This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1975 to 1979.
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 [1] | Liberal | 1979 | 1978–2002 |
| Murray Hill | Liberal | 1982 | 1965–1988 |
| Don Laidlaw | Liberal | 1982 | 1975–1982 |
| Anne Levy | Labor | 1982 | 1975–1997 |
| Frank Potter [1] | Liberal | 1979 | 1959–1978 |
| Chris Sumner | Labor | 1982 | 1975–1994 |
| Arthur Whyte | Liberal | 1979 | 1966–1985 |
- 1 Liberal MLC Frank Potter died on 26 February 1978. Trevor Griffin was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 7 March 1978.
References edit
- "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1837–2007", Parliament of South Australia, 2007.
- "History of South Australian Elections, 1857–2006", Dean Jaensch, 2006.