Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1877–1881

This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1877 to 1881.

This was the sixth 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.

Six seats were declared vacant by rotation in 1877, filled by Morgan, Crozier, Baker, English, Pearce and Hughes.

Name Time in office Term expires Notes Henry Ayers 1857–18881888–1893 Feb. 1881 Richard Chaffey Baker 1877–1901 elected Apr. 1877 Allan Campbell 1878– elected Sep. 1878 John Crozier 1867–1887 returned 1877 Walter Duffield 1873–1880 John Dunn Jr. 1880–1888 elected Jul 1880 Thomas Elder 1863–18691871–1878 Thomas English 1865–18781882–1885 returned 1877 William Everard 1873–1878 Joseph Fisher 1873–1881 Feb. 1881 Alexander Hay 1873–1881 Feb. 1881 John Hodgkiss 1866–18721878–1884 Feb. 1877 elected Sep. 1878 Thomas Hogarth 1866–1885 Henry Kent Hughes 1877–1880 elected Apr. 1877, resigned 1880 William Milne 1869–1881 Feb. 1881 William Morgan 1867–1884 returned 1877 Alexander Borthwick Murray 1880–1888 elected Jul. 1880 James Pearce 1877–1885 elected April 1877 James Garden Ramsay 1880–1890 elected Jul. 1880 William Sandover 1873–1885 Philip Santo 1871–1881 Feb. 1881 Henry Scott 1878–1891 elected Sep. 1878 William Storrie 1871–1878 Robert Alfred Tarlton 1873–1888 Feb. 1881 Charles Burney Young 1878–1880 elected Sep. 1878; resigned 1880

References Parliament of South Australia — Statistical Record of the Legislature