Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1875–1878

This is a list of members of the seventh parliament of the South Australian House of Assembly, which sat from 6 May 1875 until 13 March 1878. The members were elected at the 1875 election.[1]

Name Electorate Term in Office
Hon Arthur Blyth [7] North Adelaide 1857–1868, 1870–1877
Neville Blyth [7] North Adelaide 1860–1867, 1868–1870, 1871, 1877–1878
David Bower Port Adelaide 1865–1870, 1875–1887
John Cox Bray East Adelaide 1871–1892
John Carr Noarlunga 1865–1879, 1881–1884
Wentworth Cavenagh [1] Yatala 1862–1875, 1875–1881
Jenkin Coles Light 1875–1878, 1881–1911
John Colton Noarlunga 1862–1870, 1875–1878, 1880–1887
Mountifort Conner Albert 1875–1875
Thomas Cowan Yatala 1875–1878
John Darling Sr. [5] West Adelaide 1870–1871, 1876–1881, 1885–1887
John Duncan Wallaroo 1871–1875, 1875–1878, 1884–1890
John Dunn Jr. [3] Barossa 1875–1878
William Dunn Onkaparinga 1875–1878
Lavington Glyde [1] Yatala 1857–1875, 1877–1884
Frederick Hannaford Gumeracha 1875–1878
Arthur Hardy Albert 1875–1886, 1886–1887
Thomas Johnson West Adelaide 1875–1878, 1881–1884
William Kay East Adelaide 1875–1878
Thomas King [4] Sturt 1875–1881, 1882–1885
Friedrich Krichauff Onkaparinga 1857–1858, 1870–1882, 1884–1890
Matthew Madge [2] Wallaroo 1875
David Murray [8] East Torrens 1870–1871, 1877–1878, 1881
James Pearce Light 1870–1875, 1875
John Pickering West Torrens 1865–1868, 1870, 1871–1878
Thomas Playford East Torrens 1868–1871, 1875–1887,
1887–1890, 1899–1901
William Quin Port Adelaide 1870–1871, 1875–1880
John Richards Wallaroo 1875–1878
Robert Dalrymple Ross [2] Wallaroo 1875–1887
William Knox Simms [5] West Adelaide 1868–1870, 1871–1876, 1878–1881
J. M. Sinclair [6] West Torrens 1876–1878
Edwin Thomas Smith [8] East Torrens 1871–1877, 1878–1893
Johann Sudholz [3] Barossa 1875
Benjamin Taylor [6] West Torrens 1875–1876
William Townsend Sturt 1857–1882
Ebenezer Ward Gumeracha 80, 1881–1890
Samuel Way [4] Sturt 1875–1876
James White [2] Light 1871, 1875–1881
William Wigley Albert 1875–1878
1 The two members for Yatala, Wentworth Cavenagh and Lavington Glyde, both resigned on 6 May 1875. Both men recontested the resulting by-election, which saw Cavenagh returned but Glyde defeated by Thomas Cowan.
2 Matthew Madge was initially declared elected as a member for Wallaroo, but his election was challenged and he was unseated on 20 May 1875. Robert Dalrymple Ross won the resulting by-election on 4 June.
3 Johann Sudholz was initially declared elected as a member for Barossa, but his election was challenged and he was unseated on 22 May 1875. John Dunn Jr. won the resulting by-election on 9 June.
4 Sturt MHA Samuel Way resigned on 20 March 1876 to take up the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia. Thomas King won the resulting by-election on 10 April.
5 West Adelaide MHA William Knox Simms resigned on 13 June 1876. John Darling Sr. won the resulting by-election on 21 June.
6 West Torrens MHA Benjamin Taylor resigned on 19 September 1876. John Sinclair won the resulting by-election on 27 September.
7 North Adelaide MHA Arthur Blyth accepted the office of South Australia's Agent General in London on 21 February 1877. His brother, Neville Blyth, won the resulting by-election on 14 March.
8 East Torrens MHA Edwin Thomas Smith resigned on 1 March 1877. David Murray won the resulting by-election on 27 March.

References

  1. ↑ "Statistical Register of the Parliament of South Australia" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
Members of the Parliament of South Australia
Legislative Council

1869–1873 • 1873–1877 • 1877–1881

House of Assembly

1871–1875 • 1875–1878 • 1878–1881

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