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1917

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 24th parliament of New South Wales from 1917 to 1920. They were elected at the 1917 state election on 24 March 1917. The Speaker was John Cohen until 19 August 1919 when he was succeeded by Daniel Levy.

Name Party Electorate Term in office
Mac Abbott 5 Nationalist Upper Hunter 1913–1918
Guy Arkins Nationalist Castlereagh 1915–1930 1938–1941
Richard Arthur Nationalist Middle Harbour 1904–1932
William Ashford Nationalist Liverpool Plains 1910–1925
William Bagnall Nationalist St George 1913–1925 1925–1927
John Bailey 6 Labor Monaro 1918–1925
Richard Ball Nationalist Corowa 1895–1898 1904–1937
Thomas Bavin Nationalist Gordon 1917–1935
George Beeby Nationalist Wagga Wagga 1907–1913 1917–1920
Walter Bennett Independent Durham 1898–1907 1917–1934
John Birt 9 Labor Paddington 1919–1925
George Briner Nationalist Raleigh 1901–1920
Percy Brookfield Labor Sturt 1917–1921
Albert Bruntnell Nationalist Parramatta 1906–1907 1910–1913 1916–1929
Arthur Buckley Labor Surry Hills 1917–1922
Frank Burke Labor Newtown 1917–1944
Michael Burke Labor Belmore 1917–1922 1925–1930
Claude Bushell Labor Lyndhurst 1917–1920
Ernest Buttenshaw Nationalist Lachlan 1917–1938
William Cameron 5 Nat Upper Hunter 1918–1931
George Cann Labor Canterbury 1914–1927
Ambrose Carmichael ALP/Soldiers and Citizens10 Leichhardt 1907–1920
Frank Chaffey Nationalist Tamworth 1913–1940
John Cochran Labor Darling Harbour 1910–1920
Hon Arthur Cocks Nationalist St Leonards 1910–1925
John Cohen 7 Nationalist Petersham 1898–1919
Percy Colquhoun Nationalist Mosman 1913–1920
John Crane Nationalist Gwydir 1913–1920
Mat Davidson 4 Labor Cobar 1918–1949
Billy Davies Labor Wollongong 1917–1949
Brian Doe 2 Nationalist Murray 1917–1927
James Dooley Labor Hartley 1907–1927
John Doyle Labor Phillip 1917–1922
Hon Bill Dunn Labor Mudgee 1910–1911, 1911–1932, 1935–1950
Alfred Edden Nationalist Kahibah 1891–1920
John Estell Labor Wallsend 1901 -1913 1917–1922
James Fallick Nationalist Singleton 1901–1920
Charles Fern 4 Labor Cobar 1913–1918
John Fitzpatrick Nationalist Orange 1895–1904 1907–1930
George Fuller Nationalist Wollondilly 1889–1894 1915–1928
Arthur Gardiner Independent Labor Newcastle 1910–1922
Alexander Graff Nationalist Drummoyne 1916–1920
William Grahame Nationalist Wickham 1907–1920
Arthur Grimm Nationalist Ashburnham 1913–1925
David Hall Nationalist Enmore 1901–1904 1913–1920
Thomas Henley Nationalist Burwood 1904–1935
Simon Hickey Labor Alexandria 1912–1922
William Holman Nationalist Cootamundra 1898–1920
Tom Hoskins Nationalist Dulwich Hill 1913–1927
John Hunt Nationalist Camden 1907–1920
Augustus James Nationalist Goulburn 1907–1920
Valentine Johnston ALP Bathurst 1917–1922
William Kearsley Labor Cessnock 1910–1921
Tom Keegan Labor Glebe 1910–1920 1921–1935
Herbert Lane Nationalist Armidale 1915–1920
Jack Lang Labor Granville 1913–1943, 1943–1946
William Latimer Nationalist Woollahra 1901 -1920
Hon Carlo Lazzarini Labor Marrickville 1917–1952
Charles Lee Nationalist Tenterfield 1884–1920
Hon Daniel Levy Nationalist Darlinghurst 1901–1937
Hon Thomas Ley Nat Hurstville 1917–1925
