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. Ten 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.

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

Members of the Parliament of South Australia
Legislative Council

1973–1975 • 1975–1979 • 1979–1982

House of Assembly

1975–1977 • 1977–1979 • 1979–1982