This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1977 to 21 May 1980. The chamber had 32 seats made up of 16 provinces each electing two members, on a system of rotation whereby one-half of the members would retire at each triennial election. A new province, East Metropolitan, was added at the 1977 election. During the term, the National Country Party split in two over the issue of coalition with the Liberal Party, with supporters of the Coalition remaining in the National Country Party (NCP), and opponents creating a new National Party (NP). They reunited in 1985.
Name | Party | Province | Term expires | Years in office |
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Norm Baxter | National/NCP | Central | 1983 | 1950–1958; 1960–1983 |
George Berry | Liberal | Lower North | 1980 | 1968–1980 |
Roy Claughton | Labor | North Metropolitan | 1980 | 1968–1980 |
Don Cooley | Labor | North-East Metropolitan | 1980 | 1974–1980 |
Des Dans | Labor | South Metropolitan | 1983 | 1971–1989 |
Lyla Elliott | Labor | North-East Metropolitan | 1983 | 1971–1986 |
Vic Ferry | Liberal | South-West | 1983 | 1965–1987 |
Harry Gayfer | National/NCP | Central | 1980 | 1974–1989 |
Clive Griffiths | Liberal | South-East Metropolitan | 1983 | 1965–1997 |
Bob Hetherington | Labor | East Metropolitan | 1980 | 1977–1989 |
Thomas Knight | Liberal | South | 1980 | 1974–1986 |
Ron Leeson | Labor | South-East | 1983 | 1971–1983 |
Sandy Lewis | Liberal | Lower Central | 1980 | 1974–1989 |
Margaret McAleer | Liberal | Upper West | 1980 | 1974–1993 |
Fred McKenzie | Labor | East Metropolitan | 1983 | 1977–1993 |
Graham MacKinnon | Liberal | South West | 1980 | 1956–1986 |
Thomas McNeil | National/NP | Upper West | 1983 | 1977–1989 |
Neil McNeill | Liberal | Lower West | 1983 | 1965–1983 |
Gordon Masters | Liberal | West | 1980 | 1974–1989 |
Ian Medcalf | Liberal | Metropolitan | 1980 | 1968–1986 |
Norman Moore | Liberal | Lower North | 1983 | 1977–2013 |
Neil Oliver | Liberal | West | 1983 | 1977–1989 |
Winifred Piesse | National/NCP | Lower Central | 1983 | 1977–1983 |
Bob Pike | Liberal | North Metropolitan | 1983 | 1977–1983; 1989–1994 |
Ian Pratt | Liberal | Lower West | 1980 | 1974–1986 |
Claude Stubbs | Labor | South-East | 1980 | 1962–1980 |
Ronald Thompson | Labor/Independent | South Metropolitan | 1980 | 1959–1980 |
John Tozer | Liberal | North | 1980 | 1974–1980 |
Grace Vaughan | Labor | South-East Metropolitan | 1980 | 1974–1980 |
Richard Williams | Liberal | Metropolitan | 1983 | 1971–1989 |
Bill Withers | Liberal | North | 1983 | 1971–1982 |
David Wordsworth | Liberal | South | 1983 | 1971–1993 |
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