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1965

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1965 to 1968, as elected at the 1965 state election.

Name Party Electorate Term in office
Hon Robert Askin Liberal Collaroy 1950–1975
Brian Bannon Labor Rockdale 1959–1986
Hon Jack Beale Liberal South Coast 1942–1973
Ken Booth Labor Wallsend 1960–1988
Lionel Bowen Labor Randwick 1962–1969
George Brain Liberal Willoughby 1943–1968
Ron Brewer Country Goulburn 1965–1984
Jim Brown Country Raleigh 1959–1984
Tim Bruxner Country Tenterfield 1962–1981
Tom Cahill Labor Cook's River 1959–1983
Hon Bill Chaffey Country Tamworth 1940–1973
Jim Clough Liberal Eastwood 1956–1988
Reg Coady Labor Drummoyne 1954–1973
Harold Coates Independent Blue Mountains 1965–1976
Morton Cohen [4] Liberal Bligh 1965–1968
Bruce Cowan [2] Country Oxley 1965–1980
Peter Cox Labor Auburn 1965–1988
Bill Crabtree Labor Kogarah 1953–1983
Hon Geoff Crawford Country Barwon 1950–1976
Douglas Cross Liberal Georges River 1948–1953, 1956–1970
Hon Charles Cutler Country Orange 1947–1975
Tom Dalton Labor Sutherland 1953–1968
Douglas Darby Independent Manly 1945–1978
Bernie Deane Liberal Hawkesbury 1950–1972
Frank Downing Labor Vaucluse 1953–1968
Keith Doyle Liberal Ryde 1965–1978
Ron Dunbier Liberal Nepean 1965–1971
Bruce Duncan Country Lismore 1965–1988
Vince Durick Labor Lakemba 1964–1984
Clarrie Earl Labor Bass Hill 1953–1973
Syd Einfeld [1] Labor Bondi 1965–1981
Hon Kevin Ellis Liberal Coogee 1948–1953, 1956–1962, 1965–1973
Jack Ferguson Labor Merrylands 1959–1984
Howard Fowles Labor Illawarra 1941–1968
Hon Wal Fife Liberal Wagga Wagga 1957–1975
Pat Flaherty Labor Granville 1962–1984
Hon George Freudenstein Country Young 1959–1981
Al Grassby Labor Murrumbidgee 1965–1969
Fred Green Labor Redfern 1950–1968
Ian Griffith Liberal Cronulla 1956–1978
Hon Frank Hawkins Labor Newcastle 1935–1968
Dick Healey Liberal Wakehurst 1962–1981
Hon Bob Heffron Labor Botany 1930–1968
Jack Hough Liberal Wollongong-Kembla 1965–1971
Pat Hills Labor Phillip 1954–1988
Hon Davis Hughes Country Armidale 1950–1953, 1956–1973
Ted Humphries Liberal Gosford 1965–1971
David Hunter Liberal Ashfield-Croydon 1940–1976
John Jackett Liberal Burwood 1965–1978
Rex Jackson Labor Bulli 1955–1986
Harry Jago Liberal Gordon 1962–1973
Harry Jensen Labor Wyong 1965–1981
Lew Johnstone Labor Broken Hill 1965–1981
Sam Jones Labor Waratah 1965–1984
Les Jordan [2] Liberal Oxley 1944–1965
Nick Kearns Labor Bankstown 1962–1980
Hon Gus Kelly [3] Labor Bathurst 1925–1932, 1935–1967
Joe Kelly Labor East Hills 1956–1973
Hon Abe Landa [1] Labor Bondi 1930–1965
Joe Lawson [5] Country Murray 1932–1973
Hon Tom Lewis Liberal Wollondilly 1957–1978
Gordon Mackie Liberal Albury 1965–1978
Hon John Maddison Liberal Hornsby 1962–1980
Dan Mahoney Labor Parramatta 1959–1976
Cliff Mallam Labor Dulwich Hill 1953–1968, 1971–1981
Hon Jack Mannix Labor Liverpool 1952–1971
Richmond Manyweathers Country Casino 1964–1968
John Mason Liberal Dubbo 1965–1981
Steve Mauger Liberal Monaro 1965–1976
Robert McCartney Labor Hamilton 1959–1971
Hon Ken McCaw Liberal Lane Cove 1947–1975
John McMahon Labor Balmain 1950–1968
Tom Mead Liberal Hurstville 1965–1976
Hon Milton Morris Liberal Maitland 1956–1980
Hon Pat Morton Liberal Mosman 1947–1972
Thomas Murphy Labor Concord 1953–1968
George Neilly Labor Cessnock 1959–1978
Leo Nott Labor Burrendong 1953–1973
Frank O'Keefe Country Upper Hunter 1961–1969
Clive Osborne [3] Country Bathurst 1967–1981
Leon Punch Country Gloucester 1959–1985
Ernie Quinn Labor Wentworthville 1962–1988
Hon Jack Renshaw Labor Castlereagh 1941–1980
Max Ruddock Liberal The Hills 1962–1976
Hon Norm Ryan Labor Marrickville 1953–1973
Bill Sheahan Labor Burrinjuck 1941–1973
Jim Simpson Labor Lake Macquarie 1950–1968
Albert Sloss Labor King 1956–1973
Jim Southee Labor Blacktown 1962–1973
Hon Stanley Stephens Country Byron 1944–1973
Jack Stewart Labor Kahibah 1957–1972
Hon Kevin Stewart Labor Canterbury 1962–1985
Jim Taylor Country Temora 1960–1981
Hon John Waddy Liberal Kirribilli 1962–1976
William Wattison Labor Sturt 1947–1968
Bill Weiley Country Clarence 1955–1971
Hon Eric Willis Liberal Earlwood 1950–1978
1 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.
2 Oxley Liberal MLA Les Jordan died on 29 September 1965. Country Party candidate Bruce Cowan won the resulting by-election on 6 November.
3 Bathurst Labor MLA Gus Kelly died on 25 March 1967. Country Party candidate Clive Osborne won the resulting by-election on 6 May.
4 Bligh Liberal MLA Morton Cohen died on 14 January 1968. No by-election was held due to the imminent 1968 state election.
5 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.