New South Wales Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly
58th Parliament
Type
Type	Lower house of the Parliament of New South Wales
History
Founded	22 May 1856; 168 years ago
Leadership
Speaker	Greg Piper, Independent ; since 9 May 2023
Deputy Speaker	Sonia Hornery, 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
Seats	93
Political groups	Government (45) Labor (45); Opposition (36) Liberal (25); Nationals (11); Crossbench (12) Greens (3); Independent (9);
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	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]

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.

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