Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1975–1979

This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1975 to 1979. Party Seats held 1975–1979 Council Australian Labor Party 10                      Liberal Party of Australia 9                    Liberal Movement 2     

This period operated under transitional arrangements following the rearrangement of the Council from a restricted-franchise house with ten provinces each electing two members, to a 22-member house elected to staggered terms on an open franchise, proportional representation model. Due in part to a constitutional requirement that those elected at the 1973 election serve six-year terms, the next Council election was in 1979 even though the next Assembly election was held in 1977.

Name Party Term expiry Term of office Don Banfield Labor 1979 1965–1979 Frank Blevins Labor 1982 1975–1985 John Burdett Liberal 1979 1973–1993 Martin Cameron LM/Liberal 1982 1971–1990 John Carnie LM/Liberal 1982 1975–1982 Tom Casey Labor 1979 1970–1979 Brian Chatterton Labor 1979 1973–1987 Jessie Cooper Liberal 1979 1959–1979 Dr John Cornwall Labor 1982 1975–1989 Cecil Creedon Labor 1979 1973–1985 Boyd Dawkins Liberal 1982 1962–1982 Ren DeGaris Liberal 1979 1962–1985 Jim Dunford Labor 1982 1975–1982 Norm Foster Labor 1982 1975–1982 Richard Geddes Liberal 1979 1965–1979 Trevor Griffin Liberal 1979 1978–2002 Murray Hill Liberal 1982 1965–1988 Don Laidlaw Liberal 1982 1975–1982 Anne Levy Labor 1982 1975–1997 Frank Potter Liberal 1979 1959–1978 Chris Sumner Labor 1982 1975–1994 Arthur Whyte Liberal 1979 1966–1985 Liberal MLC Frank Potter died on 26 February 1978. Trevor Griffin was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 7 March 1978.

References

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