This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1877 to 1881.
This was the sixth Legislative Council to be elected under the Constitution of 1856, which provided for a house consisting of eighteen members to be elected from the whole colony acting as one electoral district "The Province"; that six members, selected by lot, should be replaced at General Elections after four years, another six to be replaced four years later and thenceforth each member should have a term of twelve years.[1][2][3]
Six seats were declared vacant by rotation in 1877, filled by Morgan, Crozier, Baker, English, Pearce and Hughes.
| Name | Time in office | Term expires | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Ayers | 1857–1888 1888–1893 |
Feb. 1881 | |
| Richard Chaffey Baker | 1877–1901 | elected Apr. 1877 | |
| Allan Campbell | 1878– | elected Sep. 1878 | |
| John Crozier | 1867–1887 | returned 1877 | |
| Walter Duffield | 1873–1880 | ||
| John Dunn Jr. | 1880–1888 | elected Jul 1880 | |
| Thomas Elder | 1863–1869 1871–1878 |
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| Thomas English | 1865–1878 1882–1885 |
returned 1877 | |
| William Everard | 1873–1878 | ||
| Joseph Fisher | 1873–1881 | Feb. 1881 | |
| Alexander Hay | 1873–1881 | Feb. 1881 | |
| Thomas Hogarth | 1866–1885 | ||
| Henry Kent Hughes | 1877–1880 | elected Apr. 1877, resigned 1880 | |
| William Milne | 1869–1881 | Feb. 1881 | |
| William Morgan | 1867–1884 | returned 1877 | |
| Alexander Borthwick Murray | 1880–1888 | elected Jul. 1880 | |
| James Pearce | 1877–1885 | elected April 1877 | |
| James Garden Ramsay | 1880–1890 | elected Jul. 1880 | |
| William Sandover | 1873–1885 | ||
| Philip Santo | 1871–1881 | Feb. 1881 | |
| Henry Scott | 1878–1891 | elected Sep. 1878 | |
| William Storrie | 1871–1878 | ||
| Robert Alfred Tarlton | 1873–1888 | Feb. 1881 | |
| Charles Burney Young | 1878–1880 | resigned 1880 |
References
edit- ^ "Colonial Constitutions". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 16 March 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 28 August 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The New Parliament". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 26 March 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 27 August 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Our First Parliament". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 8 March 1930. p. 15. Retrieved 28 August 2014 – via National Library of Australia.