Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 2023–2027

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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served in the 58th Parliament were elected at the 2019 and 2023 elections. As members serve eight-year terms, half of the Council was elected in 2019 and did not face re-election in 2023, and the members elected in 2023 will not face re-election until 2031. [1] [2] The President was Matthew Mason-Cox until May 2023 [3] and Ben Franklin from May 2023.

NamePartyEnd termYears in office
Mark Banasiak   Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 20272019–present
Robert Borsak   Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 20312010–present
Abigail Boyd   Greens 20272019–present
Jeremy Buckingham   Legalise Cannabis Australia 20312011–2019, 2023–present
Mark Buttigieg   Labor 20272019–present
Susan Carter   Liberal 20312023–present
Amanda Cohn   Greens 20312023–present
Anthony D'Adam   Labor 20272019–present
Greg Donnelly   Labor 20272005–present
Scott Farlow   Liberal 20272015-2023, 2023–present
Cate Faehrmann   Greens 20312010–2013, 2018–present
Wes Fang   National 20272017–present
Sam Farraway   National 20272019–present
Ben Franklin   National 20312015–2019, 2019–present
John Graham   Labor 20312016–present
Sue Higginson   Greens 20272022–present
Courtney Houssos   Labor 20312015–present
Emma Hurst   Animal Justice 20272019–present
Rose Jackson   Labor 20312019–present
Sarah Kaine   Labor 20312023–present
Mark Latham   One Nation / Independent 20312019–2023, 2023–present
Stephen Lawrence   Labor 20312023–present
Aileen MacDonald   Liberal 20272022–present
Natasha Maclaren-Jones   Liberal 20312011-2023, 2023–present
Taylor Martin   Liberal 20272017–present
Rachel Merton   Liberal 20312023–present
Tania Mihailuk   One Nation 20272023–present
Sarah Mitchell   National 20272011–present
Daniel Mookhey   Labor 20272015–present
Tara Moriarty   Labor 20272019–present
Jacqui Munro   Liberal 20312023–present
Cameron Murphy   Labor 20312023–present
Bob Nanva   Labor 20312023–present
Peter Primrose   Labor 20271996–present
Chris Rath   Liberal 20312022–present
Rod Roberts   One Nation / Independent 20272019–present
John Ruddick   Liberal Democrats 20312023–present
Penny Sharpe   Labor 20272005–2015, 2015–present
Emily Suvaal   Labor 20312023–present
Bronnie Taylor   National 20312015–present
Damien Tudehope   Liberal 20272019–present
Natalie Ward   Liberal 20272017–present

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