Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1976–1978
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This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council
New South Wales Legislative Council
The New South Wales Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is referred to as the lower house and the Council as...

from 1976 to 1978. At this time the Council was not directly elected, but was chosen by members of the New South Wales Parliament at triennial elections.
Name Party Years in office
Kath Anderson
Kath Anderson
Kathleen Harris "Kath" Anderson AM, née Hough was an Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1981...

 
ALP
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

 
1973–1981
Peter Baldwin
Peter Baldwin (Australian politician)
Peter Jeremy Baldwin is a former Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1983 to 1998....

 
ALP 1976–1982
Hon Roger de Bryon-Faes
Roger de Bryon-Faes
Roger August Alfred Faes de Bryon-Faes was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1961 until 1981....

 
Liberal
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

 
1961–1981
Hon Sir Harry Budd  NCP
National Party of Australia
The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...

 
1946–1978
Don Burton
Don Burton (politician)
Donald Ross Burton AM was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1976 to 1984....

 
ALP 1976–1984
Cyril Cahill 3 Independent Labor
Independent Labor Group
The Independent Labor Group was a minor Australian political grouping in the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1959 to 1977. The group emerged when a number of Labor Party MLCs were expelled from the party for voting against the abolition of the Legislative Council, which was then party...

 
1949–1977
Hon Frank Calabro
Frank Calabro
Francesco "Frank" Calabro, AM was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1970 to 1988...

 
Liberal 1970–1988
Joseph Calcraft 1 Independent 1973–1976
Hon Leo Connellan
Leo Connellan (politician)
Leo Paul Connellan was an Australian politician. He was a Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1969 to 1981....

 
NCP 1969–1970, 1970–1981
William Coulter  ALP 1947–1978
Fergus Darling
Fergus Darling
Fergus John Darling was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1976 to 1981....

 
Liberal 1976–1981
Margaret Davis
Margaret Davis
Margaret Alayne Elizabeth Davis, née Alexander is a former Australian politician. She was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1967 to 1978....

 5
Liberal 1967–1978
John Ducker  ALP 1972–1979
Hon Fred Duncan
Fred Duncan
Frederick Norman "Fred" Duncan was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1972 to 1984....

 
Liberal 1972–1984
Thomas Erskine  Liberal 1970–1978
Stanley Eskell  Liberal 1958–1978
Dick Evans  Liberal 1969–1978
Otway Falkiner  NCP 1946–1978
Hon Dr Derek Freeman
Derek Freeman (politician)
Derek David Freeman is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1981 and from 1981 to 1984.Freeman was born in Sydney...

 
Liberal 1973–1981, 1981–1984
Hon Barney French
Barney French
Henry Bernard "Barney" French was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1991....

 
ALP 1973–1991
Sir John Fuller
John Fuller (Australian politician)
Sir John Bryan Munro Fuller was an Australian politician, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for the Country Party from 1961 to 1978.-Early years:...

 
NCP 1961–1978
Walter Geraghty
Walter Geraghty
Walter James Geraghty was an Australian politician.Born at Hunters Hill to builder Martin Joseph Geraghty and Lilian Frederika Roberts, he attended school locally and became an audit clerk and accountant, although he lost his job during the Great Depression. He married Grace Elsie Degan, with whom...

 
ALP 1961–1978
Hon Jack Hallam
Jack Hallam (politician)
Jack Rowland Hallam is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1991....

 
ALP 1973–1991
Clive Healey
Clive Healey
Clive Healey was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1970 to 1988....

 
ALP 1970–1988
Frederick Hewitt 2 Liberal 1955–1976
Hon John Holt
John Holt (Australian politician)
Walter John Holt QC is a former Australian politician and judge. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1972 to 1984, and was Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Upper House from 1976 to 1977....

 
Liberal 1972–1984
Ted Humphries  Liberal 1972–1978
Sir Asher Joel
Asher Joel
Sir Asher Alexander Joel KBE, AO was an Australian public figure and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for 20 years...

 
NCP 1958–1978
Johno Johnson
Johno Johnson
The Hon John Richard "Johno" Johnson KCSG is a former Australian politician. Born in Murwillumbah, New South Wales, he was a grocer and trade union official before entering politics. He married Pauline Christina Russell, with whom he has two sons and two daughters...

 
ALP 1976–2001
Geoffrey Keighley
Geoffrey Keighley
William Geoffrey Keighley OAM was an English barrister, businessman, first-class cricketer, farmer, grazier and legislator....

 
NCP 1965–1978
Hon Bill Kennedy
Bill Kennedy (politician)
James William "Bill" Kennedy was an Australian politician. He was a Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1971 to 1984....

 
NCP 1971–1984
Hon Delcia Kite
Delcia Kite
Delcia Ivy Kite, née Smith is a former Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1976 to 1995....

 
ALP 1976–1995
Paul Landa
Paul Landa
David Paul Landa, QC was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1984, and the member for Peats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1984...

 
ALP 1973–1984
Hon Lloyd Lange
Lloyd Lange
William Lloyd Lange is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1974 to 1986, serving as Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council from 1981 to 1984, and as Opposition Spokesman for Minerals and Energy and Deputy Leader of...

 
Liberal 1974–1986
Violet Lloyd
Violet Lloyd
Florence Violet Lloyd OBE is a former Australian politician. She was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1981....

