Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1865–1869

This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1865 to 1869.

This was the third 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] Eight members were elected – six by the "effluxion of time" and two to replace members Forster and Waterhouse who resigned the previous December.[4]

Name Time in office Term expires Notes
George Fife Angas1851–1866reelected 1865; resigned August 1866
Henry Ayers1857–1888
1888–1893
Feb. 1873reelected 1865[5]
Charles Hervey Bagot1851–1853
1857–1861
1865–1869
Feb. 1873reelected 1865
John Tuthill Bagot1866–1870Feb. 1877filled vacancy September 1866
John Baker1851–1861
1863–1872
Feb. 1869
John Henry Barrow1861–1871Feb. 1869[6]
Charles Bonney1865–1866resigned August 1866
John Crozier1867–1887Feb. 1877filled vacancy August 1867
Samuel Davenport1855–1866Feb. 1873resigned August 1866
Thomas Elder1863–1869
1871–1878
Feb. 1869
Thomas English1865–1878
1882–1885
Feb. 1869
Charles George Everard1857–1869Feb. 1869
George Hall1851–1867Feb. 1869died July 1867
John Hodgkiss1866–1872
1878–1884
Feb. 1877filled vacancy September 1866
Thomas Hogarth1866–1885Feb. 1873filled vacancy September 1866
Edward McEllister1863–1866died May 1866
Thomas Magarey1865–1867resigned July 1867
Henry Mildred1866–1873Feb. 1873filled vacancy September 1866
William Morgan1867–1884Feb. 1877filled vacancy August 1867
John Morphett1851–1873Feb. 1873reelected 1865
William Parkin1866–1877Feb. 1877filled vacancy September 1866
William Peacock1861–1869Feb. 1869[7]
Abraham Scott1857–1867Feb. 1873resigned July 1867
Emanuel Solomon1867–1871Feb. 1877filled vacancy August 1867
resigned September 1871
Judah Moss Solomon1861–1866Feb. 1873resigned August 1866
William Wedd Tuxford1865–1873Feb. 1873

References

  1. "Colonial Constitutions". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 16 March 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 28 August 2014 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "The New Parliament". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 26 March 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 27 August 2014 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Our First Parliament". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 8 March 1930. p. 15. Retrieved 28 August 2014 via National Library of Australia.
  4. "The South Australian Parliament". South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail. Adelaide. 6 June 1868. p. 12. Retrieved 1 September 2014 via National Library of Australia. A useful synopsis.
  5. Ayers' term originally to have expired 1869 but changed to 1865 when O'Halloran resigned
  6. Barrow's term originally to have expired 1873 but became 1869 after by-elections
  7. Peacock's term originally to have expired 1873 but changed to 1869 after by-elections
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