List of South Australian Legislative Council by-elections

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This is a list of historical by-elections for the South Australian Legislative Council. They were caused by the resignation or death of an incumbent member.

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From inauguration until the 1975 election and the introduction of South Australian Legislative Council appointments, casual vacancies in the Legislative Council, like the House of Assembly, were also filled at by-elections. Amendments to the South Australian Constitution and Electoral Acts in that year saw the whole state become a single electorate for the Legislative Council and gave, in line with the Australian Senate, an assembly of members of both Houses of Parliament the right to meet to choose a replacement member. The constitution also states that if the previous sitting Legislative Council member was at the time of his/her election the representative of a particular political party, that party should nominate a replacement from amongst its own members. [1]

List of by-elections

Gains for Labor are highlighted in red; for Liberal and its predecessors in blue; and others in grey.

By-electionDateIncumbentPartyWinner [1] [2] PartyCause
The Province 3 April 1860 Arthur Henry Freeling
Edward Castres Gwynne 		  George Marsden Waterhouse
George Tinline 		 Resigned
Failure to attend
The Province 7 August 1863 Thomas Shuldham O'Halloran
William Scott
George Tinline 		  Edward McEllister
Thomas Elder
John Baker 		 Resigned
Resigned
Failure to attend
The Province 26 September 1866
 
