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Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is presided over by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. The Assembly has 93 members, elected by single-member constituency, which are commonly known as seats. Voting is by the optional preferential system. [4] NSW first Legislative Assembly ...
The Parliament of New South Wales, formally the Legislature of New South Wales, [5] [6] is the bicameral legislative body of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW). It consists of the monarch , the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (lower house) and the New South Wales Legislative Council (upper house).
New South Wales is governed according to the principles of the Westminster system, a form of parliamentary government based on the model of the United Kingdom. Legislative power formally rests with the King, acting with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly—together known as the Parliament of New South ...
(In 1991, the NSW Legislative Assembly was reduced from 109 to 99 Members, and then to 93 members in 1999.) As with the federal parliament and other Australian states and territories, voting in the election to select members for the council is compulsory for all New South Wales citizens over the age of 18.
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 57th Parliament hold their seats from 2019 to 2023. They were elected at the 2019 state election on 23 March 2019. [1] [2] The Speaker was Shelley Hancock until May 2019 and then Jonathan O'Dea. [5]
2023 New South Wales state election: South Coast [8] [9]; Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal: Luke Sikora 17,806 34.72 −20.81 Labor: Liza Butler: 17,414 33.96 +2.75 Greens
Parliament House, Sydney is a group of heritage-listed buildings which houses the Parliament of the state of New South Wales.The main building is located on the east side of Macquarie Street in Sydney, the capital of New South Wales.
The next New South Wales state election will be held no earlier than 30 January 2027 and no later than 27 March 2027, [1] to elect the 59th Parliament of New South Wales, including all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly and 21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council.