Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1937–1940

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1937 to 1940. At this time the Council was not directly elected, but was chosen by a joint sitting of the New South Wales Parliament.

Name	Party	Years in office
Alexander Alam	ALP	1925–1958, 1963–1973
George Archer	ALP	1925–1949
Thomas Armstrong	UAP	1935–1955
George Bassett	Country	1932–1964
Alfred Binks	UAP	1932–1952
Sir Henry Braddon	UAP	1917–1940
Keith Brooks ^3	UAP	1939–1946
Walter Cambridge	Country	1932–1946
Hector Clayton	Independent	1937–1973
Joseph Coates	ALP	1921–1943
Arthur Colvin	UAP	1932–1955
James Concannon	ALP	1925–1958
John Culbert	ALP	1925–1943
Maxwell Dunlop	Country	1932–1941
Ernest Farrar	UAP	1912–1952
Donald Grant	ALP	1931–1940
James Graves	ALP	1934–1961
Edward Grayndler	ALP	1921–1934, 1936–1943
Herbert Hawkins ^3	UAP	1932–1939
Herbert Henley ^2	Country	1937–1964
Thomas Holden	UAP	1934–1945
Henry Horne	UAP	1917–1955
Sir Archibald Howie	UAP	1934–1943
Sir Norman Kater	Country	1923–1955
Robert King	ILP/ALP	1931–1960
Frederick Kneeshaw	UAP	1934–1949
Hugh Latimer	UAP	1934–1955
Edward Magrath	ALP	1925–1943
Robert Mahony	ALP	1921–1961
Marsden Manfred	UAP	1934–1949
Sir Henry Manning	UAP	1932–1958
John Martin	ALP	1931–1946
Patrick McGirr	ALP	1921–1955
Alan McNamara	ALP	1931–1934, 1937–1955
Ernest Mitchell	UAP	1937–1943
Henry Moulder	Country	1932–1946
George Mullins	ALP	1931–1948
Thomas Murray	Independent	1921–1958
George Nesbitt	Country	1927–1940
Broughton O'Conor	UAP	1908–1940
John O'Regan	ALP	1921–1940
Sir John Peden	UAP	1917–1946
Thomas Playfair	UAP	1927–1966
Graham Pratten ^1	UAP	1937–1976
William Robson	UAP	1920–1951
Sir Charles Rosenthal ^1	UAP	1936–1937
James Ryan	UAP	1917–1940
Mick Ryan	ALP	1925–1943
Samuel Smith	ALP	1931–1940
Ernest Sommerlad	Country	1932–1952
Frank Spicer	Independent	1925–1973
Thomas Steele	Country	1934–1961
Colin Tannock	ALP	1931–1952
Sir Allen Taylor	UAP	1912–1940
Sir Frederick Tout	Country	1932–1946
Theodore Trautwein ^4	Independent	1934–1940
Sir Arthur Trethowan ^2	Country	1916–1937
Thomas Tyrrell	ALP	1925–1942
Sir Graham Waddell	Country	1934–1943
Sir Samuel Walder	UAP	1932–1943
Frank Wall	UAP	1917–1941
Horace Whiddon	UAP	1934–1955
Hugh Wragge	Country	1932–1949

¹ UAP MLC Sir Charles Rosenthal resigned on 28 October 1937. UAP candidate Graham Pratten was elected to replace him on 16 December 1937.

² Country MLC Sir Arthur Trethowan died on 26 November 1937. Country candidate Herbert Henley was elected to replace him on 17 December 1937.

³ UAP MLC Herbert Hawkins died on 16 June 1939. UAP candidate Keith Brooks was elected to replace him on 8 August 1939.

⁴ The seat of independent MLC Theodore Trautwein was declared vacant on 16 April 1940 following his conviction for making false representation. The vacancy carried over to the next parliament.

Members of the Parliament of New South Wales

Legislative Council 1934–1937 • 1937–1940 • 1940–1943

Legislative Assembly 1935–1938 • 1938–1941 • 1941–1944