Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1980–1983
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This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council
from 22 May 1980 to 21 May 1983. 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.
Western Australian Legislative Council
The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. Its central purpose is to act as a house of review for legislation passed through the lower house, the Legislative Assembly. It sits in Parliament House in the state...
from 22 May 1980 to 21 May 1983. 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.
| Name | Party | Province | Term expires | Years in office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Baxter | National National Party of Western Australia The National Party of Western Australia is a political party in Western Australia. It is affiliated with the National Party of Australia but maintains a separate structure and identity.... /NCP |
Central | 1983 | 1950–1958; 1960–1983 |
| Joe Berinson Joe Berinson Joseph Max "Joe" Berinson is a former Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives from the 1969 election until his defeat by Ross McLean at the 1975 election, representing the division of Perth, Western Australia... |
Labor 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... |
North-East Metropolitan North-East Metropolitan Province The North-East Metropolitan Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in metropolitan Perth. It was one of several metropolitan seats created following the enactment of the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1963, and became effective on 22... |
1986 | 1980–1993 |
| James Brown | Labor | South-East | 1986 | 1980–1992 |
| Des Dans | Labor | South Metropolitan South Metropolitan Province The South Metropolitan Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in metropolitan Perth. It was one of several metropolitan seats created following the enactment of the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1963, and became effective on 22 May 1965... |
1983 | 1971–1989 |
| Peter Dowding Peter Dowding Peter McCallum Dowding SC was the 24th Premier of Western Australia, serving from 25 February 1988 until his resignation on 12 February 1990 after an internal party dispute.... |
Labor | North | 1986 | 1980–1986 |
| Lyla Elliott | Labor | North-East Metropolitan North-East Metropolitan Province The North-East Metropolitan Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in metropolitan Perth. It was one of several metropolitan seats created following the enactment of the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1963, and became effective on 22... |
1983 | 1971–1986 |
| Vic Ferry | 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... |
South-West | 1983 | 1965–1987 |
| Harry Gayfer | National/NCP | Central | 1986 | 1974–1989 |
| Clive Griffiths | Liberal | South-East Metropolitan South-East Metropolitan Province The South-East Metropolitan Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in metropolitan Perth. It was one of several metropolitan seats created following the enactment of the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1963, and became effective on 22... |
1983 | 1965–1997 |
| Bob Hetherington Bob Hetherington Robert "Bob" Hetherington is a former Australian politician.Hetherington was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1977 to 1989. In 1987 he introduced a private member's bill into the council to legalise homosexuality, which was narrowly defeated.-References:... |
Labor | East Metropolitan East Metropolitan Province The East Metropolitan Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in metropolitan Perth. It was created by a redistribution in 1976, and took effect on 22 May 1977 following the 1977 state election... |
1986 | 1977–1989 |
| Garry Kelly | Labor | South Metropolitan South Metropolitan Province The South Metropolitan Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in metropolitan Perth. It was one of several metropolitan seats created following the enactment of the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1963, and became effective on 22 May 1965... |
1986 | 1982–1993 |
| Thomas Knight | Liberal | South | 1986 | 1974–1986 |
| Ron Leeson | Labor | South-East | 1983 | 1971–1983 |
| Sandy Lewis Sandy Lewis Alexander Ashley Lewis , better known as Sandy Lewis, was an Australian politician who represented the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Blackwood from 1972 until 1974, and one of the two Legislative Council seats for Lower Central Province from 1974 until 1989... |
Liberal | Lower Central | 1986 | 1974–1989 |
| Phil Lockyer | 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... |
Lower North | 1986 | 1980–1997 |
| Margaret McAleer Margaret McAleer Margaret McAleer was an Australian politician who served as a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1974 to 1993.... |
Liberal | Upper West Upper West Province The Upper West Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the Mid West region of the state... |
1986 | 1974–1993 |
