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. Party Seats held 1979–1982 Council Liberal Party of Australia 11                        Australian Labor Party 10                      Australian Democrats 1   

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 Labor 1982 1975–1982 Mario Feleppa Labor 1982 1982–1995 Norm Foster Labor/Independent 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

Labor MLC Jim Dunford died on 12 May 1982. Mario Feleppa was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 1 June. 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.