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

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council
New South Wales Legislative Council
The New South Wales Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is referred to as the lower house and the Council as...

from 1995 to 1999, as elected at the 1995 state election

New South Wales state election, 1995

Elections to the 51st Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday 25 March 1995. All seats in the Legislative Assembly and half the seats in the Legislative Council were up for election. The minority Liberal Party of Australia-led Coalition government of Premier John Fahey was defeated by...

Name	Party	Term in office
Franca Arena Franca Arena Franca Arena is an Australian politician and activist. She was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1981, first for the Australian Labor Party then as an Independent from 1997 until she left the Council in 1999...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... /Independent	1981–1999
Richard Bull Richard Bull (politician) Richard Thomas Marshall Bull is a former Australian politician. The son of federal National Party Senator Tom Bull and his wife Jessie, he was a farmer and grazier at Narrandera and Holbrook. On 12 March 1970 he married Patricia Anne Jeffreys; they have three daughters and a son.Bull joined the...	National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1984–2000
Hon Dr Meredith Burgmann Meredith Burgmann Meredith Anne Burgmann is an Australian politician and Australian Labor Party member and a former President of the New South Wales Legislative Council.-Early years:...	Labor	1991–2007
Hon Jan Burnswoods Jan Burnswoods Janice Carolyn "Jan" Burnswoods is a former Australian politician. She received a Bachelor of Arts in a Diploma of Education from the University of Melbourne, and was later employed at the University of Melbourne, the University of New South Wales and the history unit of the New South Wales...	Labor	1991–2007
Hon Virginia Chadwick Virginia Chadwick Virginia Anne Chadwick AO was a Liberal Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1978 to 1999...	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	1978–1999
Dr Arthur Chesterfield-Evans Arthur Chesterfield-Evans Arthur Chesterfield-Evans is an Australian medical practitioner, politician and peace activist who served as a member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales from 1998 to 2007.-Medical career:...	Democrat Australian Democrats The Australian Democrats is an Australian political party espousing a socially liberal ideology. It was formed in 1977, by a merger of the Australia Party and the New LM, after principals of those minor parties secured the commitment of former Liberal minister Don Chipp, as a high profile leader...	1998–2007
Ian Cohen Ian Cohen Ian Cohen is an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1995 to 2011, for The Greens...	Greens Greens New South Wales The Greens New South Wales is the state Greens party in New South Wales. It is a member party of the Australian Greens. The Greens NSW have one member in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly , five members in the New South Wales Legislative Council...	1995–2011
Alan Corbett Alan Corbett Alan Gordon Corbett is a former Australian politician. Originally a teacher, he was the founder of A Better Future for Our Children, a New South Wales political party. In 1995, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council for that party, and served until his retirement in 2003....	A Better Future For Our Children A Better Future For Our Children A Better Future For Our Children was a New South Wales political party. It contested the 1995 state election, at which it won a seat in the New South Wales Legislative Council despite receiving only 1.24% of the vote. The party's leader, Alan Corbett, was elected due to preference flows from other...	1995–2003
Ron Dyer Ron Dyer Ronald David "Ron" Dyer is a former Australian politician. Born in St Leonards, he became a lawyer and was admitted to the New South Wales Supreme Court in 1972. He had earlier joined the Australian Labor Party, and served as a member of the State Executive 1969-1971...	Labor	1979–2003
Michael Egan Michael Egan (Australian politician) Michael Rueben Egan , a former union official and former Australian politician, served as Treasurer of New South Wales between 1995 and 2005...	Labor	1986–2005
