Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 2003–2007

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, as elected at the 1999 and 2003 state elections. Members of the Legislative Council serve eight-year terms, so while half the members of this parliament faced re-election at the 2007 election, the remainder will not face re-election until 2011.

Name	Party	Term in office
Hon Peter Breen	Reform the Legal System/Labor/Human Rights Party [8]	1999–2007
Hon Robert Brown [7]	Shooters Party	2006–present
Hon Dr Meredith Burgmann	Labor	1991–2007
Hon Tony Burke [3]	Labor	2003–2004
Hon Jan Burnswoods	Labor	1991–2007
Hon Tony Catanzariti	Labor	2003–2011
Hon Dr Arthur Chesterfield-Evans	Democrat	1998–2007
Hon David Clarke	Liberal	2003–present
Ian Cohen	Greens	1995–2011
Hon Rick Colless	National	2000–present
Hon Michael Costa	Labor	2001–2008
Hon Catherine Cusack	Liberal	2003–present
Hon John Della Bosca	Labor	1999–2010
Greg Donnelly [5]	Labor	2005–present
Hon Michael Egan [5]	Labor	1986–2005
Hon Amanda Fazio	Labor	2000–present
Hon Patricia Forsythe [9]	Liberal	1991–2006
Hon Mike Gallacher	Liberal	1996–present
Hon Jenny Gardiner	National	1991–present
Hon Duncan Gay	National	1988–present
Hon Kayee Griffin	Labor	2003–2011
Sylvia Hale	Greens	2003–2010
Hon Don Harwin	Liberal	1999–present
Hon John Hatzistergos	Labor	1999–2011
Hon Dr Jon Jenkins [2] [10]	Outdoor Recreation Party	2003–2007
Hon Malcolm Jones [2]	Outdoor Recreation Party	1999–2003
Hon Tony Kelly	Labor	1987–1988, 1997–2011
Hon Charlie Lynn	Liberal	1995–present
Hon Ian Macdonald	Labor	1988–2010
Hon Matthew Mason-Cox [9]	Liberal	2006–present
Rev Hon Dr Gordon Moyes	Christian Democratic Party	2002–2011
Rev Hon Fred Nile [4]	Christian Democratic Party	1981–2004, 2004–present
Hon Eddie Obeid	Labor	1991–2011
Hon David Oldfield	One Nation NSW/Independent [1]	1999–2007
Hon Robyn Parker	Liberal	2003–2011
Hon Melinda Pavey	National	2002–present
Hon Greg Pearce	Liberal	2000–present
Hon Peter Primrose	Labor	1996–present
Lee Rhiannon	Greens	1999–2010
Hon Christine Robertson	Labor	2003–2011
Hon Eric Roozendaal [3]	Labor	2004–present
Hon John Ryan	Liberal	1991–2007
Hon Penny Sharpe [6]	Labor	2005–present
Hon Carmel Tebbutt [6]	Labor	1998–2005
Hon John Tingle [7]	Shooters Party	1995–2006
Hon Henry Tsang	Labor	1999–2009
Hon Ian West	Labor	2000–2011
Hon Dr Peter Wong	Unity	1999–2007

¹ David 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.

² Outdoor 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. Dr Jon Jenkins was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 29 October.

³ Labor MLC Tony Burke resigned on 24 June 2004 to contest the House of Representatives seat of Watson at the 2004 federal election. Eric Roozendaal was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 28 June.

⁴ Christian 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.

⁵ Labor MLC Michael Egan resigned in January 2005. Greg Donnelly was appointed as his replacement on 23 February.

⁶ Labor MLC Carmel Tebbutt resigned on 26 August 2005 in order to contest a by-election in the Legislative Assembly seat of Marrickville. Penny Sharpe was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 30 September.

⁷ Shooters Party MLC John Tingle resigned on 2 May 2006 due to health issues. Robert Brown was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 3 May.

⁸ Peter Breen was elected on the ticket of the Reform the Legal System microparty, which subsequently morphed into the Human Rights Party. He defected to the Australian 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.

⁹ Liberal 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 casual vacancy on 28 September.

¹⁰ Outdoor Recreation Party MLC Dr Jon Jenkins resigned on 16 February 2007. The party did not nominate a replacement due to the close proximity of the 2007 state election.

Members of the Parliament of New South Wales

Legislative Council 1999–2003 • 2003–2007 • 2007–2011

Legislative Assembly 1999–2003 • 2003–2007 • 2007–2011