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 Blevins Labor 1982 1975–1985
Gordon Bruce Labor 1985 1979–1993
John Burdett Liberal 1985 1973–1993
Martin Cameron Liberal 1982 1971–1990
John Carnie Liberal 1982 1975–1982
Brian Chatterton Labor 1985 1973–1987
Dr John Cornwall Labor 1982 1975–1989
Cecil Creedon Labor 1985 1973–1985
Legh Davis Liberal 1985 1979–2002
Boyd Dawkins Liberal 1982 1962–1982
Ren DeGaris Liberal 1985 1962–1985
Jim Dunford [1] Labor 1982 1975–1982
Mario Feleppa [1] Labor 1982 1982–1995
Norm Foster Labor/Independent [2] 1982 1975–1982
Trevor Griffin Liberal 1985 1978–2002
Murray Hill Liberal 1982 1965–1988
Don Laidlaw Liberal 1982 1975–1982
Anne Levy Labor 1982 1975–1997
Lance Milne Democrat 1985 1979–1985
Robert Ritson Liberal 1985 1979–1993
Chris Sumner Labor 1982 1975–1994
Arthur Whyte Liberal 1985 1966–1985
Barbara Wiese Labor 1985 1979–1995
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

Members of the Parliament of South Australia
Legislative Council

1975–1979 • 1979–1982 • 1982–1985

House of Assembly

1977–1979 • 1979–1982 • 1982–1985

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