Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1857–1861

This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1857 to February 1861.

This was the first Legislative Council to be elected under the new Constitution, which provided for a house consisting of eighteen members to be elected from the whole State acting as one Electoral District; that six members, selected by lot, should be replaced at General Elections after four years, another six to be replaced four years later and thenceforth each member should have a term of twelve years.[1][2][3]

Name	Time in office	Term expires	Previously represented / Notes
George Fife Angas	1851–	Feb. 1865	Barossa
Henry Ayers	1857–	Feb. 1869
Charles Hervey Bagot	1851–1853 1857–1861 1865–1869	Feb. 1861	Light
John Baker	1851–1861 1863–1872	Feb. 1861	Mount Barker
Samuel Davenport	1855–	Feb. 1873	Non-Official nominee
Charles Davies MD	1857–	Feb. 1865
Charles G. Everard	1857–	Feb. 1869
James Hurtle Fisher	1855–	Feb. 1865	Non-Official nominee
Anthony Forster	1855–	Feb. 1873	West Adelaide
Arthur Henry Freeling	1855–1859	Feb 1861	Official nominee (Surveyor-General). Resigned August 1859
Edward Castres Gwynne	1851–1855, 1857–1859	Feb. 1861	Non-Official nominee. Vacated seat August 1859 to take position of Supreme Court judge.
George Hall	1851–	Feb. 1869	Port Adelaide
John Morphett	1851–	Feb. 1865	Non-Official nominee
Thomas Shuldham O'Halloran	1857–1863	Feb. 1865
Abraham Scott	1857–1867	Feb. 1873
William Scott	1855–	Feb. 1869	Port Adelaide
Edward Stirling	1855–	Feb. 1865	Non-Official nominee
George Tinline	1860–1863	Feb. 1869	elected April 1860 to fill vacancy; seat declared vacant June 1863
George Waterhouse	1860–	Feb. 1869	elected April 1860 to fill vacancy
William Younghusband	1851–1861	Feb. 1861	Stanley

References

"Colonial Constitutions". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 16 March 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 28 August 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
"The New Parliament". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 26 March 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 27 August 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
"Our First Parliament". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 8 March 1930. p. 15. Retrieved 28 August 2014 – via National Library of Australia.

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[1] "Colonial Constitutions". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 16 March 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 28 August 2014 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] "The New Parliament". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 26 March 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 27 August 2014 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "Our First Parliament". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 8 March 1930. p. 15. Retrieved 28 August 2014 – via National Library of Australia.

Members of the Parliament of South Australia
House of Assembly	1857–1860 1860–1862 1862–1865 1865–1868 1868–1870 1870–1871 1871–1875 1875–1878 1878–1881 1878–1881 1884–1887 1887–1890 1890–1893 1893–1896 1896–1899 1899–1902 1902–1905 1905–1906 1906–1910 1910–1912 1912–1915 1915–1918 1918–1921 1921–1924 1924–1927 1927–1930 1930–1933 1933–1938 1938–1941 1941–1944 1944–1947 1947–1950 1950–1953 1953–1956 1956–1959 1959–1962 1962–1965 1965–1968 1968–1970 1970–1973 1973–1975 1975–1977 1977–1979 1979–1982 1982–1985 1985–1989 1989–1993 1993–1997 1997–2002 2002–2006 2006–2010 2010–2014 2014–2018 2018–2022
Legislative Council	1836–1843 1843–1851 1851–1855 1855–1857 1857–1861 1861–1865 1865–1869 1869–1873 1873–1877 1877–1881 1881–1885 1885–1888 1888–1891 1891–1894 1894–1897 1897–1900 1900–1902 1902–1905 1905–1908 1908–1910 1910–1912 1912–1915 1915–1918 1918–1921 1921–1924 1924–1927 1927–1930 1930–1933 1933–1938 1938–1941 1941–1944 1944–1947 1947–1950 1950–1953 1953–1956 1956–1959 1959–1962 1962–1965 1965–1968 1968–1970 1970–1973 1973–1975 1975–1979 1979–1982 1982–1985 1985–1989 1989–1993 1993–1997 1997–2002 2002–2006 2006–2010 2010–2014 2014–2018 2018–2022