New South Wales Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly
58th Parliament
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
History
Founded22 May 1856; 168 years ago (22 May 1856)
Leadership
Speaker
Greg Piper[1], Independent
since 9 May 2023
Deputy Speaker
Sonia Hornery[2], Labor
since 9 May 2023
Leader of the House
Ron Hoenig, Labor
since 5 April 2023
Government Whip
Steve Whan, Labor
since 3 May 2023
Deputy Government Whip
Janelle Saffin, Labor
since 3 May 2023
Opposition Whip
Adam Crouch, Liberal
since 21 April 2023
Structure
Seats93
Political groups
Government (45)

Opposition (36)

Crossbench (12)

Length of term
4 years
Elections
Optional preferential voting
Last election
25 March 2023
Next election
2027
Meeting place
Legislative Assembly Chamber
Parliament House, Sydney,
New South Wales, Australia
Website
NSW Legislative Assembly

The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. The upper house is the Legislative Council. Both sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly has 93 members, each elected to a single-member constituency, known as seats. Voting is by the optional preferential system.[4]

NSW first Legislative Assembly - 1880

Members of the Legislative Assembly have the acronym MP after their names.[5] Until 1990, the acronym "MLA" ( Member of the Legislative Assembly ) was used.

Notes

  1. ↑ Current independent MLAs: * Roy Butler (Barwon), Helen Dalton (Murray), Phil Donato (Orange), Alex Greenwich (Sydney), Joe McGirr (Wagga Wagga), Michael Regan (Wakehurst), Judy Hannan (Wollondilly), Gareth Ward (Kiama) and Greg Piper (Lake Macquarie)

References

  1. ↑ "The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly". www.parliament.nsw.gov.au. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "Other Office Holders". www.parliament.nsw.gov.au. Parliament of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  3. ↑ Raper, Ashleigh (12 Dec 2022). "Shooters, Fishers and Farmers MPs resign from party over behaviour of leader Robert Borsak". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 12 Dec 2022.
  4. ↑ "Role and History of the Legislative Assembly". About us – Legislative Assembly. Parliament of New South Wales. 25 February 2008. Archived from the original on 23 April 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  5. ↑ "The Role of Members of Parliament". Members. Parliament of New South Wales. 28 February 2008. Archived from the original on 24 April 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.