Peter Loughlin Labor Burrangong 1917–1927, 1932–1935
Arthur Manning Nationalist Albury 1917–1920
James Macarthur-Onslow Nationalist Bondi 1907–1922
George McDonald Nat Bingara 1910–1920
Patrick McGarry Nationalist Murrumbidgee 1904–1920
Greg McGirr Labor Yass 1913–1925
Patrick McGirr 1 Labor Macquarie 1917–1920
Hon William McKell Labor Redfern 1917–1947
William Millard Nationalist Bega 1894–1920 1920–1921
Gus Miller 6 Labor Monaro 1889–1918
Henry Morton Nationalist Hastings and Manning 1910–1920
Mark Morton Nationalist Allowrie 1901–1920 1922–1938
Thomas Mutch Labor Botany 1917 -1930 1938–1941
George Nesbitt Nationalist Lismore 1913–1925
Charles Nicholson Nationalist Maitland 1911–1920
Charles Oakes Nationalist Waverley 1901–1910 1917–1925
William O'Brien ALP Annandale 1917–1925
Lawrence O'Hara 8, 9 Labor Paddington 1919
John Osborne 8 Labor Paddington 1910–1919
John Perry Nationalist Byron 1889–1920
Richard Price 3 Independent Gloucester 1894–1904 1907–1922
William Robson Nationalist Ashfield 1905–1920
Robert Scobie2 Nationalist Murray 1901–1917
Sydney Shillington 7 Nationalist Petersham 1919–1922
Tom Smith Labor King 1917–1920
David Storey Nationalist Randwick 1894–1920
John Storey Labor Balmain 1901–1904 1907–1921
Robert Stuart-Robertson Labor Camperdown 1907–1933
Follett Thomas Nationalist Gough 1903–1920
William Thompson Nat Ryde 1913–1920
Thomas Thrower 1 Labor Macquarie 1904–1917
Bruce Walker Independent Hawkesbury 1917–1932
Walter Wearne Independent Nationalist Namoi 1917–1930
Hon Reginald Weaver Nationalist Willoughby 1917–1925, 1927–1945
Jabez Wright Labor Willyama 1913–1920 1921–1922
William Zuill Nationalist Clarence 1915–1920
1 Macquarie Labor MLA Thomas Thrower died on 21 June 1917. The resultant by-election was won by Labor candidate Patrick McGirr on 12 July.
2 Murray Nationalist MLA Robert Scobie died on 15 August 1917. The resultant by-election was won by Nationalist candidate Brian Doe on 22 September.
3 Gloucester Independent MLA Richard Price resigned after a Royal Commission found he had made "wanton lies" in an attack on the Lands Minister William Ashford. He was re-elected at the resultant by-election on 10 November.
4 Cobar Labor MLA Charles Fern died on 18 April 1918. The resultant by-election was won by Labor candidate Mat Davidson on 1 June.
5 Upper Hunter Nationalist MLA Mac Abbott resigned in May 1918. The resultant by-election was won by candidate William Cameron on 8 June.
6 Monaro Labor MLA Gus Miller died on 20 October 1918. The resultant by-election was won by Labor candidate John Bailey on 23 November.
7 Petersham Nationalist MLA John Cohen resigned to take an appointment as a District Court Judge in February 1919. The resultant by-election was won by Nationalist candidate Sydney Shillington on 22 March.
8, 9 Paddington Labor MLA John Osborne resigned on being appointed to the Metropolitan Meat Board in April 1919. The resultant by-election was won by Labor candidate Lawrence O'Hara on 24 May but he died before taking his seat. The resultant by-election was won by Labor candidate John Birt on 26 July.
10 Leichhardt Labor MLA Ambrose Carmichael formed the Soldiers and Citizens Party in 1919.