Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 2003–2007

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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served in the 54th Parliament were elected at the 2003 and 2007 elections. As members serve eight-year terms, half of the Council was elected in 2003 and did not face re-election in 2007, and the members elected in 2007 did not face re-election until 2011. [1] [2] The President was Meredith Burgmann. [3] </ref>

NamePartyEnd termYears in office
Peter Breen   [lower-alpha 2]   Legal System Reform/Labor/Human Rights 20071999–2007
Robert Brown   [lower-alpha 3]   Shooters 20112006–2019
Meredith Burgmann   Labor 20071991–2007
Tony Burke   [lower-alpha 4]   Labor 20072003–2004
Jan Burnswoods   Labor 20071991–2007
Tony Catanzariti   Labor 20112003–2011
Arthur Chesterfield-Evans   Democrats 20071998–2007
David Clarke   Liberal 20112003–2019
Ian Cohen   Greens 20111995–2011
Rick Colless   National 20112000–2019
Michael Costa   Labor 20112001–2008
Catherine Cusack   Liberal 20112003–2022
John Della Bosca   Labor 20071999–2010
Greg Donnelly   [lower-alpha 5]   Labor 20112005–present
Michael Egan   [lower-alpha 5]   Labor 20111986–2005
Amanda Fazio   Labor 20112000–2015
Patricia Forsythe   [lower-alpha 6]   Liberal 20071991–2006
Mike Gallacher   Liberal 20071996–2017
Jenny Gardiner   National 20111991–2015
Duncan Gay   National 20071988–2017
Kayee Griffin   Labor 20072003–2011
Sylvia Hale   Greens 20112003–2010
Don Harwin   Liberal 20071999–2022
John Hatzistergos   Labor 20071999–2011
Jon Jenkins   [lower-alpha 7] [lower-alpha 8]   Outdoor Recreation 20072003–2007
Malcolm Jones   [lower-alpha 7]   Outdoor Recreation 20071999–2003
Tony Kelly   Labor 20111987–1988, 1997–2011
Charlie Lynn   Liberal 20071995–2015
Ian Macdonald   Labor 20071988–2010
Matthew Mason-Cox   [lower-alpha 6]   Liberal 20072006–present
Gordon Moyes   Christian Democrats 20112002–2011
Fred Nile   [lower-alpha 9]   Christian Democrats 20071981–2004, 2004–present
Eddie Obeid   Labor 20071991–2011
David Oldfield   [lower-alpha 10]   One Nation NSW / Independent 20071999–2007
Robyn Parker   Liberal 20112003–2011
Melinda Pavey   National 20072002–2015
Greg Pearce   Liberal 20112000–2017
Peter Primrose   Labor 20111996–present
Lee Rhiannon   Greens 20071999–2010
Christine Robertson   Labor 20112003–2011
Eric Roozendaal   [lower-alpha 4]   Labor 20112004–2013
John Ryan   Liberal 20071991–2007
Penny Sharpe   [lower-alpha 11]   Labor 20112005–2015, 2015–present
Carmel Tebbutt   [lower-alpha 11]   Labor 20111998–2005
John Tingle   [lower-alpha 3]   Shooters 20111995–2006
Henry Tsang   Labor 20071999–2009
Ian West   Labor 20112000–2011
Peter Wong   Unity 20071999–2007
  1. ↑ The changes to the composition of the council, in chronological order, were Oldfield sat as an independent, Jones resigned, Burke resigned, Nile resigned, Egan resigned, Tebbutt resigned, Tingle resigned, Breen briefly defected to Labor, Forsythe resigned, and Jenkins resigned.<ref name=':10' group='lower-alpha'>Outdoor Recreation Party MLC Jon Jenkins resigned on 16 February 2007. The party did not nominate a replacement due to the close proximity of the 2007 state election.
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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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