This is a list of members of the

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from

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: On 30 April 1981, the Labor member for

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, Ted Evans, died, just one year into his first term. Labor candidate Ian Taylor won the resulting by-election on 20 June 1981. : On 31 January 1982, the

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and Liberal member for Nedlands, Sir

Charles Court Sir Charles Walter Michael Court, (29 September 1911 – 22 December 2007) was a Western Australian politician, and the 21st Premier of Western Australia from 1974 to 1982. He was a member of the Liberal Party. Early life Court's family e ...

, resigned. His son,

Richard Court Richard Fairfax Court (born 27 September 1947) is a former Australian politician and diplomat. He served as Premier of Western Australia from 1993 to 2001 and as Australian Ambassador to Japan from 2017 to 2020. A member of the Liberal Party, ...

, won the resulting by-election on 13 March 1982. : In October 1981, the Labor member for

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, Jack Skidmore, resigned from the party to sit as an

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. He subsequently resigned from parliament on 31 January 1982. Labor candidate Gordon Hill won the resulting by-election on 13 March 1982. : On 12 May 1982,

Ray McPharlin Walter Raymond McPharlin (21 February 1916 – 13 July 1991) was the Country Party member for Mount Marshall in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1967 to 1983. He played football for East Fremantle from 1938 to 1939 and in 1 ...

, the member for Mount Marshall, resigned from the National Party and joined the National Country Party. {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1980-1983 Members of Western Australian parliaments by term