Electoral district of Burra

Burra was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1875 to 1902, and again from 1938 to 1970.[1]

Burra South Australia—House of Assembly
State	South Australia
Created	1875
Abolished	1970
Namesake	Burra, South Australia
Demographic	Rural

After a boundary redistribution in 1902, it was replaced by Electoral district of Burra Burra.[2] When it was recreated in 1938, the polling booths were: Aberdeen (later north Burra), Andrews, Belalie North, Black Springs, Booborowie, Bright, Canowie Belt, Emu Downs, Farrell's Flat, Hallett, Hanson, Jamestown, Kooringa, Leighton, Mannanarie, Mongolata Goldfields, Mount Bryan, Mount Bryan East, Spalding, Washpool, Willalo, World's End.[3]

The town of Burra is currently located in the safe Liberal seat of Stuart.

Members

First incarnation (1875–1902)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Ben Rounsevell		1875–1890		Rowland Rees		1875–1881
					Ebenezer Ward		1881–1884
					John Cockburn		1884–1887
					Frederick Holder		1887–1901
	George Lake		1890–1896
	Charles Goode	National League	1896–1899
	Ben Rounsevell	National League	1899–1902
					William Russell	Labor	1901–1902

Second incarnation (1938–1970)
Member		Party	Term
	Archibald McDonald	Liberal and Country	1938–1947
	George Hawker	Liberal and Country	1947–1956
	Percy Quirke	Independent	1956–1963
		Liberal and Country	1963–1968
	Ernest Allen	Liberal and Country	1968–1970

References

1. "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 - 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
2. "Hon William Rounsevell". Former Member of Parliament Details. Parliament of South Australia.
3. "ASSEMBLY POLLING PLACES". Laura Standard and Crystal Brook Courier. SA: National Library of Australia. 11 March 1938. p. 4. Retrieved 24 July 2015.