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		Cause
10 May 2023	Mark Latham		Pauline Hanson's One Nation	Tania Mihailuk		Pauline Hanson's One Nation	Resignation
11 August 2022	Catherine Cusack		Liberal	Aileen MacDonald		Liberal	Resignation
12 May 2022	David Shoebridge		Greens	Sue Higginson		Greens	Resignation
24 March 2022	Don Harwin		Liberal	Chris Rath		Liberal	Resignation
24 March 2022	Trevor Khan		National	Scott Barrett		National	Resignation
6 May 2021	John Ajaka		Liberal	Peter Poulos		Liberal	Resignation
17 October 2019	Niall Blair		National	Sam Farraway		National	Resignation
8 May 2019	Lynda Voltz		Labor	Rose Jackson		Labor	Resignation
8 May 2019	Ben Franklin		National	Ben Franklin		National	Resignation
15 August 2018	Mehreen Faruqi		Greens	Cate Faehrmann		Greens	Resignation
16 November 2017	Greg Pearce		Liberal	Natalie Ward		Liberal	Resignation
9 August 2017	Duncan Gay		National	Wes Fang		National	Resignation
3 May 2017	Mike Gallacher		Independent [a]	Taylor Martin		Liberal	Resignation
22 February 2017	Jan Barham		Greens	Dawn Walker		Greens	Resignation
12 October 2016	Sophie Cotsis		Labor	John Graham		Labor	Resignation
24 August 2016	John Kaye		Greens	Justin Field		Greens	Death
6 May 2015	Penny Sharpe		Labor	Penny Sharpe		Labor	Resignation
6 May 2015	Steve Whan		Labor	Daniel Mookhey		Labor	Resignation
19 June 2013	Cate Faehrmann		Greens	Mehreen Faruqi		Greens	Resignation
23 May 2013	Eric Roozendaal		Labor	Ernest Wong		Labor	Resignation
20 June 2011	Tony Kelly		Labor	Steve Whan		Labor	Resignation
24 May 2011	John Hatzistergos		Labor	Adam Searle		Labor	Resignation
24 May 2011	Eddie Obeid		Labor	Walt Secord		Labor	Resignation
7 September 2010	Sylvia Hale		Greens	David Shoebridge		Greens	Resignation
7 September 2010	Roy Smith		Shooters	Robert Borsak		Shooters	Death
7 September 2010	John Della Bosca		Labor	Sophie Cotsis		Labor	Resignation
7 September 2010	Lee Rhiannon		Greens	Cate Faehrmann		Greens	Resignation
10 June 2010	Ian Macdonald		Labor	Luke Foley		Labor	Resignation
3 December 2009	Henry Tsang		Labor	Shaoquett Moselmane		Labor	Resignation
23 September 2008	Michael Costa		Labor	John Robertson		Labor	Resignation
28 September 2006	Patricia Forsythe		Liberal	Matthew Mason-Cox		Liberal	Resignation
11 October 2005	Carmel Tebbutt		Labor	Penny Sharpe		Labor	Resignation
21 October 2004	Fred Nile		Christian Democrats	Fred Nile		Christian Democrats	Resignation
24 June 2004	Tony Burke		Labor	Eric Roozendaal		Labor	Resignation
3 September 2002	Elaine Nile		Christian Democrats	Gordon Moyes		Christian Democrats	Resignation
3 September 2002	Doug Moppett		National	Melinda Pavey		National	Resignation
6 November 2001	Johno Johnson		Labor	Michael Costa		Labor	Resignation
1 November 2000	Andy Manson		Labor	Ian West		Labor	Resignation
1 November 2000	John Hannaford		Labor	Greg Pearce		Labor	Resignation
30 August 2000	Richard Bull		National	Rick Colless		National	Resignation
30 August 2000	Jeff Shaw		Labor	Amanda Fazio		Labor	Resignation
25 June 1998	Elisabeth Kirkby		Democrats	Arthur Chesterfield-Evans		Democrats	Resignation
30 April 1998	Ann Symonds		Labor	Carmel Tebbutt		Labor	Resignation
17 September 1997	Patricia Staunton		Labor	Tony Kelly		Labor	Resignation
17 April 1996	Stephen Mutch		Liberal	Mike Gallacher		Liberal	Resignation
17 April 1996	Paul O'Grady		Labor	Peter Primrose		Labor	Resignation
19 October 1995	Ted Pickering		Liberal	Charlie Lynn		Liberal	Resignation
19 September 1995	Robert Webster		National	Mark Kersten		National	Resignation
12 September 1991	Jack Hallam		Labor	Eddie Obeid		Labor	Resignation
21 August 1991	Adrian Solomons		National	Lloyd Coleman		National	Resignation

See also

• List of New South Wales state by-elections

Notes

^a 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.