Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1958–1961

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1958 to 1961. 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 Armstrong	Country	1952–1969
George Bassett	Country	1932–1964
Colin Begg	Liberal	1955–1964
Arthur Bridges	Liberal	1946–1968
Harry Budd	Country	1946–1978
Cedric Cahill	ALP	1954–1973
Cyril Cahill	ALP/Independent Labor ^5	1949–1977
John Carter	Country	1955–1968
Hector Clayton	Independent	1937–1973
Donald Cochrane	ALP/Independent Labor ^5	1950–1964
Harry Cockerill ^2	ALP	1959–1973
Col Colborne	ALP	1949–1973
William Coulter	ALP	1947–1978
Chris Dalton	ALP	1943–1970
Robert Day	ALP	1953–1967
William Dickson	ALP	1925–1934, 1940–1966
Tom Dougherty	ALP	1957–1961
Reg Downing	ALP	1940–1972
Robert Erskine	ALP	1949–1973
Stanley Eskell	Liberal	1958–1978
Otway Falkiner	Country	1946–1978
Herbert FitzSimons	Liberal/Country ^4	1955–1970
Harry Gardiner ^7	Independent Labor	1960–1974
Thomas Gleeson	ALP/Independent Labor ^5	1946–1975
Patrick Grace	ALP/Independent Labor ^5	1952–1964
James Graves	ALP	1934–1961
Charles Hackett	ALP/Independent Labor ^5	1943–1964
Herbert Henley	Country	1937–1964
Frederick Hewitt	Liberal	1955–1976
Reginald Jackson	ALP	1950–1969
Asher Joel	Independent/Country ^4	1958–1978
Jim Kenny	ALP	1948–1967
John Kenny	ALP/Independent Labor ^5	1955–1970
Robert King ^6	ALP	1931–1960
Christopher Love	ALP	1955–1970
Robert Mahony ^8	ALP	1921–1961
Jim Maloney	ALP	1941–1972
Gertrude Melville ^3	ALP	1952–1959
William Murray	ALP	1952–1976
George Neilly ^1	ALP	1954–1959
Ernest O'Dea	ALP	1943–1967
John Paterson	Liberal	1958–1970
William Peters ^1	ALP	1959–1978
Thomas Playfair	Liberal	1927–1966
Graham Pratten	Liberal/Country ^4	1937–1976
Anne Press ^3	ALP/Independent Labor ^5	1959–1978
Michael Quinn ^6	Independent Labor	1960–1965
Edna Roper	ALP	1958–1978
Gerald Rygate ^6	ALP/Independent Labor ^5	1952–1960
Leicester Saddington	Liberal	1952–1962
Robert Savage ^2	ALP	1931–1934, 1943–1959
Leon Snider	Liberal/Country ^4	1943–1965
Lloyd Sommerlad	Country	1955–1967
Frank Spicer	Country	1925–1973
Thomas Steele	Country	1934–1961
Gavin Sutherland	ALP	1956–1970
Norman Thom	ALP	1950–1978
Henry Thompson	Liberal	1940–1964
William Walmsley	Country	1952–1964
Sir Edward Warren	Liberal	1955–1978
John Weir	ALP	1949–1973
Samuel Williams	ALP	1943–1962
Robert Wilson	Country	1949–1961
Ernest Gerard Wright	ALP	1943–1973

¹ Labor MLC George Neilly resigned on 16 February 1959. Labor candidate William Peters was elected to replace him on 19 May 1959.

² Labor MLC Robert Savage died on 2 July 1959. Labor candidate Harry Cockerill was elected to replace him on 10 September 1959.

³ Labor MLC Gertrude Melville died on 21 August 1959. Labor candidate Anne Press was elected to replace her on 22 October 1959.

⁴ On 30 September 1959, Liberal MLCs Herbert FitzSimons, Graham Pratten and Leon Snider, together with independent MLC Asher Joel, joined the Country Party, citing its uncompromising opposition to abolition of the Legislative Council.

⁵ In December 1959, Labor MLCs Cyril Cahill, Donald Cochrane, Thomas Gleeson, Patrick Grace, Charles Hackett, John Kenny, Anne Press and Gerald Rygate were expelled from the party for voting against the abolition of the Legislative Council. They constituted themselves, at first informally, as the Independent Labor Group.

⁶ Labor MLC Robert King died on 27 February 1960. Labor candidate Michael Quinn was elected to replace him on 29 March 1960, whereupon he immediately resigned from the Labor Party to join the Independent Labor Group.

⁷ Independent Labor MLC Gerald Rygate died on 8 June 1960. Independent Labor candidate Harry Gardiner was elected to replace him on 15 September 1960.

⁸ Labor MLC Robert Mahony died on 8 February 1961. A by-election was not held this term, so the vacancy carried over to the next parliament.

Members of the Parliament of New South Wales

Legislative Council 1955–1958 • 1958–1961 • 1961–1964

Legislative Assembly 1956–1959 • 1959–1962 • 1962–1965