12th Parliament of South Australia

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Twelfth Parliament of South Australia
11th 13th
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Old Parliament House (1872)
Overview
Legislative body Parliament of South Australia
Meeting place Old Parliament House
Term2 June 1887 – 19 March 1890
Election 19 March – 21 April 1887
Legislative Council
Members24
President Henry Ayers
House of Assembly
Members52
Speaker Robert Dalrymple Ross
(until 31 May 1888)
John Cox Bray
(from 31 May 1888)
Sessions
1st2 June 1887 – 9 December 1887
2nd13 December 1887 – 17 December 1887
3rd31 May 1888 – 8 December 1888
4th6 June 1889 – 6 December 1889

The 12th 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.

Contents

Leadership

Legislative Council

House of Assembly

Membership

Legislative Council

Until May 1888

Members elected in 1885 are marked with an asterisk (*).

From May 1888

9 of the 24 seats in the upper house were contested in the elections in May 1888. Members elected in 1888 are marked with an asterisk (*).

House of Assembly

Changes of membership

Legislative Council

SeatBeforeChangeAfter
MemberTypeDateDateMember
Central John Crozier Died2 June 1887 25 June 1887 Alfred Muller Simpson
Central John Brodie Spence Resigned2 June 1887 25 June 1887 John Howard Angas
Northern William Dening Glyde Resigned2 June 1887 6 July 1887 William Copley
Northern William Wadham Resigned31 May 1888Vacant

House of Assembly

SeatBeforeChangeAfter
MemberTypeDateDateMember
Gumeracha Robert Dalrymple Ross Died27 December 1887 12 May 1888 John Lancelot Stirling
Victoria Daniel Livingston Died30 September 1888 1 November 1888 John James Osman
Stanley Edward William Hawker Resigned28 May 1889 25 June 1889 Peter Paul Gillen

See also

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