Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1949–1952

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1949 to 1952. At this time the Council was not directly elected, but was chosen by a joint sitting of the New South Wales Parliament.

Name	Party	Years in office
Harold Ahern	Liberal	1949–1973
Alexander Alam	ALP	1925–1958, 1963–1973
Charles Anderson ^4	ALP	1951–1953
Thomas Armstrong	Liberal	1935–1955
George Bassett	Country	1932–1964
Alfred Binks	Liberal	1932–1952
Joseph Bodkin ^3	ALP	1946–1950
Arthur Bridges	Liberal	1946–1968
Francis Buckley	ALP	1946–1954
Harry Budd	Country	1946–1978
Cyril Cahill	ALP	1949–1977
Hector Clayton	Independent	1937–1973
Donald Cochrane ^1	ALP	1950–1964
Col Colborne	ALP	1949–1973
Arthur Colvin	Liberal	1932–1955
James Concannon	ALP	1925–1958
William Coulter	ALP	1947–1978
Chris Dalton	ALP	1943–1970
William Dickson	ALP	1925–1934, 1940–1966
Reg Downing	ALP	1940–1972
Jim Eggins ^1	Country	1940–1949
Robert Erskine	ALP	1949–1973
Otway Falkiner	Country	1946–1978
Ernest Farrar	Liberal	1912–1952
John Ferguson	ALP	1945–1952
William Gibb	ALP	1931–1934, 1943–1952
Thomas Gleeson	ALP	1946–1975
James Graves	ALP	1934–1961
Charles Hackett	ALP	1943–1964
Jim Harrison ^2	ALP	1943–1949
Herbert Henley	Country	1937–1964
Henry Horne	Liberal	1917–1955
Reginald Jackson ^3	ALP	1950–1969
Sir Norman Kater	Country	1923–1955
Jim Kenny	ALP	1948–1967
Robert King	ALP	1931–1960
Hugh Latimer	Liberal	1934–1955
Robert Mahony	ALP	1921–1961
Jim Maloney	ALP	1941–1972
Sir Henry Manning	Liberal	1932–1958
Patrick McGirr	ALP	1921–1955
Alan McNamara	ALP	1931–1934, 1937–1955
Thomas Murray	Independent	1921–1958
Ernest O'Dea	ALP	1943–1967
Walter Padgen	ALP	1946–1955
Stanley Parry	Independent	1940–1952
Thomas Playfair	Liberal	1927–1966
Graham Pratten	Liberal	1937–1976
William Robson ^4	Liberal	1920–1951
Robert Savage	ALP	1931–1934, 1943–1959
Leon Snider	Liberal	1943–1965
Ernest Sommerlad	Country	1932–1952
Edmond Speck	Liberal	1940–1952
Frank Spicer	Country	1925–1973
Thomas Steele	Country	1934–1961
John Stewart	ALP	1941–1957
Colin Tannock	ALP	1931–1952
Norman Thom ^2	ALP	1950–1978
Henry Thompson	Liberal	1940–1964
John Weir	ALP	1949–1973
Horace Whiddon	Liberal	1934–1955
Samuel Williams	ALP	1943–1962
Robert Wilson	Country	1949–1961
Ernest Gerard Wright	ALP	1943–1973

¹ Country MLC Jim Eggins resigned on 27 October 1949. Labor candidate Donald Cochrane was elected as his replacement on 21 March 1950.

² Labor MLC Jim Harrison resigned on 28 October 1949. Labor candidate Norman Thom was elected as his replacement on 22 March 1950.

³ Labor MLC Joseph Bodkin died on 18 March 1950. Labor candidate Reginald Jackson was elected as his replacement on 12 April 1950.

⁴ Liberal MLC William Robson died on 29 June 1951. Labor candidate Charles Anderson was elected as his replacement on 11 October 1951.

Members of the Parliament of New South Wales

Legislative Council 1946–1949 • 1949–1952 • 1952–1955

Legislative Assembly 1947–1950 • 1950–1953 • 1953–1956