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Twelfth Parliament of South Australia | |||||||||
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Overview | |||||||||
Legislative body | Parliament of South Australia | ||||||||
Meeting place | Old Parliament House | ||||||||
Term | 2 June 1887 – 19 March 1890 | ||||||||
Election | 19 March – 21 April 1887 | ||||||||
Legislative Council | |||||||||
Members | 24 | ||||||||
President | Henry Ayers | ||||||||
House of Assembly | |||||||||
Members | 52 | ||||||||
Speaker | Robert Dalrymple Ross (until 31 May 1888) John Cox Bray (from 31 May 1888) | ||||||||
Sessions | |||||||||
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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.
Legislative Council
House of Assembly
Members elected in 1885 are marked with an asterisk (*).
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 (*).
Seat | Before | Change | After | ||
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Member | Type | Date | Date | Member | |
Central | John Crozier | Died | 2 June 1887 | 25 June 1887 | Alfred Muller Simpson |
Central | John Brodie Spence | Resigned | 2 June 1887 | 25 June 1887 | John Howard Angas |
Northern | William Dening Glyde | Resigned | 2 June 1887 | 6 July 1887 | William Copley |
Northern | William Wadham | Resigned | 31 May 1888 | Vacant |
Seat | Before | Change | After | ||
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Member | Type | Date | Date | Member | |
Gumeracha | Robert Dalrymple Ross | Died | 27 December 1887 | 12 May 1888 | John Lancelot Stirling |
Victoria | Daniel Livingston | Died | 30 September 1888 | 1 November 1888 | John James Osman |
Stanley | Edward William Hawker | Resigned | 28 May 1889 | 25 June 1889 | Peter Paul Gillen |