Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1973–1976
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This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council
from 1973 to 1976. At this time the Council was not directly elected, but was chosen by members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
at triennial elections.
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 1973 to 1976. At this time the Council was not directly elected, but was chosen by members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...
at triennial elections.
Name | Party | Years in office |
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Kath Anderson Kath Anderson Kathleen Harris "Kath" Anderson AM, née Hough was an Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1981... |
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... |
1973–1981 |
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 |
Fred Bowen | ALP | 1966–1976 |
Hon 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 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... |
1961–1981 |
Hon Sir Harry Budd | 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... |
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 |
Hon Frank Calabro Frank Calabro Francesco "Frank" Calabro, AM was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1970 to 1988... |
Liberal | 1970–1988 |
Joseph Calcraft | Independent | 1973–1976 |
Hon 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.... |
Country | 1969–1970, 1970–1981 |
William Coulter | ALP | 1947–1978 |
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 |
John Ducker | ALP | 1972–1979 |
Hon Fred Duncan Fred Duncan Frederick Norman "Fred" Duncan was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1972 to 1984.... |
Liberal | 1972–1984 |
Thomas Erskine | Liberal | 1970–1978 |
Stanley Eskell | Liberal | 1958–1978 |
Dick Evans | Liberal | 1969–1978 |
Otway Falkiner | Country | 1946–1978 |
Hon Dr Derek Freeman Derek Freeman (politician) Derek David Freeman is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1981 and from 1981 to 1984.Freeman was born in Sydney... |
Liberal | 1973–1981, 1981–1984 |
Hon Barney French Barney French Henry Bernard "Barney" French was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1991.... |
ALP | 1973–1991 |
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 3 | 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 5 | Independent Labor | 1946–1975 |
Trevor Gordon | ALP | 1964–1976 |
Hon Jack Hallam Jack Hallam (politician) Jack Rowland Hallam is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1991.... |
ALP | 1973–1991 |
Clive Healey Clive Healey Clive Healey was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1970 to 1988.... |
ALP | 1970–1988 |
Frederick Hewitt | Liberal | 1955–1976 |
Hon John Holt John Holt (Australian politician) Walter John Holt QC is a former Australian politician and judge. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1972 to 1984, and was Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Upper House from 1976 to 1977.... |
Liberal | 1972–1984 |
Ted Humphries | Liberal | 1972–1978 |
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 |
Hon Bill Kennedy Bill Kennedy (politician) James William "Bill" Kennedy was an Australian politician. He was a Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1971 to 1984.... |
Country | 1971–1984 |
Paul Landa Paul Landa David Paul Landa, QC was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1984, and the member for Peats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1984... |
ALP | 1973–1984 |
Hon Lloyd Lange Lloyd Lange William Lloyd Lange is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1974 to 1986, serving as Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council from 1981 to 1984, and as Opposition Spokesman for Minerals and Energy and Deputy Leader of... 2 |
Liberal | 1974–1986 |
Violet Lloyd Violet Lloyd Florence Violet Lloyd OBE is a former Australian politician. She was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1981.... |
Liberal | 1973–1981 |
Hon Toby MacDiarmid Toby MacDiarmid Finlay Melrose "Toby" MacDiarmid OBE was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1988, serving as a member of the National Party until 1985 and thereafter as an Independent.MacDiarmid was born in Queanbeyan, and was educated at Sydney... 1 |
Country | 1973–1988 |
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... |
Country | 1968–1978 |
Ralph Marsh | ALP | 1962–1976 |
Thomas McKay | Liberal | 1966–1978 |
Peter McMahon Peter McMahon (politician) Peter McMahon AM is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1981.McMahon was born in Wagga Wagga to Otho Thomas McMahon and Ida Bramsdore... |
