Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1920–1922

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 25th parliament of New South Wales from 1920 to 1922. They were elected at the 1920 state election on 20 March 1920. The Speaker was The Hon Sir Daniel Levy with the exception of 13–20 December 1921 when he was replaced by Simon Hickey.

Name	Party	Electorate	Term in office'
David Anderson	Nat	Ryde	1920–1930
Guy Arkins	Nat	St George	1915–1930 1938–1941
Richard Arthur	Nat	North Shore	1904–1932
William Ashford	Nat	Wammerawa	1910–1925
William Bagnall	Nat	St George	1913–1925 1925–1927
John Bailey	ALP	Goulburn	1918–1925
Richard Ball	Nat	Murray	1895–1898 1904–1937
Thomas Bavin	Prog	Ryde	1917–1935
George Beeby ^3	Prog	Murray	1907–1913 1917–1920
Walter Bennett	Prog	Maitland	1889–1902 1917–1934
John Birt	ALP	Sydney	1919–1925
George Briner ^4	Prog	Oxley	1901–1920
Percy Brookfield^6	ISLP	Sturt	1917–1921
Albert Bruntnell	Nat	Parramatta	1906–1907 1910–1913 1919–1929
Hon Michael Bruxner	Prog	Northern Tablelands	1920–1962
Arthur Buckley	ALP	Sydney	1917–1922
Frank Burke	ALP	Botany	1917–1944
Michael Burke	ALP	Sydney	1917–1922 1925–1930
Ernest Buttenshaw	Prog	Murrumbidgee	1917–1938
William Cameron	Nat	Maitland	1918–1931
George Cann	ALP	St George	1914–1927
Ernest Carr	Nat	Cumberland	1920–1922
Frank Chaffey	Nat	Namoi	1913–1940
Joseph Clark	ALP	Wammerawa	1920–1927 1930–1932
John Cleary	ALP	Wollondilly	1920–1922
Hon Arthur Cocks	Nat	North Shore	1910–1925
Hugh Connell	ALP	Newcastle	1920–1934
Mat Davidson	ALP	Sturt	1918–1949
Billy Davies	ALP	Wollondilly	1917–1949
Brian Doe	Nat	Sturt	1917–1927
James Dooley	ALP	Bathurst	1907–1927
John Doyle	ALP	Balmain	1917–1922
Hon David Drummond	Prog	Northern Tablelands	1920–1949
Hon Bill Dunn	ALP	Wammerawa	1910–1911, 1911–1932, 1935–1950
Daniel Dwyer ^1	ALP	Eastern Suburbs	1920–1922
Bill Ely	ALP	Parramatta	1920–1922, 1925–1932
John Estell	ALP	Newcastle	1901–1913 1917–1922
John Fegan	Nat	Newcastle	1891–1907 1920–1922
James Fingleton ^1	ALP	Eastern Suburbs	1913–1917 1920
Joseph Fitzgerald	ALP	Oxley	1920–1927 1930–1932
John Fitzpatrick	Nat	Bathurst	1895–1904 1907–1930
Martin Flannery	ALP	Murrumbidgee	1920–1932
George Fuller	Nat	Wollondilly	1889–1894 1915–1928
Arthur Gardiner	Independent	Newcastle	1910–1922
Mark Gosling	ALP	St George	1920–1932
Robert Greig	ALP	Ryde	1920–1927 1941–1947
Arthur Grimm	Nat	Murrumbidgee	1913–1925
Thomas Henley	Nat	Ryde	1904–1935
Simon Hickey	ALP	Botany	1912–1922
Theodore Hill ^4	Prog	Oxley	1920–1927
Tom Hoskins	Nat	Western Suburbs	1913–1927
Harold Jaques	Nat	Eastern Suburbs	1920–1930
Augustus James^2	Nat	Goulburn	1907–1920
Valentine Johnston	ALP	Bathurst	1917–1922
William Kearsley ^5	ALP	Newcastle	1910–1921
Tom Keegan ^7	ALP	Balmain	1910–1920 1921–1935
Matthew Kilpatrick ^3	Prog	Murray	1920–1941
Jack Lang	ALP	Parramatta	1913–1943, 1943–1946
Hon Carlo Lazzarini	ALP	Western Suburbs	1917–1952
Hon John Lee	Nat	Botany	1920–1930 1932–1941
Hon Daniel Levy	Nat	Sydney	1901–1937
Hon Thomas Ley	Prog	St George	1917–1925
Peter Loughlin	ALP	Cootamundra	1917–1927, 1932–1935
Edward Loxton	Independent Nationalist	Ryde	1920–1925
James MacArthur-Onslow	Prog	Eastern Suburbs	1907–1922
Hugh Main	Prog	Cootamundra	1920–1938
Alfred McClelland	ALP	Northern Tablelands	1920–1927 1930–1932
Greg McGirr	ALP	Cootamundra	1913–1925
Hon William McKell	ALP	Botany	1917–1947
Edward McTiernan	ALP	Western Suburbs	1920–1927
William Millard ^2, 8	Nat	Goulburn	1894–1920 1920–1921
Patrick Minahan	ALP	Sydney	1910–1917 1920–1927
Voltaire Molesworth	ALP	Cumberland	1920–1925
Cecil Murphy	ALP	North Shore	1920–1927
David Murray ^5	ALP	Newcastle	1921–1928
Thomas Mutch	ALP	Botany	1917 -1930 1938–1941
George Nesbitt	Nat	Byron	1913–1925
Charles Oakes	Nat	Eastern Suburbs	1901–1910 1917–1925
William O'Brien	ALP	Murray	1917–1925
Walter O'Hearn	ALP	Maitland	1920–1932
Bob O'Halloran	ALP	Eastern Suburbs	1920–1927 1941–1947
Stephen Perdriau	Prog	Byron	1920–1925
John Perkins ^8	Nat	Goulburn	1921–1926
Richard Price	Prog	Oxley	1894–1904 1907–1922
John Quirk	ALP	Balmain	1917–1938
Alfred Reid	Independent Nationalist	North Shore	1920–1922, 1925–1945
Thomas Rutledge	Prog	Goulburn	1920–1925
Patrick Scully	ALP	Namoi	1920–1923
Sydney Shillington	Nat	Western Suburbs	1919–1922
Albert Smith	Nat	Balmain	1920–1922
John Storey^7	ALP	Balmain	1901–1904 1907–1921
Robert Stuart-Robertson	ALP	Balmain	1907–1933
Tom Swiney	ALP	Byron	1920–1922
Bruce Walker	Nat	Cumberland	1917–1932
Walter Wearne	Prog	Namoi	1917–1930
Hon Reginald Weaver	Nat	North Shore	1917–1925, 1927–1945
James Wilson	Prog	Western Suburbs	1920–1925
Jabez Wright ^6	ALP	Sturt	1913–1920 1921–1922