Patricia Forsythe Patricia Forsythe Patricia Forsythe is the Executive Director of the Sydney Business Chamber and a former Liberal member of the NSW Legislative Council. Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, she received a Bachelor of Arts Patricia Forsythe is the Executive Director of the Sydney Business Chamber and a former Liberal...	Liberal	1991–2006
Michael Gallacher	Liberal	1996–present
Jenny Gardiner Jenny Gardiner Jennifer Ann Gardiner is an Australian politician and National Party of Australia member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. Gardiner has been a member of the Council since 25 May 1991 and is serving her third term in that Council...	National	1991–present
Duncan Gay Duncan Gay Duncan John Gay is an Australian parliamentarian and New South Wales Minister for Roads and Ports. He is also Leader of Government Business in the New South Wales Legislative Council for the NSW Liberals & Nationals Government. -Early life:...	National	1988–present
Hon Marlene Goldsmith Marlene Goldsmith Marlene Mary Herbert Goldsmith was an Australian politician. She was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, upper house from 1988 to 1999. Marlene Goldsmith crossed the political 'floor' on several issues as she believed more in policies and truth than aligning with a party...	Liberal	1988–1999
Hon John Hannaford John Hannaford John Planta Hannaford is a former Australian politician. Born in Goulburn, the son of William Henry Planta and Amy Frances Hannaford, he became a lawyer, having studied at the Australian National University in Canberra. He commenced legal articles in 1971...	Liberal	1984–1999
Dorothy Isaksen Dorothy Isaksen Dorothy Isaksen, née Shepherd is a former Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1978 to 1988 and from 1990 to 1999....	Labor	1978–1988, 1990–1999
John Jobling John Jobling John Hughes Jobling AM is a former Australian politician. He was born in Sydney, the son of John Young Jobling and Elizabeth Marjorie Hughes. His marriage to Carole Linde Chadwick on 15 August 1960 produced two daughters and a son....	Liberal	1984–2003
Johno Johnson Johno Johnson The Hon John Richard "Johno" Johnson KCSG is a former Australian politician. Born in Murwillumbah, New South Wales, he was a grocer and trade union official before entering politics. He married Pauline Christina Russell, with whom he has two sons and two daughters...	Labor	1976–2001
Richard Jones	Democrat/Independent	1988–2003
Hon Jim Kaldis Jim Kaldis James "Jim" Kaldis was a Greek-born Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1978 to 1999....	Labor	1978–1999
Tony Kelly	Labor	1987–1988, 1997–2011
Mark Kersten Mark Kersten Mark Raymond Kersten is a former Australian politician. He was a National Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1995 to 1999.Kersten was born in Broken Hill, and worked as a signwriter and painter from 1966 to 1995...	National	1995–1999
Hon Elisabeth Kirkby Elisabeth Kirkby Elisabeth "Liz" Kirkby was an Australia-based theatre and television actress and politician known as a long time member of the New South Wales Legislative Council....	Democrat	1981–1998
Charlie Lynn Charlie Lynn Charlie John Stuart Lynn is an Australian politician and Liberal Party of Australia member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. Lynn has been an MLC since 19 October 1995.-Personal history:...	Liberal	1995–present
Ian Macdonald Ian Macdonald (New South Wales politician) Ian Michael Macdonald BA MLC , a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1988 to 2010 representing the Australian Labor Party...	Labor	1988–2010
Hon Andy Manson Andy Manson Andrew Bruce "Andy" Manson is a former Australian politician. Born in Scotland, he was on national service for three months before two years in the Reserves. A carpenter, he was active in the trade union movement...	Labor	1988–2000
Doug Moppett Doug Moppett Douglas Frederick "Doug" Moppett is a former Australian politician. He was a Country Party, later National Party, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1976 to 1978 and again from 1991 up until 2002...	National	1976–1978, 1991–2000
Stephen Mutch Stephen Mutch Stephen Bruce Mutch was an Australian politician. He was educated at the University of New South Wales and became a solicitor in 1979. A member of the Liberal Party, he was a policy advisor until he became a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1988...	Liberal	1988–1996
Elaine Nile Elaine Nile Elaine Blanche Nile was an Australian politician who represented the Christian Democratic Party in the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1998 and 2002...	Christian Democratic Party Christian Democratic Party (Australia) The Christian Democratic Party is a right-wing political party in Australia. Its leader is Fred Nile, a Congregational Church minister and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.-Formation:...	1988–2002
