Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1894–1897

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This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1894 to 1897.

This was the fourth Legislative Council to be affected by the amendments to the Constitution, which provided for the Colony to be divided into four districts: (1) Central; (2) Southern; (3) North-Eastern and (4) Northern, with six members in each division; one third of each to be replaced in rotation every three years. (Previously, the whole colony acted as one electoral district "The Province" with one third replaced at General Elections every four years.)

NameDistrictPartyTime in officeNotes
Henry Adams Central Labor 1894–1902
Arthur Richman Addison Northern 1888–1915
Richard Chaffey Baker Southern 1877–1901
Martin Peter Friedrich Basedow North-Eastern 1894–2000
John George Bice Northern 1894–1923
Allan Campbell Northern 1878–1898
David Morley Charleston Central Labor1891–Aug. 1897
John Darling Sr. Northern 1888–1897
John Duncan North-Eastern NDL 1891–1896
1900–1913
Henry Robert Fuller Central NDL1894–1900
John Hannah Gordon Southern 1888–1892
1893-1903
Robert Storrie Guthrie Southern Labor1891–1902
1902–1903
William Haslam North-Eastern 1891–1897
Andrew Alexander Kirkpatrick Central Labor1891–1897
1900–1909
1918–1928
Gregor McGregor Southern Labor1894–1901
Sylvanus James Magarey Central 1888–1897
James Martin North-Eastern NDL1894–1899
James O'Loghlin Northern Labor1888–1902
William Alfred Robinson Central Labor1893–1900
William Russell North-Eastern Labor1894–2000
Sir Edwin Thomas Smith Southern 1894–1902
John Lancelot Stirling Southern 1891–1932
Ebenezer Ward Northern 1891–1900
John Warren North-Eastern
/ Midland
1888–1912

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