3rd Parliament of South Australia

Third Parliament of South Australia
← 2nd 4th →
Old Parliament House (1872)
Overview
Legislative body	Parliament of South Australia
Meeting place	Old Parliament House
Term	27 February 1863 – 25 January 1865
Election	10–24 November 1862
Legislative Council
Members	18
President	James Hurtle Fisher
House of Assembly
Members	36
Speaker	George Charles Hawker
Sessions
1st 27 February 1863 – 12 November 1863 2nd 27 May 1864 – 9 December 1864

The 3rd 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

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 Baker ▌ John Henry Barrow* ▌ Samuel Davenport* ▌ Charles Davies ▌ Thomas Elder ▌ Charles George Everard ▌ James Hurtle Fisher

▌ Anthony Forster* ▌ George Hall ▌ Edward McEllister ▌ John Morphett ▌ William Peacock* ▌ Abraham Scott* ▌ Judah Moss Solomon* ▌ Edward Stirling ▌ George Marsden Waterhouse

Legislative Council President James Hurtle Fisher

House of Assembly

Further information: Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1862–1865

All 36 seats in the lower house were contested in the election on 24 November 1862.

Barossa ▌ Walter Duffield ▌ John Williams The Burra ▌ George William Cole ▌ John Bentham Neales East Adelaide ▌ Thomas Reynolds ▌ Philip Santo East Torrens ▌ Neville Blyth ▌ Henry Mildred Encounter Bay ▌ John Lindsay ▌ David Sutherland Flinders ▌ Charles Lindsay ▌ Alfred Watts

Gumeracha ▌ Arthur Blyth ▌ Alexander Borthwick Murray Light ▌ John Tuthill Bagot ▌ Francis Stacker Dutton Mount Barker ▌ John Dunn, sen. ▌ William Rogers Noarlunga ▌ John Colton ▌ Charles Thomas Hewett Onkaparinga ▌ William Milne ▌ William Townsend Port Adelaide ▌ Patrick Boyce Coglin ▌ John Hart, sen.

Stanley ▌ George Strickland Kingston ▌ George Young The Sturt ▌ Richard Bullock Andrews ▌ Joseph Peacock Victoria ▌ George Charles Hawker ▌ Randolph Isham Stow West Adelaide ▌ Emanuel Solomon ▌ James Crabb Verco West Torrens ▌ Augustine Stow ▌ Henry Bull Templer Strangways Yatala ▌ Wentworth Cavenagh ▌ Lavington Glyde

House of Assembly Speaker George Charles Hawker

Changes of membership

Legislative Council

Before	Change		After
Member	Type	Date	Date	Member
Thomas Shuldham O'Halloran	Resigned	9 June 1863	7 August 1863	Edward McEllister
George Tinline	Failure to attend	9 June 1863	7 August 1863	John Baker
William Scott	Resigned	10 June 1863	7 August 1863	Thomas Elder
Anthony Forster	Resigned	7 December 1864		Vacant
George Marsden Waterhouse	Resigned	7 December 1864		Vacant

House of Assembly

Seat	Before	Change		After
	Member	Type	Date	Date	Member
Barossa	Joseph Barritt	Resigned	1 March 1864	8 June 1864	John Williams
Mount Barker	Allan McFarlane	Died	11 March 1864	8 June 1864	William Rogers
East Adelaide	William Bakewell	Resigned	27 October 1864	5 November 1864	Thomas Reynolds

See also

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

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.