Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1917–1920

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 24th parliament of New South Wales from 1917 to 1920. They were elected at the 1917 state election on 24 March 1917. The Speaker was John Cohen until 19 August 1919 when he was succeeded by Daniel Levy.

Name	Party	Electorate	Term in office
Mac Abbott ^5	Nat	Upper Hunter	1913–1918
Guy Arkins	Nat	Castlereagh	1915–1930 1938–1941
Richard Arthur	Nat	Middle Harbour	1904–1932
William Ashford	Nat	Liverpool Plains	1910–1925
William Bagnall	Nat	St George	1913–1925 1925–1927
John Bailey ^6	ALP	Monaro	1918–1925
Richard Ball	Nat	Corowa	1895–1898 1904–1937
Thomas Bavin	Nat	Gordon	1917–1935
George Beeby	Nat	Wagga Wagga	1907–1913 1917–1920
Walter Bennett	Independent	Durham	1898–1907 1917–1934
John Birt ^9	ALP	Paddington	1919–1925
George Briner	Nat	Raleigh	1901–1920
Percy Brookfield	ALP	Sturt	1917–1921
Albert Bruntnell	Nat	Parramatta	1906–1907 1910–1913 1916–1929
Arthur Buckley	ALP	Surry Hills	1917–1922
Frank Burke	ALP	Newtown	1917–1944
Michael Burke	ALP	Belmore	1917–1922 1925–1930
Claude Bushell	ALP	Lyndhurst	1917–1920
Ernest Buttenshaw	Nat	Lachlan	1917–1938
William Cameron ^5	Nat	Upper Hunter	1918–1931
George Cann	ALP	Canterbury	1914–1927
Ambrose Carmichael	ALP/Soldiers and Citizens^10	Leichhardt	1907–1920
Frank Chaffey	Nat	Tamworth	1913–1940
John Cochran	ALP	Darling Harbour	1910–1920
Hon Arthur Cocks	Nat	St Leonards	1910–1925
John Cohen ^7	Nat	Petersham	1898–1919
Percy Colquhoun	Nat	Mosman	1913–1920
John Crane	Nat	Gwydir	1913–1920
Mat Davidson ^4	ALP	Cobar	1918–1949
Billy Davies	ALP	Wollongong	1917–1949
Brian Doe ^2	Nat	Murray	1917–1927
James Dooley	ALP	Hartley	1907–1927
John Doyle	ALP	Phillip	1917–1922
Hon Bill Dunn	ALP	Mudgee	1910–1911, 1911–1932, 1935–1950
Alfred Edden	Nat	Kahibah	1891–1920
John Estell	ALP	Wallsend	1901 -1913 1917–1922
James Fallick	Nat	Singleton	1901–1920
Charles Fern ^4	ALP	Cobar	1913–1918
John Fitzpatrick	Nat	Orange	1895–1904 1907–1930
George Fuller	Nat	Wollondilly	1889–1894 1915–1928
Arthur Gardiner	Independent Labor	Newcastle	1910–1922
Alexander Graff	Nat	Drummoyne	1916–1920
William Grahame	Nat	Wickham	1907–1920
Arthur Grimm	Nat	Ashburnham	1913–1925
David Hall	Nat	Enmore	1901–1904 1913–1920
Thomas Henley	Nat	Burwood	1904–1935
Simon Hickey	ALP	Alexandria	1912–1922
William Holman	Nat	Cootamundra	1898–1920
Tom Hoskins	Nat	Dulwich Hill	1913–1927
John Hunt	Nat	Camden	1907–1920
Augustus James	Nat	Goulburn	1907–1920
Valentine Johnston	ALP	Bathurst	1917–1922
William Kearsley	ALP	Cessnock	1910–1921
Tom Keegan	ALP	Glebe	1910–1920 1921–1935
Herbert Lane	Nat	Armidale	1915–1920
Jack Lang	ALP	Granville	1913–1943, 1943–1946
William Latimer	Nat	Woollahra	1901 -1920
Hon Carlo Lazzarini	ALP	Marrickville	1917–1952
Charles Lee	Nat	Tenterfield	1884–1920
Hon Daniel Levy	Nat	Darlinghurst	1901–1937
Hon Thomas Ley	Nat	Hurstville	1917–1925
Peter Loughlin	ALP	Burrangong	1917–1927, 1932–1935
Arthur Manning	Nat	Albury	1917–1920
James Macarthur-Onslow	Nat	Bondi	1907–1922
George McDonald	Nat	Bingara	1910–1920
Patrick McGarry	Nat	Murrumbidgee	1904–1920
Greg McGirr	ALP	Yass	1913–1925
Patrick McGirr ^1	ALP	Macquarie	1917–1920
Hon William McKell	ALP	Redfern	1917–1947
William Millard	Nat	Bega	1894–1920 1920–1921
Gus Miller ^6	ALP	Monaro	1889–1918
Henry Morton	Nat	Hastings and Manning	1910–1920
Mark Morton	Nat	Allowrie	1901–1920 1922–1938
Thomas Mutch	ALP	Botany	1917 -1930 1938–1941
George Nesbitt	Nat	Lismore	1913–1925
Charles Nicholson	Nat	Maitland	1911–1920
Charles Oakes	Nat	Waverley	1901–1910 1917–1925
William O'Brien	ALP	Annandale	1917–1925
Lawrence O'Hara ^8, 9	ALP	Paddington	1919
John Osborne ^8	ALP	Paddington	1910–1919
John Perry	Nat	Byron	1889–1920
Richard Price ^3	Independent	Gloucester	1894–1904 1907–1922
William Robson	Nat	Ashfield	1905–1920
Robert Scobie^2	Nat	Murray	1901–1917
Sydney Shillington ^7	Nat	Petersham	1919–1922
Tom Smith	ALP	King	1917–1920
David Storey	Nat	Randwick	1894–1920
John Storey	ALP	Balmain	1901–1904 1907–1921
Robert Stuart-Robertson	ALP	Camperdown	1907–1933
Follett Thomas	Nat	Gough	1903–1920
William Thompson	Nat	Ryde	1913–1920
Thomas Thrower ^1	ALP	Macquarie	1904–1917
Bruce Walker	Independent	Hawkesbury	1917–1932
Walter Wearne	Independent Nationalist	Namoi	1917–1930
Hon Reginald Weaver	Nat	Willoughby	1917–1925, 1927–1945
Jabez Wright	ALP	Willyama	1913–1920 1921–1922
William Zuill	Nat	Clarence	1915–1920

