^
abPittwater MLA
Max Smith was elected as a Liberal, but resigned from the party in 1984 after a falling out with party leader
Nick Greiner. He served as an independent until his mid-term resignation in 1986.
^
abcRockdale Labor MLA
Brian Bannon resigned on 3 July 1986, making way for Labor's preferred candidate for Premier,
Barrie Unsworth, to shift from the Legislative Council. Unsworth, as the Labor candidate, won the
resulting by-election later that month.
^
abcHeathcote Labor MLA
Rex Jackson resigned on 13 August 1986 amidst a corruption scandal that ultimately led to his imprisonment. Labor candidate
Ian McManus won the
resulting by-election in January 1987.
^
abIllawarra MLA
George Petersen was expelled from the Labor Party in July 1987 after crossing the floor to vote against his government's changes to the Workers Compensation Act. He sat thereafter as a representative of the
Illawarra Workers Party.
^The changes to the composition of the house, in chronological order, were:
Smith sat as an independent,[a]
Fischer resigned,[b]
Landa died,[c]
Punch resigned,[d]
Bedford resigned,[e]
Knott resigned,[f]
Stewart resigned,[g]
Foot resigned,[h]
Smith resigned,[i]
Wran resigned,[j]
Bannon resigned,[k]
Jackson resigned,[l]
Mochalski resigned,[m]
McCarthy resigned,[n] and
Petersen was expelled from Labor.[o]
^
abPittwater MLA
Max Smith was elected as a Liberal, but resigned from the party in 1984 after a falling out with party leader
Nick Greiner. He served as an independent until his mid-term resignation in 1986.
^
abcRockdale Labor MLA
Brian Bannon resigned on 3 July 1986, making way for Labor's preferred candidate for Premier,
Barrie Unsworth, to shift from the Legislative Council. Unsworth, as the Labor candidate, won the
resulting by-election later that month.
^
abcHeathcote Labor MLA
Rex Jackson resigned on 13 August 1986 amidst a corruption scandal that ultimately led to his imprisonment. Labor candidate
Ian McManus won the
resulting by-election in January 1987.
^
abIllawarra MLA
George Petersen was expelled from the Labor Party in July 1987 after crossing the floor to vote against his government's changes to the Workers Compensation Act. He sat thereafter as a representative of the
Illawarra Workers Party.
^The changes to the composition of the house, in chronological order, were:
Smith sat as an independent,[a]
Fischer resigned,[b]
Landa died,[c]
Punch resigned,[d]
Bedford resigned,[e]
Knott resigned,[f]
Stewart resigned,[g]
Foot resigned,[h]
Smith resigned,[i]
Wran resigned,[j]
Bannon resigned,[k]
Jackson resigned,[l]
Mochalski resigned,[m]
McCarthy resigned,[n] and
Petersen was expelled from Labor.[o]