Under the provisions of the Parliamentary Elections (Casual Vacancies) Act, casual vacancies were filled by the next unsuccessful candidate on the departing member's party list. If an Independent member retired, the Clerk of the Assembly determined who would fill the vacancy based on the departing members voting record on questions of confidence.

¹ Eastern Suburbs ALP MLA James Fingleton died on 13 October 1920. He was replaced by Daniel Dwyer on 15 December 1920.

² Goulburn Nationalist MLA Augustus James resigned to take an appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court. He was replaced William Millard on 15 December 1920.

³ Murray Progressive MLA George Beeby resigned to take a judicial appointment. He was replaced by Matthew Kilpatrick on 15 December 1920.

⁴ Oxley Progressive MLA George Briner died on 9 September 1920. He was replaced by Theodore Hill on 15 December 1920.

⁵ Newcastle ALP MLA William Kearsley died on 19 June 1921. He was replaced by David Murray on 30 August.

⁶ Stuart ISLP MLA Percy Brookfield was murdered while trying to disarm a deranged man at Riverton on 22 March 1921 . As there had been no second candidate for the Industrial Socialist Labor Party and Brookfield was a supporter of the Labor government,he was replaced by the ALP's Jabez Wright on 30 August.

⁷ The premier and Balmain ALP MLA John Storey died on 5 October 1921. He was replaced by Tom Keegan on 18 October.

⁸ Goulburn Nationalist MLA William Millard died on 8 October 1921. He had been appointed to replace Augustus James and, as there were no further unsuccessful Nationalist candidates, the Casual Vacancies Act was amended to allow his replacement by John Perkins on 22 November 1921.

See also

New South Wales state election, 1920

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.
• Nairn, Bede (1995)Jack Lang the 'Big Fella':Jack Lang and the Australian Labor Party 1891–1949

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