Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1913–1917

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 23rd parliament of New South Wales from 1913 to 1917. They were elected at the 1913 state election on 6 December 1913. The Speaker was Richard Meagher.

Name	Party	Party (after November 1916) ^1	Electorate	Term in office
Mac Abbott	F&SA	Nat	Upper Hunter	1913–1918
Guy Arkins ^3	ALP	Nat	Castlereagh	1915–1930 1938–1941
Richard Arthur	Lib	Nat	Middle Harbour	1904–1932
William Ashford	ALP	Nat	Liverpool Plains	1910–1925
Frank Badgery^6	Lib		Wollondilly	1910–1915
William Bagnall	ALP	Nat	St George	1913–1925 1925–1927
Richard Ball	F&SA	Nat	Corowa	1895–1898 1904–1937
George Black	ALP	Nat	Namoi	1891–1998 1910–1917
Walter Boston	ALP	ALP	Wagga Wagga	1913–1917
George Braund ^5	Lib		Armidale	1913–1915
George Briner	Country	Nat	Raleigh	1901–1920
Percy Brookfield^11		ALP	Sturt	1917–1921
Thomas Brown	ALP	ALP	Lachlan	1894–1901 1913–1917
William Brown	F&SA	Nat	Durham	1907–1917
Albert Bruntnell ^9	Lib	Nat	Parramatta	1906–1907 1910–1913 1916–1929
George Burgess	ALP	Nat	Burrangong	1901–1917
John Cann ^11	ALP	Nat	Sturt	1891–1916
George Cann ^2	ALP	ALP	Canterbury	1914–1927
Ambrose Carmichael	ALP	ALP	Leichhardt	1907–1920
Frank Chaffey	F&SA	Nat	Tamworth	1913–1940
John Cochran	ALP	ALP	Darling Harbour	1910–1920
Hon Arthur Cocks	Lib	Nat	St Leonards	1910–1925
John Cohen	Lib	Nat	Petersham	1898–1919
Percy Colquhoun	Lib	Nat	Mosman	1913–1920
John Crane	F&SA	Nat	Gwydir	1913–1920
Tom Crawford	ALP	Nat	Marrickville	1910–1917
John Cusack	ALP	Independent Labor	Albury	1910–1917
James Dooley	ALP	ALP	Hartley	1907–1927
Hon Bill Dunn	ALP	ALP	Mudgee	1910–1911, 1911–1932, 1935–1950
Ernest Durack	ALP	ALP	Bathurst	1913–1917
Alfred Edden	ALP	Nat	Kahibah	1891–1920
John Estell	ALP	ALP	Wallsend	1901–1922
James Fallick	Lib	Nat	Singleton	1901–1920
Charles Fern	ALP	ALP	Cobar	1913–1918
James Fingleton	ALP	ALP	Waverley	1913–1917 1920
John Fitzpatrick	Lib	Nat	Orange	1895–1904 1907–1930
George Fuller ^6	Lib	Nat	Wollondilly	1889–1894 1915–1928
Arthur Gardiner	ALP	Independent Labor	Newcastle	1910–1922
Alexander Graff ^8	Lib	Nat	Drummoyne	1916–1920
William Grahame	ALP	Nat	Wickham	1907–1920
Arthur Hill Griffith	ALP	Independent Labor	Annandale	1894–1903 1904–1920
Arthur Grimm	F&SA	Nat	Ashburnham	1913–1925
Brinsley Hall	Lib	Nat	Hawkesbury	1901–1917
David Hall	ALP	Nat	Enmore	1901–1904 1913–1920
John Haynes ^7	Independent Democrat	Nat	Willoughby	1887–1904 1915–1917
Thomas Henley	Lib	Nat	Burwood	1904–1935
Simon Hickey	ALP	ALP	Alexandria	1912–1922
Robert Hollis	ALP	Nat	Newtown	1901–1917
William Holman	ALP	Nat	Cootamundra	1898–1920
Tom Hoskins	Lib	Nat	Dulwich Hill	1913–1927
Henry Hoyle	ALP	Nat	Surry Hills	1891–1994 1910–1917
John Hunt	Lib	Nat	Camden	1907–1920
Augustus James	Lib	Nat	Goulburn	1907–1920
William Kearsley	ALP	ALP	Cessnock	1910–1921
Tom Keegan	ALP	ALP	Glebe	1910–1920 1921–1935
Herbert Lane ^5	Lib	Nat	Armidale	1915–1920
Jack Lang	ALP	ALP	Granville	1913–1943, 1943–1946
Edward Larkin ^7	ALP		Willoughby	1913–1915
William Latimer	Lib	Nat	Woollahra	1901–1920
Charles Lee	Lib	Nat	Tenterfield	1884–1920
Hon Daniel Levy	Lib	Nat	Darlinghurst	1901–1937
James Macarthur-Onslow	Lib	Nat	Bondi	1907–1922
George McDonald ^10	ALP / Independent	Nat	Bingara	1910–1920
John McFarlane ^4	Lib		Clarence	1887–1915
Patrick McGarry	ALP	Nat	Murrumbidgee	1904–1920
Greg McGirr	ALP	ALP	Yass	1913–1925
Hon James McGowen	ALP	Nat	Redfern	1891–1917
Richard Meagher	ALP	Independent Labor	Phillip	1895 1898–1904 1907–1917
James Mercer	ALP	Nat	Rozelle	1907–1917
William Millard	Lib	Nat	Bega	1894–1920 1920–1921
Gus Miller	ALP	ALP	Monaro	1889–1918
Patrick Minahan	ALP	ALP	Belmore	1910–1917 1920–1927
Henry Morton	Independent	Nat	Hastings and Manning	1910–1920
Mark Morton	Lib	Nat	Allowrie	1901–1920 1922–1938
James Morrish	ALP	Nat	King	1910–1917
Tom Moxham ^9	Lib		Parramatta	1901–1916
George Nesbitt	F&SA	Nat	Lismore	1913–1925
Charles Nicholson	Lib	Nat	Maitland	1911–1920
John Nicholson	ALP	Nat	Wollongong	1891–1917
John Osborne	ALP	ALP	Paddington	1910–1919
Fred Page	Independent Labor	Nat	Botany	1907–1917
John Perry	Lib	Nat	Byron	1889–1920
Henry Peters ^2	ALP		Canterbury	1907–1914
Richard Price	F&SA	Nat	Gloucester	1894–1904 1907–1922
George Richards ^8	Lib	Nat	Drummoyne	1913–1915
William Robson	Lib	Nat	Ashfield	1905–1920
Robert Scobie	ALP	Nat	Murray	1901–1917
David Storey	Lib	Nat	Randwick	1894–1920
John Storey	ALP	ALP	Balmain	1901–1904 1907–1921
Robert Stuart-Robertson	ALP	ALP	Camperdown	1907–1933
Follett Thomas	F&SA	Nat	Gough	1903–1920
William Thompson	Lib	Nat	Ryde	1913–1920
Thomas Thrower	ALP	ALP	Macquarie	1904–1917
Sam Toombs	ALP	ALP	Hurstville	1913–1917
John Treflé ^3	ALP		Castlereagh	1906–1915
Thomas Waddell	F&SA	Nat	Lyndhurst	1897–1917
Charles Wade	Lib	Nat	Gordon	1903–1917
Jabez Wright	ALP	ALP	Willyama	1913–1920 1921–1922
William Zuill ^4	F&SA	Nat	Clarence	1915–1920

