32 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, 1915-1975 TABLE J (contd.) No. 1949 1950 1951 1953 1955 CENTRAL DISTRICT (No. 1) - 1 - Francis Joseph Condon.................. Elected Feb. 14 Ret. Feb. 29, 1956 - - - 2 - Albert Alfred Hoare Elected Feb. 14 Ret. Feb. 29, 1956 - - - 3 - - Stanley Charles Bevan (vice Oates).  Elected Oct. 24, 1951 Ret. Feb. 28, 1953 Stanley Charles Bevan.....................  Elected Feb. 19 Ret. Feb. 28, 1959 - 4 - - - Kenneth Edward Joseph Bardolph.....  Elected Feb. 19 Ret. Feb. 28, 1959 - CENTRAL DISTRICT (No. 2) - 5 - Sir James Wallace Sandford................ Elected Mar. 4   Ret. Feb. 29, 1956 - - - 6 - Frank Tennyson Perry...................... Elected Mar. 4   Ret. Feb. 29, 1956 - - - 7 - - - Collier Robert   Cudmore ................  Elected Mar. 7 Ret. Feb. 28, 1959 - 8 - - - Ernest Anthoney .......  Elected Mar. 7 Ret. Feb. 28, 1959 - SOUTHERN DISTRICT - 9 - Norman Lane Jude ... Elected Feb. 14 Ret. Feb. 29, 1956 - - - 10 - Leslie Harold Densley ................. Elected Feb. 14 Ret. Feb. 29, 1956 - - - 11 John Lancelot Cowan (vice Brookman)........ Elected May 26 Ret. Feb. 28, 1953 - - John Lancelot Cowan  Elected Mar. 7 Ret. Feb. 28, 1959 - 12 - - - John Leonard Sandoe Bice........................  Elected Mar. 7 Ret. Feb. 28, 1959 - MIDLAND DISTRICT- 13 - Sir Walter Gordon Duncan.................. Elected Feb. 14 Ret. Feb. 29, 1956 - - - 14 - Reginald John Rudall Elected Feb. 14 Death Jan. 1, 1955 - - Clarence Ross Story (vice Rudall dec’d) Elected Feb. 26 Ret. Feb. 29, 1956 15 - - - Alexander John   Melrose ..................  Elected Feb. 19 Ret. Feb. 28, 1959 - 16 - - - Colin Davies Rowe ...  Elected Feb. 19 Ret. Feb. 28, 1959 - NORTHERN DISTRICT - 17 - Alexander Lyell McEwin................. Elected Mar. 4 Ret. Feb. 29, 1956 - - - 18 - Ernest Harry Edmonds............. Elected Mar. 4 Ret. Feb. 29, 1956 - - - 19 Robert Richard Wilson (vice Blesing) Elected May 14 Ret. Feb. 28, 1953 - - Robert Richard Wilson....................  Elected Mar. 7 Ret. Feb. 28, 1959 - 20 - - - William Walsh Robinson................  Elected Mar. 7 Ret. Feb. 28, 1959 - President - Sir David John Gordon, from 1932 (also acted as Chairman of Committees).  Retired February 29, 1944; succeeded by Sir Walter Gordon Duncan, elected July 20, 1944. Clerk - Edwin Henry Peake, appointed June 1, 1937, deceased January 15, 1948;   succeeded by Ernest Carne Redman, February 12, 1948, deceased January 29, 1952;   succeeded by Ivor Jeffrey Ball, February 14, 1952 (also Clerk of the Parliaments from April 9, 1953) Clerk-Assistant and Sergeant-at-Arms - Ernest Carne Redman, appointed June 1, 1937; succeeded by Gordon Desmond Combe, M.C., February 12, 1948, transferred to House of Assembly as Clerk Assistant and Sergeant-at-Arms.  February 14, 1952; succeeded by Alfred Dalgliesh Drummond, February 14, 1952 (office of Sergeant-at-Arms abolished and office of Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod created, 24th September, 1953).