¹ Macquarie ALP MLA Thomas Thrower died on 21 June 1917. The resultant by-election was won by ALP candidate Patrick McGirr on 12 July.

² Murray Nationalist MLA Robert Scobie died on 15 August 1917. The resultant by-election was won by Nationalist candidate Brian Doe on 22 September.

³ Gloucester Independent MLA Richard Price resigned after a Royal Commission found he had made "wanton lies" in an attack on the Lands Minister William Ashford. He was re-elected at the resultant by-election on 10 November.

⁴ Cobar ALP MLA Charles Fern died on 18 April 1918. The resultant by-election was won by ALP candidate Mat Davidson on 1 June.

⁵ Upper Hunter Nationalist MLA Mac Abbott resigned in May 1918. The resultant by-election was won by candidate William Cameron on 8 June.

⁶ Monaro ALP MLA Gus Miller died on 20 October 1918. The resultant by-election was won by ALP candidate John Bailey on 23 November.

⁷ Petersham Nationalist MLA John Cohen resigned to take an appointment as a District Court Judge in February 1919. The resultant by-election was won by Nationalist candidate Sydney Shillington on 22 March.

⁸, ⁹ Paddington ALP MLA John Osborne resigned on being appointed to the Metropolitan Meat Board in April 1919. The resultant by-election was won by ALP candidate Lawrence O'Hara on 24 May but he died before taking his seat. The resultant by-election was won by ALP candidate John Birt on 26 July.

¹⁰ Leichhardt ALP MLA Ambrose Carmichael formed the Soldiers and Citizens Party in 1919.

See also

New South Wales state election, 1917

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.

Members of the Parliament of New South Wales

Legislative Council 1913–1917 • 1917–1920 • 1920–1922

Legislative Assembly 1913–1917 • 1917–1920 • 1920–1922