Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1959–1962

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

1. 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.
2. Oxley MLA Les Jordan had been re-elected as a Country Party member in 1959, but defected to the Liberal Party late that year.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Temora Country Party MLA Doug Dickson died on 27 July 1960. Country Party candidate Jim Taylor won the resulting by-election on 8 October.
6. Paddington-Waverley Labor MLA William Ferguson died on 29 January 1961. Labor candidate Keith Anderson won the resulting by-election on 25 February.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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]

See also

• Fourth Cahill ministry
• First Heffron ministry
• Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election
• Candidates of the 1959 New South Wales state election