List of New South Wales Legislative Council appointments

This is a list of appointments to the New South Wales 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 New South Wales. The Constitution of New South Wales states that if the previous sitting Legislative Council member was at the time of his/her election the representative of a particular political party, the nominated candidate for the vacancy must be a member of that same party.

The current system has existed since amendments in 1991. From 1934 until the 1978 electoral reforms, which introduced direct election of members of the Legislative Council, casual vacancies were filled by a vote of a joint sitting, not necessarily with a member of the same party. From 1978 until the 1991 amendments, casual vacancies were filled by the highest-polling unelected member of the party's ticket from the previous election who nominated for the vacancy, who would then be declared elected by the Governor, with a provision for joint sittings only where no one could be chosen by the former method.

List of appointments to the Legislative Council

Date Incumbent Party Appointee Party Cause13 February 2025Sam Farraway NationalNichole Overall NationalResignation10 May 2023Natasha Maclaren-Jones LiberalScott Farlow LiberalResignation10 May 2023Mark Latham Pauline Hanson's One NationTania Mihailuk Pauline Hanson's One NationResignation11 August 2022Catherine Cusack LiberalAileen MacDonald LiberalResignation12 May 2022David Shoebridge GreensSue Higginson GreensResignation24 March 2022Don Harwin LiberalChris Rath LiberalResignation24 March 2022Trevor Khan NationalScott Barrett NationalResignation6 May 2021John Ajaka LiberalPeter Poulos LiberalResignation17 October 2019Niall Blair NationalSam Farraway NationalResignation8 May 2019Lynda Voltz LaborRose Jackson LaborResignation8 May 2019Ben Franklin NationalBen Franklin NationalResignation15 August 2018Mehreen Faruqi GreensCate Faehrmann GreensResignation16 November 2017Greg Pearce LiberalNatalie Ward LiberalResignation9 August 2017Duncan Gay NationalWes Fang NationalResignation3 May 2017Mike Gallacher Independent Taylor Martin LiberalResignation22 February 2017Jan Barham GreensDawn Walker GreensResignation12 October 2016Sophie Cotsis LaborJohn Graham LaborResignation24 August 2016John Kaye GreensJustin Field GreensDeath6 May 2015Penny Sharpe LaborPenny Sharpe LaborResignation6 May 2015Steve Whan LaborDaniel Mookhey LaborResignation19 June 2013Cate Faehrmann GreensMehreen Faruqi GreensResignation23 May 2013Eric Roozendaal LaborErnest Wong LaborResignation20 June 2011Tony Kelly LaborSteve Whan LaborResignation24 May 2011John Hatzistergos LaborAdam Searle LaborResignation24 May 2011Eddie Obeid LaborWalt Secord LaborResignation7 September 2010Sylvia Hale GreensDavid Shoebridge GreensResignation7 September 2010Roy Smith ShootersRobert Borsak ShootersDeath7 September 2010John Della Bosca LaborSophie Cotsis LaborResignation7 September 2010Lee Rhiannon GreensCate Faehrmann GreensResignation10 June 2010Ian Macdonald LaborLuke Foley LaborResignation3 December 2009Henry Tsang LaborShaoquett Moselmane LaborResignation23 September 2008Michael Costa LaborJohn Robertson LaborResignation28 September 2006Patricia Forsythe LiberalMatthew Mason-Cox LiberalResignation11 October 2005Carmel Tebbutt LaborPenny Sharpe LaborResignation21 October 2004Fred Nile Christian DemocratsFred Nile Christian DemocratsResignation24 June 2004Tony Burke LaborEric Roozendaal LaborResignation3 September 2002Elaine Nile Christian DemocratsGordon Moyes Christian DemocratsResignation3 September 2002Doug Moppett NationalMelinda Pavey NationalResignation6 November 2001Johno Johnson LaborMichael Costa LaborResignation1 November 2000Andy Manson LaborIan West LaborResignation1 November 2000John Hannaford LaborGreg Pearce LaborResignation30 August 2000Richard Bull NationalRick Colless NationalResignation30 August 2000Jeff Shaw LaborAmanda Fazio LaborResignation25 June 1998Elisabeth Kirkby DemocratsArthur Chesterfield-Evans DemocratsResignation30 April 1998Ann Symonds LaborCarmel Tebbutt LaborResignation17 September 1997Patricia Staunton LaborTony Kelly LaborResignation17 April 1996Stephen Mutch LiberalMike Gallacher LiberalResignation17 April 1996Paul O'Grady LaborPeter Primrose LaborResignation19 October 1995Ted Pickering LiberalCharlie Lynn LiberalResignation19 September 1995Robert Webster NationalMark Kersten NationalResignation12 September 1991Jack Hallam LaborEddie Obeid LaborResignation21 August 1991Adrian Solomons NationalLloyd Coleman NationalResignation

See also List of New South Wales state by-elections

Notes Gallacher was elected as a Liberal Party member in the 2011 state election. He resigned from the Liberals in 2014 and sat as an Independent until his resignation.

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