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1917

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1917 to 1920. At this time the Council was composed of individuals appointed for life by the Governor on the advice of the Premier. This list includes members between the 1917 state election on 24 March 1917 and the 1920 state election on 20 March 1920.

Name	Party	Years in office
James Ashton	Nationalist	1907–1934
Joseph Beeston	Nationalist	1908–1921
George Black ¹	Nationalist	1917–1934
Reginald Black	Nationalist	1900–1928
Henry Braddon ¹	Nationalist	1917–1940
William Brooks ¹	Nationalist	1917–1934
Alexander Brown	Nationalist	1892–1926
Joseph Browne	Independent	1912–1932
Francis Bryant	ALP	1912–1934
Sir James Burns	Nationalist	1908–1923
Nicholas Buzacott	Nationalist	1899–1933
Sir Joseph Carruthers	Nationalist	1908–1932
Michael Connington ²	ALP	1917–1930
John Creed	Nationalist	1885–1930
Henry Dangar ¹⁰	Nationalist	1883–1917
William Dick	Nationalist	1907–1932
Jeffrey Dodd ¹	Nationalist	1917–1925
Henry Doyle	Independent	1912–1929
George Earp	Nationalist	1900–1933
John Farleigh	Nationalist	1908–1934
Ernest Farrar	Nationalist	1912–1952
John FitzGerald	Nationalist	1915–1922
Robert Fitzgerald	Nationalist	1901–1933
Frederick Flowers	Nationalist	1900–1928
Edmund Fosbery ⁵	Nationalist	1904–1919
James Gannon	Nationalist	1904–1924
John Garland	Nationalist	1908–1921
James Gormly	Nationalist	1904–1922
John Hall ¹	Nationalist	1917–1921
John Hepher	ALP	1899–1932
Louis Heydon ⁹	Nationalist	1889–1918
William Hill ⁶	Nationalist	1900–1919
William Holborow ⁸	Nationalist	1899–1917
Thomas Holden	ALP	1912–1934
Henry Horne ¹	Nationalist	1917–1955
Sir Thomas Hughes	Nationalist	1908–1930
Alfred Hunt	Nationalist	1916–1930
William Hurley	Nationalist	1904–1924
Sydney Innes-Noad ¹	Nationalist	1917–1931
Henry Kater	Independent	1889–1924
Edward Kavanagh	ALP	1912–1934
John Lane Mullins ¹	Nationalist	1917–1934
James Mackay	Nationalist	1899–1934
Charles Mackellar	Nationalist	1885–1903, 1903–1925
Sir Samuel McCaughey ⁷	Independent	1899–1919
James McGowen ¹	Independent Labor	1917–1922
Hugh McIntosh ¹	Nationalist	1917–1932
John Meagher	Independent	1900–1920
Richard Meagher ^1,3	Independent	1917–1920
Alfred Meeks	Nationalist	1900–1932
Henry Moses	Nationalist	1885–1923
John Nash	Nationalist	1900–1925
John Nobbs ¹	Nationalist	1917–1921
Broughton O'Conor	Nationalist	1908–1940
John Peden ¹	Nationalist	1917–1946
Charles Roberts	Nationalist	1890–1925
William Robson	Nationalist	1900–1920
James Ryan ¹	Nationalist	1917–1940
Andrew Sinclair	Nationalist	1912–1934
Fergus Smith	Nationalist	1895–1924
Sir James Joynton Smith	Independent	1912–1934
Sir Allen Taylor	Nationalist	1912–1940
Patrick Taylor ¹	Nationalist	1917–1922
John Travers	ALP	1908–1934
Arthur Trethowan	Nationalist	1916–1937
George Varley ¹	Nationalist	1917–1934
Thomas Waddell ¹	Nationalist	1917–1934
Frank Wall ¹	Nationalist	1917–1941
Winter Warden ¹	Nationalist	1917–1934
John Wetherspoon	Nationalist	1908–1928
James White	Nationalist	1908–1927
James Wilson	ALP	1899–1925
Frederick Winchcombe ⁴	Nationalist	1907–1917
John Wise ¹	Nationalist	1917–1934

¹ Appointed 17 July 1917.

² Appointed 25 July 1917.

³ Resigned 23 February 1920.

⁴ Died 29 June 1917.

⁵ Died 1 July 1919.

⁶ Died 11 January 1919.

⁷ Died 25 July 1919.

⁸ Died 10 July 1917.

⁹ Died 17 May 1918.

¹⁰ Died 25 April 1917.