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:

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.