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HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, 1896-1899
TABLE N (contd.)
Table showing the Electoral Districts for the House of Assembly, Names of the respective Representatives, etc. - contd.
FIFTEENTH PARLIAMENT
Assembled June 11, 1896. Dissolved April 5, 1899. Three Sessions.
No. of
Mem-
bers
Electoral Districts under
Acts Nos. 278 of 1882,
450 of 1888, and
462 of 1889
Date of
Election
Members Names
2
1.
East Adelaide................
Apr. 25, 1896
Johann Theodor Scherk
John Abel McPherson, succeeded by James Hutchison
(Deceased Dec. 13, 1897)
(Elected Jan. 22, 1898)
2
2.
West Adelaide ..............
Apr. 25, 1896
Egerton Lee Batchelor
Hon. Charles Cameron Kingston
2
3.
North Adelaide .............
Apr. 25, 1896
Richard Wood
Arthur Lucas Harrold, succeeded by Patrick McMahon Glynn
(Resigned Apr. 2, 1897)
(Elected May 22, 1897)
2
4.
Wallaroo.......................
Apr. 25, 1896
Richard Hooper
Henry Allerdale Grainger
2
5.
Port Adelaide................
Apr. 25, 1896
Ivor MacGillivray
William Oliver Archibald
2
6.
West Torrens ................
Apr. 25, 1896
Thomas Henry Brooker
Frances John Hourigan
2
7.
Yatala ...........................
Apr. 25, 1896
Richard Butler
William Gilbert
2
8.
Gumeracha ...................
Apr. 25, 1896
Robert Homburg
Charles Wilcox, succeeded by William Richard Randell
(Resigned Jun. 18, 1896, but
(Elected Jul. 10, 1896)
declared by the Court of Disputed
Returns to have been incapable of
being elected Jun. 19, 1896)
2
9.
East Torrens..................
Apr. 25, 1896
Frederick William Coneybeer
John Darling, jun.
2
10. Sturt ..............................
Apr. 25, 1896
John Greeley Jenkins
Thomas Price
2
11. Noarlunga .....................
Apr. 25, 1896
William James Blacker
Alexander MacDonald
2
12. Mount Barker ...............
Apr. 25, 1896
Hon. John Alexander Cockburn, succeeded by Charles Morris
Russell Dumas
(Resigned Apr. 20, 1898)
(Elected May 14, 1898)
Albert Henry Landseer
2
13. Onkaparinga .................
Apr. 25, 1896
Walter Hughes Duncan
Robert Caldwell
2
14. Encounter Bay..............
Apr. 25, 1896
King OMalley
William Henry Carpenter
2
15. Barossa .........................
Apr. 25, 1896
James Hague
Hon. Sir John William Downer
2
16. Light .............................
Apr. 25, 1896
Hon. Sir Jenkin Coles
David Moody
2
17. Yorke Peninsula ...........
Apr. 25, 1896
John Wallace Shannon
William Copley
2
18. Victoria.........................
Apr. 25, 1896
James Cock
James Toulmin Morris
2
19. Albert............................
Apr. 25, 1896
George Ash, succeeded by Archibald Henry Peake
(Deceased Feb. 23, 1897)
(Elected May 22, 1897;
unseated Jul. 3, 1897,
re-elected Jul. 31, 1897)
Andrew Dods Handyside
2
20. Burra.............................
Apr. 25, 1896
Frederick William Holder
Charles Rufus Goode
2
21. Stanley..........................
Apr. 25, 1896
Peter Paul Gillen, succeeded by William Patrick Cummins
(Deceased Sept. 22, 1896)
(Elected Oct. 17, 1896)
John Miller
2
22. Wooroora......................
Apr. 25, 1896
John William Castine
James McLachlan
2
23. Gladstone......................
Apr. 25, 1896
Hon. Alfred Catt
Ernest Alfred Roberts
2
24. Frome ...........................
Apr. 25, 1896
Laurence OLoughlin
Clement Giles
2
25. Newcastle .....................
Apr. 25, 1896
Richard Witty Foster
Thomas Burgoyne
2
26. Flinders.........................
Apr. 25, 1896
Alexander Poynton
William Tennant Mortlock
2
27. Northern Territory ........
May 2, 1896
Vaiben Louis Solomon
Walter Griffiths
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Speaker - Hon. Sir Jenkin Coles, K.C.M.G. Chairman of Committees - Hon. Alfred Catt
Clerk - Frederick Halcomb, M.A. Appointed May 18, 1887.
Clerk Assistant and Sergeant-at-Arms - Arthur Searcy. Appointed May 1, 1894; transferred January 9, 1896 and succeeded by
Alfred Searcy, appointed May 1, 1896.