7th Parliament of South Australia

Seventh Parliament of South Australia
← 6th 8th →
Old Parliament House (1872)
Overview
Legislative body	Parliament of South Australia
Meeting place	Old Parliament House
Term	14 December 1871 – 14 January 1875
Election	14–27 December 1871
Legislative Council
Members	18
President	John Morphett (until 1873) William Milne (from 1873)
House of Assembly
Members	36
Speaker	George Strickland Kingston
Sessions
1st 19 January 1872 – 30 November 1872 2nd 25 July 1873 – 18 December 1873 3rd 30 April 1874 – 6 November 1874

The 7th 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 (until 1873), William Milne (from 1873)
• Clerk of the Legislative Council: Francis Corbet Singleton
• Clerk's assistant and Sergeant-at-arms: Joseph George Atkinson Branthwaite (until 1874), Frederick Halcomb (from 1874)

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

Until 3 April 1873

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 (until 1873)

From 3 April 1873

Further information: Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1873–1877

7 of the 18 seats in the upper house were contested in the election on 3 April 1873. Members elected in 1873 are marked with an asterisk (*).

▌ Henry Ayers* ▌ John Crozier ▌ John Dunn, sen. ▌ Walter Duffield* ▌ Thomas Elder ▌ Thomas English ▌ William Everard* ▌ Joseph Fisher* ▌ Alexander Hay*

▌ Thomas Hogarth* ▌ William Milne ▌ William Morgan ▌ Alexander Borthwick Murray ▌ William Parkin ▌ William Sandover ▌ Philip Santo ▌ William Storrie ▌ Robert Alfred Tarlton*

Legislative Council President William Milne (from 1873)

House of Assembly

Further information: Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1871–1875

All 36 seats in the lower house were contested in the election on 14–27 December 1871.

Barossa ▌ John Howard Angas ▌ James Andrew Trehane Lake The Burra ▌ Charles Mann ▌ Rowland Rees East Adelaide ▌ John Cox Bray ▌ Robert Cottrell East Torrens ▌ Edwin Thomas Smith ▌ George Stevenson Encounter Bay ▌ Arthur Fydell Lindsay ▌ William Rogers Flinders ▌ William Ranson Mortlock ▌ Alfred Watts

Gumeracha ▌ Arthur Blyth ▌ Ebenezer Ward Light ▌ James Pearce ▌ Randolph Isham Stow Mount Barker ▌ James Garden Ramsay ▌ William West-Erskine Noarlunga ▌ John Carr ▌ Charles Myles Onkaparinga ▌ William Henry Bundey ▌ Friedrich Edouard Heinrich Wulf Krichauff Port Adelaide ▌ John Duncan ▌ Henry Kent Hughes

Stanley ▌ Henry Edward Bright ▌ George Strickland Kingston The Sturt ▌ William Mair ▌ William Townsend Victoria ▌ Thomas Wilde Boothby ▌ James Park Dawson Laurie West Adelaide ▌ William Knox Simms ▌ Judah Moss Solomon West Torrens ▌ James Boucaut ▌ John Pickering 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 Bentham Neales	Died	26 August 1873	22 September 1873	William Sandover

House of Assembly

Seat	Before	Change		After
	Member	Type	Date	Date	Member
Encounter Bay	William Edward Everard	Unseated	2 February 1872	29 February 1872	William Rogers
Encounter Bay	Thomas Reynolds	Unseated	2 February 1872	29 February 1872	Thomas Reynolds
The Burra	John Hart, sen.	Died	28 January 1873	3 April 1873	Rowland Rees
Victoria	John Riddoch	Resigned	28 April 1873	29 May 1873	James Park Dawson Laurie
Victoria	Edwin Henry Derrington	Resigned	6 May 1873	17 June 1873	Thomas Wilde Boothby
Encounter Bay	Thomas Reynolds	Resigned	28 August 1873	5 September 1873	Arthur Fydell Lindsay
Light	Mountifort Longfield Conner	Resigned	11 September 1873	18 September 1873	Randolph Isham Stow
The Sturt	John Henry Barrow	Died	22 August 1874	7 September 1874	William Mair

See also

• Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1869–1873
• Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1873–1877
• Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1871–1875

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.