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1915

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 23rd parliament of New South Wales from 1913 to 1917. They were elected at the 1913 state election on 6 December 1913. The Speaker was Richard Meagher.

Name Party Party

(after November 1916) 1

 Electorate Term in office
Mac Abbott F&SA Nationalist Upper Hunter 1913–1918
Guy Arkins 3 Labor Nationalist Castlereagh 1915–1930, 1938–1941
Richard Arthur Liberal Nationalist Middle Harbour 1904–1932
William Ashford Labor Nationalist Liverpool Plains 1910–1925
Frank Badgery6 Liberal
Wollondilly 1910–1915
William Bagnall Labor Nationalist St George 1913–1925 1925–1927
Richard Ball F&SA Nationalist Corowa 1895–1898, 1904–1937
George Black Labor Nationalist Namoi 1891–1998, 1910–1917
Walter Boston Labor Labor Wagga Wagga 1913–1917
George Braund 5 Liberal
Armidale 1913–1915
George Briner Country Nationalist Raleigh 1901–1920
Percy Brookfield11
Labor Sturt 1917–1921
Thomas Brown Labor Labor Lachlan 1894–1901 1913–1917
William Brown F&SA Nationalist Durham 1907–1917
Albert Bruntnell 9 Liberal Nationalist Parramatta 1906–1907 1910–1913 1916–1929
George Burgess Labor Nationalist Burrangong 1901–1917
John Cann 11 Labor Nationalist Sturt 1891–1916
George Cann 2 Labor Labor Canterbury 1914–1927
Ambrose Carmichael Labor Labor Leichhardt 1907–1920
Frank Chaffey F&SA Nationalist Tamworth 1913–1940
John Cochran Labor Labor Darling Harbour 1910–1920
Hon Arthur Cocks Liberal Nationalist St Leonards 1910–1925
John Cohen Liberal Nationalist Petersham 1898–1919
Percy Colquhoun Liberal Nationalist Mosman 1913–1920
John Crane F&SA Nationalist Gwydir 1913–1920
Tom Crawford Labor Nationalist Marrickville 1910–1917
John Cusack Labor Independent Labor Albury 1910–1917
James Dooley Labor Labor Hartley 1907–1927
Hon Bill Dunn Labor Labor Mudgee 1910–1911, 1911–1932, 1935–1950
Ernest Durack Labor Labor Bathurst 1913–1917
Alfred Edden Labor Nationalist Kahibah 1891–1920
John Estell Labor Labor Wallsend 1901–1922
James Fallick Liberal Nationalist Singleton 1901–1920
Charles Fern Labor Labor Cobar 1913–1918
James Fingleton Labor Labor Waverley 1913–1917 1920
John Fitzpatrick Liberal Nationalist Orange 1895–1904 1907–1930
George Fuller 6 Liberal Nationalist Wollondilly 1889–1894 1915–1928
Arthur Gardiner Labor Independent Labor Newcastle 1910–1922
Alexander Graff 8 Liberal Nationalist Drummoyne 1916–1920
William Grahame Labor Nationalist Wickham 1907–1920
Arthur Hill Griffith Labor Independent Labor Annandale 1894–1903 1904–1920
Arthur Grimm F&SA Nationalist Ashburnham 1913–1925
Brinsley Hall Liberal Nationalist Hawkesbury 1901–1917
David Hall Labor Nationalist Enmore 1901–1904 1913–1920
John Haynes 7 Independent Democrat Nationalist Willoughby 1887–1904 1915–1917
Thomas Henley Liberal Nationalist Burwood 1904–1935
Simon Hickey Labor Labor Alexandria 1912–1922
Robert Hollis Labor Nationalist Newtown 1901–1917
William Holman Labor Nationalist Cootamundra 1898–1920
Tom Hoskins Liberal Nationalist Dulwich Hill 1913–1927
Henry Hoyle Labor Nationalist Surry Hills 1891–1994 1910–1917
John Hunt Liberal Nationalist Camden 1907–1920
Augustus James Liberal Nationalist Goulburn 1907–1920
William Kearsley Labor Labor Cessnock 1910–1921
Tom Keegan Labor Labor Glebe 1910–1920 1921–1935
Herbert Lane 5 Liberal Nationalist Armidale 1915–1920
Jack Lang Labor Labor Granville 1913–1943, 1943–1946
Edward Larkin 7 Labor
Willoughby 1913–1915
William Latimer Liberal Nationalist Woollahra 1901–1920
Charles Lee Liberal Nationalist Tenterfield 1884–1920
Hon Daniel Levy Liberal Nationalist Darlinghurst 1901–1937
James Macarthur-Onslow Liberal Nationalist Bondi 1907–1922
George McDonald 10 Labor / Independent Nationalist Bingara 1910–1920
John McFarlane 4 Liberal
Clarence 1887–1915
Patrick McGarry Labor Nationalist Murrumbidgee 1904–1920
Greg McGirr Labor Labor Yass 1913–1925
Hon James McGowen Labor Nationalist Redfern 1891–1917
Richard Meagher Labor Independent Labor Phillip 1895 1898–1904 1907–1917
James Mercer Labor Nationalist Rozelle 1907–1917
