Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 2007–2011

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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 2015. [1] [2] The President was Peter Primrose until 17 November 2009 and then Amanda Fazio. [3] </ref>

NamePartyEnd termYears in office
John Ajaka   Liberal 20152007–2021
Robert Borsak [lower-alpha 2]   Shooters 20152010–present
Robert Brown   Shooters 20112006–2019
Tony Catanzariti   Labor 20112003–2011
Ian Cohen   Greens 20111995–2011
David Clarke   Liberal 20112003–2019
Rick Colless   National 20112000–2019
Michael Costa [lower-alpha 3]   Labor 20112001–2008
Sophie Cotsis [lower-alpha 4]   Labor 20152010–2016
Catherine Cusack   Liberal 20112003–2022
John Della Bosca [lower-alpha 4]   Labor 20151999–2010
Greg Donnelly   Labor 20112005–present
Cate Faehrmann [lower-alpha 5]   Greens 20072010–2013, 2018–present
Amanda Fazio   Labor 20152000–2015
Marie Ficarra   Liberal 20152007–2015
Luke Foley [lower-alpha 6]   Labor 20152010–2015
Mike Gallacher   Liberal 20111996–2017
Jenny Gardiner   National 20151991–2015
Duncan Gay   National 20111988–2017
Kayee Griffin   Labor 20112003–2011
Sylvia Hale [lower-alpha 7]   Greens 20112003–2010
Don Harwin   Liberal 20151999–2022
John Hatzistergos   Labor 20151999–2011
John Kaye   Greens 20152007–2016
Tony Kelly   Labor 20111987–1988, 1997–2011
Trevor Khan   National 20152007–2022
Charlie Lynn   Liberal 20151995–2015
Ian Macdonald [lower-alpha 6]   Labor 20151988–2010
Matthew Mason-Cox   Liberal 20152006–present
Shaoquett Moselmane [lower-alpha 3]   Labor 20152009–present
Gordon Moyes [lower-alpha 8]   Christian Democrats / Independent / Family First 20112002–2011
Fred Nile   Christian Democrats 20151981–2004, 2004–present
Eddie Obeid   Labor 20151991–2011
Robyn Parker   Liberal 20112003–2011
Melinda Pavey   National 20152002–2015
Greg Pearce   Liberal 20112000–2017
Peter Primrose   Labor 20111996–present
Lee Rhiannon [lower-alpha 5]   Greens 20071999–2010
John Robertson [lower-alpha 3]   Labor 20112008–2011
Christine Robertson   Labor 20112003–2011
Eric Roozendaal   Labor 20112004–2013
Penny Sharpe   Labor 20112005–2015, 2015–present
David Shoebridge [lower-alpha 7]   Greens 20112010–2022
Roy Smith [lower-alpha 2]   Shooters 20152007–2010
Henry Tsang [lower-alpha 8]   Labor 20111999–2009
Mick Veitch   Labor 20152007–present
Lynda Voltz   Labor 20152007–2019
Ian West   Labor 20112000–2011
Helen Westwood   Labor 20152007–2015
  1. The changes to the composition of the council, in chronological order, were Costa resigned, Moyes sat as an independent, Tsang resigned, Macdonald resigned, Rhiannon resigned, Della Bosca resigned, Smith died, and Hale resigned.<ref name=':8' group='lower-alpha'>Greens MLC Sylvia Hale resigned on 6 September 2010. Hale had already announced her retirement at the coming election; her preselected replacement David Shoebridge was appointed to the vacancy on 7 September 2010.
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