| Border: | parliamentary |
| Minister: | not_prime |
| Insignia: | Coat of Arms of New South Wales.svg |
| Post: | Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council |
| Incumbent: | Penny Sharpe |
| Incumbentsince: | 28 March 2023 |
| Style: | The Honourable |
| Appointer: | Governor of New South Wales |
| Deputy: | John Graham |
| Inaugural: | William Mayne |
| Formation: | 6 June 1856 |
The Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council, known before 1 July 1966 as Representative of the Government in the Legislative Council, is an office held in New South Wales by the most senior minister in the New South Wales Legislative Council, elected to lead the governing party (or parties) in the council. Though the leader in the Council does not have the power of the office of Premier, there are some parallels between the latter's status in the Legislative Assembly and the former's in the Council. This means that the leader has responsibility for all policy areas, acts as the government's principal spokesperson in the upper house and has priority in gaining recognition from the President of the Council to speak in debate.
Traditionally, but not always, the office has been held with the sinecure office of Vice-President of the Executive Council. The current leader is Penny Sharpe since 28 March 2023. The leader is assisted by a Deputy Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council, John Graham.
| Title | Leader | Party | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative of the Government | None | 6 June 1856 | 25 August 1856 | align=right | ||||
| 12 September 1856 | 2 October 1856 | align=right | [1] | |||||
| 3 October 1856 | 7 September 1857 | align=right | ||||||
| 19 November 1857 | 21 February 1859 | align=right | ||||||
| 23 February 1859 | 28 April 1859 | align=right | ||||||
| 30 August 1859 | 28 September 1859 | align=right | [2] | |||||
| 12 October 1859 | 26 October 1859 | align=right | [3] | |||||
| 27 October 1859 | 8 March 1860 | align=right | ||||||
| 9 March 1860 | 15 October 1863 | align=right | ||||||
| 16 October 1863 | 2 February 1865 | align=right | ||||||
| 3 February 1865 | 21 January 1866 | align=right | ||||||
| 22 January 1866 | 26 October 1868 | align=right | ||||||
| 27 October 1868 | 1 August 1870 | align=right | ||||||
| 11 August 1870 | 15 December 1870 | align=right | ||||||
| 16 December 1870 | 13 May 1872 | align=right | ||||||
| 14 May 1872 | 13 September 1873 | align=right | ||||||
| 13 September 1873 | 8 February 1875 | align=right | ||||||
| 9 February 1875 | 21 March 1877 | align=right | ||||||
| 22 March 1877 | 16 August 1877 | align=right | ||||||
| 17 August 1877 | 17 December 1877 | align=right | ||||||
| 18 December 1877 | 20 December 1878 | align=right | ||||||
| 21 December 1878 | 10 November 1881 | align=right | ||||||
| 14 November 1881 | 4 January 1883 | align=right | ||||||
| 5 January 1883 | 6 October 1885 | align=right | ||||||
| 7 October 1885 | 9 October 1885 | align=right | ||||||
| 13 November 1885 | 21 December 1885 | align=right | ||||||
| 22 December 1885 | 25 February 1886 | align=right | ||||||
| 26 February 1886 | 23 December 1886 | align=right | ||||||
| 21 January 1887 | 27 January 1887 | align=right | ||||||
| 7 March 1887 | 16 January 1889 | align=right | ||||||
| 17 January 1889 | 7 March 1889 | align=right | ||||||
| 8 March 1889 | 22 October 1891 | align=right | ||||||
| 23 October 1891 | 26 January 1893 | align=right | ||||||
