Sturt (The Sturt until 1875) was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It was named after the explorer Charles Sturt.
Sturt was one of the initial districts in the first parliament. It was initially centred on Unley, but later broadened to include all or part of Belair, Brighton, Glenelg, Goodwood, Hyde Park, Mitcham, Parkside and Sturt. When recreated in 1915, it also included Hawthorn and Wayville.
Members First incarnation (1857–1902)MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm John Hallett1857–1862 Thomas Reynolds 1857–1860 Joseph Peacock1860–1867 R. B. Andrews1862–1870 Alexander Murray 1867–1868 Joseph Fisher1868–1870 Frederick Spicer 1870–1870 William Townsend1870–1882 John Lindsay 1870–1871 J. H. Barrow 1871–1874 William Mair 1874–1875 S. J. Way 1875–1876 Thomas King 1876–1881 Josiah Symon1881–1887 Thomas King 1882–1885 S. G. Glyde 1885–1887 W. F. Stock 1887–1893 John Jenkins1887–1902 Thomas Price Labor 1893–1902
Second incarnation (1915–1938)MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm Crawford Vaughan Labor 1915–1917 T. H. Smeaton Labor 1915–1917 Thomas Ryan Labor 1915–1917 National 1917–1918 National1917–1921 National1917–1917 Independent 1918–1918 Arthur Blackburn National 1918–1921 Edward Vardon Liberal Union 1918–1921 Herbert Richards Liberal Union 1921–1923 George Hussey Liberal Union 1921–1923 Ernest Anthoney Liberal Union 1921–1923 Liberal Federation1923–1930 Liberal Federation 1923–1924 Liberal Federation1923–1938 Edward Vardon Liberal Federation 1924–1930 Bob Dale Labor 1930–1931 Edgar Dawes Labor1930–1933 Lang Labor1931–1933 Liberal and Country1932–1938 Henry Dunks Liberal and Country 1933–1938 Horace Hogben Liberal and Country 1933–1938
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