| Fred McKenzie | Labor | East Metropolitan East Metropolitan Province The East Metropolitan Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in metropolitan Perth. It was created by a redistribution in 1976, and took effect on 22 May 1977 following the 1977 state election... |
1983 | 1977–1993 |
| Graham MacKinnon | Liberal | South West | 1986 | 1956–1986 |
| Thomas McNeil | National/NP | Upper West Upper West Province The Upper West Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the Mid West region of the state... |
1983 | 1977–1989 |
| Neil McNeill Neil McNeill Neil McNeill was an Australian politician. Born in Yarloop, Western Australia, he was educated at Scotch College, Perth, and the University of Western Australia, after which he became a farmer. He served in the military in 1945, and returned to become a district officer with the Western Australian... |
Liberal | Lower West Lower West Province The Lower West Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the Peel and South West region of the state. It was one of several rural seats created following the enactment of the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1963, and became effective on... |
1983 | 1965–1983 |
| Gordon Masters | Liberal | West | 1986 | 1974–1989 |
| Ian Medcalf | Liberal | Metropolitan Metropolitan Province The Metropolitan Province was a multi-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the metropolitan region of Perth. It was created by the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1893, and became effective on 22 May 1894 following the first council elections following... |
1986 | 1968–1986 |
| Norman Moore | Liberal | Lower North | 1983 | 1977–present |
| Neil Oliver | Liberal | West | 1983 | 1977–1989 |
| Howard Olney Howard Olney Howard William Olney AM QC is the Australian Aboriginal Lands Commissioner.Olney was born in Nedlands and attended Perth Modern School and the University of Western Australia. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1957 and as a magistrate in 1965, being called to the bar in 1974... |
Labor | South Metropolitan South Metropolitan Province The South Metropolitan Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in metropolitan Perth. It was one of several metropolitan seats created following the enactment of the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1963, and became effective on 22 May 1965... |
1986 | 1980–1981 |
| Phillip Pendal Phillip Pendal Phillip George Pendal was a Liberal and later Independent Western Australian politician, pro-life advocate, and historian.-Early life:... |
Liberal | South-East Metropolitan South-East Metropolitan Province The South-East Metropolitan Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in metropolitan Perth. It was one of several metropolitan seats created following the enactment of the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1963, and became effective on 22... |
1986 | 1980–1993 |
| Winifred Piesse Winifred Piesse Winifred Margaret Piesse, née Aumann is a former Australian politician. She was the first woman to represent the Country Party in the Western Australian Legislative Council.... |
National/NCP | Lower Central | 1983 | 1977–1983 |
| Bob Pike | Liberal | North Metropolitan North Metropolitan Province The North Metropolitan Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in metropolitan Perth. It was one of several metropolitan seats created following the enactment of the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1963, and became effective on 22 May 1965... |
1983 | 1977–1983; 1989–1994 |
| Ian Pratt Ian Pratt (politician) Ian George Pratt was an Australian politician, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1974 until 1986 representing the seat of Lower West Province for the Liberal Party.-Biography:... |
Liberal | Lower West Lower West Province The Lower West Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the Peel and South West region of the state. It was one of several rural seats created following the enactment of the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1963, and became effective on... |
1986 | 1974–1986 |
| Tom Stephens Tom Stephens Thomas Gregory Stephens is a West Australian parliamentarian. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Parliament of Western Australia since 1982, serving in the Legislative Council from 1982 to 2004, and in the Legislative Assembly since 2005... |
Labor | North | 1983 | 1982–2004 |
| Peter Wells | Liberal | North Metropolitan North Metropolitan Province The North Metropolitan Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in metropolitan Perth. It was one of several metropolitan seats created following the enactment of the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1963, and became effective on 22 May 1965... |
1986 | 1980–1986 |
| Richard Williams | Liberal | Metropolitan Metropolitan Province The Metropolitan Province was a multi-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the metropolitan region of Perth. It was created by the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1893, and became effective on 22 May 1894 following the first council elections following... |
1983 | 1971–1989 |
| Bill Withers | Liberal/Independent | North | 1983 | 1971–1982 |
| David Wordsworth | Liberal | South | 1983 | 1971–1993 |