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

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council were mostly elected at the 1933 election. A further 15 were elected by a joint sitting of the New South Wales Parliament in December 1936. The President was Sir John Peden.
| Name | Party | End term | Years in office |
| Alexander Alam | Labor | 1946 | 1925–1958, 1963–1973 |
| George Archer | Labor | 1949 | 1925–1949 |
| Thomas Armstrong | United Australia | 1949 | 1935–1955 |
| George Bassett | Country | 1940 | 1932–1964 |
| Alfred Binks | United Australia | 1940 | 1932–1952 |
| Sir Henry Braddon | United Australia | 1940 | 1917–1940 |
| Keith Brooks | United Australia | 1946 | 1939–1946 |
| Walter Cambridge | Country | 1946 | 1932–1946 |
| Hector Clayton | Independent | 1949 | 1937–1973 |
| Joseph Coates | Labor | 1940 | 1921–1943 |
| Arthur Colvin | United Australia | 1943 | 1932–1955 |
| James Concannon | Labor | 1946 | 1925–1958 |
| John Culbert | Labor | 1949 | 1925–1943 |
| Maxwell Dunlop | Country | 1943 | 1932–1941 |
| Ernest Farrar | United Australia | 1946 | 1912–1952 |
| Donald Grant | Labor | 1940 | 1931–1940 |
| James Graves | Labor | 1949 | 1934–1961 |
| Edward Grayndler | Labor | 1946 | 1921–1934, 1936–1943 |
| Herbert Hawkins | United Australia | 1946 | 1932–1939 |
| Herbert Henley | Country | 1940 | 1937–1964 |
| Thomas Holden | United Australia | 1940 | 1934–1945 |
| Henry Horne | United Australia | 1946 | 1917–1955 |
| Archibald Howie | United Australia | 1940 | 1934–1943 |
| Sir Norman Kater | Country | 1943 | 1923–1955 |
| Robert King | Industrial Labor / Labor | 1946 | 1931–1960 |
| Frederick Kneeshaw | United Australia | 1949 | 1934–1949 |
| Hugh Latimer | United Australia | 1949 | 1934–1955 |
| Edward Magrath | Labor | 1943 | 1925–1943 |
| Robert Mahony | Labor | 1943 | 1921–1961 |
| Marsden Manfred | United Australia | 1949 | 1934–1949 |
| Sir Henry Manning | United Australia | 1946 | 1932–1958 |
| John Martin | Labor | 1946 | 1931–1946 |
| Patrick McGirr | Labor | 1943 | 1921–1955 |
| Alan McNamara | Labor | 1949 | 1931–1934, 1937–1955 |
| Ernest Mitchell | United Australia | 1949 | 1934–1943 |
| Henry Moulder | Country | 1946 | 1932–1946 |
| George Mullins | Labor | 1940 | 1931–1948 |
| Thomas Murray | Independent | 1946 | 1921–1958 |
| George Nesbitt | Country | 1940 | 1927–1940 |
| Broughton O'Conor | United Australia | 1940 | 1908–1940 |
| John O'Regan | Labor | 1943 | 1921–1940 |
| Sir John Peden | United Australia | 1946 | 1917–1946 |
| Thomas Playfair | United Australia | 1943 | 1927–1966 |
| Graham Pratten | United Australia | 1940 | 1937–1976 |
| William Robson | United Australia | 1943 | 1920–1951 |
| Sir Charles Rosenthal | United Australia | 1940 | 1936–1937 |
| James Ryan | United Australia | 1949 | 1917–1940 |
| Mick Ryan | Labor | 1943 | 1925–1943 |
| Samuel Smith | Labor | 1940 | 1931–1940 |
| Ernest Sommerlad | Country | 1943 | 1932–1952 |
| Frank Spicer | Independent | 1949 | 1925–1973 |
| Thomas Steele | Country | 1949 | 1934–1961 |
| Colin Tannock | Labor | 1940 | 1931–1952 |
| Sir Allen Taylor | United Australia | 1940 | 1912–1940 |
| Sir Frederick Tout | Country | 1946 | 1932–1946 |
| Theodore Trautwein | Independent | 1946 | 1934–1940 |
| Sir Arthur Trethowan | Country | 1940 | 1916–1937 |
| Thomas Tyrrell | Labor | 1943 | 1925–1942 |
| Sir Graham Waddell | Country | 1949 | 1937–1949 |
| Sir Samuel Walder | United Australia | 1943 | 1932–1943 |
| Frank Wall | United Australia | 1943 | 1917–1941 |
| Horace Whiddon | United Australia | 1943 | 1934–1955 |
| Hugh Wragge | Country | 1949 | 1932–1949 |
* 1 2 3 Sir Charles Rosenthal (United Australia) resigned on 28 October 1937. Graham Pratten was elected to replace him on 16 December 1937.
* 1 2 3 Sir Arthur Trethowan (Country) died on 26 November 1937. Herbert Henley (Country) was elected to replace him on 17 December 1937.
* 1 2 3 Herbert Hawkins (United Australia) died on 16 June 1939. Keith Brooks (United Australia) was elected to replace him on 8 August 1939.
* 1 2 The seat of Theodore Trautwein (Independent) was declared vacant on 16 April 1940 following his conviction for making false representations. The vacancy carried over to the next parliament.
* ↑ The changes to the composition of the council, in chronological order, were: Rosenthal resigned, Trethowan died, Hawkins died, and Trautwein's seat declared vacant.