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

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1995 to 1999, as elected at the 1995 state election:

Name	Party	Term in office
Franca Arena	Labor/Independent [7]	1981–1999
Richard Bull	National	1984–2000
Hon Dr Meredith Burgmann	Labor	1991–2007
Hon Jan Burnswoods	Labor	1991–2007
Hon Virginia Chadwick	Liberal	1978–1999
Dr Arthur Chesterfield-Evans [9]	Democrat	1998–2007
Ian Cohen	Greens	1995–2011
Alan Corbett	A Better Future For Our Children	1995–2003
Ron Dyer	Labor	1979–2003
Michael Egan	Labor	1986–2005
Patricia Forsythe	Liberal	1991–2006
Michael Gallacher [4]	Liberal	1996–present
Jenny Gardiner	National	1991–present
Duncan Gay	National	1988–present
Hon Marlene Goldsmith	Liberal	1988–1999
Hon John Hannaford	Liberal	1984–1999
Dorothy Isaksen	Labor	1978–1988, 1990–1999
John Jobling	Liberal	1984–2003
Johno Johnson	Labor	1976–2001
Richard Jones	Democrat/Independent [5]	1988–2003
Hon Jim Kaldis	Labor	1978–1999
Tony Kelly [6]	Labor	1987–1988, 1997–2011
Mark Kersten [1]	National	1995–1999
Hon Elisabeth Kirkby [9]	Democrat	1981–1998
Charlie Lynn [2]	Liberal	1995–present
Ian Macdonald	Labor	1988–2010
Hon Andy Manson	Labor	1988–2000
Doug Moppett	National	1976–1978, 1991–2000
Stephen Mutch [4]	Liberal	1988–1996
Elaine Nile	Christian Democratic Party	1988–2002
Rev Fred Nile	Christian Democratic Party	1981–2004, 2004–present
Paul O'Grady [3]	Labor	1988–1996
Eddie Obeid	Labor	1991–2011
Brian Pezzutti	Liberal	1988–2003
Ted Pickering [2]	Liberal	1976–1995
Peter Primrose [3]	Labor	1996–present
Bob Rowland Smith	National	1974–1999
John Ryan	Liberal	1991–2007
Janelle Saffin	Labor	1995–2003
Jim Samios	Liberal	1984–2003
Helen Sham-Ho	Liberal/Independent [10]	1988–2003
Jeff Shaw	Labor	1990–2000
Patricia Staunton [6]	Labor	1995–1997
Ann Symonds [8]	Labor	1982–1998
Carmel Tebbutt [8]	Labor	1998–2005
John Tingle	Shooters Party	1995–2006
Hon Bryan Vaughan	Labor	1981–1999
Hon Robert Webster [1]	National	1991–1995
Hon Max Willis	Liberal	1970–1999

¹ National Party MLC Robert Webster resigned on 5 September 1995. Mark Kersten was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 19 September.

² Liberal MLC Ted Pickering resigned on 11 October 1995. Charlie Lynn was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 19 October.

³ Labor MLC Paul O'Grady resigned on 3 January 1996. Former MLA Peter Primrose was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 17 April.

⁴ Liberal MLC Stephen Mutch resigned on 31 January 1996 in order to contest the Australian House of Representatives seat of Cook at the 1996 federal election. Michael Gallacher was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 17 April.

⁵ Richard Jones was elected as a representative of the Australian Democrats, but resigned from the party on 12 March 1996. He served out the remainder of his term as an independent.

⁶ Labor MLC Patricia Staunton resigned on 2 September 1997. Former MLC Tony Kelly was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 17 September.

⁷ Franca Arena was expelled from the Labor Party 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.

⁸ Labor MLC Ann Symonds resigned on 30 April 1998. Carmel Tebbutt was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on the same day.

⁹ Democrat MLC Elisabeth Kirkby resigned on 25 June 1998. Dr Arthur Chesterfield-Evans was appointed to fill the resulting casual vacancy on the same day.

¹⁰ Helen Sham-Ho 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.

Members of the Parliament of New South Wales

Legislative Council 1991–1995 • 1995–1999 • 1999–2003

Legislative Assembly 1991–1995 • 1995–1999 • 1999–2003