Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1952–1955

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1952 to 1955. 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 ^5	ALP	1951–1953
Alexander Armstrong	Country	1952–1969
Thomas Armstrong	Liberal	1935–1955
George Bassett	Country	1932–1964
Arthur Bridges	Liberal	1946–1968
Francis Buckley ^7	ALP	1946–1954
Harry Budd	Country	1946–1978
Cedric Cahill ^7	ALP	1954–1973
Cyril Cahill	ALP	1949–1977
Hector Clayton	Independent	1937–1973
Donald Cochrane	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
Robert Day ^6	ALP	1953–1967
William Dickson	ALP	1925–1934, 1940–1966
Reg Downing	ALP	1940–1972
Robert Erskine	ALP	1949–1973
Otway Falkiner	Country	1946–1978
Peter Fallon ^3	ALP	1952–1956
Ernest Farrar ^2	Liberal	1912–1952
John Ferguson ^1	ALP	1945–1952
William Ferguson ^5,6	ALP	1953
William Gibb ^3	ALP	1931–1934, 1943–1952
Thomas Gleeson	ALP	1946–1975
Patrick Grace ^1	ALP	1952–1964
James Graves	ALP	1934–1961
Charles Hackett	ALP	1943–1964
Herbert Henley	Country	1937–1964
Henry Horne	Liberal	1917–1955
Reginald Jackson	ALP	1950–1969
Sir Norman Kater	Country	1923–1955
Jim Kenny	ALP	1948–1967
Robert King	ALP	1931–1960
Hugh Latimer ^7	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
Gertrude Melville ^2	ALP	1952–1959
Thomas Murray	Independent	1921–1958
William Murray	ALP	1952–1976
George Neilly ^7	ALP	1954–1959
Ernest O'Dea	ALP	1943–1967
Walter Padgen	ALP	1946–1955
Thomas Playfair	Liberal	1927–1966
Graham Pratten	Liberal	1937–1976
Gerald Rygate ^4	ALP	1952–1960
Leicester Saddington	Liberal	1952–1962
Robert Savage	ALP	1931–1934, 1943–1959
Leon Snider	Liberal	1943–1965
Ernest Sommerlad ^4	Country	1932–1952
Frank Spicer	Country	1925–1973
Thomas Steele	Country	1934–1961
John Stewart	ALP	1941–1957
Norman Thom	ALP	1950–1978
Henry Thompson	Liberal	1940–1964
William Walmsley	Country	1952–1964
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 Labor MLC John Ferguson resigned on 30 April 1952. Labor candidate Patrick Grace was elected to replace him on 4 September 1952.

² Liberal MLC Ernest Farrar died on 16 June 1952. Labor candidate Gertrude Melville was elected to replace him on 10 September 1952.

³ Labor MLC William Gibb died on 8 August 1952. Labor candidate Peter Fallon was elected to replace him on 24 September 1952.

⁴ Country MLC Ernest Sommerlad died on 6 September 1952. Labor candidate Gerald Rygate was elected to replace him on 30 October 1952.

⁵ Labor MLC Charles Anderson resigned on 28 February 1953. Labor candidate William Ferguson was elected to replace him on 3 September 1953.

⁶ Labor MLC William Ferguson resigned on 18 September 1953. Labor candidate Robert Day was elected to replace him on 18 November 1953.

⁷ Liberal MLC Hugh Latimer died on 10 May 1954. Labor MLC Francis Buckley resigned on 30 June 1954. Labor candidates Cedric Cahill and George Neilly were elected to replace them on 14 September 1954.

Members of the Parliament of New South Wales

Legislative Council 1949–1952 • 1952–1955 • 1955–1958

Legislative Assembly 1950–1953 • 1953–1956 • 1956–1959