Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1982–1985

This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council between 1982 and 1985. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each state election, half of these members were elected at the 1979 state election with terms expiring in 1985, while the other half were elected at the 1982 state election with terms expiring in 1989. Party Seats held 1982–1985 Council Liberal Party of Australia 11                        Australian Labor Party 9                    Australian Democrats 2     

Name Party Term expiry Term of office Frank Blevins Labor 1989 1975–1985 Gordon Bruce Labor 1985 1979–1993 John Burdett Liberal 1985 1973–1993 Martin Cameron Liberal 1989 1971–1990 Brian Chatterton Labor 1985 1973–1987 Dr John Cornwall Labor 1989 1975–1989 Cecil Creedon Labor 1985 1973–1985 Legh Davis Liberal 1985 1979–2002 Ren DeGaris Liberal 1985 1962–1985 Peter Dunn Liberal 1989 1982–1997 Mario Feleppa Labor 1989 1982–1995 Ian Gilfillan Democrat 1989 1982–1993, 1997–2006 Trevor Griffin Liberal 1985 1978–2002 Murray Hill Liberal 1989 1965–1988 Diana Laidlaw Liberal 1989 1982–2003 Anne Levy Labor 1989 1975–1997 Rob Lucas Liberal 1989 1982–2022 Lance Milne Democrat 1985 1979–1985 Robert Ritson Liberal 1985 1979–1993 Chris Sumner Labor 1989 1975–1994 Arthur Whyte Liberal 1985 1966–1985 Barbara Wiese Labor 1985 1979–1995

Labor MLC Frank Blevins resigned on 15 November 1985 in order to contest the Legislative Assembly seat of Giles at the 1985 state election. Due to the proximity of the election, the parliament expired before the casual vacancy could be filled, and George Weatherill was duly appointed to serve out the remaining four years of Blevins' term by the new parliament in 1986.

References

"Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1837–2007", Parliament of South Australia, 2007. "History of South Australian Elections, 1857–2006", Dean Jaensch, 2006.