Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1885–1888

This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1885 to 1888.

This was the first Legislative Council to be affected by the amendments to the Act, which provided for the Colony to be divided into four districts: (1) Central; (2) Southern; (3) North-Eastern and (4) Northern, with six members in each division; one third of each to be replaced in rotation every three years. Previously, the whole colony acted as one electoral district "The Province" with one third replaced at General Elections every four years. This and the following election (1888–1891) are notable for having members elected under both systems.

Name	District	Term expires	Time in office	Notes
John Howard Angas	Central		1887–1894
Henry Ayers			1857–1888 1888–1893
Richard Chaffey Baker	Southern		1877–1901	re-elected 1885
John Bosworth	North-Eastern		1886–1894	elected 1886
Henry Edward Bright	North-Eastern		1885–1891
William Christie Buik			1881–1888
Allan Campbell	Northern		1878–1898	re-elected 1885
William Copley	Northern		1887–1894
George Witheredge Cotton			1882–1886 1888–1892
John Crozier	Central		1867–1887	re-elected 1885 died 1887
John Dunn Jr.			1880–1888
William Dening Glyde			1882–1887
James Martin	North-Eastern		1885–1894
Alexander Borthwick Murray			1880–1888
John Pickering			1881–1888
James Garden Ramsay			1880–1890
James Rankine			1881–1888
Maurice Salom	Northern		1882-1891
Henry Scott	Central		1878–1891	re-elected 1885
William Knox Simms	Central		1884–1891	re-elected 1885
Alfred Muller Simpson	Central		1887–1894	elected 1887
John Brodie Spence			1881–1887	resigned vacancy declared June 1887
Robert Alfred Tarlton			1873–1888
Samuel Tomkinson	Southern		1885–1894 1897–1900
William Wadham	Northern		1885–1888	retired 1888
William West-Erskine	Southern		1885–1891

References

• Parliament of South Australia — Statistical Record of the Legislature