Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1995–1999

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1995–1999

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served in the 51st Parliament were affected by the 1991 referendum. The Council consisted of 42 members, 6 elected in 1988, 15 elected in 1991 and 21 elected in 1995. As members serve eight-year terms, half of the Council did not face re-election in 1995, and the members elected in 1995 did not face re-election until 2003.[1][2] The President was Max Willis until 29 June 1998 and then Virginia Chadwick.[3]

Name Party End term Years in office
Franca Arena [g]   Labor / Independent 1999 1981–1999
Richard Bull   National 2003 1984–2000
Meredith Burgmann   Labor 1999 1991–2007
Jan Burnswoods   Labor 1999 1991–2007
Virginia Chadwick   Liberal 1999 1978–1999
Arthur Chesterfield-Evans [i]   Democrats 1999 1998–2007
Ian Cohen   Greens 2003 1995–2011
Alan Corbett   ABFFOC 2003 1995–2003
Ron Dyer   Labor 2003 1979–2003
Michael Egan   Labor 1999 1986–2005
Patricia Forsythe   Liberal 1999 1991–2006
Mike Gallacher [d]   Liberal 1999 1996–2017
Jenny Gardiner   National 1999 1991–2015
Duncan Gay   National 1999 1988–2017
Marlene Goldsmith   Liberal 1999 1988–1999
John Hannaford   Liberal 2003 1984–1999
Dorothy Isaksen   Labor 1999 1978–1988, 1990–1999
John Jobling   Liberal 2003 1984–2003
Johno Johnson   Labor 2003 1976–2001
Richard Jones [e]   Democrats / Independent 2003 1988–2003
Jim Kaldis   Labor 1999 1978–1999
Tony Kelly [f]   Labor 2003 1987–1988, 1997–2011
Mark Kersten [a]   National 1999 1995–1999
Elisabeth Kirkby [i]   Democrats 1999 1981–1998
Charlie Lynn [b]   Liberal 2003 1995–2015
Ian Macdonald   Labor 1999 1988–2010
Andy Manson   Labor 1999 1988–2000
Doug Moppett   National 1999 1976–1978, 1991–2000
Stephen Mutch [d]   Liberal 1999 1988–1996
Elaine Nile   Christian Democrats 2003 1988–2002
Fred Nile   Christian Democrats 1999 1981–2004, 2004–present
Paul O'Grady [c]   Labor 1999 1988–1996
Eddie Obeid   Labor 1999 1991–2011
Brian Pezzutti   Liberal 1999 1988–2003
Ted Pickering [b]   Liberal 1999 1976–1995
Peter Primrose [c]   Labor 1999 1996–present
Bob Rowland Smith   National 1999 1974–1999
John Ryan   Liberal 1999 1991–2007
Janelle Saffin   Labor 2003 1995–2003
Jim Samios   Liberal 2003 1984–2003
Helen Sham-Ho [j]   Liberal / Independent 2003 1988–2003
Jeff Shaw   Labor 1999 1990–2000
Patricia Staunton [f]   Labor 2003 1995–1997
Ann Symonds [h]   Labor 2003 1982–1998
Carmel Tebbutt [h]   Labor 2003 1998–2005
John Tingle   Shooters 2003 1995–2006
Bryan Vaughan   Labor 1999 1981–1999
Robert Webster [a]   National 2003 1991–1995
Max Willis   Liberal 1999 1970–1999
  1. ^ a b c National Party MLC Robert Webster resigned on 5 September 1995. Mark Kersten was appointed to the vacancy on 19 September.
  2. ^ a b c Liberal MLC Ted Pickering resigned on 11 October 1995. Charlie Lynn was appointed to the vacancy on 19 October.
  3. ^ a b c Labor MLC Paul O'Grady resigned on 3 January 1996. Former MLA Peter Primrose was appointed to the vacancy on 17 April.
  4. ^ a b c Liberal MLC Stephen Mutch resigned on 31 January 1996 in order to contest the Australian House of Representatives seat of Cook at the 1996 federal election. Mike Gallacher was appointed to the vacancy on 17 April.
  5. ^ a b Richard Jones was elected as a representative of the Australian Democrats, but resigned from the party on 12 March 1996. He served out the remainder of his term as an independent.
  6. ^ a b c Labor MLC Patricia Staunton resigned on 2 September 1997. Former MLC Tony Kelly was appointed to the vacancy on 17 September.
  7. ^ a b Franca Arena was expelled from the Labor Party on 7 November 1997, after her unsubstantiated allegations of pedophilia led to the suicide of a retired Supreme Court judge. She survived a vote to expel her from parliament, and served out the remainder of her term as an independent.
  8. ^ a b c Labor MLC Ann Symonds resigned on 30 April 1998. Carmel Tebbutt was appointed to the vacancy on the same day.
  9. ^ a b c Democrat MLC Elisabeth Kirkby resigned on 25 June 1998. Arthur Chesterfield-Evans was appointed to fill the vacancy on the same day.
  10. ^ a b Helen Sham-Ho was elected as a Liberal MLC, but resigned from the party on 29 June 1998. She served out the remainder of her term as an independent.
  11. ^ The changes to the composition of the council, in chronological order, were Webster resigned,[a] Pickering resigned,[b] O'Grady resigned,[c] Mutch resigned,[d] Jones sat as an independent,[e] Staunton resigned,[f] Arena expelled from Labor,[g] Symonds resigned,[h] Kirkby resigned,[i] and Sham-Ho sat as an independent.[j]

References

  1. ^ "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Part 3 Members of the Legislative Council" (PDF). New South Wales Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Part Ten - Officers of Parliament" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 May 2020.[k]