# Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1949–1952

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1949 and 1952 were indirectly elected by a joint sitting of the New South Wales Parliament, with 15 members elected every three years. The most recent election was on 31 March 1949, with the term of new members commencing on 23 April 1949. The President was Ernest Farrar.
This election gave Labor a majority in the Legislative Council, its first since the re-constitution of the council in 1934, giving it a majority in both houses of parliament. The Labor Party expelled four members of the Legislative Assembly before the 1950 election - James Geraghty (North Sydney), John Seiffert (Monaro), Roy Heferen (Barwon) and Fred Stanley (Lakemba) for not following the party's endorsed ticket in the Legislative Council election, apparently voting for Bill McNamara who was 9th on the Labor ticket.
| Name | Party | End term | Years in office |
| Harold Ahern | Liberal | 1961 | 1949–1973 |
| Alexander Alam | Labor | 1958 | 1925–1958, 1963–1973 |
| Charles Anderson | Labor | 1955 | 1951–1953 |
| Thomas Armstrong | Liberal | 1961 | 1935–1955 |
| George Bassett | Country | 1952 | 1932–1964 |
| Alfred Binks | Liberal | 1952 | 1932–1952 |
| Joseph Bodkin | Labor | 1958 | 1946–1950 |
| Arthur Bridges | Liberal | 1958 | 1946–1968 |
| Francis Buckley | Labor | 1958 | 1946–1954 |
| Harry Budd | Country | 1958 | 1946–1978 |
| Cyril Cahill | Labor | 1961 | 1949–1977 |
| Hector Clayton | Liberal | 1961 | 1937–1973 |
| Donald Cochrane | Labor | 1952 | 1950–1964 |
| Col Colborne | Labor | 1961 | 1949–1973 |
| Arthur Colvin | Liberal | 1955 | 1932–1955 |
| James Concannon | Labor | 1958 | 1925–1958 |
| William Coulter | Labor | 1955 | 1947–1978 |
| Chris Dalton | Labor | 1958 | 1943–1970 |
| William Dickson | Labor | 1952 | 1925–1934, 1940–1966 |
| Reg Downing | Labor | 1952 | 1940–1972 |
| Jim Eggins | Country | 1952 | 1940–1949 |
| Robert Erskine | Labor | 1961 | 1949–1973 |
| Otway Falkiner | Country | 1958 | 1946–1978 |
| Ernest Farrar | Liberal | 1958 | 1912–1952 |
| John Ferguson | Labor | 1952 | 1945–1952 |
| William Gibb | Labor | 1961 | 1931–1934, 1943–1952 |
| Thomas Gleeson | Labor | 1958 | 1946–1975 |
| James Graves | Labor | 1961 | 1934–1961 |
| Charles Hackett | Labor | 1952 | 1943–1964 |
| Jim Harrison | Labor | 1955 | 1943–1949 |
| Herbert Henley | Country | 1952 | 1937–1964 |
| Henry Horne | Liberal | 1958 | 1917–1955 |
| Reginald Jackson | Labor | 1958 | 1950–1969 |
| Sir Norman Kater | Country | 1955 | 1923–1955 |
| Jim Kenny | Labor | 1952 | 1948–1967 |
| Robert King | Labor | 1958 | 1931–1960 |
| Hugh Latimer | Liberal | 1961 | 1934–1955 |
| Robert Mahony | Labor | 1955 | 1921–1961 |
| Jim Maloney | Labor | 1955 | 1941–1972 |
| Sir Henry Manning | Liberal | 1958 | 1932–1958 |
| Patrick McGirr | Labor | 1955 | 1921–1955 |
| Alan McNamara | Labor | 1961 | 1931–1934, 1937–1955 |
| Thomas Murray | Independent | 1958 | 1921–1958 |
| Ernest O'Dea | Labor | 1955 | 1943–1967 |
| Walter Padgen | Labor | 1958 | 1946–1955 |
| Stanley Parry | Independent | 1952 | 1940–1952 |
| Thomas Playfair | Liberal | 1955 | 1927–1966 |
| Graham Pratten | Liberal | 1952 | 1937–1976 |
| William Robson | Liberal | 1955 | 1920–1951 |
| Robert Savage | Labor | 1961 | 1931–1934, 1943–1959 |
| Leon Snider | Liberal | 1955 | 1943–1965 |
| Ernest Sommerlad | Country | 1955 | 1932–1952 |
| Edmond Speck | Liberal | 1952 | 1940–1952 |
| Frank Spicer | Country | 1961 | 1925–1973 |
| Thomas Steele | Country | 1961 | 1934–1961 |
| John Stewart | Labor | 1955 | 1941–1957 |
| Colin Tannock | Labor | 1952 | 1931–1952 |
| Norman Thom | Labor | 1955 | 1950–1978 |
| Henry Thompson | Liberal | 1952 | 1940–1964 |
| John Weir | Labor | 1961 | 1949–1973 |
| Horace Whiddon | Liberal | 1955 | 1934–1955 |
| Samuel Williams | Labor | 1952 | 1943–1962 |
| Robert Wilson | Country | 1961 | 1949–1961 |
| Ernest Wright | Labor | 1955 | 1943–1973 |
* 1 2 3 Jim Eggins (Country) resigned on 27 October 1949. Donald Cochrane (Labor) was elected as his replacement on 21 March 1950.
* 1 2 3 Jim Harrison (Labor) resigned on 28 October 1949. Norman Thom (Labor) was elected as his replacement on 22 March 1950.
* 1 2 3 Joseph Bodkin (Labor) died on 18 March 1950. Reginald Jackson (Labor) was elected as his replacement on 12 April 1950.
* 1 2 3 William Robson (Liberal) died on 29 June 1951. Charles Anderson (Labor) was elected as his replacement on 11 October 1951.
* ↑ The changes to the composition of the council, in chronological order, were: Eggins resigned, Harrison resigned, Bodkin died, and Robson died