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1985

This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council between 1982 and 1985. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each state election, half of these members were elected at the 1979 state election with terms expiring in 1985, while the other half were elected at the 1982 state election with terms expiring in 1989.

Name Party Term expiry Term of office
Frank Blevins [1] Labor 1989 1975–1985
Gordon Bruce Labor 1985 1979–1993
John Burdett Liberal 1985 1973–1993
Martin Cameron Liberal 1989 1971–1990
Brian Chatterton Labor 1985 1973–1987
Dr John Cornwall Labor 1989 1975–1989
Cecil Creedon Labor 1985 1973–1985
Legh Davis Liberal 1985 1979–2002
Ren DeGaris Liberal 1985 1962–1985
Peter Dunn Liberal 1989 1982–1997
Mario Feleppa Labor 1989 1982–1995
Ian Gilfillan Democrat 1989 1982–1993, 1997–2006
Trevor Griffin Liberal 1985 1978–2002
Murray Hill Liberal 1989 1965–1988
Diana Laidlaw Liberal 1989 1982–2003
Anne Levy Labor 1989 1975–1997
Rob Lucas Liberal 1989 1982–present
Lance Milne Democrat 1985 1979–1985
Robert Ritson Liberal 1985 1979–1993
Chris Sumner Labor 1989 1975–1994
Arthur Whyte Liberal 1985 1966–1985
Barbara Wiese Labor 1985 1979–1995
1 Labor MLC Frank Blevins resigned on 15 November 1985 in order to contest the Legislative Assembly seat of Giles at the 1985 state election. Due to the proximity of the election, the parliament expired before the casual vacancy could be filled, and George Weatherill was duly appointed to serve out the remaining four years of Blevins' term by the new parliament in 1986.