11th Parliament of South Australia

Eleventh Parliament of South Australia
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Old Parliament House (1872)
Overview
Legislative body	Parliament of South Australia
Meeting place	Old Parliament House
Term	5 June 1884 – 2 March 1887
Election	8–23 April 1884
Legislative Council
Members	24
President	Henry Ayers
House of Assembly
Members	52
Speaker	Robert Dalrymple Ross
Sessions
1st 5 June 1884 – 14 November 1884 2nd 4 June 1885 – 11 December 1885 3rd 27 May 1886 – 17 November 1886

The 11th Parliament of South Australia was a meeting of the legislative branch of the South Australian state government, composed of the South Australian Legislative Council and the South Australian House of Assembly.

Leadership

Legislative Council

• President of the Legislative Council: Henry Ayers
• Clerk of the Legislative Council: Francis Corbet Singleton
• Clerk's assistant and Sergeant-at-arms: Frederick Halcomb

House of Assembly

• Speaker of the House of Assembly: Robert Dalrymple Ross
• Chairman of Committees: Ebenezer Ward
• Clerk of the House of Assembly: George William de la Poer Beresford (until 30 April 1886), Edwin Gordon Blackmore (from 5 May 1886)
• Clerk's assistant and Sargeant-at-arms: Edwin Gordon Blackmore (until 5 May 1886), John Cummins Morphett (from 5 May 1886)

Membership

Legislative Council

Until 15 May 1885

Further information: Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1881–1885

Members elected in 1882 are marked with an asterisk (*).

▌ Henry Ayers ▌ Richard Chaffey Baker ▌ William Christie Buik ▌ Allan Campbell ▌ George Witheredge Cotton* ▌ John Crozier ▌ John Dunn, jun. ▌ Thomas English*

▌ William Dening Glyde* ▌ Alexander Hay* ▌ Thomas Hogarth ▌ John Hodgkiss ▌ Alexander Borthwick Murray ▌ David Murray* ▌ James Pearce ▌ John Pickering

▌ James Garden Ramsay ▌ James Rankine ▌ Maurice Salom* ▌ William Sandover ▌ Henry Scott ▌ William Knox Simms (Central) ▌ John Brodie Spence ▌ Robert Alfred Tarlton

Legislative Council President Henry Ayres

From 15 May 1885

Further information: Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1885–1888

8 of the 24 seats in the upper house were contested in the election on 15 May 1885. Members elected in 1885 are marked with an asterisk (*).

▌ Henry Ayers ▌ Richard Chaffey Baker (Southern)* ▌ John Bosworth (North-Eastern) ▌ Henry Edward Bright (North-Eastern)* ▌ William Christie Buik ▌ Allan Campbell (Northern)* ▌ John Crozier (Central)* ▌ John Dunn, jun.

▌ William Dening Glyde ▌ Alexander Hay ▌ James Martin (North-Eastern)* ▌ Alexander Borthwick Murray ▌ David Murray ▌ John Pickering ▌ James Garden Ramsay ▌ James Rankine

▌ Maurice Salom ▌ Henry Scott (Central)* ▌ William Knox Simms (Central) ▌ John Brodie Spence ▌ Robert Alfred Tarlton ▌ Samuel Tomkinson (Southern) ▌ William Wadham (Northern)* ▌ William West-Erskine (Southern)*

House of Assembly

Albert ▌ Andrew Dods Handyside ▌ Arthur Hardy Barossa ▌ Martin Peter Friedrich Basedow ▌ John William Downer Burra ▌ John Alexander Cockburn ▌ William Benjamin Rounsevell East Adelaide ▌ John Cox Bray ▌ Johann Theodor Scherk East Torrens ▌ Thomas Playford ▌ Edwin Thomas Smith Encounter Bay ▌ Henry Edward Downer ▌ Simpson Newland Flinders ▌ John Moule ▌ Andrew Tennant Frome ▌ William John Copley ▌ Ebenezer Ward Gladstone ▌ Alfred Catt ▌ James Henderson Howe

Gumeracha ▌ Robert Homburg ▌ Robert Dalrymple Ross Light ▌ Jenkin Coles ▌ David Moody Mount Barker ▌ Albert Henry Landseer ▌ John Lancelot Stirling Newcastle ▌ Thomas Burgoyne ▌ Patrick Boyce Coglin Noarlunga ▌ Thomas Atkinson ▌ John Blackler Colton North Adelaide ▌ George Charles Hawker ▌ Edward Charles Stirling Onkaparinga ▌ Joseph Colin Francis Johnson ▌ Rowland Rees Port Adelaide ▌ David Bower ▌ William Edward Mattinson Stanley ▌ John Darling, sen. ▌ Edward William Hawker

Sturt ▌ Samuel Dening Glyde ▌ Josiah Henry Symon Victoria ▌ John Bagot ▌ Friedrich Edouard Heinrich Wulf Krichauff Wallaroo ▌ David Bews ▌ Luke Lidiard Furner West Adelaide ▌ Arthur Aloysius Fox ▌ Charles Cameron Kingston West Torrens ▌ Frederick Estcourt Bucknall ▌ Arthur Harvey Wooroora ▌ John William Castine ▌ John James Duncan Yatala ▌ Josiah Howell Bagster ▌ William Gilbert Yorke Peninsula ▌ William Henry Beaglehole ▌ Robert Caldwell

House of Assembly Speaker Robert Dalrymple Ross

Changes of membership

Legislative Council

Seat	Before	Change		After
	Member	Type	Date	Date	Member
Southern	Thomas English	Died	4 June 1885	7 July 1885	Samuel Tomkinson
North-Eastern	George Witheredge Cotton	Resigned	27 May 1886	28 June 1886	John Bosworth

House of Assembly

Seat	Before	Change		After
	Member	Type	Date	Date	Member
Albert	Rudolph Wilhelm Emil Henning	Died	24 November 1884	5 January 1885	Andrew Dods Handyside
Wallaroo	Henry Allerdale Grainger	Resigned	19 January 1885	16 February 1885	David Bews
Stanley	John Miller	Resigned	20 April 1885	15 May 1885	John Darling, sen.
Sturt	Thomas King	Resigned	6 July 1885	17 July 1885	Samuel Dening Glyde
Albert	Arthur Hardy	Resigned	8 February 1886	9 March 1886	Arthur Hardy
East Adelaide	George Dutton Green	Resigned	15 May 1886	31 May 1886	Johann Theodor Scherk

See also

• Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1881–1885
• Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1885–1888
• Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1884–1887

References

• "Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836–2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. 24 April 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2011.