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HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, 1857-1860
TABLE N
Table showing the Electoral Districts for the House of Assembly in successive Parliaments, from 1857 (the year of the
first Elections) until 2007; with the Names of the respective Representatives, and the Dates of their Election and
Retirement.
The Names of the Speaker and Officers of the House are likewise shown.
The names in each District are arranged in order of priority on the poll.
FIRST PARLIAMENT
Assembled April 22, 1857. Dissolved March 1, 1860. Three Sessions.
No. of
Mem-
bers
Electoral Districts under
Act No. 10 of 1855-56
Date of
Election
Members’ Names
6
1.
City of Adelaide............
Mar. 9, 1857
Robert Richard Torrens, succeeded by Judah Moss Solomon
(Accepted office, Jul. 1, 1858)
(Elected Sept. 16, 1858)
Richard Davies Hanson
Francis Stacker Dutton
Boyle Travers Finniss
John Bentham Neales
William Henville Burford, succeeded by William Owen
(Resigned Apr. 29, 1859)
(Elected May 13, 1859)
2
2.
Port Adelaide ................
Mar. 9, 1857
John Hart, sen.
(Seat vacated Aug. 23, 1859; absent without leave. No new writ
issued)
John Bristow Hughes, succeeded by Edward Gascoigne Collinson
(Resigned Sept. 24, 1858)
(Elected Oct. 11, 1858)
2
3.
West Torrens.................
Mar. 9, 1857
Luther Scammell
James William Cole
2
4.
Yatala............................
Mar. 9, 1857
John Harvey
Charles Simeon Hare, succeeded by Richard Bullock Andrews
(Resigned May 12, 1857)
(Elected Jun. 5, 1857)
2
5.
Gumeracha....................
Feb. 26, 1857
Arthur Blyth
Alexander Hay
2
6.
East Torrens..................
Feb. 26, 1857
George Marsden Waterhouse, succeeded by Lavington Glyde
(Resigned Sept. 8, 1857)
(Elected Oct. 6, 1857)
Charles Bonney, succeeded by John Henry Barrow
(Resigned Jan. 26, 1858)
(Elected Apr. 6, 1858)
2
7.
The Sturt .......................
Mar. 9, 1857
Thomas Reynolds
John Hallett
2
8.
Noarlunga .....................
Mar. 9, 1857
Thomas Young
Henry Mildred
2
9.
Mount Barker................
Mar. 9, 1857
Friedrich Eduard Heinrich Wulf Krichauff, succeeded by William
Rogers
(Resigned Mar. 12, 1858)
(Elected Sept. 16, 1858)
John Dunn, sen.
2
10. Onkaparinga..................
Mar. 9, 1857
William Milne
William Bower Dawes, succeeded by William Townsend
(Resigned Nov. 24, 1857)
(Elected Dec. 23, 1857)
2
11. Encounter Bay ..............
Mar. 9, 1857
Benjamin Herschel Babbage succeeded by Henry Bull Templar
Strangways
(Resigned Dec. 17, 1857)
(Elected Jan. 15, 1858)
Arthur Fydell Lindsay
2
12. Barossa..........................
Mar. 9, 1857
Walter Duffield
Horace Dean, succeeded by William Bakewell
(Unseated May 7, 1857;
(Declared member by Court,
re-elected Jun. 1, 1857;
Jun. 13, 1857)
again unseated Jun. 13, 1857)
1
13. The Murray ...................
Feb. 23, 1857
David Wark
2
14. Light .............................
Feb. 26, 1857
John Tuthill Bagot
Carrington Smedley, succeeded by William Henry Maturin
(Resigned Dec. 23, 1857)
(Elected Feb. 8, 1858;
accepted office Jul. 1, 1858)
Succeeded by David Shannon
(Elected Sept. 9, 1858)
1
15. Victoria .........................
Feb. 23, 1857
Robert Rowland Leake, succeeded by George Charles Hawker
(Resigned Dec. 8, 1857)
(Elected Jan. 5, 1858)
3
16. The Burra and Clare......
Mar. 9, 1857
George Strickland Kingston
Morris Lyon Marks, succeeded by Edward McEllister
(Resigned Aug. 2, 1858)
(Elected Sept. 9, 1858)
Edward John Peake
(Accepted office Oct. 1, 1859; no new writ issued)
1
17. Flinders .........................
Feb. 23, 1857
Marshall McDermott
(Accepted office Sept. 1, 1859; no new writ issued)
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Speaker (also Chairman of Committees) - George Strickland Kingston
Clerk - George William de la Poer Beresford. Appointed February 16, 1857.
Assistant Clerk and Sergeant-at-Arms - James Newnham Blackmore. Appointed February 16, 1857.
