Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 39th parliament held their seats from 1959 to 1962. They were elected at the 1959 state election,[1] and at by-elections.[2][3][4] The Speaker was Ray Maher.[5]
Name
|
Party
|
Electorate
|
Term in office
|
Keith Anderson [f]
|
|
Labor
|
Paddington-Waverley
|
1961–1962
|
Robert Askin
|
|
Liberal
|
Collaroy
|
1950–1975
|
Brian Bannon
|
|
Labor
|
Rockdale
|
1959–1986
|
Jack Beale
|
|
Liberal
|
South Coast
|
1942–1973
|
Ivan Black
|
|
Liberal
|
Neutral Bay
|
1945–1951, 1951–1962
|
George Booth [d]
|
|
Labor
|
Kurri Kurri
|
1925–1960
|
Ken Booth [d]
|
|
Labor
|
Kurri Kurri
|
1960–1988
|
George Brain
|
|
Liberal
|
Willoughby
|
1943–1968
|
Jim Brown
|
|
Country
|
Raleigh
|
1959–1984
|
Michael Bruxner
|
|
Country
|
Tenterfield
|
1920–1962
|
Joseph Cahill [c]
|
|
Labor
|
Cook's River
|
1925–1959
|
Tom Cahill [c]
|
|
Labor
|
Cook's River
|
1959–1983
|
Bill Chaffey
|
|
Country
|
Tamworth
|
1940–1973
|
Bill Chapman
|
|
Liberal
|
Nepean
|
1956–1962
|
Reg Coady
|
|
Labor
|
Leichhardt
|
1954–1973
|
Keith Compton [a]
|
|
Labor
|
Lismore
|
1959–1965
|
Rex Connor
|
|
Labor
|
Wollongong-Kembla
|
1950–1963
|
Geoffrey Cox
|
|
Liberal
|
Vaucluse
|
1957–1964
|
Bill Crabtree
|
|
Labor
|
Kogarah
|
1953–1983
|
Geoff Crawford
|
|
Country
|
Barwon
|
1950–1976
|
Douglas Cross
|
|
Liberal
|
Georges River
|
1948–1953, 1956–1970
|
Charles Cutler
|
|
Country
|
Orange
|
1947–1975
|
Tom Dalton
|
|
Labor
|
Sutherland
|
1953–1956, 1959–1968
|
Douglas Darby
|
|
Liberal
|
Manly
|
1945–1978
|
Bernie Deane
|
|
Liberal
|
Hawkesbury
|
1950–1972
|
Alfred Dennis [h]
|
|
Liberal/Independent
|
Blacktown
|
1959–1962
|
Doug Dickson [e]
|
|
Country
|
Temora
|
1938–1960
|
Ben Doig
|
|
Liberal
|
Burwood
|
1957–1965
|
Frank Downing
|
|
Labor
|
Ryde
|
1953–1968
|
Clarrie Earl
|
|
Labor
|
Fairfield
|
1953–1973
|
Jack Easter [a]
|
|
Country
|
Lismore
|
1953–1959
|
Kevin Ellis
|
|
Liberal
|
Coogee
|
1948–1953, 1956–1962, 1965–1973
|
George Enticknap
|
|
Labor
|
Murrumbidgee
|
1941–1965
|
Jack Ferguson
|
|
Labor
|
Merrylands
|
1959–1984
|
William Ferguson [f]
|
|
Labor
|
Paddington-Waverley
|
1953–1961
|
Wal Fife
|
|
Liberal
|
Wagga Wagga
|
1957–1975
|
Ray Fitzgerald
|
|
Country
|
Gloucester
|
1941–1962
|
Les Ford
|
|
Liberal
|
Dubbo
|
1959–1964
|
Howard Fowles
|
|
Labor
|
Illawarra
|
1941–1968
|
Stewart Fraser
|
|
Liberal
|
Gordon
|
1953–1962
|
George Freudenstein
|
|
Country
|
Young
|
1959–1981
|
William Gollan
|
|
Labor
|
Randwick
|
1941–1962
|
Fred Green
|
|
Labor
|
Redfern
|
1950–1968
|
Ian Griffith
|
|
Liberal
|
Cronulla
|
1956–1978
|
Frank Hawkins
|
|
Labor
|
Newcastle
|
1935–1968
|
Eric Hearnshaw
|
|
Liberal
|
Eastwood
|
1945–1965
|
Bob Heffron
|
|
Labor
|
Maroubra
|
1930–1968
|
Pat Hills
|
|
Labor
|
Phillip
|
1954–1988
|
Davis Hughes
|
|
Country
|
Armidale
|
1950–1953, 1956–1973
|
David Hunter
|
|
Liberal
|
Ashfield-Croydon
|
1940–1976
|
Harold Jackson
|
|
Liberal
|
Gosford
|
1950–1965
|
Rex Jackson
|
|
Labor
|
Bulli
|
1955–1986
|
Les Jordan [b]
|
|
Country/Liberal
|
Oxley
|
1944–1965
|
Gus Kelly
|
|
Labor
|
Bathurst
|
1925–1932, 1935–1967
|
Joe Kelly
|
|
Labor
|
East Hills
|
1956–1973
|
Bill Lamb
|
|
Labor
|
Granville
|
1938–1962
|
Abe Landa
|
|
Labor
|
Bondi
|
1930–1965
|
Walter Lawrence
|
|
Liberal
|
Drummoyne
|
1956–1962
|
Joe Lawson
|
|
Country
|
Murray
|
1932–1973
|
Tom Lewis
|
|
Liberal
|
Wollondilly
|
1957–1978
|
Ray Maher
|
|
Labor
|
North Sydney
|
1953–1965
|
Dan Mahoney
|
|
Labor
|
Parramatta
|
1959–1976
|
Cliff Mallam
|
|
Labor
|
Dulwich Hill
|
