Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1967–1970

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council
New South Wales Legislative Council
The New South Wales Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is referred to as the lower house and the Council as...

from 1967 to 1970. 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 Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	1949–1973
Alexander Alam	ALP Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1925–1958, 1963–1973
Alexander Armstrong ⁴	Country National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1952–1969
Evelyn Barron Evelyn Barron Evelyn Barron, née Bock , an Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1963 to 1976 representing the Labor Party....	ALP	1963–1976
Norman Boland	Independent	1966–1970
Fred Bowen	ALP	1966–1976
Arthur Bridges ³	Liberal	1946–1968
Roger de Bryon-Faes Roger de Bryon-Faes Roger August Alfred Faes de Bryon-Faes was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1961 until 1981....	Liberal	1961–1981
Sir Harry Budd	Country	1946–1978
Cyril Cahill	Independent Labor Independent Labor Group The Independent Labor Group was a minor Australian political grouping in the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1959 to 1977. The group emerged when a number of Labor Party MLCs were expelled from the party for voting against the abolition of the Legislative Council, which was then party...	1949–1977
Jim Cahill Jim Cahill James Edward Cahill was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for one term from 1953 until 1956. He was also an indirectly elected member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1965 and 1970...	ALP	1965–1970
John Carter ²	Country	1955–1968
Hector Clayton	Independent	1937–1973
Harry Cockerill	ALP	1959–1973
Col Colborne	ALP	1949–1973
Leo Connellan Leo Connellan (politician) Leo Paul Connellan was an Australian politician. He was a Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1969 to 1981.... ⁶	Country	1969–1970, 1970–1981
William Coulter	ALP	1947–1978
Jack Crawford ⁷	Country	1970–1970
Chris Dalton	ALP	1943–1970
Margaret Davis Margaret Davis Margaret Alayne Elizabeth Davis, née Alexander is a former Australian politician. She was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1967 to 1978....	Liberal	1967–1978
Reg Downing	ALP	1940–1972
Robert Erskine	ALP	1949–1973
Stanley Eskell	Liberal	1958–1978
Dick Evans ⁵	Liberal	1969–1978
Otway Falkiner	Country	1946–1978
Herbert FitzSimons ⁷	Country	1955–1970
John Fuller John Fuller (Australian politician) Sir John Bryan Munro Fuller was an Australian politician, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for the Country Party from 1961 to 1978.-Early years:...	Country	1961–1978
John Gardiner	Independent	1960–1974
Walter Geraghty Walter Geraghty Walter James Geraghty was an Australian politician.Born at Hunters Hill to builder Martin Joseph Geraghty and Lilian Frederika Roberts, he attended school locally and became an audit clerk and accountant, although he lost his job during the Great Depression. He married Grace Elsie Degan, with whom...	ALP	1961–1978
Thomas Gleeson	Independent Labor	1946–1975
Trevor Gordon	ALP	1964–1976
Frederick Hewitt	Liberal	1955–1976
Reginald Jackson ⁶	ALP	1950–1969
Sir Asher Joel Asher Joel Sir Asher Alexander Joel KBE, AO was an Australian public figure and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for 20 years...	Country	1958–1978
Geoffrey Keighley Geoffrey Keighley William Geoffrey Keighley OAM was an English barrister, businessman, first-class cricketer, farmer, grazier and legislator....	Country	1965–1978
John Kenny	Independent Labor	1955–1970
Jim Kenny ¹	ALP	1948–1967
Christopher Love	ALP	1955–1970
Jim Maloney	ALP	1941–1972
Richmond Manyweathers Richmond Manyweathers Richmond William Manyweathers OBE was an Australian politician. He was a Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing the electorate of Casino from 1964 to 1968... ²	Country	1968–1978
Ralph Marsh	ALP	1962–1976
John McIntosh	Country	1964–1971
Thomas McKay	Liberal	1966–1978
Herb McPherson Herb McPherson Herbert John "Herb" McPherson was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1964 to 1981, and was Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Council from 1972 to 1973....	ALP	1964–1981
William Murray	ALP	1952–1976
Lindsay North Lindsay North Lindsay Annan North was an Australian politician.Born in Cooktown in Queensland to bank manager Charles Roger North and Florence Victoria Lindsay, he was educated in Brisbane, Toowoomba and Bribie Island before becoming a wool classer and shop assistant. On 30 April 1938 he married Dorothy Morris,...	ALP	1964–1976
Hubert O'Connell Hubert O'Connell Hubert David O'Connell was an Australian politician.Born in Harden to publican John O'Connell and Johanna Leahy, O'Connell was educated at Harden and Goulburn before studying pharmacy at the University of Sydney. He worked as a pharmacist in Maroubra from 1930 to 1967 and also owned property at... ¹	Independent Labor	1967–1971
Clyde Packer Clyde Packer Robert Clyde Packer , usually known as "Clyde", was the son of Australian newspaper magnate Frank Packer and the elder brother of media baron Kerry Packer...	Liberal	1964–1976
John Paterson	Liberal	1958–1970
William Peters William Peters (Australian politician) William Charles Peters was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1959 and 1970. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party ....	ALP	1959–1970
Frederick Pratten Frederick Pratten Frederick Graham Pratten was an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he attended North Sydney Grammar School and the University of Sydney, and served in World War I 1917-18. He then became the managing director of the family companies...	Liberal	1937–1976
Anne Press	Liberal	1959–1978
Bernard Riley ³	Liberal	1968–1973
Edna Roper	ALP	1958–1978
Amelia Rygate	ALP	1961–1978
Lawrence Schofield ⁵	ALP	1967–1969
Perceval Shipton	Liberal	1964–1972
Adrian Solomons Adrian Solomons Sir Louis Adrian Solomons was an Australian politician. He was a Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1969 to 1991.... ⁴	Country	1969–1991
Frank Spicer	Country	1925–1973
Gavin Sutherland	ALP	1956–1970
Norman Thom	ALP	1950–1978
Eben Vickery	Country	1967–1974
Sir Edward Warren	Liberal	1955–1978
John Weir	ALP	1949–1973
Ernest Wright	ALP	1943–1973

