6th Parliament of South Australia

Sixth Parliament of South Australia
← 5th 7th →
Old Parliament House (1872)
Overview
Legislative body	Parliament of South Australia
Meeting place	Old Parliament House
Term	27 May 1870 – 23 November 1871
Election	28 March – 5 April 1870
Legislative Council
Members	18
President	John Morphett
House of Assembly
Members	36
Speaker	George Strickland Kingston
Sessions
1st 27 May 1870 – 13 January 1871 2nd 28 July 1871 – 23 November 1871

The 6th 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: Edwin Gordon Blackmore

Membership

Legislative Council

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

Members elected in 1869 are marked with an asterisk (*).

▌ Henry Ayers ▌ John Baker* ▌ John Crozier ▌ John Dunn, sen.* ▌ Thomas Elder* ▌ Thomas English* ▌ John Hodgkiss ▌ Thomas Hogarth ▌ Henry Mildred

▌ William Milne* ▌ William Morgan ▌ John Morphett ▌ Alexander Borthwick Murray* ▌ John Bentham Neales ▌ William Parkin ▌ Philip Santo ▌ William Storrie* ▌ William Wedd Tuxford

Legislative Council President John Morphett

House of Assembly

Further information: Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1870–1871

All 36 seats in the lower house were contested in the 28 March – 5 April 1870.

Barossa ▌ Richard Chaffey Baker ▌ Walter Duffield The Burra ▌ John Hart, sen. ▌ Charles Mann East Adelaide ▌ Robert Cottrell ▌ David Murray East Torrens ▌ Alexander Hay ▌ Henry Hay Mildred Encounter Bay ▌ Arthur Fydell Lindsay ▌ Emil Wentzel Flinders ▌ Hampton Gleeson ▌ Alfred Watts

Gumeracha ▌ Arthur Blyth ▌ Ebenezer Ward Light ▌ James Pearce ▌ James White Mount Barker ▌ John Cheriton ▌ James Garden Ramsay Noarlunga ▌ John Carr ▌ James Stewart Onkaparinga ▌ Friedrich Edouard Heinrich Wulf Krichauff ▌ Thomas Playford Port Adelaide ▌ Henry Kent Hughes ▌ William Quin

Stanley ▌ Henry Edward Bright ▌ George Strickland Kingston The Sturt ▌ John Lindsay ▌ William Townsend Victoria ▌ Neville Blyth ▌ Park Laurie West Adelaide ▌ Patrick Boyce Coglin ▌ John Darling, sen. West Torrens ▌ William Henry Bean ▌ James Penn Boucaut Yatala ▌ Wentworth Cavenagh ▌ Lavington Glyde

House of Assembly Speaker George Strickland Kingston

Changes of membership

Legislative Council

Before	Change		After
Member	Type	Date	Date	Member
John Tuthill Bagot	Resigned	16 June 1870	4 July 1870	John Bentham Neales
John Henry Barrow	Resigned	7 September 1871	4 October 1871	William Storrie
Emanuel Solomon	Resigned	7 September 1871	4 October 1871	Philip Santo
Augustine Stow	Resigned	7 September 1871	4 October 1871	Thomas Elder

House of Assembly

Seat	Before	Change		After
	Member	Type	Date	Date	Member
Light	Edward Angus Hamilton	Resigned	28 July 1871	12 August 1871	James White
Victoria	William Paltridge	Resigned	28 July 1871	24 August 1871	Neville Blyth
West Torrens	Henry Bull Templer Strangways	Resigned	28 July 1871	10 August 1871	James Penn Boucaut

See also

• Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1869–1873
• Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1870–1871

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.