| 5 April 1893 | 2 August 1894 | align=right | ||||||
| 3 August 1894 | 15 March 1895 | align=right | ||||||
| 19 March 1895 | 18 November 1898 | align=right | ||||||
| 22 November 1898 | 13 September 1899 | align=right | ||||||
| 14 September 1899 | 24 April 1900 | align=right | ||||||
| 12 June 1900 | 9 April 1901 | |||||||
| 28 March 1901 | 23 May 1903 | |||||||
| 6 June 1903 | 29 August 1904 | align=right | ||||||
| 29 August 1904 | 20 October 1910 | align=right | ||||||
| 21 October 1910 | 27 April 1915 | align=right | ||||||
| 27 April 1915 | 15 November 1916 | |||||||
| 15 November 1916 | 12 June 1918 | |||||||
| 12 June 1918 | 12 April 1920 | |||||||
| 12 April 1920 | 20 December 1921 | align=right | ||||||
| 20 December 1921 | 20 December 1921 | align=right | 7 hours | |||||
| 20 December 1921 | 13 April 1922 | align=right | ||||||
| 13 April 1922 | 17 June 1925 | align=right | ||||||
| 17 June 1925 | 18 October 1927 | align=right | ||||||
| 18 October 1927 | 3 November 1930 | align=right | ||||||
| 4 November 1930 | 2 April 1931 | align=right | ||||||
| 3 April 1931 | 15 October 1931 | |||||||
| 15 October 1931 | 13 May 1932 | |||||||
| 16 May 1932 | 17 June 1932 | align=right | ||||||
| 18 June 1932 | 16 May 1941 | align=right | ||||||
| 16 May 1941 | 13 May 1965 | align=right | ||||||
| 13 May 1965 | 30 June 1966 | |||||||
| Leader of the Government | 1 July 1966 | 22 May 1968 | ||||||
| 10 July 1968 | 14 May 1976 | align=right | ||||||
| 14 May 1976 | 5 April 1984 | align=right | ||||||
| 5 April 1984 | 4 July 1986 | align=right | ||||||
| 4 July 1986 | 25 March 1988 | align=right | ||||||
| 25 March 1988 | 22 October 1992 | align=right | ||||||
| 22 October 1992 | 4 April 1995 | align=right | ||||||
| 4 April 1995 | 21 January 2005 | align=right | ||||||
| 3 August 2005 | 13 June 2008 | align=right | ||||||
| 17 June 2008 | 8 September 2008 | align=right | ||||||
| 8 September 2008 | 1 September 2009 | align=right | ||||||
| 1 September 2009 | 22 September 2009 | align=right | ||||||
| 22 September 2009 | 28 March 2011 | align=right | [4] | |||||
| 3 April 2011 | 2 May 2014 | align=right | [5] | |||||
| 6 May 2014 | 30 January 2017 | align=right | [6] | |||||
| 30 January 2017 | 15 April 2020 | align=right | [7] | |||||
| 15 April 2020 | 3 July 2020 | align=right | [8] | |||||
| 3 July 2020 | 21 December 2021 | align=right | ||||||
| 21 December 2021 | 17 February 2023 | align=right | ||||||
| 28 March 2023 | incumbent | align=right | ||||||
| Deputy Leader | Party | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 1966 | 10 July 1968 | align=right | [9] | |||||
| 3 September 1968 | 14 May 1976 | align=right | ||||||
| 14 May 1976 | 17 October 1978 | align=right | ||||||
| 18 October 1978 | 4 July 1986 | align=right | ||||||
| 4 July 1986 | 25 March 1988 | align=right | ||||||
| 25 March 1988 | 11 June 1991 | align=right | ||||||
| 12 June 1991 | 4 April 1995 | align=right | ||||||
| 4 April 1995 | 28 February 2003 | align=right | ||||||
| 28 February 2003 | 3 August 2005 | align=right | ||||||
| 1 February 2005 | 5 September 2008 | align=right | ||||||
| 7 September 2008 | 28 March 2011 | align=right | ||||||
| 3 May 2011 | 6 May 2014 | align=right | ||||||
| 6 May 2014 | 30 January 2017 | align=right | ||||||
| 30 January 2017 | 2 April 2019 | align=right | ||||||
| 2 April 2019 | 28 March 2023 | align=right | [10] | |||||
| 28 March 2023 | incumbent | align=right | ||||||