¹ The December 1916 ALP split over conscription completely recast the party composition of the assembly. Premier Holman, and twenty of his supporters were expelled from the party for defying party policy and supporting conscription. They joined a Grand coalition with the members of the various conservative parties. By 1917, this had coalesced into the Nationalist Party of Australia. Four ALP members were also expelled for supporting conscription and they continued to sit as Independent Labor. The remaining 25 ALP members opposed conscription and became the official opposition ALP.

² Canterbury ALP MLA Henry Peters was declared bankrupt in October 1914. The resultant by-election was won by ALP candidate George Cann on 10 October 1914.

³ Castlereagh ALP MLA John Treflé died on 11 January 1915. The resultant by-election was won by ALP candidate Guy Arkins on 20 February 1915.

⁴ Clarence Liberal MLA John McFarlane died on 9 July 1915. The resultant by-election was won by Liberal candidate William Zuill on 14 August 1915.

⁵ Armidale Liberal MLA George Braund died on active service on 4 May 1915. The resultant by-election was won by Liberal candidate Herbert Lane on 18 September 1915.

⁶ Wollondilly Liberal MLA Frank Badgery died on 28 August 1915. The resultant by-election was won by Liberal candidate George Fuller on 2 October 1915.

⁷ Willoughby ALP MLA Edward Larkin died in action on 25 April 1915. The resultant by-election was won by Independent candidate John Haynes on 25 September 1915.

⁸ Drummoyne Liberal MLA George Richards died on 4 December 1915. The resultant by-election was won by Liberal candidate Alexander Graff on 22 January 1916.

⁹ Parramatta Liberal MLA Tom Moxham died on 11 January 1916. The resultant by-election was won by Liberal candidate Albert Bruntnell on 12 February 1915.

¹⁰ At the Easter 1916 NSW ALP Conference, a motion of no confidence in the Holman government was passed. Holman resigned the ALP leadership but not the premiership or his seat. When no willing alternative leader was found, the motion of no confidence was reversed and Holman restored. Bingara MLA George McDonald resigned from the party and his seat as a protest at the Conference's behaviour. He was returned at the Bingara state by-election, 1916 as an Independent on 10 June 1916.

¹¹ Sturt ALP MLA John Cann resigned to accept the position of Commissioner of Railways in January 1917. The resultant by-election was won by ALP candidate Percy Brookfield on 3 February 1917.

See also

• New South Wales state election, 1913
• First Holman ministry

References

• "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
• Antony Green. "NSW Elections Analysis". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
• 'Proceedings in the Assembly: Censure Motion Defeated', The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 11 November 1916, p13.

Members of the Parliament of New South Wales

Legislative Council 1910–1913 • 1913–1917 • 1917–1920

Legislative Assembly 1910–1913 • 1913–1917 • 1917–1920