Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1961–1964

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1961 and 1964 were indirectly elected by a joint sitting of the New South Wales Parliament, with 15 members elected every three years. The most recent election was on 16 March 1961, with the term of new members commencing on 23 April 1961.^[1][2] The President was William Dickson.^[3]

Name	Party		End term	Years in office
Harold Ahern		Liberal	1973	1949–1973
Alexander Alam [c]		Labor	1973	1925–1958, 1963–1973
Alexander Armstrong		Country	1964	1952–1969
George Bassett		Country	1964	1932–1964
Colin Begg [d]		Liberal	1973	1955–1964
Arthur Bridges		Liberal	1970	1946–1968
Roger de Bryon-Faes		Liberal	1973	1961–1981
Harry Budd		Country	1970	1946–1978
Cedric Cahill		Labor	1973	1954–1973
Cyril Cahill		Independent Labor	1973	1949–1977
John Carter		Country	1967	1955–1968
Hector Clayton		Liberal	1973	1937–1973
Donald Cochrane		Independent Labor	1964	1950–1964
Harry Cockerill		Labor	1973	1959–1973
Col Colborne		Labor	1973	1949–1973
William Coulter		Labor	1967	1947–1978
Chris Dalton		Labor	1970	1943–1970
Robert Day		Labor	1967	1953–1967
William Dickson		Labor	1964	1925–1934, 1940–1966
Tom Dougherty [a]		Labor	1967	1957–1961
Reg Downing		Labor	1964	1940–1972
Robert Erskine		Labor	1973	1949–1973
Stanley Eskell		Liberal	1970	1958–1978
Otway Falkiner		Country	1970	1946–1978
Herbert FitzSimons		Country	1970	1955–1970
John Fuller		Country	1973	1961–1978
Eileen Furley [b]		Liberal	1964	1962–1976
Harry Gardiner		Independent Labor	1967	1960–1974
Walter Geraghty [a]		Labor	1967	1961–1978
Thomas Gleeson		Independent Labor	1970	1946–1975
Patrick Grace		Independent Labor	1964	1952–1964
Charles Hackett		Independent Labor	1964	1943–1964
Herbert Henley		Country	1964	1937–1964
Frederick Hewitt		Liberal	1967	1955–1976
Reginald Jackson		Labor	1970	1950–1969
Asher Joel		Country	1970	1958–1978
Jim Kenny		Labor	1964	1948–1967
John Kenny		Independent Labor	1970	1955–1970
Christopher Love		Labor	1973	1955–1970
Jim Maloney		Labor	1967	1941–1972
Ralph Marsh [b]		Labor	1964	1962–1976
William Murray		Labor	1964	1952–1976
Ernest O'Dea		Labor	1967	1943–1967
John Paterson		Liberal	1970	1958–1970
William Peters		Labor	1970	1959–1978
Thomas Playfair		Liberal	1967	1927–1966
Graham Pratten		Country	1964	1937–1976
Anne Press		Independent Labor	1970	1959–1978
Michael Quinn		Independent Labor	1970	1960–1965
Edna Roper		Labor	1970	1958–1978
Amelia Rygate [a]		Independent Labor	1967	1961–1978
Leicester Saddington [b]		Liberal	1964	1952–1962
Ian Sinclair [c]		Country	1973	1961–1963
Leon Snider		Country	1967	1943–1965
Lloyd Sommerlad		Country	1967	1955–1967
Frank Spicer		Country	1973	1925–1973
Gavin Sutherland		Labor	1973	1956–1970
Norman Thom		Labor	1967	1950–1978
Henry Thompson [e]		Liberal	1964	1940–1964
William Walmsley		Country	1964	1952–1964
Sir Edward Warren		Liberal	1967	1955–1978
John Weir		Labor	1973	1949–1973
Samuel Williams [b]		Labor	1964	1943–1962
Ernest Wright		Labor	1967	1943–1973

1. Robert Mahony (Labor) died on 8 February 1961, before this parliament began. Labor MLC Tom Dougherty resigned on 1 May 1961. Walter Geraghty (Labor) and Amelia Rygate (Independent Labor) were elected as their replacements on 7 September 1961.
2. Leicester Saddington (Liberal) died on 26 September 1962. Samuel Williams (Labor) died on 12 October 1962. Eileen Furley (Liberal) and Ralph Marsh (Labor) were elected as their replacements on 14 November 1962.
3. Ian Sinclair (Country) resigned on 24 October 1963 to contest the Australian House of Representatives. Alexander Alam (Labor) was elected as his replacement on 19 November 1963.
4. Colin Begg (Liberal) resigned in April 1964, creating a casual vacancy that was carried through to the next parliament.
5. Henry Thompson (Liberal) died on 21 March 1964, creating a casual vacancy that was carried through to the next parliament.
6. The changes to the composition of the council, in chronological order, were: Mahoney died,^[a] Saddington died,^[b] Sinclair resigned,^[c] Begg resigned,^[d] Thompson died.^[e]

See also

• Fourth Cahill ministry
• First Heffron ministry
• Second Heffron ministry