Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 2007–2011

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, as elected at the 2003 and 2007 state elections. As members serve eight-year terms, half of the Council was elected in 2003 and did not face re-election in 2007, and the members elected in 2007 will not face re-election until 2015.

Name	Party	Term in office
Hon John Ajaka	Liberal	2007–present
Hon Robert Borsak [7]	Shooters and Fishers	2010–present
Hon Robert Brown	Shooters Party/Shooters and Fishers	2006–present
Hon Tony Catanzariti	Labor	2003–2011
Ian Cohen	Greens	1995–2011
Hon David Clarke	Liberal	2003–present
Hon Rick Colless	National	2000–present
Hon Michael Costa [1]	Labor	2001–2008
Hon Sophie Cotsis [6]	Labor	2010–2016
Hon Catherine Cusack	Liberal	2003–present
Hon John Della Bosca [6]	Labor	1999–2010
Hon Greg Donnelly	Labor	2005–present
Cate Faehrmann [5]	Greens	2010–2013
Hon Amanda Fazio	Labor	2000–2015
Hon Marie Ficarra	Liberal	2007–2015
Hon Luke Foley [4]	Labor	2010–2015
Hon Mike Gallacher	Liberal	1996–present
Hon Jenny Gardiner	National	1991–2015
Hon Duncan Gay	National	1988–present
Hon Kayee Griffin	Labor	2003–2011
Sylvia Hale [8]	Greens	2003–2010
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 Ian Macdonald [4]	Labor	1988–2010
Hon Matthew Mason-Cox	Liberal	2006–present
Hon Shaoquett Moselmane [3]	Labor	2009–present
Rev Hon Dr Gordon Moyes	Christian Democrats/Independent/Family First [2]	2002–2011
Rev Hon Fred Nile	Christian Democrats	1981–2004, 2004–present
Eddie Obeid	Labor	1991–2011
Hon Robyn Parker	Liberal	2003–2011
Hon Melinda Pavey	National	2002–2015
Hon Greg Pearce	Liberal	2000–present
Hon Peter Primrose	Labor	1996–present
Lee Rhiannon [5]	Greens	1999–2010
Hon John Robertson [1]	Labor	2008–2011
Hon Christine Robertson	Labor	2003–2011
Hon Eric Roozendaal	Labor	2004–2013
Hon Penny Sharpe	Labor	2005–2015, 2015–present
David Shoebridge [8]	Greens	2010–present
Hon Roy Smith[7]	Shooters Party/Shooters and Fishers	2007–2010
Hon Henry Tsang [3]	Labor	1999–2009
Hon Mick Veitch	Labor	2007–present
Hon Lynda Voltz	Labor	2007–present
Hon Ian West	Labor	2000–2011
Hon Helen Westwood	Labor	2007–2015

¹ Labor MLC Michael Costa resigned on 22 September 2008. Unions NSW secretary John Robertson was nominated by Labor as his successor, and was formally appointed at a joint sitting of parliament on 28 October.

² Christian Democratic Party MLC Gordon Moyes was expelled from the party in March 2009 and subsequently sat as an independent. In November 2009 he joined the Family First Party.

³ Labor MLC Henry Tsang resigned effective 3 December 2009. Former Mayor of the City of Rockdale Shaoquett Moselmane was nominated by Labor as his successor, and was formally appointed at a joint sitting of parliament on 3 December.

⁴ Labor MLC Ian Macdonald resigned on 7 June 2010. Assistant general secretary of the NSW branch of the ALP Luke Foley was nominated by Labor as his successor, and was formally appointed at a joint sitting of pariliament on 10 June 2010.

⁵ Greens MLC Lee Rhiannon resigned on 19 July 2010 to contest a seat for the Federal Senate at the 2010 election. She was replaced by former Director of the NSW Conservation Council Cate Faehrmann on 7 September 2010.

⁶ Labor MLC John Della Bosca resigned on 30 July 2010. Sophie Cotsis was appointed his successor on 7 September 2010.

⁷ Shooters and Fishers MLC Roy Smith died on 30 July 2010. Robert Borsak was appointed as his successor on 7 September 2010.

⁸ Greens MLC Sylvia Hale resigned on 6 September 2010. Hale had already announced her retirement at the coming election; her preselected replacement David Shoebridge was appointed as her successor on 7 September 2010.