Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1975-1977

This is a list of members of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1975 to 1977, as elected at the 1975 state election

South Australian state election, 1975

State elections were held in Australia on 12 July 1975. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Premier of South Australia Don Dunstan defeated the Liberal Party of Australia led by Leader of the Opposition Bruce...

Name	Party	Electorate South Australian House of Assembly electoral districts Since 1970, the South Australian House of Assembly has consisted of 47 single-member electoral districts consisting of approximately the same number of enrolled voters...	Term of office
Roy Abbott	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...	Spence Electoral district of Spence Spence was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1970 to 2002. The district was based in the inner north-west suburbs of Adelaide....	1975–1989
Ernest Allen	LCL Liberal and Country League The Liberal and Country League was a major political party in South Australia throughout its forty year existence. Thirty-four years were spent in government, in part due to the electoral malapportionment known as the Playmander, introduced after coming to power.Created on 9 June 1932 as the... /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...	Frome Electoral district of Frome Frome is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after Edward Charles Frome, the third surveyor-general of South Australia. The electorate is based around the industrial city of Port Pirie and the agriculture areas of Clare and Gilbert...	1968–1977
Harold Allison	Liberal	Mount Gambier Electoral district of Mount Gambier Mount Gambier is an electorate for the South Australian House of Assembly. It covers the southeast part of the state centered on the city and extinct volcano of Mount Gambier....	1975–1997
Peter Arnold	LCL/Liberal	Chaffey Electoral district of Chaffey Chaffey, created in 1936, is an electorate for the South Australian House of Assembly. It covers the Riverland region of South Australia and is named after brothers George and William Chaffey who established the irrigation area along the Murray River from 1886...	1968–1970, 1973–1993
Heini Becker	LCL/Liberal	Hanson Electoral district of Hanson Hanson was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1970 to 1997. The district was based in the western suburbs of Adelaide....	1970–1997
Peter Blacker Peter Blacker Peter Douglas Blacker is a former Australian politician who represented the seat of Flinders in the South Australian House of Assembly for the Nationals SA from 1973 to 1993. During that time he was the only Nationals member in the South Australian parliament. He is now the Chair of the Minister’s...	Country 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... /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...	Flinders Electoral district of Flinders Flinders is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after explorer Matthew Flinders, who was responsible for charting most of the state's coastline. It is a 55,260.6 km² coastal rural electorate encompassing the Eyre Peninsula and...	1973–1993
David Boundy	LM/Liberal	Goyder Electoral district of Goyder Goyder is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is a 10,406.4 km² rural electorate based around the Yorke Peninsula and taking in the towns of Ardrossan, Bute, Corny Point, Edithburgh, Maitland, Minlaton, Moonta, Owen, Port Wakefield,...	1974–1977
Hon Glen Broomhill	Labor	Henley Beach	1965–1979
Dean Brown Dean Brown Dean Craig Brown, AO was the Liberal Premier of South Australia between 14 December 1993 and 28 November 1996, and Deputy Premier of South Australia between 22 October 2001 and 5 March 2002 to Rob Kerin.-Political career:...	LCL/Liberal	Davenport Electoral district of Davenport Davenport is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after nineteenth-century pioneer and politician Sir Samuel Davenport. Davenport is a 37.4 km² electorate covering part of outer suburban Adelaide and the southern foothills of...	1973–1985, 1992–2006
Max Brown	Labor	Whyalla Electoral district of Whyalla Whyalla was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1956 to 1993. The district was based on the town of Whyalla....	1970–1985
Molly Byrne	Labor	Tea Tree Gully	1965–1979
Ted Chapman Ted Chapman (politician) William Edwin Chapman is a former Liberal member of the Parliament of South Australia and Minister.Chapman represented the district of Alexandra in the South Australian House of Assembly between 1973 and 1992...	LCL/Liberal	Alexandra Electoral district of Alexandra Alexandra was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1902 to 1992. The district included the Fleurieu Peninsula, to the south of Adelaide.Alexandra was renamed Finniss at the 1993 state election....	1973–1992
Ted Connelly Ted Connelly Edward "Ted" Connelly is a former Australian politician. He was an independent member of the South Australian House of Assembly between 1975 and 1977, representing the electorate of Pirie....	Independent	Pirie	1975–1977
Hon Des Corcoran Des Corcoran James Desmond "Des" Corcoran AO was an Australian politician. He was the 37th Premier of South Australia, serving between 15 February 1979 and 18 September 1979....	Labor	Coles Electoral district of Coles Coles was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1970 to 2002. The district was based in the eastern suburbs of Adelaide....	1962–1968, 1968–1982
