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1927

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 27th parliament of New South Wales from 1925 to 1927. They were elected at the 1925 state election on 30 May 1925.

Name Party Electorate Term in office'
Septimus Alldis Labor Eastern Suburbs 1925–1927
David Anderson Nationalist Ryde 1920–1930
Guy Arkins Nationalist St George 1915–1930, 1938–1941
Richard Arthur Nationalist North Shore 1904–1932
Hon Jack Baddeley Labor Newcastle 1922–1949
William Bagnall [4] Nationalist St George 1913–1925, 1925–1927
Richard Ball Nationalist Murray 1895–1898, 1904–1937
Henry Bate [5] Nationalist Goulburn 1926–1941
Thomas Bavin Nationalist Ryde 1917–1935
Walter Bennett Nationalist Maitland 1889–1902, 1917–1934
Edmund Best Nationalist Murrumbidgee 1925–1930
John Birt [3] Labor Sydney 1919–1925
George Booth Labor Newcastle 1925–1960
Albert Bruntnell Nationalist Parramatta 1906–1907, 1910–1913, 1919–1929
Hon Michael Bruxner Progressive Northern Tablelands 1920–1962
Frank Burke Labor Botany 1917–1944
Michael Burke Labor Sydney 1917–1922, 1925–1930
Ernest Buttenshaw Progressive Murrumbidgee 1917–1938
Joseph Cahill Labor St George 1925–1932, 1935–1959
William Cameron Nationalist Maitland 1918–1931
George Cann Labor St George 1914–1927
Frank Chaffey Nationalist Namoi 1913–1940
Joseph Clark Labor Wammerawa 1920–1927, 1930–1932
Hugh Connell Labor Newcastle 1920–1934
Mat Davidson Labor Sturt 1918–1949
Billy Davies Labor Wollondilly 1917–1949
Brian Doe Nationalist Sturt 1917–1927
James Dooley Labor Bathurst 1907–1927
Hon David Drummond Progressive Northern Tablelands 1920–1949
Hon Bill Dunn Labor Wammerawa 1910–1911, 1911–1932, 1935–1950
Bill Ely Labor Parramatta 1920–1922, 1925–1932
H. V. Evatt Labor Balmain 1925–1930
William Fell Independent Nationalist North Shore 1922–1927
Joseph Fitzgerald Labor Oxley 1920–1927, 1930–1932
John Fitzpatrick Nationalist Bathurst 1895–1904, 1907–1930
William FitzSimons [6] Nationalist Cumberland 1922–1926
Martin Flannery Labor Murrumbidgee 1920–1932
William Foster Nationalist Eastern Suburbs 1925–1936
George Fuller Nationalist Wollondilly 1889–1894, 1915–1928
Robert Gillies Labor/Independent 2 Byron 1925–1927
Vern Goodin Labor/Independent 2 Murray 1925–1927
Mark Gosling Labor St George 1920–1932
Robert Greig Labor Ryde 1920–1927, 1941–1947
Thomas Henley Nationalist Ryde 1904–1935
Theodore Hill Nationalist Oxley 1920–1927
Ken Hoad Labor Cootamundra 1925–1932
William Holdsworth Labor Sydney 1925–1927
Ted Horsington Labor Sturt 1922–1947
Tom Hoskins Nationalist Western Suburbs 1913–1927
Joseph Jackson Nationalist Sydney 1922–1956
Harold Jaques Nationalist Eastern Suburbs 1920–1930
Milton Jarvie Nationalist Western Suburbs 1925–1929, 1929–1935
Alick Kay [7] Independent North Shore 1925–1926
Tom Keegan Labor Balmain 1910–1920, 1921–1935
Gus Kelly Labor Bathurst 1925–1932, 1935–1967
Matthew Kilpatrick Progressive Murray 1920–1941
Albert Lane Nationalist Balmain 1922–1927
Jack Lang Labor Parramatta 1913–1943, 1943–1946
Hon Carlo Lazzarini Labor Western Suburbs 1917–1952
Hon John Lee Nationalist Botany 1920–1930, 1932–1941
Hon Daniel Levy Nationalist Sydney 1901–1937
Hon Thomas Ley [4] Nationalist St George 1917–1925
Peter Loughlin Labor/Independent 1 Cootamundra 1917–1927, 1932–1935
Andrew Lysaght, junior Labor Wollondilly 1925–1933
