Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1955–1958

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1955 to 1958. 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
Alexander Armstrong	Country	1952–1969
Thomas Armstrong ^2	Liberal	1935–1955
George Bassett	Country	1932–1964
Colin Begg ^2	Liberal	1955–1964
Arthur Bridges	Liberal	1946–1968
Harry Budd	Country	1946–1978
Cedric Cahill	ALP	1954–1973
Cyril Cahill	ALP	1949–1977
John Carter	Country	1955–1968
Hector Clayton	Independent	1937–1973
Donald Cochrane	ALP	1950–1964
Col Colborne	ALP	1949–1973
James Concannon	ALP	1925–1958
William Coulter	ALP	1947–1978
Chris Dalton	ALP	1943–1970
Robert Day	ALP	1953–1967
William Dickson	ALP	1925–1934, 1940–1966
Tom Dougherty ^4	ALP	1957–1961
Reg Downing	ALP	1940–1972
Robert Erskine	ALP	1949–1973
Otway Falkiner	Country	1946–1978
Peter Fallon ^3	ALP	1952–1956
Herbert FitzSimons ^1	Liberal	1955–1970
Thomas Gleeson	ALP	1946–1975
Patrick Grace	ALP	1952–1964
James Graves	ALP	1934–1961
Charles Hackett	ALP	1943–1964
Herbert Henley	Country	1937–1964
Frederick Hewitt	Liberal	1955–1976
Henry Horne ^1	Liberal	1917–1955
Reginald Jackson	ALP	1950–1969
Jim Kenny	ALP	1948–1967
John Kenny ^1	ALP	1955–1970
Robert King	ALP	1931–1960
Christopher Love ^2	ALP	1955–1970
Robert Mahony	ALP	1921–1961
Jim Maloney	ALP	1941–1972
Sir Henry Manning	Liberal	1932–1958
Alan McNamara ^2	ALP	1931–1934, 1937–1955
Gertrude Melville	ALP	1952–1959
Thomas Murray	Independent	1921–1958
William Murray	ALP	1952–1976
George Neilly	ALP	1954–1959
Ernest O'Dea	ALP	1943–1967
Walter Padgen ^1	ALP	1946–1955
Thomas Playfair	Liberal	1927–1966
Graham Pratten	Liberal	1937–1976
Gerald Rygate	ALP	1952–1960
Leicester Saddington	Liberal	1952–1962
Robert Savage	ALP	1931–1934, 1943–1959
Leon Snider	Liberal	1943–1965
Lloyd Sommerlad	Country	1955–1967
Frank Spicer	Country	1925–1973
Thomas Steele	Country	1934–1961
John Stewart ^4	ALP	1941–1957
Gavin Sutherland ^3	ALP	1956–1970
Norman Thom	ALP	1950–1978
Henry Thompson	Liberal	1940–1964
William Walmsley	Country	1952–1964
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 Walter Padgen died on 8 May 1955. Liberal MLC Henry Horne died on 14 July 1955. Liberal candidate Herbert FitzSimons and Labor candidate John Kenny were elected to replace them on 14 September 1955.

² Labor MLC Alan McNamara died on 5 May 1955. Liberal MLC Thomas Armstrong died on 13 June 1955. Liberal candidate Colin Begg and Labor candidate Christopher Love were elected to replace them on 15 September 1955.

³ Labor MLC Peter Fallon died on 9 February 1956. Labor candidate Gavin Sutherland was elected to replace him on 2 May 1956.

⁴ Labor MLC John Stewart died on 8 April 1957. Labor candidate Tom Dougherty was elected to replace him on 24 September 1957.

Members of the Parliament of New South Wales

Legislative Council 1952–1955 • 1955–1958 • 1958–1961

Legislative Assembly 1953–1956 • 1956–1959 • 1959–1962