Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1875–1878

This is a list of members of the eighth parliament of the South Australian House of Assembly, which sat from 6 May 1875 until 13 March 1878. The members were elected at the 1875 election.[1]

Name Electorate Term in Office
John Howard Angas [9] Barossa 1871–1876
M. P. F. Basedow [9] Barossa 1878–1901
Hon Arthur Blyth [12] North Adelaide 1857–1868, 1870–1877
Neville Blyth [12] North Adelaide 1860–1867, 1868–1870, 1871, 1877–1878
James Boucaut Encounter Bay 1861–1862, 1865–1870, 1871–1878
John Bosworth [6] Wooroora 1875–1884
David Bower Port Adelaide 1865–1870, 1875–1887
John Cox Bray East Adelaide 1871–1892
Henry Edward Bright Wooroora 1875–1884
John Carr Noarlunga 1865–1879, 1881–1884
Wentworth Cavenagh [2] Yatala 1862–1875, 1875–1881
Patrick Boyce Coglin Flinders 1860–1868, 1870–1871, 1875–1881, 1882–1887
Jenkin Coles [1] Light 1875–1878, 1881–1911
John Colton Noarlunga 1862–1870, 1875–1878, 1880–1887
Mountifort Conner [5] Albert 1875–1875
Ebenezer Cooke Flinders 1875–1882
Thomas Cowan [2] Yatala 1875–1878
John Darling Sr. [10] West Adelaide 1870–1871, 1876–1881, 1885–1887
John Duncan Wallaroo 1871–1875, 1875–1878, 1884–1890
John Dunn Jr. [4] Barossa 1875–1878
William Dunn Onkaparinga 1875–1878
Lavington Glyde [2] [14] Yatala, Victoria 1857–1875, 1877–1884
Frederick Hannaford Gumeracha 1875–1878
Arthur Hardy Albert 1875–1886, 1886–1887
George Charles Hawker Victoria 1858–1865, 1875–1883, 1884–1895
John Ingleby [14] Yatala, Victoria 1875–1877
Thomas Johnson West Adelaide 1875–1878, 1881–1884
William Kay East Adelaide 1875–1878
Thomas King [7] Sturt 1875–1881, 1882–1885
George Strickland Kingston Stanley 1862–1881
Friedrich Krichauff Onkaparinga 1857–1858, 1870–1882, 1884–1890
Albert Henry Landseer Mount Barker 1875–1899
Arthur Fydell Lindsay Encounter Bay 1857–1860, 1870–1871, 1873–1878
Matthew Madge [3] Wallaroo 1875
Charles Mann Stanley 1870–1881
David Murray [13] East Torrens 1870–1871, 1877–1878, 1881
James Pearce [6] Wooroora 1870–1875, 1875
John Pickering West Torrens 1865–1868, 1870, 1871–1878
Thomas Playford East Torrens 1868–1871, 1875–1887,
1887–1890, 1899–1901
William Quin Port Adelaide 1870–1871, 1875–1880
James G. Ramsay [8] Mount Barker 1870–1875, 1876–1878
Rowland Rees Burra 1873–1881, 1882–1890
John Richards Wallaroo 1875–1878
Robert Dalrymple Ross [3] Wallaroo 1875–1887
Ben Rounsevell Burra 1875–1890
William Knox Simms [10] West Adelaide 1868–1870, 1871–1876, 1878–1881
J. M. Sinclair [11] West Torrens 1876–1878
Edwin Thomas Smith [13] East Torrens 1871–1877, 1878–1893
Randolph Isham Stow [1] Light 1861–1865, 1866–1868, 1873–1875
Johann Sudholz [4] Barossa 1875
Benjamin Taylor [11] West Torrens 1875–1876
William Townsend Sturt 1857–1882
Ebenezer Ward Gumeracha 1870–1880, 1881–1890
Samuel Way [7] Sturt 1875–1876
William West-Erskine [8] Mount Barker 1871–1876, 1878–1881
James White Light 1871, 1875–1881
William Wigley [5] Albert 1875–1878
John Williams Flinders 1864–1868, 1875–1878
1 Light MHA Randolph Isham Stow resigned on 6 May 1875. Jenkin Coles won the resulting by-election on 17 May.
2 The two members for Yatala, Wentworth Cavenagh and Lavington Glyde, both resigned on 6 May 1875. Both men recontested the resulting by-election, which saw Cavenagh returned but Glyde defeated by Thomas Cowan.
3 Matthew Madge was initially declared elected as a member for Wallaroo, but his election was challenged and he was unseated on 20 May 1875. Robert Dalrymple Ross won the resulting by-election on 4 June.
4 Johann Sudholz was initially declared elected as a member for Barossa, but his election was challenged and he was unseated on 22 May 1875. John Dunn Jr. won the resulting by-election on 9 June.
5 Albert MHA Mountifort Conner resigned on 6 May 1875. William Wigley won the resulting by-election on 17 May.
6 Wooroora MHA James Pearce resigned on 27 July 1875. John Bosworth won the resulting by-election on 7 August.
7 Sturt MHA Samuel Way resigned on 20 March 1876 to take up the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia. Thomas King won the resulting by-election on 10 April.
8 Mount Barker MHA William West-Erskine resigned on 21 April 1876. James G. Ramsay won the resulting by-election on 1 May.
9 Barossa MHA John Howard Angas resigned on 10 May 1875. M. P. F. Basedow won the resulting by-election on 20 May.
10 West Adelaide MHA William Knox Simms resigned on 13 June 1876. John Darling Sr. won the resulting by-election on 21 June.
11 West Torrens MHA Benjamin Taylor resigned on 19 September 1876. John Sinclair won the resulting by-election on 27 September.
12 North Adelaide MHA Arthur Blyth accepted the office of South Australia's Agent General in London on 21 February 1877. His brother, Neville Blyth, won the resulting by-election on 14 March.
13 East Torrens MHA Edwin Thomas Smith resigned on 1 March 1877. David Murray won the resulting by-election on 27 March.
14 Victoria MHA John Ingleby resigned on 11 April 1877. Lavington Glyde won the resulting by-election on 17 May.

References

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  1. ^ "Statistical Register of the Parliament of South Australia" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.

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