1953–1968, 1971–1981
|
Jack Mannix
|
|
Labor
|
Liverpool
|
1952–1971
|
Robert McCartney
|
|
Labor
|
Hamilton
|
1959–1971
|
Ken McCaw
|
|
Liberal
|
Lane Cove
|
1947–1975
|
John McMahon
|
|
Labor
|
Balmain
|
1950–1968
|
Milton Morris
|
|
Liberal
|
Maitland
|
1956–1980
|
Pat Morton
|
|
Liberal
|
Mosman
|
1947–1972
|
Thomas Murphy
|
|
Labor
|
Concord
|
1953–1968
|
George Neilly
|
|
Labor
|
Cessnock
|
1959–1978
|
Leo Nott
|
|
Labor
|
Mudgee
|
1953–1973
|
Roger Nott [g]
|
|
Labor
|
Liverpool Plains
|
1941–1961
|
Frank O'Keefe [g]
|
|
Country
|
Liverpool Plains
|
1961–1969
|
Doug Padman
|
|
Liberal
|
Albury
|
1947–1965
|
Spence Powell
|
|
Labor
|
Bankstown
|
1950–1962
|
Leon Punch
|
|
Country
|
Upper Hunter
|
1959–1985
|
Frank Purdue
|
|
Independent
|
Waratah
|
1956–1962, 1964–1965
|
Jack Renshaw
|
|
Labor
|
Castlereagh
|
1941–1980
|
Bill Rigby
|
|
Labor
|
Hurstville
|
1959–1965
|
Ian Robinson
|
|
Country
|
Casino
|
1953–1963
|
Jim Robson
|
|
Labor
|
Hartley
|
1956–1965
|
Norm Ryan
|
|
Labor
|
Marrickville
|
1953–1973
|
Thomas Ryan
|
|
Labor
|
Auburn
|
1956–1965
|
John Seiffert
|
|
Labor
|
Monaro
|
1941–1965
|
Bill Sheahan
|
|
Labor
|
Burrinjuck
|
1941–1973
|
Jim Simpson
|
|
Labor
|
Lake Macquarie
|
1950–1968
|
Albert Sloss
|
|
Labor
|
King
|
1956–1973
|
Stanley Stephens
|
|
Country
|
Byron
|
1944–1973
|
Jack Stewart
|
|
Labor
|
Kahibah
|
1957–1972
|
Sydney Storey
|
|
Liberal
|
Hornsby
|
1941–1962
|
Jim Taylor [e]
|
|
Country
|
Temora
|
1960–1981
|
Arthur Tonge
|
|
Labor
|
Canterbury
|
1926–1932, 1935–1962
|
Vernon Treatt
|
|
Liberal
|
Woollahra
|
1938–1962
|
Laurie Tully
|
|
Labor
|
Goulburn
|
1946–1965
|
William Wattison
|
|
Labor
|
Sturt
|
1947–1968
|
Bill Weiley
|
|
Country
|
Clarence
|
1955–1971
|
Ernest Wetherell
|
|
Labor
|
Cobar
|
1949–1965
|
Eric Willis
|
|
Liberal
|
Earlwood
|
1950–1978
|
Stan Wyatt
|
|
Labor
|
Lakemba
|
1950–1964
|
- ^ a b c The 1959 re-election of Lismore Country Party MLA Jack Easter was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns on 12 June 1959. Labor candidate Keith Compton won the resulting by-election on 12 September.
- ^ a b Oxley MLA Les Jordan had been re-elected as a Country Party member in 1959, but defected to the Liberal Party late that year.
- ^ a b c Cook’s River Labor MLA and Premier Joseph Cahill died on 22 October 1959. His son, Labor candidate Tom Cahill, won the resulting by-election on 12 December.
- ^ a b c Kurri Kurri Labor MLA George Booth died on 31 July 1960. His son, Labor candidate Ken Booth, won the resulting by-election on 8 October.
- ^ a b c Temora Country Party MLA Doug Dickson died on 27 July 1960. Country Party candidate Jim Taylor won the resulting by-election on 8 October.
- ^ a b c Paddington-Waverley Labor MLA William Ferguson died on 29 January 1961. Labor candidate Keith Anderson won the resulting by-election on 25 February.
- ^ a b c Liverpool Plains Labor MLA Roger Nott resigned on 3 March 1961 to accept an appointment as Administrator of the Northern Territory. Country Party candidate Frank O'Keefe won the resulting by-election on 25 March.
- ^ a b Blacktown MLA Alfred Dennis was elected as a representative of the Liberal Party, but resigned to sit as an independent in 1962 after losing a preselection challenge for the safer Liberal seat of The Hills.
- ^ The changes to the composition of the house, in chronological order, were:
Easter’s election overturned,[a]
Jordan joined the Liberals ,[b]
Cahill died,[c]
Booth died,[d]
Dickson died,[e]
Ferguson died,[f]
Nott resigned,[g]
Dennis sat as an independent,[h]