This is a list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council between 1975 and 1981. Terms of the Legislative Council did not coincide with Legislative Assembly elections, and members served six year terms, with a number of members facing election each year.
Elections
Date Electorates 24 May 1975 Monmouth; Newdegate, Russell 22 May 1976 Hobart; Launceston; Gordon 28 May 1977 Meander; Pembroke; Queenborough; West Devon 27 May 1978 Cornwall; Huon; Mersey 26 May 1979 Derwent; Tamar; Westmorland 24 May 1980 Buckingham; Macquarie; South Esk
Members
Name Division Years in office Elected Hon Dick Archer South Esk 1980–1992 1980 Hon Charles Batt (Labor) Derwent 1979–1995 1979 Hon Phyllis Benjamin (Labor) Hobart 1952–1976 1970 Hon Louis Bisdee Monmouth 1959–1981 1975 Hon Harry Braid Mersey 1972–1990 1978 Hon Alby Broadby Gordon 1968–1988 1976 Hon Lloyd Carins South Esk 1962–1980 1974 Hon Jeff Coates Meander 1971–1989 1977 Hon Joseph Dixon Derwent 1955–1961; 1967–1979 1973 Hon Charles Fenton Russell 1957–1981 1975 Hon Oliver Gregory Westmorland 1959–1985 1979 Hon Daniel Hitchcock (Liberal) Tamar 1960–1979 1973 Hon Bill Hodgman Queenborough 1971–1983 1977 Hon Peter Hodgman Huon 1974–1986 1978 Hon Reg Hope Tamar 1979–1997 1979 Hon Frank King Cornwall 1972–1978 1972 Hon Mac Le Fevre Cornwall 1978–1984 1978 Hon Ken Lowrie Macquarie 1968–1986 1980 Hon Ben McKay Pembroke 1959–1976 1971 Hon Peter McKay Pembroke 1976–1999 1977 Hon Brian Miller (Labor) Newdegate 1957–1986 1975 Hon George Shaw Buckingham 1968–1998 1980 Hon Ray Shipp Launceston 1968–1982 1976 Hon Kath Venn (Labor) Hobart 1976–1982 1976 Hon William Young West Devon 1971–1983 1977
Notes
On 11 July 1976, Ben McKay, the member for Pembroke, died. His son Peter McKay won the resulting by-election on 2 October 1976.
Sources
Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856