¹ Labor MLC Jim Kenny died on 12 October 1967. Independent Labor candidate Hubert O'Connell

Hubert O'Connell

Hubert David O'Connell was an Australian politician.Born in Harden to publican John O'Connell and Johanna Leahy, O'Connell was educated at Harden and Goulburn before studying pharmacy at the University of Sydney. He worked as a pharmacist in Maroubra from 1930 to 1967 and also owned property at...

was elected as his replacement on 16 November 1967.

² Country MLC John Carter resigned on 18 March 1968. Country candidate Richmond Manyweathers

Richmond Manyweathers

Richmond William Manyweathers OBE was an Australian politician. He was a Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing the electorate of Casino from 1964 to 1968...

was elected as his replacement on 11 April 1968.

³ Liberal MLC Arthur Bridges died on 22 May 1968. Liberal candidate Bernard Riley was elected as his replacement on 29 August 1968.

⁴ Country MLC Alexander Armstrong was expelled on 25 February 1969. Country candidate Adrian Solomons

Adrian Solomons

Sir Louis Adrian Solomons was an Australian politician. He was a Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1969 to 1991....

was elected as his replacement on 12 March 1969.

⁵ Labor MLC Lawrence Schofield died on 14 June 1969. Liberal candidate Dick Evans was elected as his replacement on 28 August 1969.

⁶ Labor MLC Reginald Jackson died on 16 August 1969. Country candidate Leo Connellan

Leo Connellan (politician)

Leo Paul Connellan was an Australian politician. He was a Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1969 to 1981....

was elected as his replacement on 5 September 1969.

⁷ Country MLC Herbert FitzSimons died on 31 January 1970. Country candidate Jack Crawford was elected as his replacement on 25 February 1970.

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