 
Liberal 1973–1981
Hon Toby MacDiarmid
Toby MacDiarmid
Finlay Melrose "Toby" MacDiarmid OBE was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1988, serving as a member of the National Party until 1985 and thereafter as an Independent.MacDiarmid was born in Queanbeyan, and was educated at Sydney...

 
NCP 1973–1988
Richmond Manyweathers
Richmond Manyweathers
Richmond William Manyweathers OBE was an Australian politician. He was a Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing the electorate of Casino from 1964 to 1968...

 
NCP 1968–1978
Thomas McKay  Liberal 1966–1978
Peter McMahon
Peter McMahon (politician)
Peter McMahon AM is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1981.McMahon was born in Wagga Wagga to Otho Thomas McMahon and Ida Bramsdore...

 
ALP 1973–1981
Hon Herb McPherson
Herb McPherson
Herbert John "Herb" McPherson was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1964 to 1981, and was Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Council from 1972 to 1973....

 
ALP 1964–1981
Robert Melville
Robert Melville (politician)
Robert Gavin Melville was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1973 to 1981....

 
ALP 1973–1981
Doug Moppett
Doug Moppett
Douglas Frederick "Doug" Moppett is a former Australian politician. He was a Country Party, later National Party, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1976 to 1978 and again from 1991 up until 2002...

 
NCP 1976–1978, 1991–2002
John Morris
John Morris (Australian politician)
John Joseph Morris is a former Australian politician. Born in Wallsend, New South Wales, he was an organiser of the Federated Liquor and Allied Industries Employees' Union before becoming its NSW Secretary and President and eventually the National President. In 1976 he was elected to the New South...

 
ALP 1976–1984
Nathanael Orr
Nathanael Orr
Nathanael Montgomery Orr is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1976 to 1984....

 
Liberal 1976–1984
Greg Percival
Greg Percival
Harold Gregory "Greg" Percival, OBE was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1977 to 1978 and from 1986 to 1988....

 3
Liberal 1977–1978, 1986–1988
Hon Peter Philips
Peter Philips (politician)
Peter Sydney Maitland Philips AM was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1976 to 1988....

 2
Liberal 1976–1988
Ted Pickering
Ted Pickering
Edward Phillip "Ted" Pickering is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1976 to 1995....

 1
Liberal 1976–1995
Anne Press  Liberal 1959–1978
Ronald Raines
Ronald Raines (politician)
Ronald Bruce Raines is a former Australian politician. He was a National Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1977 to 1978....

 4
NCP 1977–1978
Edna Roper  ALP 1958–1978
Bob Rowland Smith
Bob Rowland Smith
Robert Baron Rowland "Bob" Smith is a former Australian politician. He was a National Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1974 until 1999....

 
NCP 1974–1999
Amelia Rygate  ALP 1961–1978
Bill Sandwith
Bill Sandwith
William John "Bill" Sandwith was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1976 to 1984....

 
Liberal 1976–1984
Walter Scott
Walter Scott (Australian politician)
Walter Robert Scott is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1974 to 1978....

 
Liberal 1974–1978
Leroy Serisier
Leroy Serisier
Leroy Dudley Serisier is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1970 to 1978, and served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Council from 1973 to 1976....

 
ALP 1970–1978
Hon Adrian Solomons
Adrian Solomons
Sir Louis Adrian Solomons was an Australian politician. He was a Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1969 to 1991....

 
NCP 1969–1991
Harry Sullivan 4 NCP 1970–1977
Hon Norman Thom  ALP 1950–1978
Hon Joe Thompson
Joe Thompson (Australian politician)
Joe Slater Thompson AM was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1974 to 1988....

 
ALP 1974–1988
Roy Turner
Roy Turner (Australian politician)
Roy Frederick Turner AO was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1976 to 1984....

 
ALP 1975–1984
Sir Edward Warren  Liberal 1955–1978
Hon Max Willis
Max Willis
Max Frederick Willis RFD, ED, CSI, is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1970 to 1999. His brother Sir Eric Willis was briefly Premier of New South Wales in 1976....

 
Liberal 1970–1999
1 Independent MLC Joseph Calcraft died on 3 July 1976. Liberal candidate Ted Pickering
Ted Pickering
Edward Phillip "Ted" Pickering is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1976 to 1995....

 was elected as his replacement on 13 October 1976.
2 Liberal MLC Frederick Hewitt resigned on 31 July 1976. Liberal candidate Peter Philips
Peter Philips (politician)
Peter Sydney Maitland Philips AM was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1976 to 1988....

 was elected as his replacement on 13 October 1976.
3 Independent Labor MLC Cyril Cahill died on 18 April 1977. Liberal candidate Greg Percival
Greg Percival
Harold Gregory "Greg" Percival, OBE was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1977 to 1978 and from 1986 to 1988....

 was elected as his replacement on 12 October 1977.
4 NCP MLC Harry Sullivan died on 28 April 1977. NCP candidate Ronald Raines
Ronald Raines (politician)
Ronald Bruce Raines is a former Australian politician. He was a National Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1977 to 1978....

 was elected as his replacement on 12 October 1977.
5 Liberal MLC Margaret Davis
Margaret Davis
Margaret Alayne Elizabeth Davis, née Alexander is a former Australian politician. She was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1967 to 1978....

 resigned on 13 September 1978 to contest the Legislative Assembly seat of Waverley
Electoral district of Waverley
Waverley was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1894, with the abolition of multi-member constituencies, out of part of Paddington, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Waverley. In 1920, with the...

. No by-election was held.
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