Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1944–1947

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 34th parliament held their seats from 1944 to 1947. They were elected at the 1944 state election,[1] and at by-elections.[2][3][4] The opposition Democratic Party merged into the nascent Liberal Party in late 1944, becoming the New South Wales branch of the new party. The Speaker was Daniel Clyne.[5]</ref>

Name Party Electorate Term in office
Joshua Arthur   Labor Hamilton 1935–1953
Jack Baddeley   Labor Cessnock 1922–1949
Jeff Bate   Democratic/Liberal Wollondilly 1938–1949
Jack Beale   Independent South Coast 1942–1973
Ivan Black [lower-alpha 2]   Liberal Neutral Bay 1945–1951, 1951–1962
George Booth   Labor Kurri Kurri 1925–1960
George Brain   Democratic/Liberal Willoughby 1943–1968
Michael Bruxner   Country Tenterfield 1920–1962
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 [lower-alpha 3]   Independent/Country;[3] Tamworth 1940–1973
John Chanter   Labor Lachlan 1943–1947
Daniel Clyne   Labor King 1927–1956
Lou Cunningham   Labor Coogee 1941–1948
William Currey   Labor Kogarah 1941–1948
Douglas Darby [lower-alpha 4]   Liberal Manly 1945–1978
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   Labor Murrumbidgee 1941–1965
Clive Evatt   Labor Hurstville 1939–1959
Frank Finnan   Labor Hawkesbury 1941–1953
Ray Fitzgerald   Independent Gloucester 1941–1962
Lilian Fowler   Lang Labor Newtown 1944–1950
Howard Fowles   Labor Illawarra 1941–1968
John Freeman [lower-alpha 5]   Labor Blacktown 1945–1959
William Frith   Country Lismore 1933–1953
James Geraghty   Labor North Sydney 1941–1953
George Gollan   Democratic/Liberal 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
Eric Hearnshaw [lower-alpha 6]   Liberal Ryde 1945–1965
Roy Heferen   Labor Barwon 1940–1950
Robert Heffron   Labor Botany 1930–1968
Frank Hill [lower-alpha 5]   Labor Blacktown 1941–1945
Ted Horsington   Labor Sturt 1922–1947
Walter Howarth   Democratic/Liberal Maitland 1932–1956
David Hunter   Democratic/Liberal Croydon 1940–1976
John Hurley [lower-alpha 7]   Labor Albury 1946–1947
Gordon Jackett   Democratic/Liberal Burwood 1935–1951
Joseph Jackson [lower-alpha 8]   Independent Democrat/Liberal Nepean 1922–1956
Les Jordan [lower-alpha 9]   Independent Country/Country Oxley 1944–1965
Gus Kelly   Labor Bathurst 1925–1932, 1935–1967
Ebenezer Kendell [lower-alpha 10]   Country Corowa 1946–1950
Hamilton Knight   Labor Hartley 1927–1947
Bill Lamb   Labor Granville 1938–1962
Abe Landa   Labor Bondi 1930–1965
Jack Lang [lower-alpha 11]   Lang Labor Auburn 1913–1943, 1943–1946
Chris Lang [lower-alpha 11]   Lang Labor Auburn 1946–1950
Joe Lawson   Country Murray 1932–1973
Carlo Lazzarini   Labor Marrickville 1917–1952
Christopher Lethbridge [lower-alpha 10]   Independent/Liberal Corowa 1937–1946
Donald Macdonald   Independent Mosman 1941–1947
Alexander Mair [lower-alpha 7]   Democratic/Liberal 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
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 [lower-alpha 8][6]   Independent Democrat/Liberal Manly 1920–1922, 1925–1945
John Reid   Country Casino 1930–1953
Jack Renshaw   Labor Castlereagh 1941–1980
Athol Richardson [lower-alpha 12]   Democratic/Liberal Ashfield 1935–1946, 1946–1952
Clarrie Robertson   Labor Dubbo 1942–1950, 1953–1959
Murray Robson   Democratic/Liberal Vaucluse 1936–1957
D'Arcy Rose   Country Upper Hunter 1939–1959
James Shand [lower-alpha 6]   Independent Democrat Ryde 1926–1944
John Seiffert   Labor Monaro 1941–1965
Tom Shannon   Labor Phillip 1927–1954
Bill Sheahan   Labor Yass 1941–1973
Fred Stanley   Labor Lakemba 1927–1950
Stanley Stephens   Country Byron 1944–1973
Sydney Storey [lower-alpha 8]   Independent Democrat/Liberal Hornsby 1941–1962
John Sweeney   Labor Bulli 1933–1947
Arthur Tonge   Labor Canterbury 1926–1932, 1935–1962
Vernon Treatt   Democratic/Liberal Woollahra 1938–1962
Jack Tully [lower-alpha 13]   Labor Goulburn 1925–1932, 1935–1946
Laurie Tully [lower-alpha 13]   Labor Goulburn 1946–1965
Harry Turner   Democratic/Liberal Gordon 1937–1952
Roy Vincent   Country Raleigh 1922–1953
Reginald Weaver [lower-alpha 2]   Democratic/Liberal Neutral Bay 1917–1925, 1927–1945
George Weir   Labor Dulwich Hill 1941–1953
Arthur Williams   Labor Georges River 1940–1956
Cecil Wingfield   Country Clarence 1938–1955
Henry Woodward   Labor Lane Cove 1944–1947
  1. The changes to the composition of the house, in chronological order, were: Reid, Jackson and Storey joined the Liberal Party, Jordan joined the Country Party, Chaffey joined the Country Party, Shand died, Hill died, Reid died, Weaver died, Tully resigned, Mair resigned, Lang resigned, Richardson resigned, Lethbridge joined the Liberal Party,<ref name=':12' group='lower-alpha'>Corowa MLA Christopher Lethbridge was elected as an independent, but joined the Liberal Party in 1946. He subsequently resigned on 16 August 1946 in order to contest the federal seat of Riverina at the 1946 federal election. Lethbridge contested the by-election for his old seat as the Liberal candidate on 9 November, but lost to Country Party candidate Ebenezer Kendell.

See also

References
  1. Green, Antony. "1944 District List". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  2. Green, Antony. "1944-1947 By elections". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 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.[lower-alpha 1]
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