Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1993-1997
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This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council
between 1993 and 1997. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each state election, half of these members were elected at the 1989 state election
with terms expiring in 1997, while the other half were elected at the 1993 state election with terms expiring in 2002.
South Australian Legislative Council
The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. Its central purpose is to act as a house of review for legislation passed through the lower house, the House of Assembly...
between 1993 and 1997. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each state election, half of these members were elected at the 1989 state election
South Australian state election, 1989
State elections were held in Australia on November 25, 1989. 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 John Bannon defeated the Liberal Party of Australia led by Leader of the Opposition John...
with terms expiring in 1997, while the other half were elected at the 1993 state election with terms expiring in 2002.
| Name | Party | Term expires | Term of office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Cameron Terry Cameron Terry Gordon Cameron is a former South Australian politician.Cameron entered the South Australian Legislative Council in 1994 to fill an Australian Labor Party vacancy, and then was re-elected as a Labor candidate in 1997. However he resigned from the party in order to support the Olsen Liberal... |
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... |
1997 | 1995–2006 |
| Trevor Crothers Trevor Crothers Trevor Crothers was a South Australian politician. Crothers entered the South Australian Legislative Council in 1987 to fill an Australian Labor Party vacancy, and then was re-elected as a Labor candidate in 1993... |
Labor | 2002 | 1987–2002 |
| Legh Davis | 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... |
2002 | 1979–2002 |
| Peter Dunn | Liberal | 1997 | 1982–1997 |
| Mike Elliott Mike Elliott (politician) Michael John Elliott is a former Australian politician. He graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Science, and later achieved a Graduate Diploma of Teaching. In 1985 he was elected to the South Australian Legislative Council as a Democrat. He resigned in 1993 but was... |
Democrat Australian Democrats The Australian Democrats is an Australian political party espousing a socially liberal ideology. It was formed in 1977, by a merger of the Australia Party and the New LM, after principals of those minor parties secured the commitment of former Liberal minister Don Chipp, as a high profile leader... |
1997 | 1985–1993, 1994–2002 |
| Mario Feleppa | Labor | 1997 | 1982–1995 |
| Ian Gilfillan Ian Gilfillan Ian Gilfillan is a former Australian politician. He was educated in Adelaide and was based on Kangaroo Island. He contested the 1974 federal election as a member of the Australia Party, but joined the Australian Democrats in 1977. In 1982, he was elected to the South Australian Legislative Council... |
Democrat | 1997 | 1982–1993, 1997–2006 |
| Trevor Griffin | Liberal | 2002 | 1978–2002 |
| Paul Holloway Paul Holloway Paul Holloway is an Australian politician who represented the Australian Labor Party in the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Mitchell from 1989 to 1993, and in the South Australian Legislative Council from 1995 to 2011.... |
Labor | 2002 | 1995–2011 |
| Jamie Irwin | Liberal | 2002 | 1985–2002 |
| Sandra Kanck Sandra Kanck Sandra Myrtho Kanck is a South Australian politician. She was an Australian Democrats member of the South Australian Legislative Council 1993-2009, and at the time of the announcement of her resignation in November 2008, her party's sole remaining member of any Australian parliament... |
Democrat | 2002 | 1993–2008 |
| Diana Laidlaw Diana Laidlaw Diana Laidlaw was a South Australian Liberal politician, an elected member of the Legislative Council and held several ministerial posts.- Biography :... |
Liberal | 1997 | 1982–2003 |
| Robert Lawson Robert Lawson (Australian politician) Robert David Lawson QC, RFD was an Australian politician from 1993 to 2010 as a Liberal Party of Australia member of the South Australian Legislative Council.Prior to entering politics, Lawson was appointed Queen's Counsel.... |
Liberal | 2002 | 1993–2010 |
| Anne Levy Anne Levy Judith Anne Winstanley Levy AO is a former Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1975 to 1997.... |
Labor | 1997 | 1975–1997 |
| Rob Lucas Rob Lucas Robert Ivan "Rob" Lucas is an Australian politician and a Liberal Party of Australia Member of the Opposition in the South Australian Legislative Council, and was re-elected in the 2006 election.... |
Liberal | 1997 | 1982–present |
| Paolo Nocella | Labor | 1997 | 1995–1997 |
| Bernice Pfitzner Bernice Pfitzner Bernice Swee Lian Pfitzner, née Tu is a former Australian politician and member of the South Australian Legislative Council.... |
Liberal | 1997 | 1990–1997 |
| Carolyn Pickles | Labor | 2002 | 1985–2002 |
| Angus Redford Angus Redford Angus John Redford is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the South Australian Legislative Council between 1993 and 2006.... |
Liberal | 2002 | 1993–2006 |
| Ron Roberts | Labor | 1997 | 1989–2006 |
| Terry Roberts Terry Roberts The Hon Terry Roberts was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council between 1985 and 2006. At the time of his death, he was a Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation and Correctional Services in the South Australian government.Roberts was born and educated in Millicent, South... |
Labor | 2002 | 1984–2006 |
| Caroline Schaefer Caroline Schaefer Caroline Veronica Schaefer is an Australian politician, and a Liberal Party of Australia member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1993 to 2010.... |
Liberal | 2002 | 1993–2010 |
| Julian Stefani | Liberal | 1997 | 1988–2006 |
| Chris Sumner Chris Sumner Christopher John "Chris" Sumner AM is a former Australian politician.Sumner, who holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Law and was a barrister and solicitor before entering politics, was elected to the South Australian Legislative Council for the Australian Labor Party in 1975... |
Labor | 1997 | 1975–1994 |
| George Weatherill George Weatherill (politician) George Weatherill is a former Australian politician, representing the Australian Labor Party in the South Australian Legislative Council from 1986 to 2000.... |
Labor | 1997 | 1986–2000 |
| Barbara Wiese | Labor | 2002 | 1979–1995 |
- Democrat MLC Ian GilfillanIan GilfillanIan Gilfillan is a former Australian politician. He was educated in Adelaide and was based on Kangaroo Island. He contested the 1974 federal election as a member of the Australia Party, but joined the Australian Democrats in 1977. In 1982, he was elected to the South Australian Legislative Council...
resigned on 18 November 1993. Former MLC Mike ElliottMike Elliott (politician)Michael John Elliott is a former Australian politician. He graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Science, and later achieved a Graduate Diploma of Teaching. In 1985 he was elected to the South Australian Legislative Council as a Democrat. He resigned in 1993 but was...
was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 10 February 1994. - Labor MLC Chris SumnerChris SumnerChristopher John "Chris" Sumner AM is a former Australian politician.Sumner, who holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Law and was a barrister and solicitor before entering politics, was elected to the South Australian Legislative Council for the Australian Labor Party in 1975...
resigned on 7 October 1994. Terry CameronTerry CameronTerry Gordon Cameron is a former South Australian politician.Cameron entered the South Australian Legislative Council in 1994 to fill an Australian Labor Party vacancy, and then was re-elected as a Labor candidate in 1997. However he resigned from the party in order to support the Olsen Liberal...
was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 13 September 1994. - Labor MLC Barbara Wiese resigned on 15 September 1995. Paul HollowayPaul HollowayPaul Holloway is an Australian politician who represented the Australian Labor Party in the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Mitchell from 1989 to 1993, and in the South Australian Legislative Council from 1995 to 2011....
was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 26 September 1995. - Labor MLC Mario Feleppa resigned on 4 October 1995. Paolo Nocella was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 10 October 1995.