Results of the 1984 New South Wales state election (Legislative Council)

New South Wales state election, 24 March 1984 Legislative Council
Enrolled voters		3,330,350
Votes cast		3,081,223		Turnout	92.52	+1.38
Informal votes		205,275		Informal	6.66	–0.18
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held
	Labor	1,348,348	46.88	–4.90	7	24
	Liberal/National Coalition	1,225,519	42.61	+8.84	7	18
	Call to Australia	175,068	6.09	–3.02	1	2
	Democrats	90,634	3.15	–0.88	0	1
	Concerned Citizens	14,036	0.49	+0.49	0	0
	Progress	6,416	0.22	+0.11	0	0
	Silent Majority	3,899	0.14	+0.14	0	0
	Independent	12,028	0.42	+0.35	0	0
Total		2,875,948			15

This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 1984 New South Wales state election.

Results

1984 New South Wales state election: Legislative Council   ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			179,747
	Labor	1. Johno Johnson (elected 1) 2. Delcia Kite (elected 3) 3. Ron Dyer (elected 5) 4. John Morris (elected 7) 5. Ann Symonds (elected 9) 6. Keith Enderbury (elected 11) 7. Mick Ibbett (elected 13) 8. Judith Walker 9. Tony Kelly 10. Paul Toplis	1,348,348	46.9	−4.9
	Liberal/National Coalition	1. John Hannaford (elected 2) 2. Adrian Solomons (elected 4) 3. Jim Samios (elected 6) 4. John Jobling (elected 8) 5. Richard Bull (elected 10) 6. Beryl Evans (elected 12) 7. Judy Jakins (elected 15) 8. Ray Aston 9. Brian Flower 10. Henry Mallam	1,225,519	42.6	+8.8
	Call to Australia	1. Jim Cameron (elected 14) 2. Marie Bignold 3. Graeme McLennan 4. Kevin Hume 5. Elaine Nile	175,068	6.1	−3.0
	Democrats	1. Ray Griffiths 2. Rodney Dominish 3. Peter Hains 4. Rodney Irvine	90,634	3.2	−0.8
	Concerned Citizens	1. Verdun Walsh 2. Margaret Bickley 3. Peter Hinton	14,036	0.5	+0.5
	Independent	Michael Jeffreys	6,644	0.2	+0.2
	Progress	1. Marjorie Wisby 2. Archibald Brown	6,416	0.2	+0.1
	Silent Majority	1. Samuel Calvert 2. Mary Burwood 3. Lola Harradine	3,899	0.1	+0.1
	Independent	Oscar Landicho	2,412	0.1	+0.1
	Independent	David Noffs	1,315	0.1	+0.1
	Independent	Brian Howard	806	0.03	+0.03
	Independent	George Sewell	483	0.02	+0.02
	Independent	Jon Axtens	368	0.01	+0.01
Total formal votes			2,875,948	93.3	+0.1
Informal votes			205,275	6.7	−0.1
Turnout			3,081,223	92.5	+1.4

Continuing members

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

Member		Party	Term
	Clive Healey	Labor	1978–1988
	Joe Thompson	Labor	1978–1988
	Peter Watkins	Labor	1978–1988
	Barrie Unsworth	Labor	1978–1986
	Dorothy Isaksen	Labor	1978–1988
	Marie Fisher	Labor	1978–1988
	Norm King	Labor	1978–1988
	Deirdre Grusovin	Labor	1978–1988
	Jim Kaldis	Labor	1978–1988
	Paul Landa	Labor	1981–1991
	Jack Hallam	Labor	1981–1991
	Jack Garland	Labor	1981–1991
	Barney French	Labor	1981–1991
	Franca Arena	Labor	1981–1991
	George Brenner	Labor	1981–1991
	Ken Reed	Labor	1981–1991
	Bryan Vaughan	Labor	1981–1991
	Virginia Chadwick	Liberal	1978–1988
	Frank Calabro	Liberal	1978–1988
	Lloyd Lange	Liberal	1978–1986
	Peter Philips	Liberal	1978–1988
	Max Willis	Liberal	1981–1991
	Ted Pickering	Liberal	1981–1991
	John Matthews	Liberal	1981–1991
	Bob Rowland Smith	National	1978–1988
	Toby MacDiarmid	National	1978–1988
	Jack Doohan	National	1981–1991
	Richard Killen	National	1981–1991
	Fred Nile	Call to Australia	1981–1991
	Elisabeth Kirkby	Democrats	1981–1991

See also

• Results of the 1984 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly)
• Candidates of the 1984 New South Wales state election
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1984–1988

References

1. Green, Antony. "Electing the Legislative Council 1978-1995" (PDF). ABC Election Archives.