Hugh Main Progressive Cootamundra 1922–1938
Alfred McClelland Labor Northern Tablelands 1920–1927, 1930–1932
James McGirr Labor Cumberland 1922–1952
Hon William McKell Labor Botany 1917–1947
Edward McTiernan Labor Western Suburbs 1920–1927
Patrick Minahan [3] Labor Sydney 1910–1917, 1920–1925, 1925–1927
William Missingham Progressive Byron 1922–1933
Cecil Murphy Labor North Shore 1920–1927
David Murray Labor Newcastle 1921–1928
Thomas Mutch Labor Botany 1917–1930, 1938–1941
John Ness Nationalist Western Suburbs 1922–1930, 1932–1938
Walter O'Hearn Labor Maitland 1920–1932
Bob O'Halloran Labor Eastern Suburbs 1920–1927, 1941–1947
John Perkins [5] Nationalist Goulburn 1921–1926
Millicent Preston-Stanley Nationalist Eastern Suburbs 1925–1927
John Quirk Labor Balmain 1917–1938
Bill Ratcliffe Labor Botany 1922–1932
Alfred Reid Nationalist North Shore 1920–1922, 1925–1945
Edward Sanders Nationalist Ryde 1925–1943
William Scully Labor Namoi 1923–1932
James Shand [6] Nationalist Cumberland 1926–1944
Walter Skelton Protestant Labor Newcastle 1922–1927
Paddy Stokes Labor Goulburn 1925–1927
Frederick Stuart Progressive Byron 1925–1927
Robert Stuart-Robertson Labor Balmain 1907–1933
Harold Thorby Progressive Wammerawa 1922–1930
Arthur Tonge [7] Labor North Shore 1926–1932, 1935–1962
Jack Tully Labor Goulburn 1925–1932, 1935–1946
Hon Roy Vincent Progressive Oxley 1922–1953
Bruce Walker Nationalist Cumberland 1917–1932
Walter Wearne Nationalist Namoi 1917–1930
1 Cootamundra MLA and former Labor Deputy Leader Peter Loughlin resigned from the party on 18 November 1926. He served out his term as an independent.
2 Byron MLA Robert Gillies and Murray MLA Vern Goodin were expelled from the Labor Party at its Easter conference in 1927. Both were allies of Loughlin and had been regular dissidents throughout the term, but had remained in the caucus through a deal with the party leadership; after a resounding victory for the leadership at the conference, they proceeded to expel both Gillies and Goodin. Both served out their terms as independents.

Under the provisions of the Parliamentary Elections (Casual Vacancies) Act, casual vacancies were filled by the next unsuccessful candidate on the departing member's party list. If an Independent member retired, the Clerk of the Assembly determined who would fill the vacancy based on the departing members voting record in questions of confidence.

3 Sydney Labor MLA John Birt died on 21 June 1925. He was replaced by Patrick Minahan on 24 June.
4 St George Nationalist MLA Thomas Ley resigned in September 1925 to successfully contest the seat of Barton at the 1925 federal election. He was replaced by William Bagnall on 30 September.
5 Goulburn Nationalist MLA John Perkins resigned in January 1926 to successfully contest a by-election for the federal seat of Eden-Monaro. He was replaced by Henry Bate on 21 January.
6 Cumberland Nationalist MLA William FitzSimons died on 20 March 1926. He was replaced by James Shand on 22 September.
7 North Shore Independent MLA Alick Kay resigned on 28 July 1926 to take a position on the Metropolitan Meat Board. As he had supported the Lang Government in votes of confidence, the Clerk of the Parliament named the first unsuccessful Labor candidate in the North Shore seat, Arthur Tonge, as the replacement member on 22 September.