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 [a]	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

See also

• List of South Australian Legislative Council by-elections
• List of South Australian state by-elections

Notes

^a Though Finnigan sat as an independent from 2011, he was elected as a Labor candidate at the 2010 election, as such the joint sitting duly endorsed a Labor appointment.