Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1965–1968
Appearance
This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 41st parliament held their seats from 1965 to 1968. They were elected at the 1965 state election,[1] and at by-elections.[2][3][4] The Speaker was Sir Kevin Ellis.[5]
- ^ a b c Bondi Labor MLA Abe Landa resigned on 25 September 1965 in order to accept the position of state Agent-General in London. Labor candidate Syd Einfeld won the resulting by-election on 6 November.
- ^ a b c Oxley Liberal MLA Les Jordan died on 29 September 1965. Country Party candidate Bruce Cowan won the resulting by-election on 6 November.
- ^ a b c Bathurst Labor MLA Gus Kelly died on 25 March 1967. Country Party candidate Clive Osborne won the resulting by-election on 6 May.
- ^ a b Bligh Liberal MLA Morton Cohen died on 14 January 1968. No by-election was held due to the imminent 1968 state election.
- ^ a b Murray MLA Joe Lawson was elected as a Country Party member, but resigned to contest the 1968 election as an independent. He had previously planned to retire, but was dissatisfied with his preselected replacement.
- ^ The changes to the composition of the house, in chronological order, were: Landa resigned,[a] Jordan died,[b] Kelly died,[c] Cohen died,[d] and Lawson sat as an independent.[e]
See also
[edit]- First Askin ministry
- Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election
- Candidates of the 1965 New South Wales state election
References
[edit]- ^ Green, Antony. "1965 District List". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1965-1968 By elections". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate" (PDF). New South Wales Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "Part Ten - Officers of Parliament" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 May 2020.[f]