Louis Andrew Walsh (29 March 1899 – 1 September 1978) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1953 and 1956 and again between 1962 and 1965.
Walsh was born at Yatteyattah near Milton, New South Wales and was the son of a dairy farmer.
In the period he was absent from parliament between 1956 and 1962, Walsh was a teacher at Sydney Technical High School and Randwick Boys High School[1] Walsh was the endorsed Labor candidate for the seat of Coogee at the 1950 election,[2] but was defeated by the incumbent Liberal Party member and future Speaker, Kevin Ellis.
Walsh defeated Ellis, during a statewide swing to Labor, at the next election in 1953.
[3] However, he was again defeated by Ellis at the 1956,[4]1956 when Labor's vote fell because of the split in the federal party caused by the formation of the DLP.