Members of the Australian Senate, 1978–1981

This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1 July 1978 to 30 June 1981:

Senator	Party	State	Years in Office
Brian Archer	Liberal	Tasmania	1975–1994
Dr Peter Baume	Liberal	New South Wales	1974–1991
Hon Reg Bishop	ALP	South Australia	1961–1981
Flo Bjelke-Petersen 6	National	Queensland	1981–1993
Neville Bonner	Liberal	Queensland	1971–1983
John Button	ALP	Victoria	1974–1993
Hon John Carrick	Liberal	New South Wales	1970–1987
Hon Jim Cavanagh	ALP	South Australia	1961–1981
Fred Chaney	Liberal	Western Australia	1974–1990
Hon Don Chipp	Democrat	Victoria	1977–1986
Ruth Coleman	ALP	Western Australia	1974–1987
Stan Collard	NCP	Queensland	1975–1987
Gordon Davidson	Liberal	South Australia	1961, 1962, 1965–1981
Hon Peter Durack	Liberal	Western Australia	1970–1993
Dr Mal Colston	ALP	Queensland	1975–1999
Hon Bob Cotton 1	Liberal	New South Wales	1965–1978
Ron Elstob	ALP	South Australia	1978–1987
Gareth Evans	ALP	Victoria	1977–1996
George Georges	ALP	Queensland	1967–1987
Arthur Gietzelt	ALP	New South Wales	1970–1989
Dr Don Grimes	ALP	Tasmania	1974–1987
Hon Margaret Guilfoyle	Liberal	Victoria	1970–1987
David Hamer	Liberal	Victoria	1978–1990
Brian Harradine	Independent	Tasmania	1975–2005
Jean Hearn 4	ALP	Tasmania	1980–1985
Don Jessop	Liberal	South Australia	1970–1991
Jim Keeffe	ALP	Queensland	1964–1983
Bernie Kilgariff	CLP	Northern Territory	1975–1987
John Knight 7	Liberal	Australian Capital Territory	1975–1981
Milivoj Lajovic	Liberal	New South Wales	1975–1985
Sir Condor Laucke	Liberal	South Australia	1967–1981
Austin Lewis	Liberal	Victoria	1976–1993
David MacGibbon	Liberal	Queensland	1978–1999
Kathy Martin	Liberal	Queensland	1974–1984
John Martyr 5	Liberal	Western Australia	1981–1983
Colin Mason	Democrat	New South Wales	1978–1987
Ron Maunsell	NCP	Queensland	1967–1981
Ron McAuliffe	ALP	Queensland	1970–1981
Hon Doug McClelland	ALP	New South Wales	1961–1987
Hon Jim McClelland2	ALP	New South Wales	1970–1978
Gordon McIntosh	ALP	Western Australia	1974–1987
Geoff McLaren	ALP	South Australia	1970–1983
Jean Melzer	ALP	New South Wales	1974–1981
Tony Messner	Liberal	South Australia	1975–1990
Alan Missen	Liberal	Victoria	1974–1986
Tony Mulvihill	ALP	New South Wales	1964–1983
Laurence Neal3	NCP	New South Wales	1980–1981
Hon Justin O'Byrne	ALP	Tasmania	1947–1981
Cyril Primmer	ALP	Victoria	1971–1985
Chris Puplick 1	Liberal	New South Wales	1978–1981, 1984–1990
Peter Rae	Liberal	Tasmania	1967–1986
Margaret Reid 7	Liberal	Australian Capital Territory	1981–2003
Ted Robertson	ALP	Northern Territory	1975–1987
Allan Rocher 5	Liberal	Western Australia	1978–1981
Susan Ryan	ALP	Australian Capital Territory	1975–1988
Douglas Scott	NCP	New South Wales	1970, 1974–1985
Dr Glen Sheil 6	NCP	Queensland	1974–1981
Kerry Sibraa2	ALP	New South Wales	1975–1978, 1978–1994
Peter Sim	Liberal	Western Australia	1964–1981
Michael Tate	ALP	Tasmania	1977–1993
Baden Teague	Liberal	South Australia	1977–1996
Andrew Thomas	Liberal	Western Australia	1975–1983
Michael Townley	Liberal	Tasmania	1970–1987
Peter Walsh	ALP	Western Australia	1974–1993
Shirley Walters	Liberal	Tasmania	1975–1993
John Watson	Liberal	Tasmania	1978–2008
Hon James Webster 3	NCP	Victoria	1964–1981
Hon John Wheeldon	ALP	Western Australia	1964–1981
Rt Hon Reg Withers	Liberal	Western Australia	1966, 1967–1987
Hon Ken Wriedt 4	ALP	Tasmania	1964–1980
Harold Young	Liberal	South Australia	1968–1981

¹ New South Wales Liberal Senator Bob Cotton resigned on 13 July 1978. Chris Puplick was appointed as his replacement on 26 July.

² New South Wales ALP Senator Jim McClelland resigned on 21 July 1978. Kerry Sibraa was appointed as his replacement on 9 August.

³ Victorian NCP Senator James Webster resigned on 21 January 1980. Laurence Neal was appointed as his replacement on 11 March.

⁴ Tasmanian ALP Senator Ken Wriedt resigned on 25 September 1980 in order to contest the Australian House of Representatives seat of Denison at the 1980 election. Jean Hearn was appointed as his replacement on 15 October.

⁵ Western Australian Liberal Senator Allan Rocher resigned in early 1981 to contest the 1981 Curtin by-election. John Martyr was appointed as his replacement on 11 March.

⁶ Queensland NCP Senator Glen Sheil resigned in early 1981. Flo Bjelke-Petersen was appointed as his replacement on 12 March.

⁷ Australian Capital Territory Liberal Senator John Knight died on 4 March 1981. Margaret Reid was appointed as his replacement on 5 May.

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