Results of the 1981 New South Wales Legislative Council election

This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 1981 New South Wales state election.

The Call to Australia (subsequently Christian Democratic Party) would win its first seat in the Legislative Council. The party would win a seat at every election until 2019. Results

Continuing members

The following MLCs were not up for re-election this year.

MemberPartyTerm Roy TurnerLabor1976–1984 Peter BaldwinLabor1976–1982 Don BurtonLabor1976–1984 John MorrisLabor1976–1984 Delcia KiteLabor1976–1984 Johno JohnsonLabor1976–1984 Clive HealeyLabor1978–1988 Joe ThompsonLabor1978–1988 Peter WatkinsLabor1978–1988 Barrie UnsworthLabor1978–1986 Dorothy IsaksenLabor1978–1988 Marie FisherLabor1978–1988 Norm KingLabor1978–1988 Deirdre GrusovinLabor1978–1988 Jim KaldisLabor1978–1988 Ron DyerLabor1979–1984 Fred DuncanLiberal1976–1984 John HoltLiberal1976–1984 Bill SandwithLiberal1976–1984 Nathanael OrrLiberal1976–1984 Virginia ChadwickLiberal1978–1988 Frank CalabroLiberal1978–1988 Lloyd LangeLiberal1978–1986 Peter PhilipsLiberal1978–1988 Derek Freeman*Liberal1981–1984 Adrian SolomonsNational Country1976–1984 Bill KennedyNational Country1976–1984 Bob Rowland SmithNational Country1978–1988 Toby MacDiarmidNational Country1978–1988

While Derek Freeman was not elected at the election, he was appointed as a casual vacancy following the death of Fergus Darling, whose term would have continued until 1984.

See also Results of the 1981 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) Candidates of the 1981 New South Wales state election Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1981–1984

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