Casual Vacancies in Legislative Council Since 1978

Member	Date of Ceasing to be a Member	Cause of Ceasing to be a Member	New Member	Party
J B Fuller**	1.8.1978	Resigned	J. J. Doohan 6.12.1978	National
J. P. Ducker	5.9.1979	Resigned	R. D. Dyer 14.9.1979	ALP
J. F. Darling	3.10.1981	Deceased	D. D. Freeman 18.11.1981	Liberal
P. J. Baldwin	18.8.1982	Resigned	E. A. Symonds 8.9.1982	ALP
D. P. Landa	3.3.1984	Resigned	F. C. Hankinson 28.3.1984	ALP
J. A. Cameron	30.10.1984	Resigned	M. M. Bignold 5.12.1984	Call to Australia
J. J. Morris	1.11.1984	Resigned	J. M. Walker 5.12.1984	ALP
W. L. Lange	6.1.1986	Resigned	H. G. Percival 5.2.1986	Liberal
B. J. Unsworth	15.7.1986	Resigned	M. R. Egan 24.9.1986	ALP
P. F. Watkins	1.7.1987	Resigned	A. B. Kelly 22.9.1987	ALP
J. D. Garland	9.4.1990	Resigned	J. W. Shaw 1.5.1990	ALP
D. M. Grusovin	31.5.1990	Resigned	D. Isaksen 4.7.1990	ALP
L. A. Solomons	2.8.1991	Resigned	L. D. W. Coleman 21.8.1991	National
J. R. Hallam	2.9.1991	Resigned	E. M. Obeid 12.9.1991	ALP
R. J. Webster	5.9.1995	Resigned	M. R. Kersten 19.9.1995	National
E. P. Pickering	11.10.1995	Resigned	C. J. S. Lynn 19.10.1995	Liberal
P. F. O’Grady	3.1.1996	Resigned	P. T. Primrose 17.4.1996	ALP
S. B. Mutch	31.1.1996	Resigned	M. J. Gallacher 17.4.1996	Liberal
P. J. Staunton	2.9.1997	Resigned	A. B. Kelly 17.9.1997	ALP
E. A. Symonds	30.4.1998	Resigned	C. M. Tebbutt 30.4.1998	ALP
E. Kirkby	25.6.1998	Resigned	A. Chesterfield- Evans 25.6.1998	Australian Democrats
J. W. Shaw	4.7.2000	Resigned	A. R. Fazio 30.8.2000	ALP
R. T. M. Bull	18.8.2000	Resigned	R. H. Colless 30.8.2000	National
J. P. Hannaford	10.10.2000	Resigned	G. S. Pearce 1.11.2000	Liberal
A. B. Manson	27.10.2000	Resigned	I. W.West 1.11.2000	ALP
J. R. Johnson	4.9.2001	Resigned	M. Costa 6.9.2001	ALP
D. Moppett	14.6.2002	Resigned	M. J. Pavey 3.9.2002	National
E. B. Nile	27.8.2002	Resigned	G. K. M. Moyes 3.9.2002	Call to Australia
C. M. Tebbutt	26.8.2005	Resigned	P. G. Sharpe 11.10.2005	ALP
P. Forsythe	21.9.2006	Resigned	M.Mason-Cox 28.9.2006	Liberal
M. Costa	23.9.2008	Resigned	J.C. Robertson 22.10.2008	ALP

* Before 1991 casual vacancies were filled under sections 22C and 22D of the NSW Constitution Act 1902. A joint sitting was not required under section 22C which allowed for the filling of casual vacancies from the same group as the former Member. That section was repealed by the Constitution (Legislative Council) Amendment Act 1991.

** At the reconstitution of the Legislative Council in 1978 transitional arrangements were in place for a House consisting of 43 Members: 14 short term continuing Members; 14 long term continuing Members; and 15 Members elected at the first periodic Council election. As a short term continuing Member, Fuller’s term was due to expire in 1981. In the event, he resigned prior to the first periodic Council election (held on 7 October 1978). The vacancy was filled after that election pursuant to subclause (8) of clause 4 of Schedule 4 to the Constitution and Parliamentary Elections and Electorates (Amendment) Act 1978 (NSW).

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