Rev Fred Nile Fred Nile Frederick John "Fred" Nile is an Australian politician and clergyman. Nile has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 1981, except for a period in 2004 when he resigned to contest the Australian Senate at the 2004 federal election...	Christian Democratic Party	1981–2004, 2004–present
Paul O'Grady Paul O'Grady (politician) Paul Thomas Francis O'Grady is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1988 to 1996....	Labor	1988–1996
Eddie Obeid Eddie Obeid Edward Moses Obeid OAM , a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served between 1991 and 2011, representing the Australian Labor Party. He was the Minister for Fisheries and the Minister for Mineral Resources from 1999–2003...	Labor	1991–2011
Brian Pezzutti Brian Pezzutti Brian Patrick Victor Pezzutti CSC, RFD is a former Australian politician. Born in Casino, New South Wales, he was the son of Victor Dominic Pezzutti and Helena Hilda Bazzo. He was an army reservist in 1965 and later became active in the armed forces; he received the National Medal in 1978...	Liberal	1988–2003
Ted Pickering Ted Pickering Edward Phillip "Ted" Pickering is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1976 to 1995....	Liberal	1976–1995
Peter Primrose Peter Primrose Peter Thomas Primrose is an Australian politician.He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 1996 and was also the President of the Legislative Council....	Labor	1996–present
Bob Rowland Smith Bob Rowland Smith Robert Baron Rowland "Bob" Smith is a former Australian politician. He was a National Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1974 until 1999....	National	1974–1999
John Ryan	Liberal	1991–2007
Janelle Saffin Janelle Saffin Janelle Anne Saffin is an Australian politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since November 2007, representing the electorate of Page. She previously served as a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1995 to...	Labor	1995–2003
Jim Samios Jim Samios James Miltiades "Jim" Samios is a former Australian politician. Born in Brisbane, Queensland, he became a lawyer in Brisbane and a member of the Commonwealth Attorney General's Department, which took him to Canberra and then Sydney. He married Rosemary Nicholson, with whom he had one son...	Liberal	1984–2003
Helen Sham-Ho Helen Sham-Ho Helen Wai-Har Sham-Ho is a former Australian politician. Born in Hong Kong, she migrated to Australia in 1961. She studied law at the University of Sydney and Macquarie University. Her first marriage produced two daughters; her second marriage was to Robert Ho on 15 December 1987...	Liberal/Independent	1988–2003
Jeff Shaw Jeff Shaw (politician) Jeffrey William "Jeff" Shaw, QC was an Australian lawyer, judge and former Attorney General of New South Wales.-Early life and education:...	Labor	1990–2000
Patricia Staunton Patricia Staunton Patricia Jane Staunton, AO is an Australian magistrate and former politician. She was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1995 to 1997....	Labor	1995–1997
Ann Symonds Ann Symonds Elizabeth Ann Symonds, née Burley is a former Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1982 to 1998....	Labor	1982–1998
Carmel Tebbutt Carmel Tebbutt Carmel Mary Tebbutt is an Australian politician. She is the Australian Labor Party Member for Marrickville in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and was Deputy Premier of New South Wales from 2008 to 2011. She was also Minister for Health in the Keneally Government...	Labor	1998–2005
John Tingle John Tingle John Saxon Tingle is a former Australian politician. Born in Edgecliff, New South Wales, he was a broadcaster and news editor at Deniliquin from 1949 to 1951 before becoming a journalist for the ABC from 1951 to 1968. During that time he was Supervisor of ABCTV News and Chief of Staff of the ABC...	Shooters Party Shooters Party The Shooters and Fishers Party, formerly known as the Shooters Party, is an Australian state political party. It is registered for state elections in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia...	1995–2006
Hon Bryan Vaughan Bryan Vaughan Bryan Henry Vaughan is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1981 to 1999....	Labor	1981–1999
Hon Robert Webster	National	1991–1995
Hon Max Willis Max Willis Max Frederick Willis RFD, ED, CSI, is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1970 to 1999. His brother Sir Eric Willis was briefly Premier of New South Wales in 1976....	Liberal	1970–1999

