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

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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] </ref>

NamePartyEnd termYears in office
Franca Arena   [lower-alpha 2]   Labor / Independent 19991981–1999
Richard Bull   National 20031984–2000
Meredith Burgmann   Labor 19991991–2007
Jan Burnswoods   Labor 19991991–2007
Virginia Chadwick   Liberal 19991978–1999
Arthur Chesterfield-Evans   [lower-alpha 3]   Democrats 19991998–2007
Ian Cohen   Greens 20031995–2011
Alan Corbett   ABFFOC 20031995–2003
Ron Dyer   Labor 20031979–2003
Michael Egan   Labor 19991986–2005
Patricia Forsythe   Liberal 19991991–2006
Mike Gallacher   [lower-alpha 4]   Liberal 19991996–2017
Jenny Gardiner   National 19991991–2015
Duncan Gay   National 19991988–2017
Marlene Goldsmith   Liberal 19991988–1999
John Hannaford   Liberal 20031984–1999
Dorothy Isaksen   Labor 19991978–1988, 1990–1999
John Jobling   Liberal 20031984–2003
Johno Johnson   Labor 20031976–2001
Richard Jones   [lower-alpha 5]   Democrats / Independent 20031988–2003
Jim Kaldis   Labor 19991978–1999
Tony Kelly   [lower-alpha 6]   Labor 20031987–1988, 1997–2011
Mark Kersten   [lower-alpha 7]   National 19991995–1999
Elisabeth Kirkby   [lower-alpha 3]   Democrats 19991981–1998
Charlie Lynn   [lower-alpha 8]   Liberal 20031995–2015
Ian Macdonald   Labor 19991988–2010
Andy Manson   Labor 19991988–2000
Doug Moppett   National 19991976–1978, 1991–2000
Stephen Mutch   [lower-alpha 4]   Liberal 19991988–1996
Elaine Nile   Christian Democrats 20031988–2002
Fred Nile   Christian Democrats 19991981–2004, 2004–present
Paul O'Grady   [lower-alpha 9]   Labor 19991988–1996
Eddie Obeid   Labor 19991991–2011
Brian Pezzutti   Liberal 19991988–2003
Ted Pickering   [lower-alpha 8]   Liberal 19991976–1995
Peter Primrose   [lower-alpha 9]   Labor 19991996–present
Bob Rowland Smith   National 19991974–1999
John Ryan   Liberal 19991991–2007
Janelle Saffin   Labor 20031995–2003
Jim Samios   Liberal 20031984–2003
Helen Sham-Ho   [lower-alpha 10]   Liberal / Independent 20031988–2003
Jeff Shaw   Labor 19991990–2000
Patricia Staunton   [lower-alpha 6]   Labor 20031995–1997
Ann Symonds   [lower-alpha 11]   Labor 20031982–1998
Carmel Tebbutt   [lower-alpha 11]   Labor 20031998–2005
John Tingle   Shooters 20031995–2006
Bryan Vaughan   Labor 19991981–1999
Robert Webster   [lower-alpha 7]   National 20031991–1995
Max Willis   Liberal 19991970–1999
  1. The changes to the composition of the council, in chronological order, were Webster resigned, Pickering resigned, O'Grady resigned, Mutch resigned, Jones sat as an independent, Staunton resigned, Arena expelled from Labor, Symonds resigned, Kirkby resigned, and Sham-Ho sat as an independent.<ref name=':10' group='lower-alpha'>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.
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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. [lower-alpha 1]
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