William Millard Liberal Nationalist Bega 1894–1920 1920–1921
Gus Miller Labor Labor Monaro 1889–1918
Patrick Minahan Labor Labor Belmore 1910–1917 1920–1927
Henry Morton Independent Nationalist Hastings and Manning 1910–1920
Mark Morton Liberal Nationalist Allowrie 1901–1920 1922–1938
James Morrish Labor Nationalist King 1910–1917
Tom Moxham 9 Liberal
Parramatta 1901–1916
George Nesbitt F&SA Nationalist Lismore 1913–1925
Charles Nicholson Liberal Nationalist Maitland 1911–1920
John Nicholson Labor Nationalist Wollongong 1891–1917
John Osborne Labor Labor Paddington 1910–1919
Fred Page Independent Labor Nationalist Botany 1907–1917
John Perry Liberal Nationalist Byron 1889–1920
Henry Peters 2 Labor
Canterbury 1907–1914
Richard Price F&SA Nationalist Gloucester 1894–1904 1907–1922
George Richards 8 Liberal Nationalist Drummoyne 1913–1915
William Robson Liberal Nationalist Ashfield 1905–1920
Robert Scobie Labor Nationalist Murray 1901–1917
David Storey Liberal Nationalist Randwick 1894–1920
John Storey Labor Labor Balmain 1901–1904 1907–1921
Robert Stuart-Robertson Labor Labor Camperdown 1907–1933
Follett Thomas F&SA Nationalist Gough 1903–1920
William Thompson Liberal Nationalist Ryde 1913–1920
Thomas Thrower Labor Labor Macquarie 1904–1917
Sam Toombs Labor Labor Hurstville 1913–1917
John Treflé 3 Labor
Castlereagh 1906–1915
Thomas Waddell F&SA Nationalist Lyndhurst 1897–1917
Charles Wade Liberal Nationalist Gordon 1903–1917
Jabez Wright Labor Labor Willyama 1913–1920 1921–1922
William Zuill 4 F&SA Nationalist Clarence 1915–1920
1 The December 1916 ALP split over conscription completely recast the party composition of the assembly. Premier Holman, and twenty of his supporters were expelled from the party for defying party policy and supporting conscription. They joined a Grand coalition with the members of the various conservative parties. By 1917, this had coalesced into the Nationalist Party of Australia. Four Labor members were also expelled for supporting conscription and they continued to sit as Independent Labor. The remaining 25 Labor members opposed conscription and became the official opposition ALP.
2 Canterbury Labor MLA Henry Peters was declared bankrupt in October 1914. The resultant by-election was won by Labor candidate George Cann on 10 October 1914.
3 Castlereagh Labor MLA John Treflé died on 11 January 1915. The resultant by-election was won by Labor candidate Guy Arkins on 20 February 1915.
4 Clarence Liberal MLA John McFarlane died on 9 July 1915. The resultant by-election was won by Liberal candidate William Zuill on 14 August 1915.
5 Armidale Liberal MLA George Braund died on active service on 4 May 1915. The resultant by-election was won by Liberal candidate Herbert Lane on 18 September 1915.
6 Wollondilly Liberal MLA Frank Badgery died on 28 August 1915. The resultant by-election was won by Liberal candidate George Fuller on 2 October 1915.
7 Willoughby Labor MLA Edward Larkin died in action on 25 April 1915. The resultant by-election was won by Independent candidate John Haynes on 25 September 1915.
8 Drummoyne Liberal MLA George Richards died on 4 December 1915. The resultant by-election was won by Liberal candidate Alexander Graff on 22 January 1916.
9 Parramatta Liberal MLA Tom Moxham died on 11 January 1916. The resultant by-election was won by Liberal candidate Albert Bruntnell on 12 February 1915.
10 At the Easter 1916 NSW Labor Conference, a motion of no confidence in the Holman government was passed. Holman resigned the Labor leadership but not the premiership or his seat. When no willing alternative leader was found, the motion of no confidence was reversed and Holman restored. Bingara MLA George McDonald resigned from the party and his seat as a protest at the Conference's behaviour. He was returned at the Bingara state by-election, 1916 as an Independent on 10 June 1916.
11 Sturt Labor MLA John Cann resigned to accept the position of Commissioner of Railways in January 1917. The resultant by-election was won by Labor candidate Percy Brookfield on 3 February 1917.