1st Parliament of South Australia

First Parliament of South Australia
2nd →
Old Parliament House (1872)
Overview
Legislative body	Parliament of South Australia
Meeting place	Old Parliament House
Term	22 April 1857 (1857-04-22) – 1 March 1860 (1860-03-01)
Election	9 March 1857
Legislative Council
Members	18
President	James Hurtle Fisher
House of Assembly
Members	36
Speaker	George Strickland Kingston
Sessions
1st 22 April 1857 – 27 January 1858 2nd 27 August 1858 – 24 December 1858 3rd 29 April 1859 – 1 September 1859

The 1st 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: James Hurtle Fisher
• Clerk of the Legislative Council: Francis Corbet Singleton
• Clerk's assistant and Sergeant-at-arms: Joseph George Atkinson Branthwaite

House of Assembly

• Speaker of the House of Assembly: George Strickland Kingston
• Clerk of the House of Assembly: George William de la Poer Beresford
• Clerk's assistant and Sargeant-at-arms: James Newnham Blackmore

Membership

Legislative Council

Further information: Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1857–1861

All 18 seats in the upper house were contested in the election on 9 March 1857.

▌ George Fife Angas ▌ Henry Ayers ▌ Charles Hervey Bagot ▌ John Baker ▌ Samuel Davenport ▌ Charles Davies ▌ Charles George Everard ▌ James Hurtle Fisher ▌ Arthur Henry Freeling

▌ Anthony Forster ▌ Edward Castres Gwynne ▌ George Hall ▌ John Morphett ▌ Thomas Shuldham O'Halloran ▌ Abraham Scott ▌ William Scott ▌ Edward Stirling ▌ William Younghusband

Legislative Council President James Hurtle Fisher

House of Assembly

Further information: Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1857–1860

All 36 seats in the lower house were contested in the election on 9 March 1857.

City of Adelaide ▌ Francis Stacker Dutton ▌ Boyle Travers Finniss ▌ Richard Davies Hanson ▌ John Bentham Neales ▌ William Owen ▌ Judah Moss Solomon Barossa ▌ William Bakewell ▌ Walter Duffield The Burra and Clare ▌ George Strickland Kingston ▌ Edward McEllister ▌ Edward John Peake East Torrens ▌ John Henry Barrow ▌ Lavington Glyde Encounter Bay ▌ Arthur Fydell Lindsay ▌ Henry Bull Templer Strangways

Flinders ▌ Marshall MacDermott Gumeracha ▌ Arthur Blyth ▌ Alexander Hay Light ▌ John Tuthill Bagot ▌ David Shannon Mount Barker ▌ John Dunn, sen. ▌ William Rogers The Murray ▌ David Wark Noarlunga ▌ Henry Mildred ▌ Thomas Young Onkaparinga ▌ William Milne ▌ William Townsend

Port Adelaide ▌ Edward Gascoigne Collinson ▌ John Hart The Sturt ▌ John Hallett ▌ Thomas Reynolds Victoria ▌ George Charles Hawker West Torrens ▌ James William Cole ▌ Luther Scammell Yatala ▌ Richard Bullock Andrews ▌ John Harvey

House of Assembly Speaker George Strickland Kingston

Changes in membership

Legislative Council

Before	Change		After
Member	Type	Date	Date	Member
Arthur Henry Freeling	Resigned	30 August 1859		Vacant
Edward Castres Gwynne	Failure to attend	30 August 1859		Vacant

House of Assembly

Seat	Before	Change		After
	Member	Type	Date	Date	Member
Barossa	Horace Dean	Unseated	7 May 1857	13 June 1857	William Bakewell
Yatala	Charles Simeon Hare	Resigned	12 May 1857	5 June 1857	Richard Bullock Andrews
East Torrens	George Marsden Waterhouse	Resigned	8 September 1857	6 October 1857	Lavington Glyde
Onkaparinga	William Bower Dawes	Resigned	24 November 1857	23 December 1857	William Townsend
Victoria	Robert Rowland Leake	Resigned	8 December 1857	5 January 1858	George Charles Hawker
Encounter Bay	Benjamin Herschel Babbage	Resigned	17 December 1857	15 January 1858	Henry Bull Templer Strangways
Light	Carrington Smedley	Resigned	23 December 1857	8 February 1858	William Henry Maturin
East Torrens	Charles Bonney	Resigned	26 January 1858	6 April 1858	John Henry Barrow
Mount Barker	Friedrich Eduard Heinrich Wulf Krichauff	Resigned	12 March 1858	16 September 1858	William Rogers
City of Adelaide	Robert Richard Torrens	Resigned	1 July 1858	16 September 1858	Judah Moss Solomon
Light	William Henry Maturin	Resigned	1 July 1858	9 September 1858	David Shannon
The Burra and Clare	Morris Lyon Marks	Resigned	2 August 1858	9 September 1858	Edward McEllister
Port Adelaide	John Bristow Hughes	Resigned	24 September 1858	11 October 1858	Edward Gascoigne Collinson
City of Adelaide	William Henville Burford	Resigned	29 April 1859	13 May 1859	William Owen
Port Adelaide	John Hart, sen.	Absent without leave	23 August 1859		Vacant
Flinders	Marshall MacDermott	Resigned	1 September 1859		Vacant
The Burra and Clare	Edward John Peake	Resigned	1 October 1859		Vacant

See also

• Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1857–1861
• Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1857–1860

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.