Results of the 1981 New South Wales Legislative Council election
Legislative Council election for New South Wales, Australia in 1981
This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 1981 New South Wales state election.
The Call to Australia (subsequently Christian Democratic Party) would win its first seat in the Legislative Council. The party would win a seat at every election until 2019.
Results
Continuing members
The following MLCs were not up for re-election this year.
While Derek Freeman was not elected at the election, he was appointed as a casual vacancy following the death of Fergus Darling, whose term would have continued until 1984.
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