Electoral district of Encounter Bay

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Encounter Bay
South AustraliaHouse of Assembly
State South Australia
Created1857
Abolished1902
Namesake Encounter Bay
DemographicRural

Encounter Bay was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian colony (state of Australia from 1901) of South Australia from 1857 to 1902. [1]

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At its creation in 1857, it included booths at Goolwa, Port Elliot, Rapid Bay and Yankalilla. It expanded over time with the settlement of the area to include booths at Cape Jervis, Inman Valley and Myponga (1870), Hog Bay and Port Victor (now Victor Harbor) (1875), Kingscote (1878), Bullaparinga (1881), Second Valley (1893, replacing Rapid Bay), Nangkita (1896) and Torrens Vale (1899). [2]

In 2015, the former electorate of Encounter Bay is now divided between the state electorates of Finniss and Hammond. [3] [4]

Members

MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  Arthur Lindsay 1857–1860  Benjamin Babbage 1857–1857
  Henry Strangways 1858–1862
  John Lindsay 1860–1865
  David Sutherland 1862–1868
  William Everard 1865–1870
  Neville Blyth 1868–1870
  Arthur Lindsay 1870–1871  Emil Wentzel 1870–1871
  Thomas Reynolds 1871–1873  William Everard 1871–1872
  William Rogers 1872–1875
  Arthur Lindsay 1873–1878
  James Boucaut 1875–1878
  John Parsons 1878–1881
  William West-Erskine 1878–1881
  Henry Downer 1881–1891  Simpson Newland 1881–1887
  Charles Hussey 1887–1890
  John Kelly 1890–1896
  Defence League 1891–1896 
  King O'Malley 1896–1899  William Carpenter Labor 1896–1902
  Charles Tucker 1899–1902

After Encounter Bay was abolished, Tucker went on to represent the new district of Alexandra from 3 May 1902. [5]

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References

  1. "Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836–2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  2. Jaensch, Dean. "History of South Australian elections 1857-2006, volume 1". Electoral Commission of South Australia. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  3. "District of Finniss Background Profile". Electoral Commission of South Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  4. "District of Hammond Background Profile". Electoral Commission of South Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  5. "Charles Tucker". Former Member of Parliament Details. Parliament of South Australia.

Coordinates: 35°30′S138°44′E / 35.500°S 138.733°E / -35.500; 138.733