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]
^
abDavid Oldfield resigned from
One Nation NSW, a splinter party he had founded during the previous term after his expulsion from
One Nation, on 28 December 2004, and served out the remainder of his term as an independent.
^
abcOutdoor Recreation Party MLC
Malcolm Jones resigned on 23 September 2003, pre-empting an expulsion motion as a result of criminal charges he was facing for misusing his parliamentary entitlements.
Jon Jenkins was appointed to the vacancy on 29 October.
^
abChristian Democratic Party MLC
Fred Nile resigned on 30 August 2004 to contest a seat in the
Australian Senate at the
2004 federal election. The party initially nominated
Ross Clifford as his replacement, but later decided to renominate Nile to his own vacancy on 21 October after he failed in his Senate bid.
^
abcLabor MLC
Michael Egan resigned in January 2005.
Greg Donnelly was appointed to the vacancy on 23 February.
^
abcShooters Party MLC
John Tingle resigned on 2 May 2006 due to health issues.
Robert Brown was appointed to the vacancy on 3 May.
^
abPeter Breen was elected on the ticket of the
Reform the Legal Systemmicroparty, which subsequently morphed into the
Human Rights Party. He defected to the
Labor Party on 6 May 2006, but was forced to resign from the party on 18 July after making controversial comments about a convicted murderer. Breen subsequently returned to the Human Rights Party.
^
abcLiberal MLC
Patricia Forsythe resigned on 13 September 2006 after losing Liberal preselection to recontest her seat at the
2007 election.
Matthew Mason-Cox, who had defeated her for preselection, was appointed to the vacancy on 28 September.
^
abOutdoor 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.
^The changes to the composition of the council, in chronological order, were
Oldfield sat as an independent,[a]
Jones resigned,[b]
Burke resigned,[c]
Nile resigned,[d]
Egan resigned,[e]
Tebbutt resigned,[f]
Tingle resigned,[g]
Breen briefly defected to Labor,[h]
Forsythe resigned,[i] and
Jenkins resigned.[j]
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]
^
abDavid Oldfield resigned from
One Nation NSW, a splinter party he had founded during the previous term after his expulsion from
One Nation, on 28 December 2004, and served out the remainder of his term as an independent.
^
abcOutdoor Recreation Party MLC
Malcolm Jones resigned on 23 September 2003, pre-empting an expulsion motion as a result of criminal charges he was facing for misusing his parliamentary entitlements.
Jon Jenkins was appointed to the vacancy on 29 October.
^
abChristian Democratic Party MLC
Fred Nile resigned on 30 August 2004 to contest a seat in the
Australian Senate at the
2004 federal election. The party initially nominated
Ross Clifford as his replacement, but later decided to renominate Nile to his own vacancy on 21 October after he failed in his Senate bid.
^
abcLabor MLC
Michael Egan resigned in January 2005.
Greg Donnelly was appointed to the vacancy on 23 February.
^
abcShooters Party MLC
John Tingle resigned on 2 May 2006 due to health issues.
Robert Brown was appointed to the vacancy on 3 May.
^
abPeter Breen was elected on the ticket of the
Reform the Legal Systemmicroparty, which subsequently morphed into the
Human Rights Party. He defected to the
Labor Party on 6 May 2006, but was forced to resign from the party on 18 July after making controversial comments about a convicted murderer. Breen subsequently returned to the Human Rights Party.
^
abcLiberal MLC
Patricia Forsythe resigned on 13 September 2006 after losing Liberal preselection to recontest her seat at the
2007 election.
Matthew Mason-Cox, who had defeated her for preselection, was appointed to the vacancy on 28 September.
^
abOutdoor 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.
^The changes to the composition of the council, in chronological order, were
Oldfield sat as an independent,[a]
Jones resigned,[b]
Burke resigned,[c]
Nile resigned,[d]
Egan resigned,[e]
Tebbutt resigned,[f]
Tingle resigned,[g]
Breen briefly defected to Labor,[h]
Forsythe resigned,[i] and
Jenkins resigned.[j]