Chairman of Committees of the New South Wales Legislative Council

Joseph Docker, 1873–1875 1880–1884

Originally titled Chairman of Committees, the current style was adopted on 5 May 2004 during the term of the first female holder of the office. Various legal and constitutional amendments to follow this change were made in the Constitution Amendment (Parliamentary Presiding Officers) Act 2014.^[1]

Title	Chairman of Committees		Term start	Term end	Time in office
Chairman of Committees	George Allen	None	4 June 1856	15 January 1873	16 years, 225 days
	Joseph Docker		15 January 1873	9 February 1875	2 years, 25 days
	Sir Joseph Innes		9 February 1875	16 December 1880	5 years, 311 days
	Joseph Docker		16 December 1880	11 December 1884	3 years, 361 days
	William Piddington		17 March 1885	25 November 1887	2 years, 253 days
	Archibald Jacob		1 December 1887	28 May 1900	12 years, 178 days
	William Trickett		13 June 1900	23 July 1912	12 years, 40 days
	Broughton O'Conor	Liberal Reform	24 July 1912	22 April 1934	21 years, 272 days
		Nationalist
		United Australia
	Ernest Farrar	United Australia	2 May 1934	22 April 1946	11 years, 355 days
	Ernest Farrar	Liberal	2 May 1934	22 April 1946	11 years, 355 days
	Thomas Steele	Country	30 April 1946	11 March 1953	6 years, 315 days
	Ernest Wright	Labor	11 March 1953	22 April 1967	14 years, 42 days
	Stanley Eskell ^[a]	Liberal	2 August 1967	6 March 1969	1 year, 216 days
	Thomas McKay	Liberal	12 March 1969	5 November 1978	9 years, 238 days
	Clive Healey	Labor	8 November 1978	22 February 1988	9 years, 106 days
	Sir Adrian Solomons	National	28 April 1988	2 July 1991	3 years, 65 days
	Duncan Gay	National	3 July 1991	10 May 1999	7 years, 311 days
	Tony Kelly	Labor	11 May 1999	29 April 2003	3 years, 353 days
	Amanda Fazio		30 April 2003	5 May 2004	6 years, 208 days
Deputy President	Amanda Fazio		5 May 2004	24 November 2009	6 years, 208 days
	Kayee Griffin		24 November 2009	4 March 2011	1 year, 100 days
	Jenny Gardiner	National	3 May 2011	5 May 2015	4 years, 2 days
	Trevor Khan	National	5 May 2015	Incumbent	6 years, 244 days

Sir Joseph Innes, 1875–1880
William Piddington, 1885–1887
Archibald Jacob, 1887–1900
William Trickett, 1900–1912
Broughton O'Conor, 1912–1934
Ernest Farrar, 1934–1946
Thomas Steele, 1946–1953
Ernest Wright, 1953–1967

Notes[]

^ Removed from office by a vote of the house.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Part 10 Officers of the Parliament (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 November 2020.

[removed-2] Removed from office by a vote of the house.^[1]

[President_of_the_New_South_Wales_Legislative_Council_partten-1] Part 10 Officers of the Parliament (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 November 2020.

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