Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1896–1899

This is a list of members of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1896 to 1899, as elected at the 1896 colonial election:

Name Party Electorate Term of office William Archibald Labor Port Adelaide 1893–1910 George Ash NDL Albert 1890–1897 Lee Batchelor Labor West Adelaide 1893–1901 William Blacker Noarlunga 1892–1913 Thomas Henry Brooker West Torrens 1890–1905 Thomas Burgoyne Newcastle 1884–1915 Richard Butler Yatala 1890–1924 Robert Caldwell NDL Onkaparinga 1884–1902 William Carpenter Labor Encounter Bay 1896–1902 John William Castine NDL Wooroora 1884–1902 Hon Alfred Catt Gladstone 1881–1906 James Cock Victoria 1890–1899 Hon John Cockburn Mount Barker 1884–1898 Frederick Coneybeer Labor East Torrens 1893–1921, 1924–1930 Hon Sir Jenkin Coles NDL Light 1875–1878, 1881–1911 William Copley NDL Yorke Peninsula 1884–1887, 1896–1902 William Patrick Cummins Stanley 1896–1907 John Darling, junior NDL East Torrens 1896–1905 Hon Sir John Downer NDL Barossa 1878–1901 Charles Dumas NDL Mount Barker 1898–1902 Walter Hughes Duncan NDL Onkaparinga 1896–1906 Richard Foster Newcastle 1893–1906 William Gilbert NDL Yatala 1881–1906 Paddy Glynn NDL North Adelaide 1887–1890, 1895–1896, 1897–1901 Charles Rufus Goode NDL Burra 1896–1899 Clement Giles NDL Frome 1887–1902 Peter Paul Gillen Stanley 1889–1896 Henry Allerdale Grainger Wallaroo 1884–1885, 1890–1901 Walter Griffiths Northern Territory 1893–1900 James Hague NDL Barossa 1890–1902 Andrew Dods Handyside NDL Albert 1885–1904 Arthur Harrold NDL North Adelaide 1896–1897 Frederick Holder Burra 1887–1901 Robert Homburg NDL Gumeracha 1884–1905 Richard Hooper Labor Wallaroo 1891–1902 Frank Hourigan Labor West Torrens 1893–1901 James Hutchison Labor East Adelaide 1898–1902 John Jenkins Sturt 1887–1905 Hon Charles Kingston West Adelaide 1881–1900 Albert Henry Landseer Mount Barker 1875–1899 Ivor MacGillivray Labor Port Adelaide 1893–1918 Alexander McDonald NDL Noarlunga 1887–1915 James McLachlan, senior NDL Wooroora 1893–1902 John McPherson Labor East Adelaide 1892–1897 John Miller Stanley 1884–1885, 1890–1893, 1896–1902 David Moody Light 1878–1881, 1884–1887, 1896–1899 James Toulmin Morris Victoria 1896–1902 William Tennant Mortlock Flinders 1896–1899, 1901–1902 Laurence O'Loughlin Frome 1890–1918 King O'Malley Encounter Bay 1896–1899 Archibald Peake Albert 1897–1915, 1915–1920 Alexander Poynton Labor Flinders 1893–1901 Thomas Price Labor Sturt 1893–1909 William Richard Randell Gumeracha 1893–1896, 1896–1899 Ernest Roberts Labor Gladstone 1896–1902, 1905–1908 Theodor Scherk East Adelaide 1886–1905 John Shannon Yorke Peninsula 1896–1905 Vaiben Louis Solomon Northern Territory 1890–1901, 1905–1908 Charles Willcox NDL Gumeracha 1896 Richard Wood Labor/Ind. North Adelaide 1893–1902

Gumeracha NDL MHA Charles Willcox resigned on 18 June 1896 following concerns about his status as a government contractor. He was declared by the Court of Disputed Returns to have been incapable of being elected on 19 June. William Richard Randell, who Willcox had defeated at the 1896 election, won the resulting by-election on 10 July. Stanley MHA Peter Paul Gillen died on 22 September 1896. William Patrick Cummins won the resulting by-election on 17 October. North Adelaide NDL MHA Arthur Harrold resigned on 2 April 1897. NDL candidate Paddy Glynn won the resulting by-election on 22 May. Albert NDL MHA George Ash died on 23 February 1897. Archibald Peake won the resulting by-election on 22 May, but was unseated by the Court of Disputed Returns on 3 July following allegations of electoral irregularities in the booth at Holder. Peake won a second by-election on 31 July. North Adelaide MHA Richard Wood was expelled from the Labor Party in November 1897 and served out his term as an independent. East Adelaide Labor MHA John McPherson died on 13 December 1897. Labor candidate James Hutchison won the resulting by-election on 22 January 1898. Mount Barker MHA John Cockburn resigned on 20 April 1898. Charles Dumas won the resulting by-election on 14 May.

References

External links History of South Australian elections 1857–2006, volume 1: ECSA