List of South Australian Legislative Council appointments

This is a list of appointments to the South Australian Legislative Council, caused by the resignation or death of an incumbent member. A departure creates a casual vacancy which is filled by a candidate of the same affiliation in a joint sitting of the Parliament of South Australia. The constitution states that if the previous sitting Legislative Council member was at the time of his/her election the representative of a particular political party, that party should nominate a replacement from amongst its own members.South Australian By-Elections 1851-2013: ECSA

History Until the 1975 election, casual vacancies in the Legislative Council, like the House of Assembly, were also filled at South Australian Legislative Council by-elections. Amendments to the South Australian Constitution and Electoral Acts saw the whole state become a single electorate for the Legislative Council and gave, in line with the Australian Senate, an assembly of members of both Houses of Parliament the right to meet to choose a replacement member.

List of appointments There have been 29 appointments since 1975: thirteen Labor, ten Liberal, three Democrats, one Family First, one Australian Greens and one independent.

Date Incumbent Party Appointee Party Cause7 March 2023Stephen Wade LiberalBen Hood LiberalResignation24 August 2021David Ridgway LiberalHeidi Girolamo LiberalResignation4 May 2021Mark Parnell GreensRobert Simms GreensResignation7 April 2020Andrew McLachlan LiberalNicola Centofanti LiberalResignation28 February 2017Gerry Kandelaars LaborJustin Hanson LaborResignation1 December 2015Bernard Finnigan Independent Peter Malinauskas LaborResignation17 October 2012Bob Sneath LaborKyam Maher LaborResignation13 September 2011Paul Holloway LaborGerry Kandelaars LaborResignation17 February 2009Sandra Kanck DemocratsDavid Winderlich DemocratsResignation24 July 2008Andrew Evans Family FirstRobert Brokenshire Family FirstResignation21 November 2007Nick Xenophon IndependentJohn Darley IndependentResignation2 May 2006Angus Redford LiberalStephen Wade LiberalResignation2 May 2006Terry Roberts LaborBernard Finnigan LaborDeath26 June 2003Diana Laidlaw LiberalMichelle Lensink LiberalResignation17 February 2003Mike Elliott DemocratsKate Reynolds DemocratsResignation1 September 2000George Weatherill LaborBob Sneath LaborResignation10 October 1995Mario Feleppa LaborPaolo Nocella LaborResignation26 September 1995Barbara Wiese LaborPaul Holloway LaborResignation13 September 1994Chris Sumner LaborTerry Cameron LaborResignation10 February 1994Ian Gilfillan DemocratsMike Elliott DemocratsResignation3 August 1993Robert Ritson LiberalCaroline Schaefer LiberalResignation23 October 1990Martin Cameron LiberalBernice Pfitzner LiberalResignation14 February 1989Dr John Cornwall LaborRon Roberts LaborResignation4 August 1988Murray Hill LiberalJulian Stefani LiberalResignation24 February 1987Brian Chatterton LaborTrevor Crothers LaborResignation11 February 1986Frank Blevins LaborGeorge Weatherill LaborResignation1 June 1982Jim Dunford LaborMario Feleppa LaborDeath31 July 1979Jessie Cooper LiberalLegh Davis LiberalResignation7 March 1978Frank Potter LiberalTrevor Griffin LiberalDeath

See also List of South Australian Legislative Council by-elections List of South Australian state by-elections

Notes Though Finnigan sat as an independent from 2011, he was elected as a Labor candidate at the 2010 election, as such the joint sitting duly endorsed a Labor appointment.

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