Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1925–1927
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 27th parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1925 to 1927. They were elected at the 1925 state election on 30 May 1925.[1][2][3] The Speaker was James Dooley.[4]</ref>
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.
- The changes to the composition of the house, in chronological order, were Birt died, Key resigned, Perkins resigned, FiztSimons resigned, Kay resigned, Loughlin reigned from Labor, and Gillies & Goodin expelled from Labor.<ref name=':2' group='lower-alpha'>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.
See also
References
- Green, Antony. "1925 District List". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- "Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate" (PDF). New South Wales Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- "Part Ten - Officers of Parliament" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.[lower-alpha 1]
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