Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1975–1979 explained

This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1975 to 1979.

Party	Seats held	1975–1979 Council
Australian Labor Party	align=right	10
Liberal Party of Australia	align=right	9
Liberal Movement	align=right	2

This period operated under transitional arrangements following the rearrangement of the Council from a restricted-franchise house with ten provinces each electing two members, to a 22-member house elected to staggered terms on an open franchise, proportional representation model. Due in part to a constitutional requirement that those elected at the 1973 election serve six-year terms, the next Council election was in 1979 even though the next Assembly election was held in 1977.

Name	Party	Term expiry	Term of office
		1979	1965–1979
	Labor	1982	1975–1985
		1979	1973–1993
	LM/Liberal	1982	1971–1990
	LM/Liberal	1982	1975–1982
	Labor	1979	1970–1979
	Labor	1979	1973–1987
	Liberal	1979	1959–1979
	Labor	1982	1975–1989
	Labor	1979	1973–1985
	Liberal	1982	1962–1982
	Liberal	1979	1962–1985
	Labor	1982	1975–1982
	Labor	1982	1975–1982
	Liberal	1979	1965–1979
	Liberal	1979	1978–2002
	Liberal	1982	1965–1988
	Liberal	1982	1975–1982
	Labor	1982	1975–1997
	Liberal	1979	1959–1978
	Labor	1982	1975–1994
	Liberal	1979	1966–1985

Liberal MLC Frank Potter died on 26 February 1978. Trevor Griffin was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 7 March 1978.

References

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