 
  • Resigned
  • Resigned
  • Died
  • Resigned
The Province 26 November 1866 Charles Bonney   William Parkin  Resigned
The Province 6 August 1867 Abraham Scott, Thomas Magarey, George Hall   John Crozier, William Morgan, Emanuel Solomon  Resigned
Resigned
Death
Uncontested4 July 1870 John Tuthill Bagot   John B. Neales  Resigned
The Province 4 October 1871 John Henry Barrow
Augustine Stow
Emanuel Solomon 		  William Storrie
Thomas Elder
Philip Santo 		 Resigned (3)
The Province 22 September 1873 John B. Neales   William Sandover  Deceased
The Province 10 September 1878 Thomas English
William Storrie
Thomas Elder
William Everard 		  Henry Scott
Allan Campbell
John Hodgkiss
Charles Burney Young 		 Resigned
Resigned
Resigned
Failure to attend the Parliament
The Province 7 July 1880 Walter Duffield
Henry Kent Hughes
Charles Burney Young 		  John Dunn Jr.
James Garden Ramsay
Alexander Borthwick Murray 		 Resigned (3)
Central 28 February 1884Sir William Morgan   William Knox Simms  Deceased
Southern 7 July 1885 Thomas English   Samuel Tomkinson  Deceased
North-Eastern 28 June 1886 George Witherage Cotton   John Bosworth  Resigned
Central 25 June 1887 John Crozier
John Brodie Spence 		  Alfred Muller Simpson
John Howard Angas 		 Deceased
Resigned
Northern 6 July 1887 William Dening Glyde   William Copley  Resigned
Northern 11 July 1888 William Wadham   Arthur Richman Addison  Resigned
Southern 28 June 1890 James Garden Ramsay   Friedrich Eduard Heinrich Wulf Krichauff  Deceased
Southern 11 July 1891 W. A. E. West-Erskine   John Lancelot Stirling  Resigned
Central 15 April 1893 George Witherage Cotton   William Alfred Robinson  Deceased
Southern 15 April 1893 John Hannah Gordon   John Hannah Gordon [3]  Resigned due to financial difficulties, but stood for the vacant seat and was elected
Central 11 September 1897 David Charleston   United Labour Party David Morley Charleston  IndependentResigned [4]
North-Eastern 4 June 1898 William Haslam   John Lewis  Deceased
Northern 26 November 1898 Allan Campbell   Andrew Tennant  Deceased
North East uncontested31 March 1900 James Martin   John James Duncan  Deceased
Central 22 September 1900 Samuel Tomkinson   Charles Cameron Kingston  Deceased
Central uncontested9 February 1901 Charles Cameron Kingston   John Langdon Parsons  Resigned
Central uncontested1 June 1901 David Morley Charleston   George Brookman  Seated in Federal Parliament
Southern 8 June 1901 Gregor McGregor, Richard Chaffey Baker   Alfred von Doussa, George Riddoch  Seated in Federal Parliament (2)
Central 19 September 1903 John Langdon Parsons   Hugo Carl Emil Muecke  Deceased
Southern uncontested14 December 1903 John Hannah Gordon   Louis von Doussa  Resigned
Central 19 December 1903 Robert Storrie Guthrie   Beaumont Arnold Moulden  Resigned
Central 20 October 1906 Henry Thompson   Independent David Jelley   Labor Death
Central 3 November 1906 Joseph Vardon   Independent James Phillips Wilson   Labor Resignation
Central 2 March 1907 David Jelley   Labor Frederick Samuel Wallis   Labor Death
Central 15 May 1909 Andrew Kirkpatrick   Labor Theodore Bruce   Independent Death
Central 5 August 1911 Theodore Bruce   Liberal Charles Morris   Liberal Death
Midland 15 November 1913 John Duncan   Liberal David Gordon   Liberal Death
Southern 16 August 1915 John Downer   Liberal Joseph Botterill   Liberal Death
Central No. 2 20 August 1915 Ern Klauer   Labor William Humphrey Harvey   Labor Death
Southern 9 October 1920 Joseph Botterill   Liberal Thomas McCallum   Liberal Death
Central No. 1 27 October 1928 Andrew Kirkpatrick   Labor Frank Condon   Labor Death
Central No. 1 17 August 1929 John Carr   Labor Stanley Whitford   Labor Death
Central No. 1 24 October 1931 Tom Gluyas   Labor Joseph Anderson   Independent Death
Southern 17 June 1932 Lancelot Stirling   LCL Reuben Cranstoun Mowbray   LCL Death
Northern 20 October 1934 William Morrow   LCL Lyell McEwin   LCL Death
Central No. 2 14 December 1935 William Humphrey Harvey   LCL Edward Holden   LCL Death
Southern 18 June 1938 Thomas McCallum   LCL Alec Bagot   Independent Death
Northern 2 September 1939 Hartley Gladstone Hawkins   LCL James Beerworth   Labor Death
Midland 1 November 1948 Douglas Peel Gordon   LCL Colin Rowe   LCL Death
Northern 14 May 1949 Percy Blesing   LCL Robert Richard Wilson   LCL Death
Southern 26 May 1949 Norman Brookman   LCL John Lancelot Cowan   LCL Death
Central No. 1 24 October 1951 Oscar Oates   Labor Stan Bevan   Labor Death
Midland 26 February 1955 Reginald Rudall   LCL Ross Story   LCL Death
Central No. 1 16 September 1961 Frank Condon   Labor Alfred Kneebone   Labor Death
Midland 20 October 1962 Alexander Melrose   LCL Les Hart   LCL Death
Southern 15 December 1962 Allan Hookings   LCL Ren DeGaris   LCL Death
Southern 19 June 1964 Geoffrey Giles   LCL Henry Kemp   LCL Resignation
Central No. 2 4 December 1965 Frank Perry   LCL Murray Hill   LCL Death
Northern 29 October 1966 Dudley Octoman   LCL Arthur Whyte   LCL Resignation
Southern 2 June 1967 Les Densley   LCL Victor George Springett   LCL Resignation
Central No. 1 15 May 1970 Stan Bevan   Labor Tom Casey   Labor Resignation
Midland 12 September 1970 Colin Rowe   LCL Keith Russack   LCL Death
Southern 3 July 1971 Norman Jude   LCL Martin Cameron   LCL Resignation
Southern 11 August 1973 Henry Kemp   LCL John Burdett   LCL Death

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References

  1. 1 2 South Australian By-Elections 1851-2013: ECSA
  2. ↑ "Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836-2007: SA Parliament" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "THE LABOR PARTY AND THE ELECTIONS". The Daily Telegraph . No. 4241. New South Wales, Australia. 28 January 1893. p. 5. Retrieved 13 December 2018– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "THE CENTRAL DISTRICT ELECTION". Evening Journal . Vol. XXIX, no. 8368. South Australia. 13 September 1897. p. 3 (ONE O'CLOCK EDITION). Retrieved 13 December 2018– via National Library of Australia.
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