Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1979–1982

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This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council between 1979 and 1982. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each state election, half 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.

NamePartyTerm expiryTerm of office
Frank Blevins Labor 19821975–1985
Gordon Bruce Labor19851979–1993
John Burdett Liberal 19851973–1993
Martin Cameron Liberal19821971–1990
John Carnie Liberal19821975–1982
Brian Chatterton Labor19851973–1987
Dr John Cornwall Labor19821975–1989
Cecil Creedon Labor19851973–1985
Legh Davis Liberal19851979–2002
Boyd Dawkins Liberal19821962–1982
Ren DeGaris Liberal19851962–1985
Jim Dunford [1] Labor19821975–1982
Mario Feleppa [1] Labor19821982–1995
Norm Foster Labor/Independent [2] 19821975–1982
Trevor Griffin Liberal19851978–2002
Murray Hill Liberal19821965–1988
Don Laidlaw Liberal19821975–1982
Anne Levy Labor19821975–1997
Lance Milne Democrat19851979–1985
Robert Ritson Liberal19851979–1993
Chris Sumner Labor19821975–1994
Arthur Whyte Liberal19851966–1985
Barbara Wiese Labor19851979–1995
1 Labor MLC Jim Dunford died on 12 May 1982. Mario Feleppa was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 1 June.
2 Norm Foster was elected as a representative of the Labor Party, but left the party in June 1982 in order to cross the floor and support the construction of the Olympic Dam. He served out the remainder of his term as an independent.

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