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

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1944 to 1947, as elected at the 1944 state election:

The opposition Democratic Party merged into the nascent Liberal Party in late 1944, becoming the New South Wales branch of the new party.

Name Party Electorate Term in office
Joshua ArthurLaborHamilton1935–1953
Hon Jack BaddeleyLaborCessnock1922–1949
Jeff BateDemocratic/LiberalWollondilly1938–1949
Jack BealeIndependentSouth Coast1942–1973
Ivan Black [7]LiberalNeutral Bay1945–1951, 1951–1962
George BoothLaborKurri Kurri1925–1960
George BrainDemocratic/LiberalWilloughby1943–1968
Hon Michael BruxnerCountryTenterfield1920–1962
Fred CahillLaborYoung1941–1959
Hon Joseph CahillLaborCook's River1925–1959
Robert CameronLaborWaratah1927–1956
Bill CarltonLaborConcord1935–1949
Bill ChaffeyIndependent/Country [3]Tamworth1940–1973
John ChanterLaborLachlan1943–1947
Hon Daniel ClyneLaborKing1927–1956
Lou CunninghamLaborCoogee1941–1948
William CurreyLaborKogarah1941–1948
Douglas Darby [6]LiberalManly1945–1978
Mat DavidsonLaborCobar1918–1949
Billy DaviesLaborWollongong-Kembla1917–1949
Doug DicksonCountryTemora1938–1960
Edgar DringLaborAshburnham1941–1955
Hon David DrummondCountryArmidale1920–1949
Hon Bill DunnLaborMudgee1910–1911, 1911–1932, 1935–1950
George EnticknapLaborMurrumbidgee1941–1965
Clive EvattLaborHurstville1939–1959
Frank FinnanLaborHawkesbury1941–1953
Ray FitzgeraldIndependentGloucester1941–1962
Lilian FowlerLang LaborNewtown1944–1950
Howard FowlesLaborIllawarra1941–1968
John Freeman [5]LaborBlacktown1945–1959
William FrithCountryLismore1933–1953
James GeraghtyLaborNorth Sydney1941–1953
Hon George GollanDemocratic/LiberalParramatta1932–1953
William GollanLaborRandwick1941–1962
Bob GormanLaborAnnandale1933–1950
Eddie GrahamLaborWagga Wagga1941–1957
Robert GreigLaborDrummoyne1920–1927, 1941–1947
Raymond HamiltonLaborNamoi1941–1950
Frank HawkinsLaborNewcastle1935–1968
Eric Hearnshaw [4]LiberalRyde1945–1965
Roy HeferenLaborBarwon1940–1950
Hon Robert HeffronLaborBotany1930–1968
Frank Hill [5]LaborBlacktown1941–1945
Ted HorsingtonLaborSturt1922–1947
Walter HowarthDemocratic/LiberalMaitland1932–1956
David HunterDemocratic/LiberalCroydon1940–1976
John Hurley [9]LaborAlbury1946–1947
Gordon JackettDemocratic/LiberalBurwood1935–1951
Joseph JacksonIndependent Democrat/Liberal [1]Nepean1922–1956
Les JordanIndependent Country/Country [2]Oxley1944–1965
Hon Gus KellyLaborBathurst1925–1932, 1935–1967
Ebenezer Kendell [12]CountryCorowa1946–1950
Hamilton KnightLaborHartley1927–1947
Bill LambLaborGranville1938–1962
Abe LandaLaborBondi1930–1965
Jack Lang [10]Lang LaborAuburn1913–1943, 1943–1946
James Lang [10]Lang LaborAuburn1946–1950
Joe LawsonCountryMurray1932–1973
Hon Carlo LazzariniLaborMarrickville1917–1952
Christopher Lethbridge [12]Independent/LiberalCorowa1937–1946
Donald MacdonaldIndependentMosman1941–1947
Hon Alexander Mair [9]Democratic/LiberalAlbury1932–1946
Clarrie MartinLaborWaverley1930–1932, 1939–1953
Claude MatthewsLaborLeichhardt1934–1954
James McGirrLaborBankstown1922–1952
John McGrathLaborRockdale1941–1959
Hon William McKellLaborRedfern1917–1947
Roger NottLaborLiverpool Plains1941–1961
Bob O'HalloranLaborOrange1920–1927, 1941–1947
Hon Maurice O'SullivanLaborPaddington1927–1959
Mary QuirkLaborBalmain1939–1950
Alfred Reid [6]Independent Democrat/Liberal [1]Manly1920–1922, 1925–1945
John ReidCountryCasino1930–1953
