5th Parliament of South Australia

Fifth Parliament of South Australia
← 4th 6th →
Old Parliament House (1872)
Overview
Legislative body	Parliament of South Australia
Meeting place	Old Parliament House
Term	31 July 1868 – 2 March 1870
Election	6 April – 4 May 1868
Legislative Council
Members	18
President	John Morphett
House of Assembly
Members	36
Speaker	George Strickland Kingston
Sessions
1st 31 July 1868 – 30 January 1869 2nd 30 July 1869 – 23 February 1870

The 5th 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: John Morphett
• 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: Simon Pierse Creagh (until 24 December 1869), Edwin Gordon Blackmore (from 24 December 1869)

Membership

Legislative Council

Until 19 March 1869

Further information: Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1865–1869

▌ Henry Ayers* ▌ Charles Hervey Bagot* ▌ John Tuthill Bagot* ▌ John Baker ▌ John Henry Barrow ▌ John Crozier ▌ Thomas Elder ▌ Thomas English* ▌ Charles George Everard

▌ John Hodgkiss ▌ Thomas Hogarth ▌ Henry Mildred ▌ William Morgan* ▌ John Morphett* ▌ William Parkin* ▌ William Peacock ▌ Emanuel Solomon ▌ William Wedd Tuxford*

Legislative Council President John Morphett

From 19 March 1869

Further information: Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1869–1873

7 of the 18 seats in the upper house were contested in the election on 19 March 1869. Members elected in 1869 are marked with an asterisk (*).

▌ Henry Ayers ▌ John Tuthill Bagot ▌ John Baker* ▌ John Henry Barrow* ▌ John Crozier ▌ John Dunn, sen.* ▌ Thomas English* ▌ John Hodgkiss ▌ Thomas Hogarth

▌ Henry Mildred ▌ William Milne* ▌ William Morgan ▌ John Morphett ▌ Alexander Borthwick Murray* ▌ William Parkin ▌ Emanuel Solomon ▌ Augustine Stow* ▌ William Wedd Tuxford

House of Assembly

Further information: Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1868–1870

All 36 seats in the lower house were contested in the election on 6 April – 4 May 1868.

Barossa ▌ Richard Chaffey Baker ▌ Philip Santo The Burra ▌ James Boucaut ▌ John Bentham Neales East Adelaide ▌ Robert Cottrell ▌ Thomas Reynolds East Torrens ▌ Daniel Fisher ▌ George Pearce Encounter Bay ▌ Neville Blyth ▌ William Everard Flinders ▌ William Ranson Mortlock ▌ Alfred Watts

Gumeracha ▌ Alexander Hay ▌ William Sandover Light ▌ John Hart, sen. ▌ William Lewis Mount Barker ▌ John Cheriton ▌ William Rogers Noarlunga ▌ John Carr ▌ John Colton Onkaparinga ▌ Thomas Playford ▌ William Townsend Port Adelaide ▌ David Bower ▌ Henry Hill

Stanley ▌ Henry Edward Bright ▌ George Strickland Kingston The Sturt ▌ Joseph Fisher ▌ Frederick Spicer Victoria ▌ Henry Kent Hughes ▌ John Riddoch West Adelaide ▌ Henry Robert Fuller ▌ William Knox Simms West Torrens ▌ John Pickering ▌ Henry Bull Templer Strangways Yatala ▌ Wentworth Cavenagh ▌ Lavington Glyde

House of Assembly Speaker George Strickland Kingston

Changes of membership

House of Assembly

Seat	Before	Change		After
	Member	Type	Date	Date	Member
Mount Barker	John Cheriton	Unseated	11 August 1868	3 September 1868	John Cheriton
Mount Barker	William Rogers	Unseated	11 August 1868	3 September 1868	John Dunn, sen.
Mount Barker	John Dunn, sen.	Unseated	9 October 1868	5 November 1868	William Rogers
The Sturt	Richard Bullock Andrews	Resigned	18 January 1870	10 February 1870	Frederick Spicer
West Torrens	George Thomas Bean	Failure to attend	20 January 1870	10 February 1870	John Pickering

See also

• Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1865–1869
• Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1869–1873
• Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1868–1870

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.