1st Parliament of South Australia

The 1st Parliament of South Australia was a meeting of the legislative branch of the South Australian state government, composed of the South Australian Legislative Council and the South Australian House of Assembly.

Leadership Legislative Council President of the Legislative Council: James Hurtle Fisher Clerk of the Legislative Council: Francis Corbet Singleton Clerk's assistant and Sergeant-at-arms: Joseph George Atkinson Branthwaite House of Assembly Speaker of the House of Assembly: George Strickland Kingston Clerk of the House of Assembly: George William de la Poer Beresford Clerk's assistant and Sargeant-at-arms: James Newnham Blackmore

Membership Legislative Council

All 18 seats in the upper house were contested in the election on 9 March 1857.

George Fife Angas Henry Ayers Charles Hervey Bagot John Baker Samuel Davenport Charles Davies Charles George Everard James Hurtle Fisher Arthur Henry Freeling

Anthony Forster Edward Castres Gwynne George Hall John Morphett Thomas Shuldham O'Halloran Abraham Scott William Scott Edward Stirling William Younghusband

House of Assembly

All 36 seats in the lower house were contested in the election on 9 March 1857.

City of Adelaide Francis Stacker Dutton Boyle Travers Finniss Richard Davies Hanson John Bentham Neales William Owen Judah Moss Solomon Barossa William Bakewell Walter Duffield The Burra and Clare George Strickland Kingston Edward McEllister Edward John Peake East Torrens John Henry Barrow Lavington Glyde Encounter Bay Arthur Fydell Lindsay Henry Bull Templer Strangways

Flinders Marshall MacDermott Gumeracha Arthur Blyth Alexander Hay Light John Tuthill Bagot David Shannon Mount Barker John Dunn, sen. William Rogers The Murray David Wark Noarlunga Henry Mildred Thomas Young Onkaparinga William Milne William Townsend

Port Adelaide Edward Gascoigne Collinson John Hart The Sturt John Hallett Thomas Reynolds Victoria George Charles Hawker West Torrens James William Cole Luther Scammell Yatala Richard Bullock Andrews John Harvey

Changes in membership Legislative Council Before Change AfterMemberTypeDateDateMemberArthur Henry FreelingResigned30 August 1859VacantEdward Castres GwynneFailure to attend30 August 1859Vacant

House of Assembly SeatBefore Change AfterMemberTypeDateDateMemberBarossaHorace DeanUnseated7 May 185713 June 1857William BakewellYatalaCharles Simeon HareResigned12 May 18575 June 1857Richard Bullock AndrewsEast TorrensGeorge Marsden WaterhouseResigned8 September 18576 October 1857Lavington GlydeOnkaparingaWilliam Bower DawesResigned24 November 185723 December 1857William TownsendVictoriaRobert Rowland LeakeResigned8 December 18575 January 1858George Charles HawkerEncounter BayBenjamin Herschel BabbageResigned17 December 185715 January 1858Henry Bull Templer StrangwaysLightCarrington SmedleyResigned23 December 18578 February 1858William Henry MaturinEast TorrensCharles BonneyResigned26 January 18586 April 1858John Henry BarrowMount BarkerFriedrich Eduard Heinrich Wulf KrichauffResigned12 March 185816 September 1858William RogersCity of AdelaideRobert Richard TorrensAccepted office of profit1 July 185816 September 1858Judah Moss SolomonLightWilliam Henry MaturinAccepted office of profit1 July 18589 September 1858David ShannonThe Burra and ClareMorris Lyon MarksResigned2 August 18589 September 1858Edward McEllisterPort AdelaideJohn Bristow HughesResigned24 September 185811 October 1858Edward Gascoigne CollinsonCity of AdelaideWilliam Henville BurfordResigned29 April 185913 May 1859William OwenPort AdelaideJohn Hart, sen.Absent without leave23 August 1859VacantFlindersMarshall MacDermottAccepted office of profit1 September 1859VacantThe Burra and ClareEdward John PeakeAccepted office of profit1 October 1859Vacant

See also Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1857–1861 Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1857–1860

References

External links Hansard documents