Results of the 1978 New South Wales state election (Legislative Council)

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New South Wales state election, 7 October 1978
Legislative Council

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Enrolled voters3,085,661
Votes cast2,862,616 Turnout 92.77 
Informal votes115,995Informal4.05 
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeats
won		Seats
held
  Labor 1,508,07854.91 923
  Liberal/National Coalition 996,46336.28 620
  Communist 79,7942.91 0 
  Democrats 76,3692.78 0 
 Family Action Movement36,0761.31 0 
  Marijuana 25,0550.91 0 
  Independent 24,7860.90 0 
Total2,746,621  15 

The 1978 New South Wales state election was the first direct election for the Legislative Council since the council was reconstituted in 1856 and the creation of the Legislative Assembly. This was the result of the 1978 referendum which also reduced the number of members from 60 to 43 and that provided that members would serve for 3 terms of the Legislative Assembly. Under the transitional arrangements, 28 members had been indirectly elected by joint sittings of the New South Wales Parliament. [1]

Results

1978 New South Wales state election: Legislative Council   [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 171,664
Labor 1. Joe Thompson (elected 1)
2. Dorothy Isaksen (elected 3)
3. Barrie Unsworth (elected 5)
4. Marie Fisher (elected 7)
5. Clive Healey (elected 9)
6. Deirdre Grusovin (elected 11)
7. Jim Kaldis (elected 12)
8. Norm King (elected 13)
9. Peter Watkins (elected 14)
10. Ron Dyer 		1,508,70854.9
Liberal/National Coalition 1. Virginia Chadwick (elected 2)
2. Bob Rowland Smith (elected 4)
3. Frank Calabro (elected 6)
4. Lloyd Lange (elected 8)
5. Toby MacDiarmid (elected 10)
6. Peter Philips (elected 15)
7. Greg Percival
8. Jack Doohan
9. Diana Downie
10. Doug Moppett 		994,85736.2
Communist 1. Jack Mundey
2. Melva Merletto
3. Darrell Dawson		79,7942.9
Democrats 1. Paul McLean
2. Ronald Mallett
3. Malcolm Hilbery
4. Charles Boag
5. Laurence Bourke
6. James Boow
7. Joan Kersey
8. Bruce Irwin
9. George Laron
10. Anita Stiller		76,3692.8
Family Movement 1. Frieda Brown
2. Malcolm Garvin		36,0761.3
Marijuana 1. Peter Livesey
2. James Billington		25,0550.9
Group C1. Francesco Oliveri
2. Norman Young		14,0330.5
Independent Frank Arkell 3,1880.1
Independent Ross Green3,1600.1
Independent Allen Hands1,2620.05
Independent Judith Courtney1,1070.04
Independent Rudolph Dezelin9100.03
Independent William Whitby5840.02
Independent Brian Brady5420.02
Total formal votes2,746,62196.0
Informal votes115,9954.0
Turnout 2,862,61692.8

Continuing Members

28 members retained their seats in the council, with 14 of those members to retire at the next general election, [lower-alpha 1] held in 1981, and the remaining 14 members would retire at the following general election, [lower-alpha 2] held in 1984. [3]

NamePartyEnd termYears in office
Kath Anderson   Labor 19811973–1981
Peter Baldwin   Labor 19841976–1982
Don Burton   Labor 19841976–1984
John Ducker   Labor 19841972–1979
Barney French   Labor 19811973–1991
Jack Hallam   Labor 19811973–1991
Johno Johnson   Labor 19841976–2001
Delcia Kite   Labor 19841976–1995
Paul Landa   Labor 19811973–1984
Peter McMahon   Labor 19811973–1981
Herb McPherson   Labor 19811964–1981
Robert Melville   Labor 19811973–1981
John Morris   Labor 19841976–1984
Roy Turner   Labor 19841976–1984
Roger de Bryon-Faes   Liberal 19811961–1981
Fergus Darling   Liberal 19841976–1981
Fred Duncan   Liberal 19841972–1984
Derek Freeman   Liberal 19811973–1981, 1981–1984
John Holt   Liberal 19841972–1984
Vi Lloyd   Liberal 19811973–1981
Nathanael Orr   Liberal 19841976–1984
Ted Pickering   Liberal 19811976–1988
Bill Sandwith   Liberal 19841976–1984
Max Willis   Liberal 19811970–1999
Leo Connellan   National Country 19811969–1970, 1970–1981
Jack Doohan   [lower-alpha 3]   National Country 19811978–1981
Bill Kennedy   National Country 19841971–1984
Adrian Solomons   National Country 19841969–1991
  1. ↑ Of the 15 members whose terms were due to expire in 1985, Greg Percival (Liberal) did not retain a seat.
  2. ↑ Of the 15 members whose terms were due to expire in 1988, Ronald Raines (National Country) did not retain a seat.
  3. ↑ Sir John Fuller (National Country) resigned on 1 August 1978, prior to the election. Jack Doohan was the first National Country candidate not elected at the 1978 Legislative Council election, and was declared to have been elected to the resulting casual vacancy on 6 December 1978. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony (21 March 2007). "Legislative Council history". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  2. ↑ Green, Antony. "Electing the Legislative Council 1978-1995" (PDF). ABC Election Archives.
  3. ↑ Page, Barbara (1990). "The Legislative Council of New South Wales: Past Present and Future". Briefing Paper No. 01/1990. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  4. "Jack Doohan declared elected to the Legislative Council". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (171). 8 December 1978. p. 5059. Retrieved 8 December 2020– via Trove.
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