# List of South Australian Legislative Council appointments

This is a list of appointments to the South Australian 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 South Australia. The constitution states that if the previous sitting Legislative Council member was at the time of his/her election the representative of a particular political party, that party should nominate a replacement from amongst its own members.

## History

Until the 1975 election, casual vacancies in the Legislative Council, like the House of Assembly, were also filled at South Australian Legislative Council by-elections. Amendments to the South Australian Constitution and Electoral Acts saw the whole state become a single electorate for the Legislative Council and gave, in line with the Australian Senate, an assembly of members of both Houses of Parliament the right to meet to choose a replacement member.

## List of appointments

There have been 29 appointments since 1975: thirteen Labor, ten Liberal, three Democrats, one Family First, one Australian Greens and one independent.
| Date | Incumbent | Party | Appointee | Party | Cause |
| 7 March 2023 | Stephen Wade | Liberal | Ben Hood | Liberal | Resignation |
| 24 August 2021 | David Ridgway | Liberal | Heidi Girolamo | Liberal | Resignation |
| 4 May 2021 | Mark Parnell | Greens | Robert Simms | Greens | Resignation |
| 7 April 2020 | Andrew McLachlan | Liberal | Nicola Centofanti | Liberal | Resignation |
| 28 February 2017 | Gerry Kandelaars | Labor | Justin Hanson | Labor | Resignation |
| 1 December 2015 | Bernard Finnigan | Independent | Peter Malinauskas | Labor | Resignation |
| 17 October 2012 | Bob Sneath | Labor | Kyam Maher | Labor | Resignation |
| 13 September 2011 | Paul Holloway | Labor | Gerry Kandelaars | Labor | Resignation |
| 17 February 2009 | Sandra Kanck | Democrats | David Winderlich | Democrats | Resignation |
| 24 July 2008 | Andrew Evans | Family First | Robert Brokenshire | Family First | Resignation |
| 21 November 2007 | Nick Xenophon | Independent | John Darley | Independent | Resignation |
| 2 May 2006 | Angus Redford | Liberal | Stephen Wade | Liberal | Resignation |
| 2 May 2006 | Terry Roberts | Labor | Bernard Finnigan | Labor | Death |
| 26 June 2003 | Diana Laidlaw | Liberal | Michelle Lensink | Liberal | Resignation |
| 17 February 2003 | Mike Elliott | Democrats | Kate Reynolds | Democrats | Resignation |
| 1 September 2000 | George Weatherill | Labor | Bob Sneath | Labor | Resignation |
| 10 October 1995 | Mario Feleppa | Labor | Paolo Nocella | Labor | Resignation |
| 26 September 1995 | Barbara Wiese | Labor | Paul Holloway | Labor | Resignation |
| 13 September 1994 | Chris Sumner | Labor | Terry Cameron | Labor | Resignation |
| 10 February 1994 | Ian Gilfillan | Democrats | Mike Elliott | Democrats | Resignation |
| 3 August 1993 | Robert Ritson | Liberal | Caroline Schaefer | Liberal | Resignation |
| 23 October 1990 | Martin Cameron | Liberal | Bernice Pfitzner | Liberal | Resignation |
| 14 February 1989 | Dr John Cornwall | Labor | Ron Roberts | Labor | Resignation |
| 4 August 1988 | Murray Hill | Liberal | Julian Stefani | Liberal | Resignation |
| 24 February 1987 | Brian Chatterton | Labor | Trevor Crothers | Labor | Resignation |
| 11 February 1986 | Frank Blevins | Labor | George Weatherill | Labor | Resignation |
| 1 June 1982 | Jim Dunford | Labor | Mario Feleppa | Labor | Death |
| 31 July 1979 | Jessie Cooper | Liberal | Legh Davis | Liberal | Resignation |
| 7 March 1978 | Frank Potter | Liberal | Trevor Griffin | Liberal | Death |