Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1857–1860

This is a list of members of the first parliament of the South Australian House of Assembly, which sat from 22 April 1857 until 1 March 1860. The members were elected at the inaugural 1857 election.

Name	Electorate	Start Date	End Date	Terms
Richard Andrews 2	Yatala	5 June 1857	1 March 1860	1857–1860, 1862–1870
Benjamin Babbage 6	Encounter Bay	9 March 1857	17 December 1857	1857
John Bagot	Light	26 February 1857	1 March 1860	1857–1865
William Bakewell 1	Barossa	13 June 1857	1 March 1860	1857–1860, 1862–1864
John Henry Barrow 8	East Torrens	6 April 1858	1 March 1860	1858–1860, 1871–1874
Arthur Blyth	Gumeracha	26 February 1857	1 March 1860	1857–1868, 1870–1877
Charles Bonney 8	East Torrens	26 February 1857	26 January 1858	1857–1858
William Henville Burford 14	City of Adelaide	9 March 1857	29 April 1859	1857–1859
James Cole	West Torrens	9 March 1857	1 March 1860	1857–1860
Edward Collinson 13	Port Adelaide	11 October 1858	1 March 1860	1858–1860
William Dawes 4	Onkaparinga	9 March 1857	24 November 1857	1857
Horace Dean 1	Barossa	9 March 1857	7 May 1857	1857, 1857
Horace Dean 1	Barossa	1 June 1857	13 June 1857	1857, 1857
Walter Duffield	Barossa	9 March 1857	1 March 1860	1857–1868, 1870–1871
John Dunn	Mount Barker	9 March 1857	1 March 1860	1857–1868, 1868
Francis Dutton	City of Adelaide	9 March 1857	1 March 1860	1857–1862, 1862–1865
Boyle Travers Finniss	City of Adelaide	9 March 1857	1 March 1860	1857–1862
Lavington Glyde 3	East Torrens	6 October 1857	1 March 1860	1857–1875, 1877–1884
John Hallett	The Sturt	9 March 1857	1 March 1860	1857–1862
Richard Hanson	City of Adelaide	9 March 1857	1 March 1860	1857–1861
Charles Simeon Hare 2	Yatala	9 March 1857	12 May 1857	1857, 1878–1881
John Hart 15	Port Adelaide	9 March 1857	23 August 1859	1857–1859, 1862–1866, 1868–1873
John Harvey	Yatala	9 March 1857	1 March 1860	1857–1860
George Charles Hawker 5	Victoria	5 January 1858	1 March 1860	1858–1865, 1875–1883, 1884–1895
Alexander Hay	Gumeracha	26 February 1857	1 March 1860	1857–1861, 1867–1871
John Bristow Hughes 13	Port Adelaide	9 March 1857	24 September 1858	1857–1858
George Kingston	The Burra and Clare	9 March 1857	1 March 1860	1857–1860, 1861–1880
Friedrich Krichauff 9	Mount Barker	9 March 1857	12 March 1858	1857–1858, 1870–1882, 1884–1890
Robert Leake 5	Victoria	23 February 1857	8 December 1857	1857
Arthur Fydell Lindsay	Encounter Bay	9 March 1857	1 March 1860	1857–1860, 1870–1871, 1873–1878
Marshall MacDermott 16	Flinders	23 February 1857	1 September 1859	1857–1859
Morris Lyon Marks 12	The Burra and Clare	9 March 1857	2 August 1858	1857–1858
William Maturin 7, 10	Light	8 February 1858	1 July 1858	1858
Edward McEllister 12	The Burra and Clare	9 September 1858	1 March 1860	1858–1862
Henry Mildred	Noarlunga	9 March 1857	1 March 1860	1857–1865
William Milne	Onkaparinga	9 March 1857	1 March 1860	1857–1868
John Bentham Neales	City of Adelaide	9 March 1857	1 March 1860	1857–1860, 1862–1870
William Owen 14	City of Adelaide	13 May 1859	1 March 1860	1857–1860, 1859–1862
Edward John Peake 17	The Burra and Clare	9 March 1857	1 October 1859	1857–1859
Thomas Reynolds	The Sturt	9 March 1857	1 March 1860	1857–1862, 1862, 1864–1870, 1871–1872, 1872–1873
William Rogers 9	Mount Barker	16 September 1858	1 March 1860	1858–1860, 1864–1865, 1868, 1868–1870, 1872–1875
Luther Scammell	West Torrens	9 March 1857	1 March 1860	1857–1860
David Shannon 10	Light	9 September 1858	1 March 1860	1858–1860
Carrington Smedley 7	Light	26 February 1857	23 December 1857	1857
Judah Solomon 11	City of Adelaide	16 September 1858	1 March 1860	1858–1860, 1871–1875
Henry Strangways 6	Encounter Bay	15 January 1858	1 March 1860	1858–1871
Robert Torrens 11	City of Adelaide	9 March 1857	1 July 1858	1857–1858
William Townsend 4	Onkaparinga	23 December 1857	1 March 1860	1857–1882
David Wark	The Murray	23 February 1857	1 March 1860	1857–1862
George Waterhouse 3	East Torrens	26 February 1857	8 September 1857	1857
Thomas Young	Noarlunga	9 March 1857	1 March 1860	1857–1860

