# List of New South Wales Legislative Council appointments

This is a list of appointments to the New South Wales Legislative Council, caused by the resignation or death of an incumbent member. A departure creates a casual vacancy which is filled by a candidate of the same affiliation in a joint sitting of the Parliament of New South Wales. The Constitution of New South Wales states that if the previous sitting Legislative Council member was at the time of his/her election the representative of a particular political party, the nominated candidate for the vacancy must be a member of that same party.
The current system has existed since amendments in 1991. From 1934 until the 1978 electoral reforms, which introduced direct election of members of the Legislative Council, casual vacancies were filled by a vote of a joint sitting, not necessarily with a member of the same party. From 1978 until the 1991 amendments, casual vacancies were filled by the highest-polling unelected member of the party's ticket from the previous election who nominated for the vacancy, who would then be declared elected by the Governor, with a provision for joint sittings only where no one could be chosen by the former method.

## List of appointments to the Legislative Council

| Date | Incumbent | Party | Appointee | Party | Cause |
| 10 May 2023 | Mark Latham | Pauline Hanson's One Nation | Tania Mihailuk | Pauline Hanson's One Nation | Resignation |
| 11 August 2022 | Catherine Cusack | Liberal | Aileen MacDonald | Liberal | Resignation |
| 12 May 2022 | David Shoebridge | Greens | Sue Higginson | Greens | Resignation |
| 24 March 2022 | Don Harwin | Liberal | Chris Rath | Liberal | Resignation |
| 24 March 2022 | Trevor Khan | National | Scott Barrett | National | Resignation |
| 6 May 2021 | John Ajaka | Liberal | Peter Poulos | Liberal | Resignation |
| 17 October 2019 | Niall Blair | National | Sam Farraway | National | Resignation |
| 8 May 2019 | Lynda Voltz | Labor | Rose Jackson | Labor | Resignation |
| 8 May 2019 | Ben Franklin | National | Ben Franklin | National | Resignation |
| 15 August 2018 | Mehreen Faruqi | Greens | Cate Faehrmann | Greens | Resignation |
| 16 November 2017 | Greg Pearce | Liberal | Natalie Ward | Liberal | Resignation |
| 9 August 2017 | Duncan Gay | National | Wes Fang | National | Resignation |
| 3 May 2017 | Mike Gallacher | Independent | Taylor Martin | Liberal | Resignation |
| 22 February 2017 | Jan Barham | Greens | Dawn Walker | Greens | Resignation |
| 12 October 2016 | Sophie Cotsis | Labor | John Graham | Labor | Resignation |
| 24 August 2016 | John Kaye | Greens | Justin Field | Greens | Death |
| 6 May 2015 | Penny Sharpe | Labor | Penny Sharpe | Labor | Resignation |
| 6 May 2015 | Steve Whan | Labor | Daniel Mookhey | Labor | Resignation |
| 19 June 2013 | Cate Faehrmann | Greens | Mehreen Faruqi | Greens | Resignation |
| 23 May 2013 | Eric Roozendaal | Labor | Ernest Wong | Labor | Resignation |
| 20 June 2011 | Tony Kelly | Labor | Steve Whan | Labor | Resignation |
| 24 May 2011 | John Hatzistergos | Labor | Adam Searle | Labor | Resignation |
| 24 May 2011 | Eddie Obeid | Labor | Walt Secord | Labor | Resignation |
| 7 September 2010 | Sylvia Hale | Greens | David Shoebridge | Greens | Resignation |
| 7 September 2010 | Roy Smith | Shooters | Robert Borsak | Shooters | Death |
| 7 September 2010 | John Della Bosca | Labor | Sophie Cotsis | Labor | Resignation |
| 7 September 2010 | Lee Rhiannon | Greens | Cate Faehrmann | Greens | Resignation |
| 10 June 2010 | Ian Macdonald | Labor | Luke Foley | Labor | Resignation |
| 3 December 2009 | Henry Tsang | Labor | Shaoquett Moselmane | Labor | Resignation |
| 23 September 2008 | Michael Costa | Labor | John Robertson | Labor | Resignation |
| 28 September 2006 | Patricia Forsythe | Liberal | Matthew Mason-Cox | Liberal | Resignation |
| 11 October 2005 | Carmel Tebbutt | Labor | Penny Sharpe | Labor | Resignation |
| 21 October 2004 | Fred Nile | Christian Democrats | Fred Nile | Christian Democrats | Resignation |
| 24 June 2004 | Tony Burke | Labor | Eric Roozendaal | Labor | Resignation |
| 3 September 2002 | Elaine Nile | Christian Democrats | Gordon Moyes | Christian Democrats | Resignation |
| 3 September 2002 | Doug Moppett | National | Melinda Pavey | National | Resignation |
| 6 November 2001 | Johno Johnson | Labor | Michael Costa | Labor | Resignation |
| 1 November 2000 | Andy Manson | Labor | Ian West | Labor | Resignation |
| 1 November 2000 | John Hannaford | Labor | Greg Pearce | Labor | Resignation |
| 30 August 2000 | Richard Bull | National | Rick Colless | National | Resignation |
| 30 August 2000 | Jeff Shaw | Labor | Amanda Fazio | Labor | Resignation |
| 25 June 1998 | Elisabeth Kirkby | Democrats | Arthur Chesterfield-Evans | Democrats | Resignation |
| 30 April 1998 | Ann Symonds | Labor | Carmel Tebbutt | Labor | Resignation |
| 17 September 1997 | Patricia Staunton | Labor | Tony Kelly | Labor | Resignation |
| 17 April 1996 | Stephen Mutch | Liberal | Mike Gallacher | Liberal | Resignation |
| 17 April 1996 | Paul O'Grady | Labor | Peter Primrose | Labor | Resignation |
| 19 October 1995 | Ted Pickering | Liberal | Charlie Lynn | Liberal | Resignation |
| 19 September 1995 | Robert Webster | National | Mark Kersten | National | Resignation |
| 12 September 1991 | Jack Hallam | Labor | Eddie Obeid | Labor | Resignation |
| 21 August 1991 | Adrian Solomons | National | Lloyd Coleman | National | Resignation |