ALP | 1973–1981 |
Hon 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 |
Robert Melville Robert Melville (politician) Robert Gavin Melville was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1981.... |
ALP | 1973–1981 |
Doug Moppett Doug Moppett Douglas Frederick "Doug" Moppett is a former Australian politician. He was a Country Party, later National Party, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1976 to 1978 and again from 1991 up until 2002... 5 |
Country | 1976–1978, 1991–2002 |
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 |
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 |
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 2 | Liberal | 1968–1973 |
Edna Roper | ALP | 1958–1978 |
Bob Rowland Smith Bob Rowland Smith Robert Baron Rowland "Bob" Smith is a former Australian politician. He was a National Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1974 until 1999.... 4 |
Country | 1974–1999 |
Amelia Rygate | ALP | 1961–1978 |
Walter Scott Walter Scott (Australian politician) Walter Robert Scott is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1974 to 1978.... 3 |
Liberal | 1974–1978 |
Leroy Serisier Leroy Serisier Leroy Dudley Serisier is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1970 to 1978, and served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Council from 1973 to 1976.... |
ALP | 1970–1978 |
Hon 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.... |
Country | 1969–1991 |
Harry Sullivan | Independent/Country | 1970–1977 |
Hon Norman Thom | ALP | 1950–1978 |
Hon Joe Thompson Joe Thompson (Australian politician) Joe Slater Thompson AM was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1974 to 1988.... 2 |
ALP | 1974–1988 |
Eben Vickery 4 | Country | 1967–1974 |
Sir Edward Warren | Liberal | 1955–1978 |
Hon Max Willis Max Willis Max Frederick Willis RFD, ED, CSI, is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1970 to 1999. His brother Sir Eric Willis was briefly Premier of New South Wales in 1976.... |
Liberal | 1970–1999 |
Neville Wran Neville Wran Neville Kenneth Wran, AC, CNZM, QC was the Premier of New South Wales from 1976 until 1986. He was National President of the Australian Labor Party from 1980 to 1986 and Chairman of both the Lionel Murphy Foundation and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation from 1986... 2 |
ALP | 1970–1973 |
Ernest Wright 1 | ALP | 1943–1973 |
- 1 ALP MLC Ernest Wright resigned on 16 April 1973. Country candidate Toby MacDiarmidToby MacDiarmidFinlay Melrose "Toby" MacDiarmid OBE was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1988, serving as a member of the National Party until 1985 and thereafter as an Independent.MacDiarmid was born in Queanbeyan, and was educated at Sydney...
was elected as his replacement on 17 August 1973. - 2 Liberal MLC Bernard Riley and ALP MLC Neville WranNeville WranNeville Kenneth Wran, AC, CNZM, QC was the Premier of New South Wales from 1976 until 1986. He was National President of the Australian Labor Party from 1980 to 1986 and Chairman of both the Lionel Murphy Foundation and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation from 1986...
resigned on 19 October 1973. Liberal candidate Lloyd LangeLloyd LangeWilliam Lloyd Lange is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1974 to 1986, serving as Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council from 1981 to 1984, and as Opposition Spokesman for Minerals and Energy and Deputy Leader of...
and ALP candidate Joe ThompsonJoe Thompson (Australian politician)Joe Slater Thompson AM was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1974 to 1988....
were elected as their replacements on 6 March 1974. - 3 Independent MLC John Gardiner died on 8 April 1974. Liberal candidate Walter ScottWalter Scott (Australian politician)Walter Robert Scott is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1974 to 1978....
was elected as his replacement on 15 August 1974. - 4 Country MLC Eben Vickery died on 26 August 1974. Country candidate Bob Rowland SmithBob Rowland SmithRobert Baron Rowland "Bob" Smith is a former Australian politician. He was a National Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1974 until 1999....
was elected as his replacement on 26 September 1974. - 5 Independent Labor MLC Thomas Gleeson died on 25 November 1975. Country candidate Doug MoppettDoug MoppettDouglas Frederick "Doug" Moppett is a former Australian politician. He was a Country Party, later National Party, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1976 to 1978 and again from 1991 up until 2002...
was elected as his replacement on 3 March 1976.