Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1981–1984

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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served in the 47th Parliament were elected at the 1978 and 1981 elections. One third of the council faced re-election at each general election, however as a result of the 1981 referendum the maximum terms were extended from a maximum of nine to twelve years. The 14 members who had been indirectly elected in 1976 served an eight-year term and did not face re-election until 1984, the 15 members elected in 1978 did not face re-election until 1988, while the 15 members elected in 1981 did not face re-election until 1992. [1] [2] The President was Johno Johnson. [3] </ref>

NamePartyEnd TermYears in office
Franca Arena   Labor 19921981–1999
Peter Baldwin   [lower-alpha 2]   Labor 19841976–1982
George Brenner   Labor 19921981–1991
Don Burton   Labor 19841976–1984
Frank Calabro   Liberal 19881970–1988
Virginia Chadwick   Liberal 19881978–1999
Fergus Darling   [lower-alpha 3]   Liberal 19841976–1981
Jack Doohan   National 19921978–1991
Fred Duncan   Liberal 19841972–1984
Ron Dyer   Labor 19841979–2003
Marie Fisher   Labor 19881978–1988
Derek Freeman   [lower-alpha 3]   Liberal 19841973–1981, 1981–1984
Barney French   Labor 19921973–1991
Jack Garland   Labor 19921981–1990
Deirdre Grusovin   Labor 19881978–1990
Jack Hallam   Labor 19921973–1991
Fred Hankinson   [lower-alpha 4]   Labor 19921984–1991
Clive Healey   Labor 19881970–1988
John Holt   Liberal 19841972–1984
Dorothy Isaksen   Labor 19881978–1988, 1990–1999
Johno Johnson   Labor 19841976–2001
Jim Kaldis   Labor 19881978–1999
Bill Kennedy   National 19841971–1984
Richard Killen   National 19921981–1991
Norm King   Labor 19881978–1988
Elisabeth Kirkby   Democrats 19921981–1998
Delcia Kite   Labor 19841976–1995
Paul Landa   [lower-alpha 4]   Labor 19921973–1984
Lloyd Lange   Liberal 19881974–1986
Toby MacDiarmid   National 19881973–1988
John Matthews   Liberal 19921981–1991
John Morris   Labor 19841976–1984
Fred Nile   Call to Australia 19921981–2004, 2004–present
Nathanael Orr   Liberal 19841976–1984
Peter Philips   Liberal 19881976–1988
Ted Pickering   Liberal 19921976–1995
Ken Reed   Labor 19921981–1991
Bob Rowland Smith   National 19881974–1999
Bill Sandwith   Liberal 19841976–1984
Sir Adrian Solomons   National 19841969–1991
Ann Symonds   [lower-alpha 2]   Labor 19841982–1998
Joe Thompson   Labor 19881974–1988
Roy Turner   Labor 19841975–1984
Bryan Vaughan   Labor 19921981–1999
Barrie Unsworth   Labor 19881978–1986
Peter Watkins   Labor 19881978–1987
Max Willis   Liberal 19921970–1999
  1. ↑ The changes to the composition of the council, in chronological order, were Darling died, Baldwin resigned, and Landa resigned.<ref name=':3' group='lower-alpha'>Labor MLC Paul Landa resigned on 3 March 1984 in order to contest the Legislative Assembly seat of Peats at the 1984 state election. Fred Hankinson was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 28 March.
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References

  1. ↑ "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  2. ↑ Part 3 Members of the Legislative Council (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  3. ↑ Part 10 Officers of the Parliament (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 6 December 2020. [lower-alpha 1]
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