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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1941–1944

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This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1941 to 1944, as elected at the 1941 state election.

During this term, the opposition United Australia Party merged with the new Commonwealth Party to form the Democratic Party in late 1943. The merger was only at a state level, however; the federal United Australia Party, however, remained intact during this period.

1 Murrumbidgee MLA George Enticknap was elected as an Independent Labor candidate, defeating the endorsed Labor candidate, but was readmitted by the party soon after his election. 2 Dubbo Country Party MLA George Wilson died on 24 April 1942. Labor candidate Clarrie Robertson won the resulting by-election on 6 June. 3 South Coast independent MLA Rupert Beale died on 28 September 1942. His son, independent candidate Jack Beale, won the resulting by-election on 14 November. 4 Willoughby UAP MLA Edward Sanders died on 10 July 1943. UAP candidate George Brain won the resulting by-election on 25 September. 5 Lachlan Country Party MLA Griffith Evans died on 16 August 1943. Labor candidate John Chanter won the resulting by-election on 25 September. 6 Auburn MLA Jack Lang was expelled from the Labor Party in 1943 and sat as a Lang Labor candidate thereafter, in the final Lang Labor split. Unlike the previous Labor schisms, however, all of his parliamentary colleagues in this parliament remained in the official Labor Party. 7 Lang resigned on 15 July 1943 to contest the federal seat of Reid at the 1943 election, but lost the federal contest, and contested and won the by-election for his state seat on 2 October.

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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1941–1944 Wikipedia