Notes

Note	District	Outgoing	Incoming
1	Barossa	Horace Dean was initially declared elected, but the result was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns on 7 May 1857.	Dean won the resulting by-election on 1 June 1857
		Dean was again unseated by the Court on 13 June 1857.	On 13 June 1857 the court declared William Bakewell duly elected.
		(Dean was subsequently elected as member for Hastings, New South Wales in December 1869 and July 1870, but was disqualified both times.[citation needed])
2	Yatala	Charles Simeon Hare resigned on 12 May 1857.	Richard Andrews won the resulting by-election on 5 June 1857.
3	East Torrens	George Waterhouse resigned on 8 September 1857.	Lavington Glyde won the resulting by-election on 6 October 1857.
4	Onkaparinga	William Dawes resigned on 24 November 1857.	William Townsend won the resulting by-election on 23 December 1857.
5	Victoria	Robert Leake resigned on 8 December 1857.	George Charles Hawker won the resulting by-election on 5 January 1858.
6	Encounter Bay	Benjamin Babbage resigned on 17 December 1857.	Henry Strangways won the resulting by-election on 15 January 1858.
7	Light	Carrington Smedley resigned on 23 December 1857.	William Maturin won the resulting by-election on 8 February 1858.
8	East Torrens	Charles Bonney resigned on 26 January 1858.	John Henry Barrow won the resulting by-election on 6 April 1858.
9	Mount Barker	Friedrich Krichauff resigned on 12 March 1858.	William Rogers won the resulting by-election on 16 September 1858.
10	Light	William Maturin resigned on 1 July 1858.	David Shannon won the resulting by-election on 9 September 1858.
11	City of Adelaide	Robert Torrens resigned on 1 July 1858.	Judah Solomon won the resulting by-election on 16 September 1858.
12	The Burra and Clare	Morris Marks resigned on 2 August 1858.	Edward McEllister won the resulting by-election on 9 September 1858.
13	Port Adelaide	John Hughes resigned on 24 September 1858.	Edward Collinson won the resulting by-election on 11 October 1858.
14	City of Adelaide	William Henville Burford resigned on 29 April 1859.	William Owen won the resulting by-election on 13 May 1859.
15	Port Adelaide	Seat declared vacant 23 August 1859 – John Hart absent without leave.	No by-election was held due to the proximity of the 1860 election.
16	Flinders	Marshall MacDermott accepted the office of special magistrate on 1 September 1859.	No by-election was held due to the proximity of the 1860 election.
17	The Burra and Clare	Edward Peake accepted the office of state manager of railways on 1 October 1859.	No by-election was held due to the proximity of the 1860 election.

References

• Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836-2007, Parliament of SA, www.parliament.sa.gov.au