Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 2011–2015

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, as elected at the 2007 and 2011 state elections. As members serve eight-year terms, half of the Council was elected in 2007 and did not face re-election in 2011, and the members elected in 2011 will not face re-election until 2019.

Name	Party	Term in office
Hon John Ajaka	Liberal	2007–present
Jan Barham	Greens	2011–present
Hon Niall Blair	National	2011–present
Hon Robert Borsak	Shooters and Fishers	2010–present
Hon Robert Brown	Shooters and Fishers	2006–present
Jeremy Buckingham	Greens	2011–present
Hon David Clarke	Liberal	2003–present
Hon Rick Colless	National	2000–present
Hon Sophie Cotsis	Labor	2010–present
Hon Catherine Cusack	Liberal	2003–present
Hon Greg Donnelly	Labor	2005–present
Cate Faehrmann	Greens	2011–2013
Dr Mehreen Faruqi	Greens	2013–present
Hon Amanda Fazio	Labor	2000–2015
Hon Marie Ficarra	Liberal/Independent	2007–2015
Hon Luke Foley	Labor	2010–2015
Hon Mike Gallacher	Liberal/Independent	1996–present
Hon Jenny Gardiner	National	1991–2015
Hon Duncan Gay	National	1988–present
Hon Paul Green	Christian Democrats	2011–present
Hon Don Harwin	Liberal	1999–present
Hon John Hatzistergos	Labor	1999–2011
Dr John Kaye	Greens	2007–2016
Hon Tony Kelly	Labor	1987–1988, 1997–2011
Hon Trevor Khan	National	2007–present
Hon Charlie Lynn	Liberal	1995–2015
Hon Scot MacDonald	Liberal	2011–present
Hon Natasha Maclaren-Jones	Liberal	2011–present
Hon Matthew Mason-Cox	Liberal	2006–present
Hon Sarah Mitchell	National	2011–present
Hon Shaoquett Moselmane	Labor	2009–present
Rev Hon Fred Nile	Christian Democrats	1981–2004, 2004–present
Eddie Obeid	Labor	1991–2011
Hon Melinda Pavey	National	2002–2015
Hon Greg Pearce	Liberal	2000–present
Hon Dr Peter Phelps	Liberal	2011–present
Hon Peter Primrose	Labor	1996–present
Hon Eric Roozendaal	Labor/Independent	2004–2013
Hon Adam Searle	Labor	2011–present
Hon Walt Secord	Labor	2011–present
Hon Penny Sharpe	Labor	2005–2015, 2015–present
David Shoebridge	Greens	2010–present
Hon Mick Veitch	Labor	2007–present
Hon Lynda Voltz	Labor	2007–present
Hon Helen Westwood	Labor	2007–2015
Hon Steve Whan	Labor	2011–2015
Hon Ernest Wong	Labor	2013–present

¹ Labor MLC Eddie Obeid resigned on 10 May 2011. Walt Secord was appointed to the vacancy on 20 May, and sworn in on 24 May.

² Labor MLC John Hatzistergos resigned on 19 May 2011. Adam Searle was appointed to the vacancy on 20 May, and sworn in on 24 May.

³ Labor MLC Tony Kelly resigned on 6 June 2011. Steve Whan was appointed to the vacancy.

⁴ Eric Roozendaal was appointed to the Legislative Council in 2004 as a member of the Australian Labor Party. In November 2012, Roozendaal was suspended from the party and sat in the Council as an Independent member, and resigned from the Council on 9 May 2013. On 24 May 2013, Labor appointed Ernest Wong to fill the vacancy.

Cate Faehrmann resigned from the LC in June 2013, to contest the Senate in the 2013 Federal election. She was replaced by Mehreen Faruqi in the same month.

Marie Ficarra withdrew from the Liberal parliamentary party in April 2014, to serve as an Independent, following her implication in corruption allegations investigated by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).

Mike Gallacher withdrew from the parliamentary Liberal party in May 2014 following his implication in corruption allegations investigated by ICAC. He now sits as an independent.