Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1979–1982

This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council between 1979 and 1982. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each state election, half of these members were elected at the 1975 state election with terms expiring in 1982, while the other half were elected at the 1979 state election with terms expiring in 1985.

Name Party Term expiry Term of office
Frank BlevinsLabor19821975–1985
Gordon BruceLabor19851979–1993
John BurdettLiberal19851973–1993
Martin CameronLiberal19821971–1990
John CarnieLiberal19821975–1982
Brian ChattertonLabor19851973–1987
Dr John CornwallLabor19821975–1989
Cecil CreedonLabor19851973–1985
Legh DavisLiberal19851979–2002
Boyd DawkinsLiberal19821962–1982
Ren DeGarisLiberal19851962–1985
Jim Dunford [1]Labor19821975–1982
Mario Feleppa [1]Labor19821982–1995
Norm FosterLabor/Independent [2]19821975–1982
Trevor GriffinLiberal19851978–2002
Murray HillLiberal19821965–1988
Don LaidlawLiberal19821975–1982
Anne LevyLabor19821975–1997
Lance MilneDemocrat19851979–1985
Robert RitsonLiberal19851979–1993
Chris SumnerLabor19821975–1994
Arthur WhyteLiberal19851966–1985
Barbara WieseLabor19851979–1995
1 Labor MLC Jim Dunford died on 12 May 1982. Mario Feleppa was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 1 June.
2 Norm Foster was elected as a representative of the Labor Party, but left the party in June 1982 in order to cross the floor and support the construction of the Olympic Dam. He served out the remainder of his term as an independent.

References
  • "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1837–2007", Parliament of South Australia, 2007.
  • "History of South Australian Elections, 1857–2006", Dean Jaensch, 2006.
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