Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1851–1855

This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1851 to 1855. Sixteen members were elected at the 1851 election with terms expiring in 1854. The four official (i.e. holding offices – front bench) members and four non-official members were nominated by the Governor on behalf of the Crown. Voting was voluntary and restricted to land-holding males. The first meeting was held on 28 August 1851 at the newly completed courthouse on Victoria Square.^[1] This council was dissolved by proclamation on 15 August 1855, and elections held for six city seats on 20 September and seven country seats on 21 September.

Name	Seat	Notes
George Fife Angas	Elected for Barossa
Charles Hervey Bagot	Elected for Light	resigned 7 July 1853, replaced by: John Tuthill Bagot 26 July 1853
John Baker	Elected for Mount Barker
Major Norman Campbell	Non-Official Nominee	resigned 16 Dec 1951, replaced by: George Anstey 17 Dec. 1851 – 25 August 1852 Frederick Dutton 25 August 1852 – 14 July 1853 Edward Stephens from 14 July 1853
Robert Davenport	Elected for Hindmarsh	resigned 29 June 1854 Dr. John Rankine elected in August
Francis Dutton	Elected for East Adelaide
Alexander Lang Elder	Elected for West Adelaide	resigned 30 March 1853, replaced by: James Hurtle Fisher 6 May 1853 – 24 October 1855
John Ellis	Elected for Flinders
Boyle Travers Finniss	Official Nominee (Registrar-General)
William Giles	Elected for Yatala
John Grainger	Non-Official Nominee	resigned 18 December 1854^[2]
Edward Castres Gwynne	Non-Official Nominee
George Hall	Elected for Port Adelaide	resigned 7 July 1853, replaced by William Scott 26 July 1853
Richard Davies Hanson	Official Nominee (Advocate-General)
Charles Simeon Hare	Elected for West Torrens
John Hart	Elected for Victoria	resigned 7 July 1853, re-elected 7 July 1854
George Kingston	Elected for The Burra
John Morphett	Non-Official Nominee
John Bentham Neales	Elected for North Adelaide
William Peacock	Elected for Noarlunga
Charles Sturt	Official Nominee (Colonial Secretary)
Robert Richard Torrens	Official Nominee (Collector of Customs)
George Waterhouse	Elected for East Torrens	resigned 3 June 1854, replaced by: Charles Fenn 27 June 1854
William Younghusband	Elected for Stanley

References

^ "A Founder of the State". The Chronicle (Adelaide). Vol. LVI, no. 2, 888. South Australia. 27 December 1913. p. 42. Retrieved 27 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Mr John Grainger". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

"Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836 – 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
"Opening of the Legislative Council". South Australian Register. Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 20 August 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 2 August 2012.

[1] "A Founder of the State". The Chronicle (Adelaide). Vol. LVI, no. 2, 888. South Australia. 27 December 1913. p. 42. Retrieved 27 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] "Mr John Grainger". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

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