Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1868–1870

This is a list of members of the fifth parliament of the South Australian House of Assembly, which sat from 31 July 1868 until 2 March 1870. The members were elected at the 1868 colonial election.

Name Electorate Term in Office
Richard Andrews [2]The Sturt1857–1860, 1862–1870
Richard BakerBarossa1868–1871
George Thomas Bean [3]West Torrens1868–1870
Neville BlythEncounter Bay1860–1867, 1868–1870, 1871, 1877–1878
David BowerPort Adelaide1865–1870, 1875–1887
James BoucautThe Burra1861–1862, 1865–1870, 1871–1878
Henry BrightStanley1865–1884
John CarrNoarlunga1865–1879, 1881–1884
Wentworth CavenaghYatala1862–1875, 1875–1881
John Cheriton [1]Mount Barker1868, 1868–1871
John ColtonNoarlunga1862–1870, 1875–1878, 1880–1887
Robert CottrellEast Adelaide1868–1875
John Dunn [1]Mount Barker1857–1868, 1868
William EverardMount Barker1865–1870, 1871–1872
Daniel FisherEast Torrens1867–1870
Joseph FisherThe Sturt1868–1870
Henry FullerWest Adelaide1865–1870
Lavington GlydeYatala1857–1875, 1877–1884
John HartLight1857–1859, 1862–1866, 1868–1873
Alexander HayGumeracha1857–1861, 1867–1871
Henry HillPort Adelaide1868–1870
Henry Kent HughesVictoria1868–1875
George KingstonStanley1857–1860, 1861–1880
William LewisLight1868–1870
William Ranson MortlockFlinders1868–1870, 1871–1875, 1878–1884
John Bentham NealesThe Burra1857–1860, 1862–1870
George PearceEast Torrens1868–1870
John Pickering [3]West Torrens1865–1868, 1870, 1871–1878
Thomas PlayfordOnkaparinga1868–1871, 1875–1887,
1887–1890, 1899–1901
Hon Thomas ReynoldsEast Adelaide1857–1862, 1862, 1864–1870,
1871–1872, 1872–1873
John RiddochVictoria1865–1870, 1871–1873
William Rogers [1]Mount Barker1858–1860, 1864–1865, 1868,
1868–1870, 1872–1875
William SandoverGumeracha1868–1870
Philip SantoBarossa1860–1870
William Knox SimmsWest Adelaide1868–1870, 1871–1876, 1878–1881
Frederick Spicer [2]The Sturt1870
Augustine StowFlinders1866–1868
Hon Henry StrangwaysWest Torrens1858–1871
William TownsendOnkaparinga1857–1882
Alfred WattsFlinders1862–1866, 1868–1875
1 John Cheriton and William Rogers were initially declared elected as the two members for Mount Barker, but their election was challenged and they were unseated on 11 August 1868. Cheriton was re-elected in the resulting by-election on 3 September, but Rogers was defeated by John Dunn. Dunn's election was then challenged, and his election was voided on 9 October. Rogers then won a second by-election on 5 November.
2 The Sturt MHA Richard Andrews resigned on 18 January 1870. Frederick Spicer won the resulting by-election on 10 February.
3 The seat of West Torrens MHA was declared vacant on 20 January 1870 due to George Bean's non-attendance. John Pickering won the resulting by-election on 10 February.

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