National Party MLC Robert Webster resigned on 5 September 1995. Mark Kersten

Mark Kersten

Mark Raymond Kersten is a former Australian politician. He was a National Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1995 to 1999.Kersten was born in Broken Hill, and worked as a signwriter and painter from 1966 to 1995...

was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 19 September.

Liberal MLC Ted Pickering

Ted Pickering

Edward Phillip "Ted" Pickering is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1976 to 1995....

resigned on 11 October 1995. Charlie Lynn

Charlie Lynn

Charlie John Stuart Lynn is an Australian politician and Liberal Party of Australia member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. Lynn has been an MLC since 19 October 1995.-Personal history:...

was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 19 October.

Labor MLC Paul O'Grady

Paul O'Grady (politician)

Paul Thomas Francis O'Grady is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1988 to 1996....

resigned on 3 January 1996. Former MLA Peter Primrose

Peter Primrose

Peter Thomas Primrose is an Australian politician.He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 1996 and was also the President of the Legislative Council....

was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 17 April.

Liberal MLC Stephen Mutch

Stephen Mutch

Stephen Bruce Mutch was an Australian politician. He was educated at the University of New South Wales and became a solicitor in 1979. A member of the Liberal Party, he was a policy advisor until he became a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1988...

resigned on 31 January 1996 in order to contest the Australian House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives

The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years....

seat of Cook

Division of Cook

The Division of Cook is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1969 and is named for James Cook, who mapped the east coast of Australia in 1770. It is located in the southern suburbs of Sydney, including Caringbah, Cronulla, Miranda and Sylvania...

at the 1996 federal election. Michael Gallacher was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 17 April.

Richard Jones was elected as a representative of the Australian Democrats

Australian Democrats

The Australian Democrats is an Australian political party espousing a socially liberal ideology. It was formed in 1977, by a merger of the Australia Party and the New LM, after principals of those minor parties secured the commitment of former Liberal minister Don Chipp, as a high profile leader...

, but resigned from the party on 12 March 1996. He served out the remainder of his term as an independent.

Labor MLC Patricia Staunton

Patricia Staunton

Patricia Jane Staunton, AO is an Australian magistrate and former politician. She was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1995 to 1997....

resigned on 2 September 1997. Former MLC Tony Kelly was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 17 September.

Franca Arena

Franca Arena is an Australian politician and activist. She was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1981, first for the Australian Labor Party then as an Independent from 1997 until she left the Council in 1999...

was expelled from the Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

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.

Labor MLC Ann Symonds

Ann Symonds

Elizabeth Ann Symonds, née Burley is a former Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1982 to 1998....

resigned on 30 April 1998. Carmel Tebbutt

Carmel Tebbutt

Carmel Mary Tebbutt is an Australian politician. She is the Australian Labor Party Member for Marrickville in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and was Deputy Premier of New South Wales from 2008 to 2011. She was also Minister for Health in the Keneally Government...

was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on the same day.

Democrat MLC Elisabeth Kirkby

Elisabeth Kirkby

Elisabeth "Liz" Kirkby was an Australia-based theatre and television actress and politician known as a long time member of the New South Wales Legislative Council....

resigned on 25 June 1998. Dr Arthur Chesterfield-Evans

Arthur Chesterfield-Evans

Arthur Chesterfield-Evans is an Australian medical practitioner, politician and peace activist who served as a member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales from 1998 to 2007.-Medical career:...

was appointed to fill the resulting casual vacancy on the same day.

Helen Sham-Ho

Helen Wai-Har Sham-Ho is a former Australian politician. Born in Hong Kong, she migrated to Australia in 1961. She studied law at the University of Sydney and Macquarie University. Her first marriage produced two daughters; her second marriage was to Robert Ho on 15 December 1987...

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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