Results of the 1981 New South Wales state election (Legislative Council)

New South Wales state election, 19 September 1981
Legislative Council

Enrolled voters 3,212,657
Votes cast 2,927,971 Turnout 91.14 –1.63
Informal votes 200,367 Informal 6.84 +2.79
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats
won 		Seats
held
  Labor 1,412,426 51.78 –3.13 8 24
  Liberal/National Coalition 921,081 33.77 –2.49 5 18
  Call to Australia 248,425 9.11 +7.80 1 1
  Democrats 109,939 4.03 +1.25 1 1
  Environmental Action 18,056 0.66 +0.66 0 0
  Republican 10,184 0.37 +0.37 0 0
  Progress 3,121 0.11 +0.11 0 0
  Social Democrats 2,512 0.09 +0.09 0 0
  Independent 24,786 0.07 –0.83 0 0
Total 2,727,604     15  

This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 1981 New South Wales state election.

Results

1981 New South Wales state election: Legislative Council [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 170,476
Labor 1. Paul Landa (elected 1)
2. Jack Hallam (elected 4)
3. Jack Garland (elected 6)
4. Barney French (elected 8)
5. Franca Arena (elected 10)
6. George Brenner (elected 12)
7. Ken Reed (elected 13)
8. Bryan Vaughan (elected 14)
9. Ann Symonds
10. Fred Hankinson 		1,412,426 51.8 −3.1
Liberal/National Coalition 1. Max Willis (elected 2)
2. Jack Doohan (elected 5)
3. Ted Pickering (elected 7)
4. John Matthews (elected 9)
5. Richard Killen (elected 11)
6. Derek Freeman
7. Judy Jakins
8. Bronwyn Bishop
9. John Hagan
10. Doug Moppett 		921,081 33.8 −2.4
Call to Australia 1. Fred Nile (elected 3)
2. Graham McLennan
3. Kevin Hume
4. Thomas Toogood
5. Percy Everingham 		248,425 9.1 +9.1
Democrats 1. Elisabeth Kirkby (elected 15)
2. Paul McLean
3. James Boow
4. Christine Townend
5. Laurence Bourke
6. Ray Griffiths
7. Ross McInnes
8. Richard Beazley
9. Joe Lake
10. Elizabeth Poppleton 		109,939 4.0 +1.2
Environmental Action 1. Keith Suter
2. Dudley Leggett
3. Jennifer Quealy
4. Quentin Jacobsen 		18,056 0.7 +0.7
Republican 1. Brian Buckley
2. Marie McKern 		10,184 0.4 +0.4
Progress 1. Henry Soper
2. Marjorie Wisby
3. William More 		3,121 0.1 +0.1
Social Democrats 1. Walter Roach
2. Johann Liszikam 		2,152 0.1 +0.1
Independent Louis Patmoy 994 0.04 +0.04
Independent Rudolph Dezelin 866 0.03 0.00
Total formal votes 2,727,604 93.2 −2.8
Informal votes 200,367 6.8 +2.8
Turnout 2,927,971 91.1 −1.6

Continuing members

The following MLCs were not up for re-election this year.

Member Party Term
  Roy Turner Labor 1976–1984
  Peter Baldwin Labor 1976–1982
  Don Burton Labor 1976–1984
  John Morris Labor 1976–1984
  Delcia Kite Labor 1976–1984
  Johno Johnson Labor 1976–1984
  Clive Healey Labor 1978–1988
  Joe Thompson Labor 1978–1988
  Peter Watkins Labor 1978–1988
  Barrie Unsworth Labor 1978–1986
  Dorothy Isaksen Labor 1978–1988
  Marie Fisher Labor 1978–1988
  Norm King Labor 1978–1988
  Deirdre Grusovin Labor 1978–1988
  Jim Kaldis Labor 1978–1988
  Ron Dyer Labor 1979–1984
  Fred Duncan Liberal 1976–1984
  John Holt Liberal 1976–1984
  Bill Sandwith Liberal 1976–1984
  Nathanael Orr Liberal 1976–1984
  Virginia Chadwick Liberal 1978–1988
  Frank Calabro Liberal 1978–1988
  Lloyd Lange Liberal 1978–1986
  Peter Philips Liberal 1978–1988
  Derek Freeman* Liberal 1981–1984
  Adrian Solomons National Country 1976–1984
  Bill Kennedy National Country 1976–1984
  Bob Rowland Smith National Country 1978–1988
  Toby MacDiarmid National Country 1978–1988
  • While Derek Freeman was not elected at the election, he was appointed as a casual vacancy following the death of Fergus Darling, whose term would have continued until 1984.

See also

References

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Electing the Legislative Council 1978-1995" (PDF). ABC Election Archives.