Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1934–1937

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1934 to 1937. At this time the Council was not directly elected, but was chosen by a joint sitting of the New South Wales Parliament. This replaced a previous system where members had been appointed for life on the advice of the Premier.

Name	Party	Years in office
Alexander Alam	ALP	1925–1958, 1963–1973
George Archer	ALP	1925–1949
Thomas Armstrong ^3	UAP	1935–1955
George Bassett	Country	1932–1964
Alfred Binks	UAP	1932–1952
Sir Henry Braddon	UAP	1917–1940
Charles Bridges	ALP	1925–1937, 1940–1943
Walter Cambridge	Country	1932–1946
Joseph Coates	FLP/ALP	1921–1943
Edward Collins ^1,4	UAP	1932–1934, 1934–1936
Arthur Colvin	UAP	1932–1955
James Concannon	ALP	1925–1958
Lionel Courtenay ^2	UAP	1932–1934
John Culbert	ALP	1925–1943
Maxwell Dunlop	Country	1932–1941
Ernest Farrar	UAP	1912–1952
Joseph Gardiner	Independent	1934–1937
Donald Grant	ALP	1931–1940
James Graves	ALP	1934–1961
Edward Grayndler ^5	ALP	1921–1934, 1936–1943
Herbert Hawkins	UAP	1932–1939
Alfred Hemsley	UAP	1927–1934
John Higgins ^5	FLP/ALP	1921–1936
Thomas Holden	UAP	1934–1945
Henry Horne	UAP	1917–1955
Archibald Howie	UAP	1934–1943
Sir Norman Kater	Country	1923–1955
Robert King	ALP/ILP	1931–1960
Frederick Kneeshaw	UAP	1934–1949
Hugh Latimer	UAP	1934–1955
Edward Magrath	ALP	1925–1943
Robert Mahony	ALP	1921–1961
Marsden Manfred	UAP	1934–1949
Henry Manning	UAP	1932–1958
John Martin	ALP	1931–1946
Patrick McGirr	ALP	1921–1955
Henry Moulder	Country	1932–1946
George Mullins	ALP	1931–1948
Thomas Murray	Independent	1921–1958
George Nesbitt	Country	1927–1940
Harold Nicholas ^3	UAP	1932–1935
Broughton O'Conor	UAP	1908–1940
John O'Regan	FLP/ALP	1921–1940
Sir John Peden	UAP	1917–1946
Thomas Playfair	UAP	1927–1966
Daniel Rees ^1	ALP	1931–1934
William Robson	UAP	1920–1951
Sir Charles Rosenthal ^4	UAP	1936–1937
James Ryan	UAP	1917–1940
Mick Ryan	FLP/ALP	1925–1943
Samuel Smith	ALP	1931–1940
Ernest Sommerlad	Country	1932–1952
Frank Spicer	FLP/Independent	1925–1973
Thomas Steele	Country	1934–1961
Colin Tannock	ALP	1931–1952
Sir Allen Taylor	UAP	1912–1940
Sir Frederick Tout	Country	1932–1946
Theodore Trautwein	Independent	1934–1940
Sir Arthur Trethowan	Country	1916–1937
Thomas Tyrrell	ALP	1925–1942
Sir Graham Waddell	Country	1934–1943
Sir Samuel Walder	UAP	1932–1943
Frank Wall	UAP	1917–1941
Horace Whiddon ^2	UAP	1934–1955
Hugh Wragge	Country	1932–1949

¹ Labor MLC Daniel Rees died on 19 June 1934. UAP candidate Edward Collins was elected as his replacement on 9 August 1934.

² UAP MLC Lionel Courtenay resigned on 8 August 1934. UAP candidate Horace Whiddon was elected as his replacement on 27 September 1934.

³ UAP MLC Harold Nicholas resigned on 4 January 1935. UAP candidate Thomas Armstrong was elected as his replacement on 26 February 1935.

⁴ UAP MLC Edward Collins died on 8 April 1936. UAP candidate Sir Charles Rosenthal was elected as his replacement on 3 June 1936.

⁵ Labor MLC John Higgins died on 28 July 1936. Labor candidate Edward Grayndler was elected as his replacement on 10 November 1936.

Members of the Parliament of New South Wales

Legislative Council 1932–1934 • 1934–1937 • 1937–1940

Legislative Assembly 1932–1935 • 1935–1938 • 1938–1941