Jack RenshawLaborCastlereagh1941–1980
Hon Athol Richardson [11]Democratic/LiberalAshfield1935–1946, 1946–1952
Clarrie RobertsonLaborDubbo1942–1950, 1953–1959
Murray RobsonDemocratic/LiberalVaucluse1936–1957
D'Arcy RoseCountryUpper Hunter1939–1959
James Shand [4]Independent DemocratRyde1926–1944
John SeiffertLaborMonaro1941–1965
Tom ShannonLaborPhillip1927–1954
Bill SheahanLaborYass1941–1973
Fred StanleyLaborLakemba1927–1950
Stanley StephensCountryByron1944–1973
Sydney StoreyIndependent Democrat/Liberal [1]Hornsby1941–1962
John SweeneyLaborBulli1933–1947
Arthur TongeLaborCanterbury1926–1932, 1935–1962
Hon Vernon TreattDemocratic/LiberalWoollahra1938–1962
Hon Jack Tully [8]LaborGoulburn1925–1932, 1935–1946
Laurie Tully [8]LaborGoulburn1946–1965
Harry TurnerDemocratic/LiberalGordon1937–1952
Hon Roy VincentCountryRaleigh1922–1953
Hon Reginald Weaver [7]Democratic/LiberalNeutral Bay1917–1925, 1927–1945
George WeirLaborDulwich Hill1941–1953
Arthur WilliamsLaborGeorges River1940–1956
Cecil WingfieldCountryClarence1938–1955
Henry WoodwardLaborLane Cove1944–1947
1 Manly MLA Alfred Reid and Nepean MLA Joseph Jackson were re-elected in 1944 as Independent Democrat candidates; Reid after losing preselection and Jackson after refusing Democratic endorsement. Both later joined the new Liberal Party. A third Independent Democrat, Sydney Storey, joined the Liberal Party in 1946.
2 Oxley MLA Les Jordan had won his seat as an Independent Country candidate against independent George Mitchell at the 1944 state election. He had been previously refused endorsement due to the party's refusal to officially challenge MLAs who, like Mitchell, were serving in World War II; upon his election, he was admitted to the Country Party caucus.
3 Tamworth MLA Bill Chaffey was elected as an independent, but joined the Country Party during this term.
4 The Independent Democrat member for Ryde, James Shand died on 21 December 1944. Liberal candidate Eric Hearnshaw won the resulting by-election on 3 February 1945 in the first electoral test for the new conservative party.
5 Blacktown Labor MLA Frank Hill died on 11 July 1945. Labor candidate John Freeman won the resulting by-election on 18 August 1945.
6 Manly Liberal MLA Alfred Reid died on 5 August 1945. Liberal candidate Douglas Darby won the resulting by-election on 15 September.
7 Neutral Bay Liberal MLA Reginald Weaver died on 12 November 1945. Liberal candidate Ivan Black won the resulting by-election on 15 December.
8 Goulburn Labor MLA Jack Tully resigned on 9 May 1946. His son, Labor candidate Laurie Tully won the resulting by-election on 1 June.
9 Albury Liberal MLA Alexander Mair resigned on 14 August 1946 in order to contest a seat in the Australian Senate at the 1946 federal election. Labor candidate John Hurley won the resulting by-election on 9 November.
10 Auburn Lang Labor MLA Jack Lang resigned on 15 August 1946 in order to contest the federal seat of Reid at the 1946 federal election. His son, Lang Labor candidate James Lang, won the resulting by-election on 9 November.
11 Ashfield Liberal MLA Athol Richardson resigned on 16 August 1946 in order to contest the federal seat of Parkes at the 1946 federal election. He lost the federal contest, and recontested and won the by-election for his state seat on 9 November.
12 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.

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