2nd Parliament of South Australia

Second Parliament of South Australia
← 1st 3rd →
Old Parliament House (1872)
Overview
Legislative body	Parliament of South Australia
Meeting place	Old Parliament House
Term	27 April 1860 – 22 October 1862
Election	13 March – 3 April 1860
Legislative Council
Members	18
President	James Hurtle Fisher
House of Assembly
Members	36
Speaker	George Charles Hawker
Sessions
1st 27 April 1860 – 17 October 1860 2nd 26 April 1861 – 3 December 1861 3rd 25 April 1862 – 21 October 1862

The 2nd 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 Charles Hawker
• 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

Until 28 March 1861

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

2 of the 18 seats in the upper house were contested in the election on 3 April 1860. Members elected in 1860 are marked with an asterisk (*).

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

▌ George Hall ▌ John Morphett ▌ Thomas Shuldham O'Halloran ▌ Abraham Scott ▌ William Scott ▌ Edward Stirling ▌ George Tinline* ▌ George Marsden Waterhouse* ▌ William Younghusband

Legislative Council President James Hurtle Fisher

From 28 March 1861

Further information: Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1861–1865

6 of the 18 seats in the upper house were contested in the election on 28 March 1861. Members elected in 1861 are marked with an asterisk (*).

▌ George Fife Angas ▌ Henry Ayers ▌ John Henry Barrow* ▌ Samuel Davenport* ▌ Charles Davies ▌ Charles George Everard ▌ James Hurtle Fisher ▌ Anthony Forster* ▌ George Hall

▌ John Morphett ▌ Thomas Shuldham O'Halloran ▌ William Peacock* ▌ Abraham Scott* ▌ William Scott ▌ Judah Moss Solomon* ▌ Edward Stirling ▌ George Tinline ▌ George Marsden Waterhouse

House of Assembly

Further information: Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1860–1862

All 36 seats in the lower house were contested in the election on 3 April 1860.

City of Adelaide ▌ Samuel Bakewell ▌ James Penn Boucaut ▌ Matthew Moorhouse ▌ William Parkin ▌ Thomas Reynolds ▌ Philip Santo Barossa ▌ Walter Duffield ▌ Edward Lindley Grundy The Burra and Clare ▌ George William Cole ▌ George Strickland Kingston ▌ John Bentham Neales East Torrens ▌ Neville Blyth ▌ Henry Mildred Encounter Bay ▌ John Lindsay ▌ Henry Bull Templar Strangways

Flinders ▌ William James Browne Gumeracha ▌ Arthur Blyth ▌ Alexander Borthwick Murray Light ▌ John Tuthill Bagot ▌ John Rowe Mount Barker ▌ John Dunn, sen. ▌ Boyle Travers Finniss The Murray ▌ Allan McFarlane Noarlunga ▌ Alexander Anderson ▌ David Sutherland Onkaparinga ▌ William Milne ▌ William Townsend

Port Adelaide ▌ Patrick Boyce Coglin ▌ John Hart, sen. The Sturt ▌ John Hallett ▌ Joseph Peacock Victoria ▌ George Charles Hawker West Torrens ▌ Thomas Magarey ▌ Randolph Isham Stow{ Yatala ▌ Lavington Glyde ▌ Edward McEllister

House of Assembly Speaker George Charles Hawker

Changes of membership

House of Assembly

Seat	Before	Change		After
	Member	Type	Date	Date	Member
The Burra and Clare	William Lennon	Resigned	28 March 1861	6 May 1861	George Strickland Kingston
West Torrens	George Morphett	Resigned	15 April 1861	30 April 1861	Randolph Isham Stow
City of Adelaide	Richard Davies Hanson	Resigned	20 November 1861	9 December 1861	James Penn Boucaut
Gumeracha	Alexander Hay	Resigned	30 December 1861	8 May 1862	Alexander Borthwick Murray
The Murray	David Wark	Died	3 March 1862	8 May 1862	Allan McFarlane
The Burra and Clare	William Dale	Resigned	22 March 1862	8 May 1862	John Bentham Neales
Port Adelaide	William Owen	Resigned	22 March 1862	8 May 1862	John Hart, sen.
Light	Francis Stacker Dutton	Resigned	22 April 1862	8 May 1862	John Rowe

See also

• Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1857–1861
• Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1861–1865
• Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1860–1862

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.