John Coumbe	LCL/Liberal	Torrens Electoral district of Torrens Torrens is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Located along the River Torrens, and named after Robert Richard Torrens, a 19th century Premier of South Australia, and also the founder of the "Torrens title" land registration system. Torrens is...	1956–1977
Peter Duncan Peter Duncan (Australian politician) Peter Duncan was an Australian Labor Party politician and one of the relatively few members of parliament to have not only served in both a state and national parliament, but also served as a minister in both cases....	Labor	Elizabeth Electoral district of Elizabeth (South Australia) Elizabeth was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1970 to 2006. The district was based in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, named for the suburb of Elizabeth....	1973–1984
Hon Don Dunstan Don Dunstan Donald Allan "Don" Dunstan, AC, QC was a South Australian politician. He entered politics as the Member for Norwood in 1953, became state Labor leader in 1967, and was Premier of South Australia between June 1967 and April 1968, and again between June 1970 and February 1979.The son of a business...	Labor	Norwood Electoral district of Norwood Norwood is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after its surrounding geographical area, Norwood, South Australia. Norwood is a 14.2 km² urban electorate in Adelaide's inner eastern suburbs...	1953–1979
Bruce Eastick Bruce Eastick Bruce Charles Eastick is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal and Country League and Liberal Party of Australia member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1970 to 1993, representing the electorate of Light....	LCL/Liberal	Light Electoral district of Light Light is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after Colonel William Light who was the first Surveyor-General of South Australia. The electorate was created in 1857, abolished in 1902 and reinstated in 1936...	1970–1993
Stan Evans Stan Evans Stanley George "Stan" Evans is a former South Australian Liberal politician.He held the seat of Onkaparinga from 1968 to 1970, then Fisher from 1970 to 1985....	LCL/Liberal	Fisher Electoral district of Fisher Fisher is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after James Fisher, a colonial politician and the first mayor of Adelaide...	1968–1993
Roger Goldsworthy	LCL/Liberal	Kavel Electoral district of Kavel Kavel, created in 1969, is an electorate for the South Australian Legislative Assembly in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia.Kavel is named after Lutheran pastor August Kavel who migrated to South Australia from Germany in 1838 with approximately 250 people seeking freedom from religious...	1970–1992
Reg Groth	Labor	Salisbury	1970–1979
Graham Gunn Graham Gunn Graham McDonald Gunn, AM , Australian politician, was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly. He represented the electoral district of Stuart and was a member of the Liberal Party of Australia...	LCL/Liberal	Eyre Electoral district of Eyre Eyre is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district covers large tracts of the rural south-east of Western Australia...	1970–2010
Charles Harrison	Labor	Albert Park Electoral district of Albert Park The Electoral district of Albert Park is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers the inner city suburbs of South Melbourne, Albert Park, Port Melbourne and St Kilda...	1970–1979
Hon Dr Don Hopgood	Labor	Mawson Electoral district of Mawson The Electoral district of Mawson is an electorate for the South Australian House of Assembly. It covers the outer southern suburbs of Woodcroft, Hackham, Hackham West, Huntfield Heights and Noarlunga Downs, as well as the regional shopping centre at Noarlunga as well as the southern wine region...	1970–1993
Hon Hugh Hudson	Labor	Brighton Electoral district of Brighton The Electoral district of Brighton is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Brighton:-Election results:-See also:* Parliaments of the Australian states and territories...	1965–1979
John Jennings	Labor	Ross Smith Electoral district of Ross Smith The electoral district of Ross Smith was an electorate for the South Australian Legislative Assembly. It was replaced by the electoral district of Enfield for the 2002 election. Sir Ross Macpherson Smith was a member of the Australian Light Horse at Gallipoli and Sinai during World War I. He then...	1953–1977
Gavin Keneally	Labor	Stuart Electoral district of Stuart Stuart is an electorate for the South Australian House of Assembly. It covers the northeast part of the state extending from just north of the Barossa Valley all the way to the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales borders, and extending west to include Port Augusta...	1970–1989
Gil Langley Gil Langley Gilbert Roche Andrews "Gil" Langley was an Australian Test cricketer, champion Australian rules footballer and member of parliament, serving as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly....	Labor	Unley Electoral district of Unley Unley is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after the suburb of the same name, it is a 12.2 km² urban electorate in Adelaide's inner southern suburbs, taking in the suburbs of Eastwood, Frewville, Fullarton, Glenunga, Highgate, Hyde...	1962–1982
John Mathwin John Mathwin John Mathwin OAM was an Australian politician. He was the Liberal member for Glenelg in the South Australian House of Assembly from 1970 until his defeat in 1985.-References:...	LCL/Liberal	Glenelg	1970–1985
