8th Parliament of South Australia

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Eighth Parliament of South Australia
7th 9th
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Old Parliament House (1872)
Overview
Legislative body Parliament of South Australia
Meeting place Old Parliament House
Term6 May 1875 – 13 March 1878
Election 10 February – 1 March 1875
Legislative Council
Members18
President William Milne
House of Assembly
Members46
Speaker George Strickland Kingston
Sessions
1st6 May 1875 – 15 October 1875
2nd10 November 1875 – 30 November 1875
3rd26 May 1876 – 17 November 1876
4th31 May 1877 – 21 December 1877

The 8th 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.

Contents

Leadership

Legislative Council

House of Assembly

Membership

Legislative Council

Until 5 April 1877

Members elected in 1873 are marked with an asterisk (*).

From 5 April 1877

6 of the 18 seats in the upper house were contested in the election on 5 April 1877. Members elected in 1877 are marked with an asterisk (*).

House of Assembly

Changes of membership

House of Assembly

SeatBeforeChangeAfter
MemberTypeDateDateMember
Yatala Wentworth Cavenagh Resigned6 May 1875 17 May 1875 Wentworth Cavenagh
Yatala Lavington Glyde Resigned6 May 1875 17 May 1875 Thomas Cowan
Light Randolph Isham Stow Resigned6 May 1875 17 May 1875 Jenkin Coles
Wallaroo Matthew Henry Madge Unseated20 May 1875 4 June 1875 Robert Dalrymple Ross
Barossa Johann Wilhelm Albrecht Sudholz Unseated22 May 1875 9 June 1875 John Dunn, jun.
Albert Mountifort Longfield Conner Resigned23 June 1875 12 July 1875 William Rodolph Wigley
Wooroora James Pearce Resigned27 July 1875 7 August 1875 John Bosworth
Sturt Samuel James Way Resigned20 March 1876 10 April 1876 Thomas King
Mount Barker William West-Erskine Resigned21 April 1876 1 May 1876 James Garden Ramsay
Barossa John Howard Angas Resigned10 May 1876 20 May 1876 Martin Peter Friedrich Basedow
West Adelaide William Knox Simms Resigned13 June 1876 21 June 1876 John Darling, sen.
West Torrens Benjamin Taylor Resigned19 September 1876 27 September 1876 John Mitchell Sinclair
North Adelaide Arthur Blyth Accepted office of profit21 February 1877 14 March 1877 Neville Blyth
East Torrens Edwin Thomas Smith Resigned1 March 1877 27 March 1877 David Murray
Victoria John Ingleby Resigned11 April 1877 17 May 1877 Lavington Glyde
Albert William Rodolph Wigley Resigned5 March 1878Vacant

See also

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