Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1940–1943

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1940 to 1943. 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
Alexander Alam	ALP	1925–1958, 1963–1973
George Archer	ALP	1925–1949
Thomas Armstrong	UAP	1935–1955
George Bassett	Country	1932–1964
Alfred Binks	UAP	1932–1952
William Bradley ²	UAP	1940–1949
Charles Bridges ⁴	ALP	1925–1937, 1940–1943
Keith Brooks	UAP	1939–1946
Walter Cambridge	Country	1932–1946
Hector Clayton	Independent	1937–1973
Joseph Coates	ALP	1921–1943
Arthur Colvin	UAP	1932–1955
James Concannon	ALP	1925–1958
John Culbert	ALP	1925–1943
William Dickson	ALP	1925–1934, 1940–1966
Reg Downing	ALP	1940–1972
Maxwell Dunlop ⁶	Country	1932–1941
Jim Eggins	Country	1940–1949
Ernest Farrar	UAP	1912–1952
James Graves	ALP	1934–1961
Edward Grayndler ⁸	ALP	1921–1934, 1936–1943
Herbert Henley	Country	1937–1964
Thomas Holden	UAP	1934–1945
Henry Horne	UAP	1917–1955
Sir Archibald Howie	UAP	1934–1943
Sir Norman Kater	Country	1923–1955
Francis Kelly ⁷	ALP	1942–1947
Robert King	ALP	1931–1960
Frederick Kneeshaw	UAP	1934–1949
Hugh Latimer	UAP	1934–1955
Edward Magrath	ALP	1925–1943
Robert Mahony	ALP	1921–1961
Jim Maloney ⁵	ALP	1941–1972
Marsden Manfred	UAP	1934–1949
Sir Henry Manning	UAP	1932–1958
John Martin	ALP	1931–1946
Patrick McGirr	ALP	1921–1955
Alan McNamara	ALP	1931–1934, 1937–1955
Ernest Mitchell ⁹	UAP	1937–1943
Henry Moulder	Country	1932–1946
George Mullins	ALP	1931–1948
Thomas Murray	Independent	1921–1958
John O'Regan ⁴	ALP	1921–1940
Stanley Parry	Independent	1940–1952
Sir John Peden	UAP	1917–1946
Thomas Playfair	UAP	1927–1966
Graham Pratten	UAP	1937–1976
William Robson	UAP	1920–1951
James Ryan ²	UAP	1917–1940
Mick Ryan	ALP	1925–1943
Ernest Sommerlad	Country	1932–1952
Edmond Speck ³	UAP	1940–1952
Frank Spicer	Independent	1925–1973
Thomas Steele	Country	1934–1961
John Stewart ⁶	ALP	1941–1957
Colin Tannock	ALP	1931–1952
Sir Allen Taylor ³	UAP	1912–1940
Henry Thompson	UAP	1940–1964
John Tonkin ¹	UAP	1940–1946
Sir Frederick Tout	Country	1932–1946
Thomas Tyrrell ⁷	ALP	1925–1942
Sir Graham Waddell	Country	1934–1943
Sir Samuel Walder	UAP	1932–1943
Frank Wall ⁵	UAP	1917–1941
Horace Whiddon	UAP	1934–1955
Hugh Wragge	Country	1932–1949

¹ Independent MLC Theodore Trautwein's seat was declared vacant on 16 April 1940 after he was convicted of making false representation; this was prior to the beginning of this term. UAP candidate John Tonkin was elected as his replacement on 8 October 1940.

² UAP MLC James Ryan died on 21 June 1940. UAP candidate William Bradley was elected as his replacement on 22 October 1940.

³ UAP MLC Sir Allen Taylor died on 30 September 1940. UAP candidate Edmond Speck was elected as his replacement on 19 November 1940.

⁴ Labor MLC John O'Regan died on 28 October 1940. Labor candidate Charles Bridges was elected as his replacement on 3 December 1940.

⁵ UAP MLC Frank Wall died on 1 April 1941. Labor candidate Jim Maloney was elected as his replacement on 13 August 1941.

⁶ Country MLC Maxwell Dunlop died on 1 August 1941. Labor candidate John Stewart was elected as his replacement on 24 September 1941.

⁷ Labor MLC Thomas Tyrrell died on 31 October 1942. Labor candidate Francis Kelly was elected as his replacement on 20 November 1942.

⁸ Labor MLC Edward Grayndler died on 12 March 1943. The vacancy carried over to the next parliament.

⁹ UAP MLC Ernest Mitchell died on 21 April 1943, the day this term concluded. The vacancy carried over to the next parliament.

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