# Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1978–1981

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1978 to 1981 held office following the 1978 referendum which reduced the number of members from 60 to 43, provided for the direct election of members of the Legislative Council and that members would serve for 3 terms of the Legislative Assembly. Only 15 of the 43 members had been elected at the 1978 Legislative Council election. Under the transitional arrangements, 28 members had been indirectly elected by joint sittings of the New South Wales Parliament, with 14 of those members to retire at the next general election, held in 1981, and the remaining 14 members would retire at the following general election, held in 1984.
The President was Johno Johnson.
| Name | Party | End term | Years in office |
| Kath Anderson | Labor | 1981 | 1973–1981 |
| Peter Baldwin | Labor | 1984 | 1976–1982 |
| Roger de Bryon-Faes | Liberal | 1981 | 1961–1981 |
| Don Burton | Labor | 1984 | 1976–1984 |
| Frank Calabro | Liberal | 1987 | 1970–1988 |
| Virginia Chadwick | Liberal | 1987 | 1978–1999 |
| Leo Connellan | National Country | 1981 | 1969–1970, 1970–1981 |
| Fergus Darling | Liberal | 1984 | 1976–1981 |
| Jack Doohan] | National Country | 1981 | 1978–1991 |
| John Ducker | Labor | 1984 | 1972–1979 |
| Fred Duncan | Liberal | 1984 | 1972–1984 |
| Ron Dyer | Labor | 1984 | 1979–2003 |
| Marie Fisher | Labor | 1987 | 1978–1988 |
| Derek Freeman | Liberal | 1981 | 1973–1981, 1981–1984 |
| Barney French | Labor | 1981 | 1973–1991 |
| Deirdre Grusovin | Labor | 1987 | 1978–1990 |
| Jack Hallam | Labor | 1981 | 1973–1991 |
| Clive Healey | Labor | 1987 | 1970–1988 |
| John Holt | Liberal | 1984 | 1972–1984 |
| Dorothy Isaksen | Labor | 1987 | 1978–1988, 1990–1999 |
| Johno Johnson | Labor | 1984 | 1976–2001 |
| Jim Kaldis | Labor | 1987 | 1978–1999 |
| Bill Kennedy | National Country | 1984 | 1971–1984 |
| Norm King | Labor | 1987 | 1978–1988 |
| Delcia Kite | Labor | 1984 | 1976–1995 |
| Paul Landa | Labor | 1981 | 1973–1984 |
| Lloyd Lange | Liberal | 1987 | 1974–1986 |
| Vi Lloyd | Liberal | 1981 | 1973–1981 |
| Toby MacDiarmid | National Country | 1987 | 1973–1988 |
| Peter McMahon | Labor | 1981 | 1973–1981 |
| Herb McPherson | Labor | 1981 | 1964–1981 |
| Robert Melville | Labor | 1981 | 1973–1981 |
| John Morris | Labor | 1984 | 1976–1984 |
| Nathanael Orr | Liberal | 1984 | 1976–1984 |
| Peter Philips | Liberal | 1987 | 1976–1988 |
| Ted Pickering | Liberal | 1981 | 1976–1988 |
| Bob Rowland Smith | National Country | 1987 | 1974–1999 |
| Bill Sandwith | Liberal | 1984 | 1976–1984 |
| Adrian Solomons | National Country | 1984 | 1969–1991 |
| Joe Thompson | Labor | 1987 | 1974–1988 |
| Roy Turner | Labor | 1984 | 1976–1984 |
| Barrie Unsworth | Labor | 1987 | 1978–1986 |
| Peter Watkins | Labor | 1987 | 1978–1987 |
| Max Willis | Liberal | 1981 | 1970–1999 |
* ↑ Sir John Fuller (National) resigned on 1 August 1978. Jack Doohan was the first National candidate not elected at the 1978 Legislative Council election, and was declared to have been elected to the resulting casual vacancy on 6 December 1978.
* 1 2 John Ducker (Labor) resigned on 5 September 1979. Ron Dyer was the only Labor candidate not elected at the 1978 Legislative Council election, and was declared to have been elected to the resulting casual vacancy on 14 September 1979.