Electoral district of Encounter Bay

Encounter Bay was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian colony (state of Australia from 1901) of South Australia from 1857 to 1902.

At its creation in 1857, it included booths at Goolwa, Port Elliot, Rapid Bay and Yankalilla. It expanded over time with the settlement of the area to include booths at Cape Jervis, Inman Valley and Myponga (1870), Hog Bay and Port Victor (now Victor Harbor) (1875), Kingscote (1878), Bullaparinga (1881), Second Valley (1893, replacing Rapid Bay), Nangkita (1896) and Torrens Vale (1899).

In 2015, the former electorate of Encounter Bay is now divided between the state electorates of Finniss and Hammond.

Members MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm Arthur Lindsay1857–1860  Benjamin Babbage 1857–1857 Henry Strangways1858–1862 John Lindsay1860–1865 David Sutherland1862–1868 William Everard1865–1870  Neville Blyth 1868–1870  Arthur Lindsay 1870–1871  Emil Wentzel 1870–1871 Thomas Reynolds1871–1873  William Everard 1871–1872 William Rogers1872–1875 Arthur Lindsay1873–1878 James Boucaut1875–1878 John Parsons1878–1881  William West-Erskine 1878–1881 Henry Downer1881–1891  Simpson Newland 1881–1887  Charles Hussey 1887–1890 John Kelly1890–1896  Defence League 1891–1896   King O'Malley 1896–1899 William CarpenterLabor1896–1902  Charles Tucker 1899–1902

After Encounter Bay was abolished, Tucker went on to represent the new district of Alexandra from 3 May 1902.

See also Encounter (disambiguation)

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