Terry McRae	Labor	Playford Electoral district of Playford Playford is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after the long serving South Australian premier Tom Playford, it is a 21.4 km² urban electorate in Adelaide's northern suburbs, taking in the suburb of Ingle Farm, Para Hills West,...	1970–1989
Robin Millhouse Robin Millhouse Robin Rhodes Millhouse QC has been, at various times, the South Australian Attorney-General, the first Australian Democrats parliamentarian, and the Chief Justice of both Kiribati and Nauru....	LM/New LM New LM The New Liberal Movement was a South Australian political party that had parliamentary representation during the mid-1970s.Formed by Robin Millhouse on 6 May 1976 following the dissolution of the Liberal Movement, the New LM sought to be the true liberal party in South Australia, arguing that the...	Mitcham Electoral district of Mitcham (South Australia) Mitcham was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1938 to 1993. The district was based in the south-eastern suburbs of Adelaide....	1955–1982
Bill Nankivell	LCL	Mallee	1959–1979
John Olson	Labor	Semaphore	1973–1979
Ron Payne	Labor	Mitchell Electoral district of Mitchell (South Australia) Mitchell is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the state of South Australia. It was first created in 1969 and is named after philosopher Sir William Mitchell...	1970–1989
Allan Rodda	LCL/Liberal	Victoria	1965–1985
Keith Russack	LCL/Liberal	Gouger	1973–1982
Don Simmons	Labor	Peake Electoral district of Peake Peake was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1970 to 2002. The district was based in the western suburbs of Adelaide....	1970–1979
Jack Slater	Labor	Gilles	1970–1989
Dr David Tonkin David Tonkin Dr David Oliver Tonkin AO was the 38th Premier of South Australia, serving from 18 September 1979 to 10 November 1982. He was elected to the House of Assembly seat of Bragg at the 1970 election, serving until 1983. He became the leader of the South Australian division of the Liberal Party of...	LCL/Liberal	Bragg Electoral district of Bragg Bragg is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. The seat of Bragg is named after the eminent physicists Bragg – William Henry and his son, William Lawrence. The electorate is largely urban and encompasses a significant portion of the City of...	1970–1983
Murray Vandepeer	LCL/Liberal	Millicent	1975–1977
Howard Venning	LCL/Liberal	Rocky River	1968–1979
Hon Geoff Virgo Geoff Virgo Geoffrey Thomas "Geoff" Virgo was an Australian politician.-Political career:From 2 March 1968 to 29 May 1970 he represented the electoral district of Edwardstown, South Australia in the South Australian House of Assembly as a member of the Australian Labor Party...	Labor	Ascot Park	1968–1979
Ivon Wardle	LCL/Liberal	Murray	1968–1977
Charles Wells	Labor	Florey Electoral district of Florey Florey is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after scientist Howard Florey, who was responsible for the development of penicillin...	1970–1979
George Whitten	Labor	Price Electoral district of Price Price was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1985 to 2002. Based in the north-west of Adelaide, it was a safe seat for the Labor Party.The district was renamed Cheltenham at the 2002 state election...	1975–1985
David Wotton David Wotton David Charles Wotton is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the South Australian House of Assembly between 1975 and 2002, representing the electorates of Murray and Heysen....	LCL/Liberal	Heysen Electoral district of Heysen Heysen is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after Sir Hans Heysen, a prominent South Australian landscape artist. It is a 616 km² electoral district stretching from residential suburbs in the east and southeast of Adelaide...	1975–2002
Jack Wright	Labor	Adelaide Electoral district of Adelaide Adelaide is an electorate for the South Australian House of Assembly which includes Adelaide's central business district and suburbs in the inner north and inner north east...	1971–1985

The Country Party

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...

renamed itself to the National Country Party

National Party of Australia

during the course of this term..

The Liberal and Country League

Liberal and Country League

The Liberal and Country League was a major political party in South Australia throughout its forty year existence. Thirty-four years were spent in government, in part due to the electoral malapportionment known as the Playmander, introduced after coming to power.Created on 9 June 1932 as the...

decided to rename itself to the Liberal Party of Australia

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...

, in accordance with the federal party, in early 1976, as negotiations progressed to reunite with the rebel Liberal Movement party. The LM duly voted to rejoin the party in May 1976, with one of its two MHAs, David Boundy, joining the new Liberal Party. The second MHA, Robin Millhouse

Robin Millhouse

Robin Rhodes Millhouse QC has been, at various times, the South Australian Attorney-General, the first Australian Democrats parliamentarian, and the Chief Justice of both Kiribati and Nauru....

, who had fiercely opposed the merger, immediately founded a new party, the New LM

New LM

The New Liberal Movement was a South Australian political party that had parliamentary representation during the mid-1970s.Formed by Robin Millhouse on 6 May 1976 following the dissolution of the Liberal Movement, the New LM sought to be the true liberal party in South Australia, arguing that the...

, and served as its sole representative in the House of Assembly.

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