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Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h3>Parliament</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22comment%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3C%21--%20%7B%7C%20class%3D%5C%22toccolours%5C%22%20align%3D%5C%22right%5C%22%20cellpadding%3D%5C%220%5C%22%20cellspacing%3D%5C%220%5C%22%20style%3D%5C%22margin-right%3A%20.5em%3B%20margin-top%3A%20.4em%3Bfont-size%3A%2090%25%3B%5C%22%5Cn%7C-%5Cn%7C-%20bgcolor%3D%5C%22%23cccccc%5C%22%20valign%3D%5C%22top%5C%22%5Cn%21Political%3Cbr%20%5C%2F%3EParty%5Cn%21Legislative%3Cbr%20%5C%2F%3EAssembly%5Cn%21Legislative%3Cbr%20%5C%2F%3ECouncil%5Cn%7C-%5Cn%7C%20align%3D%5C%22center%5C%22%20bgcolor%3D%5C%22FF6666%5C%22%7C%5B%5BAustralian%20Labor%20Party%7CALP%5D%5D%5Cn%7C%20align%3D%5C%22center%5C%22%20%7C50%20%2855%25%29%5Cn%7C%20align%3D%5C%22center%5C%22%20%7C20%20%2845%25%29%5Cn%7C-%5Cn%7C%20align%3D%5C%22center%5C%22%20bgcolor%3D%5C%2200BFFF%5C%22%7C%5B%5BLiberal%20Party%20of%20Australia%7CLiberal%5D%5D%5Cn%7C%20align%3D%5C%22center%5C%22%20%7C24%20%2827%25%29%5Cn%7C%20align%3D%5C%22center%5C%22%20%7C10%20%2825%25%29%5Cn%7C-%5Cn%7C%20align%3D%5C%22center%5C%22%20bgcolor%3D%5C%2290EE90%5C%22%7C%5B%5BNational%20Party%20of%20Australia%7CNational%5D%5D%5Cn%7C%20align%3D%5C%22center%5C%22%20%7C13%20%2815%25%29%5Cn%7C%20align%3D%5C%22center%5C%22%20%7C5%20%2811%25%29%5Cn%7C-%5Cn%7C%20align%3D%5C%22center%5C%22%20bgcolor%3D%5C%22%2310c25b%5C%22%7C%5B%5BAustralian%20Greens%7CGreens%5D%5D%5Cn%7C%20align%3D%5C%22center%5C%22%20%7C0%20%280%25%29%5Cn%7C%20align%3D%5C%22center%5C%22%20%7C4%20%2810%25%29%5Cn%7C-%5Cn%7C%20align%3D%5C%22center%5C%22%20bgcolor%3D%5C%22ffff99%5C%22%7CIndependent%5C%2FOther%5Cn%7C%20align%3D%5C%22center%5C%22%20%7C6%20%286%25%29%5Cn%7C%20align%3D%5C%22center%5C%22%20%7C4%20%2810%25%29%5Cn%7C-%5Cn%7C%20style%3D%5C%22font-size%3A%2080%25%5C%22%20colspan%3D3%20bgcolor%3D%5C%22%23cceeff%5C%22%20align%3D%5C%22center%5C%22%7C%20Source%3A%20Parliament%20of%20New%20South%20Wales.%3Cref%3E%7B%7BCite%20web%20%7Ctitle%3DMember%20Statistics%20%7Cpublisher%3DParliament%20of%20New%20South%20Wales%20%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.parliament.nsw.gov.au%5C%2FProd%5C%2FWeb%5C%2FCommon.nsf%5C%2Fkey%5C%2FMemberStatistics%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%5Cn%7C-%5Cn%7C%7D%5Cn--%3E%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" data-rte-instance="40-9514559486010beb20eb8c" class="placeholder placeholder-comment" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D" type="comment" /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->The <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22State%20Parliament%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Parliaments%20of%20the%20Australian%20states%20and%20territories%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BParliaments%20of%20the%20Australian%20states%20and%20territories%7CState%20Parliament%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-9514559486010beb20eb8c" class="new" title="Parliaments of the Australian states and territories (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvUGFybGlhbWVudHNfb2ZfdGhlX0F1c3RyYWxpYW5fc3RhdGVzX2FuZF90ZXJyaXRvcmllcz9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">State Parliament</a> is composed of the Sovereign and two houses: the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Ci%3ELegislative%20Assembly%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22New%20South%20Wales%20Legislative%20Assembly%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNew%20South%20Wales%20Legislative%20Assembly%7C%27%27Legislative%20Assembly%27%27%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-9514559486010beb20eb8c" class="new" title="New South Wales Legislative Assembly (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTmV3X1NvdXRoX1dhbGVzX0xlZ2lzbGF0aXZlX0Fzc2VtYmx5P2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ=="><i>Legislative Assembly</i></a> (lower house), and the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Ci%3ELegislative%20Council%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22New%20South%20Wales%20Legislative%20Council%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNew%20South%20Wales%20Legislative%20Council%7C%27%27Legislative%20Council%27%27%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-9514559486010beb20eb8c" class="new" title="New South Wales Legislative Council (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTmV3X1NvdXRoX1dhbGVzX0xlZ2lzbGF0aXZlX0NvdW5jaWw/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x"><i>Legislative Council</i></a> (upper house). Elections are held every four years on the fourth Saturday of March, the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22most%20recent%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22New%20South%20Wales%20state%20election%2C%202011%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNew%20South%20Wales%20state%20election%2C%202011%7Cmost%20recent%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-9514559486010beb20eb8c" class="new" title="New South Wales state election, 2011 (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTmV3X1NvdXRoX1dhbGVzX3N0YXRlX2VsZWN0aW9uLF8yMDExP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">most recent</a> being on 26 March 2011. At each election one member is elected to the Legislative Assembly from each of 93 <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22electoral%20districts%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22New%20South%20Wales%20Legislative%20Assembly%20electoral%20districts%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNew%20South%20Wales%20Legislative%20Assembly%20electoral%20districts%7Celectoral%20districts%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-9514559486010beb20eb8c" class="new" title="New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTmV3X1NvdXRoX1dhbGVzX0xlZ2lzbGF0aXZlX0Fzc2VtYmx5X2VsZWN0b3JhbF9kaXN0cmljdHM/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">electoral districts</a> and half of the 42 members of the Legislative Council are elected by a statewide electorate. </p><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key genealogy:rte-parser-cache:73442 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. 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