Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1965–1968
This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1965 to 1968, as elected at the 1965 state election.
- 1 Bondi Labor MLA Abe Landa resigned on 25 September 1965 in order to accept the position of state Agent-General in London. Labor candidate Syd Einfeld won the resulting by-election on 6 November.
- 2 Oxley Liberal MLA Les Jordan died on 29 September 1965. Country Party candidate Bruce Cowan won the resulting by-election on 6 November.
- 3 Bathurst Labor MLA Gus Kelly died on 25 March 1967. Country Party candidate Clive Osborne won the resulting by-election on 6 May.
- 4 Bligh Liberal MLA Morton Cohen died on 14 January 1968. No by-election was held due to the imminent 1968 state election.
- 5 Murray MLA Joe Lawson was elected as a Country Party member, but resigned to contest the 1968 election as an independent. He had previously planned to retire, but was dissatisfied with his preselected replacement.
See also
- New South Wales state election, 1965
- Premier: Robert Askin (Liberal) (1965-1975)
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