Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1870–71

This is a list of members of the sixth parliament of the South Australian House of Assembly, which sat from 27 May 1870 until 23 November 1871. The members were elected at the 1870 colonial election.

Name Electorate Term in Office Richard Baker Barossa 1868–1871 William Henry Bean West Torrens 1870–1871, 1878–1884 Hon Arthur Blyth Gumeracha 1857–1868, 1870–1877 Neville Blyth Victoria 1860–1867, 1868–1870, 1871, 1877–1878 James Boucaut West Torrens 1861–1862, 1865–1870, 1871–1878 Henry Bright Stanley 1865–1884 John Carr Noarlunga 1865–1879, 1881–1884 Wentworth Cavenagh Yatala 1862–1875, 1875–1881 John Cheriton Mount Barker 1868, 1868–1871 Patrick Coglin West Adelaide 1860–1868, 1870–1871, 1875–1881, 1882–1887 Robert Cottrell East Adelaide 1868–1875 John Darling West Adelaide 1870–1871, 1876–1881, 1885–1887 Walter Duffield Barossa 1857–1868, 1870–1871 Hampton Gleeson Flinders 1870–1871 Lavington Glyde Yatala 1857–1875, 1877–1884 Edward Hamilton Light 1870–1871 John Hart The Burra 1857–1859, 1862–1866, 1868–1873 Alexander Hay East Torrens 1857–1861, 1867–1871 Henry Kent Hughes Port Adelaide 1868–1875 Sir George Kingston Stanley 1857–1860, 1861–1880 Friedrich Krichauff Onkaparinga 1857–1858, 1870–1882, 1884–1890Park Laurie Victoria 1870–1871, 1873–1875 Arthur Fydell Lindsay Encounter Bay 1857–1860, 1870–1871, 1873–1878 John Lindsay The Sturt 1860–1865, 1870–1871 Charles Mann The Burra 1870–1881 Henry Hay Mildred East Torrens 1870–1871 David Murray East Adelaide 1870–1871, 1877–1878, 1881, 1881 William Paltridge Victoria 1870–1871 James Pearce Light 1870–1875 Thomas Playford Onkaparinga 1868–1871, 1875–1887,1887–1890, 1899–1901 William Quin Port Adelaide 1870–1871, 1875–1880 James Garden Ramsay Mount Barker 1870–1875, 1876–1878 James Stewart Noarlunga 1870–1871 Hon Henry Strangways West Torrens 1858–1871 William Townsend The Sturt 1857–1882 Ebenezer Ward Gumeracha 1870–1880, 1881–1890 Alfred Watts Flinders 1862–1866, 1868–1875 Emil Wentzel Encounter Bay 1870–1871 James White Light 1871, 1875–1881

West Torrens MHA Henry Strangways resigned on 28 July 1871. James Boucaut won the resulting by-election on 10 August. Light MHA Edward Hamilton resigned on 28 July 1871. James White won the resulting by-election on 12 August. Victoria MHA William Paltridge resigned on 28 July 1871. Neville Blyth won the resulting by-election on 24 August.

References Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836-2007, Parliament of SA, www.parliament.sa.gov.au