–1930 1932–1941
Daniel Levy NationalistSydney1901–1937
Thomas Ley ProgressiveSt George1917–1925
Peter Loughlin LaborCootamundra1917–1927, 1932–1935
Edward Loxton Ind. NationalistRyde1920–1925
James MacArthur-Onslow ProgressiveEastern Suburbs1907–1922
Hugh Main ProgressiveCootamundra1920–1938
Alfred McClelland LaborNorthern Tablelands1920–1927 1930–1932
Greg McGirr LaborCootamundra1913–1925
William McKell LaborBotany1917–1947
Edward McTiernan LaborWestern Suburbs1920–1927
William Millard [lower-alpha 9][lower-alpha 5] NationalistGoulburn1894–1920 1920–1921
Patrick Minahan LaborSydney1910–1917 1920–1927
Voltaire Molesworth LaborCumberland1920–1925
Cecil Murphy LaborNorth Shore1920–1927
David Murray [lower-alpha 2] LaborNewcastle1921–1928
Thomas Mutch LaborBotany1917 -1930 1938–1941
George Nesbitt NationalistByron1913–1925
Charles Oakes NationalistEastern Suburbs1901–1910 1917–1925
William O'Brien LaborMurray1917–1925
Walter O'Hearn LaborMaitland1920–1932
Bob O'Halloran LaborEastern Suburbs1920–1927 1941–1947
Stephen Perdriau ProgressiveByron1920–1925
John Perkins [lower-alpha 5] NationalistGoulburn1921–1926
Richard Price ProgressiveOxley1894–1904 1907–1922
John Quirk LaborBalmain1917–1938
Alfred Reid Ind. NationalistNorth Shore1920–1922, 1925–1945
Thomas Rutledge ProgressiveGoulburn1920–1925
Patrick Scully LaborNamoi1920–1923
Sydney Shillington NationalistWestern Suburbs1919–1922
Albert Smith NationalistBalmain1920–1922
John Storey [lower-alpha 4] LaborBalmain1901–1904 1907–1921
Robert Stuart-Robertson LaborBalmain1907–1933
Tom Swiney LaborByron1920–1922
Bruce Walker NationalistCumberland1917–1932
Walter Wearne ProgressiveNamoi1917–1930
Reginald Weaver NationalistNorth Shore1917–1925, 1927–1945
James Wilson ProgressiveWestern Suburbs1920–1925
Jabez Wright [lower-alpha 3] LaborSturt1913–1920 1921–1922
  1. The changes to the composition of the house, in chronological order, were Beeby resigned, Briner died, James resigned, Fingleton died, and he took his seat on 15 December 1920.<ref name='Green Eastern Suburbs appt'>Green, Antony. "1920 Eastern Suburbs appointment". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  2. Newcastle Labor MLA William Kearsley died on 19 June 1921. He was replaced by David Murray on 30 August.
  3. The member for Sturt Percy Brookfield was murdered while trying to disarm a deranged man at Riverton on 22 March 1921. Which party interest Brookfield represented was not straightforward. He had been elected under the banner of the Socialist Labor Party at the 1920 election for Sturt, however he formed a new Industrial Labor Party in February 1921, shortly before his death.[5] There was debate concerning who should be appointed. The Industrial Labor Party said that John O'Reilly should be appointed, while The Sydney Morning Herald stated that Thomas Hynes had the greater number of primary votes at the 1920 election and thus he should be appointed.[6] The nomination had to come from the recognised party leader according to votes on any censure motion and Labor leader and Premier John Storey nominated Jabez Wright who took his seat on 30 August 1921.[7]
  4. The premier and Balmain Labor MLA John Storey died on 5 October 1921. He was replaced by Tom Keegan on 18 October.
  5. Goulburn Nationalist MLA William Millard died on 8 October 1921. He had been appointed to replace Augustus James and, as there were no further unsuccessful Nationalist candidates, the Parliamentary Elections (Casual Vacancies) Act was amended to allow his replacement by John Perkins on 22 November 1921.

See also

References
  1. Green, Antony. "1920 District List". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  2. "Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate" (PDF). New South Wales Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  4. "No by-election. Official decision: speaker's writ for Murray useless". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 August 1920. p. 13. Retrieved 3 November 2019 – via Trove.[lower-alpha 1]
  5. "New labor organisation". The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser. New South Wales, Australia. 5 February 1921. p. 4. Retrieved 5 November 2019 – via Trove.
  6. "Sturt vacancy". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 April 1921. p. 9. Retrieved 5 November 2019 – via Trove.
  7. Green, Antony. "1921 Sturt by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  8. Parliamentary Elections (Casual Vacancies) Act 1920 (NSW).
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