Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1961–1964

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1961 to 1964. 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 ^3	ALP	1925–1958, 1963–1973
Alexander Armstrong	Country	1952–1969
George Bassett	Country	1932–1964
Colin Begg ^4	Liberal	1955–1964
Arthur Bridges	Liberal	1946–1968
Roger de Bryon-Faes	Liberal	1961–1981
Harry Budd	Country	1946–1978
Cedric Cahill	Labor	1954–1973
Cyril Cahill	Independent Labor	1949–1977
John Carter	Country	1955–1968
Hector Clayton	Independent	1937–1973
Donald Cochrane	Independent Labor	1950–1964
Harry Cockerill	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 ^1	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	Country	1955–1970
John Fuller	Country	1961–1978
Eileen Furley ^2	Liberal	1962–1976
Harry Gardiner	Independent Labor	1960–1974
Walter Geraghty ^1	ALP	1961–1978
Thomas Gleeson	Independent Labor	1946–1975
Patrick Grace	Independent Labor	1952–1964
Charles Hackett	Independent Labor	1943–1964
Herbert Henley	Country	1937–1964
Frederick Hewitt	Liberal	1955–1976
Reginald Jackson	ALP	1950–1969
Asher Joel	Country	1958–1978
Jim Kenny	ALP	1948–1967
John Kenny	Independent Labor	1955–1970
Christopher Love	ALP	1955–1970
Jim Maloney	ALP	1941–1972
Ralph Marsh ^2	ALP	1962–1976
William Murray	ALP	1952–1976
Ernest O'Dea	ALP	1943–1967
John Paterson	Liberal	1958–1970
William Peters	ALP	1959–1978
Thomas Playfair	Liberal	1927–1966
Graham Pratten	Country	1937–1976
Anne Press	Independent Labor	1959–1978
Michael Quinn	Independent Labor	1960–1965
Edna Roper	ALP	1958–1978
Amelia Rygate ^1	Independent Labor	1961–1978
Leicester Saddington ^2	Liberal	1952–1962
Ian Sinclair ^3	Country	1961–1963
Leon Snider	Country	1943–1965
Lloyd Sommerlad	Country	1955–1967
Frank Spicer	Country	1925–1973
Gavin Sutherland	ALP	1956–1970
Norman Thom	ALP	1950–1978
Henry Thompson ^5	Liberal	1940–1964
William Walmsley	Country	1952–1964
Sir Edward Warren	Liberal	1955–1978
John Weir	ALP	1949–1973
Samuel Williams ^2	ALP	1943–1962
Ernest Gerard Wright	ALP	1943–1973

¹ Labor MLC Robert Mahony died on 8 February 1961, before this parliament began. Labor MLC Tom Dougherty resigned on 1 May 1961. Labor candidate Walter Geraghty and Independent Labor candidate Amelia Rygate were elected as their replacements on 7 September 1961.

² Liberal MLC Leicester Saddington died on 26 September 1962. Labor MLC Samuel Williams died on 12 October 1962. Liberal candidate Eileen Furley and Labor candidate Ralph Marsh were elected as their replacements on 14 November 1962.

³ Country MLC Ian Sinclair resigned on 24 October 1963 to contest the Australian House of Representatives. Labor candidate Alexander Alam was elected as his replacement on 19 November 1963.

⁴ Liberal MLC Colin Begg resigned in April 1964, creating a casual vacancy that was carried through to the next parliament.

⁵ Liberal MLC Henry Thompson died on 21 March 1964, creating a casual vacancy that was carried through to the next parliament.

Members of the Parliament of New South Wales

Legislative Council 1958–1961 • 1961–1964 • 1964–1967

Legislative Assembly 1959–1962 • 1962–1965 • 1965–1968