Editing New South Wales (section)

=== Parliament ===
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!Political<br />Party
!Legislative<br />Assembly
!Legislative<br />Council
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| align="center" bgcolor="FF6666"|[[Australian Labor Party|ALP]]
| align="center" |50 (55%)
| align="center" |20 (45%)
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| align="center" bgcolor="00BFFF"|[[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| align="center" |24 (27%)
| align="center" |10 (25%)
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| align="center" bgcolor="90EE90"|[[National Party of Australia|National]]
| align="center" |13 (15%)
| align="center" |5 (11%)
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| align="center" bgcolor="#10c25b"|[[Australian Greens|Greens]]
| align="center" |0 (0%)
| align="center" |4 (10%)
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| align="center" bgcolor="ffff99"|Independent/Other
| align="center" |6 (6%)
| align="center" |4 (10%)
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| style="font-size: 80%" colspan=3 bgcolor="#cceeff" align="center"| Source: Parliament of New South Wales.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Member Statistics |publisher=Parliament of New South Wales |url=http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Prod/Web/Common.nsf/key/MemberStatistics}}</ref>
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The first [[Responsible government|responsible]] self-government of New South Wales was formed on 6 June 1856 with [[Stuart Donaldson|Sir Stuart Alexander Donaldson]] appointed by Governor [[William Denison|Sir William Denison]] as its first [[Chief Secretary (British Empire)|Colonial Secretary]] which in those days accounted also as the [[Premier]].<ref>Government Gazette June 1856</ref> The [[Parliament of New South Wales]] is composed of the Sovereign and two houses: the [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] (lower house), and the [[New South Wales Legislative Council|Legislative Council]] (upper house). Elections are held every four years on the fourth Saturday of March, the [[2019 New South Wales state election|most recent]] being on 23 March 2019. At each election one member is elected to the Legislative Assembly from each of 93 [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts|electoral districts]] and half of the 42 members of the Legislative Council are elected by a statewide electorate.