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:

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.