11th Parliament of South Australia

August 2025 1884–1887 meeting of the South Australian Parliament August 2025 Eleventh Parliament of South Australia File:Old Parliament House Adelaide 1872.jpg Old Parliament House (1872) Parliament of South Australia Old Parliament House 8–23 April 1884 5 June 1884 2 March 1887 10th 12th Legislative Council 24 President Henry Ayers House of Assembly 52 Speaker Robert Dalrymple Ross 5 June 1884 14 November 1884 4 June 1885 11 December 1885 27 May 1886 17 November 1886 The 11th 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: Henry Ayers Clerk of the Legislative Council: Francis Corbet Singleton Clerk's assistant and Sergeant-at-arms: Frederick Halcomb House of Assembly Speaker of the House of Assembly: Robert Dalrymple Ross Chairman of Committees: Ebenezer Ward Clerk of the House of Assembly: George William de la Poer Beresford (until 30 April 1886), Edwin Gordon Blackmore (from 5 May 1886) Clerk's assistant and Sargeant-at-arms: Edwin Gordon Blackmore (until 5 May 1886), John Cummins Morphett (from 5 May 1886) Membership Legislative Council Until 15 May 1885 Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1881–1885 Members elected in 1882 are marked with an asterisk (*). Independent politicians in Australia Henry Ayers Independent politicians in Australia Richard Chaffey Baker Independent politicians in Australia William Christie Buik Independent politicians in Australia Allan Campbell Independent politicians in Australia George Witheredge Cotton* Independent politicians in Australia John Crozier Independent politicians in Australia John Dunn, jun. Independent politicians in Australia Thomas English* Independent politicians in Australia William Dening Glyde* Independent politicians in Australia Alexander Hay* Independent politicians in Australia Thomas Hogarth Independent politicians in Australia John Hodgkiss Independent politicians in Australia Alexander Borthwick Murray Independent politicians in Australia David Murray* Independent politicians in Australia James Pearce Independent politicians in Australia John Pickering Independent politicians in Australia James Garden Ramsay Independent politicians in Australia James Rankine Independent politicians in Australia Maurice Salom* Independent politicians in Australia William Sandover Independent politicians in Australia Henry Scott Independent politicians in Australia William Knox Simms (Central) Independent politicians in Australia John Brodie Spence Independent politicians in Australia Robert Alfred Tarlton 200 Henry Ayers 3.jpeg 300 200 266 40 45 Legislative Council PresidentHenry Ayres right From 15 May 1885 Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1885–1888 8 of the 24 seats in the upper house were contested in the election on 15 May 1885. Members elected in 1885 are marked with an asterisk (*). Independent politicians in Australia Henry Ayers Independent politicians in Australia Richard Chaffey Baker (Southern)* Independent politicians in Australia John Bosworth (North-Eastern) Independent politicians in Australia Henry Edward Bright (North-Eastern)* Independent politicians in Australia William Christie Buik Independent politicians in Australia Allan Campbell (Northern)* Independent politicians in Australia John Crozier (Central)* Independent politicians in Australia John Dunn, jun. Independent politicians in Australia William Dening Glyde Independent politicians in Australia Alexander Hay Independent politicians in Australia James Martin (North-Eastern)* Independent politicians in Australia Alexander Borthwick Murray Independent politicians in Australia David Murray Independent politicians in Australia John Pickering Independent politicians in Australia James Garden Ramsay Independent politicians in Australia James Rankine Independent politicians in Australia Maurice Salom Independent politicians in Australia Henry Scott (Central)* Independent politicians in Australia William Knox Simms (Central) Independent politicians in Australia John Brodie Spence Independent politicians in Australia Robert Alfred Tarlton Independent politicians in Australia Samuel Tomkinson (Southern) Independent politicians in Australia William Wadham (Northern)* Independent politicians in Australia William West-Erskine (Southern)* House of Assembly Albert Independent politicians in Australia Andrew Dods Handyside Independent politicians in Australia Arthur Hardy Barossa Independent politicians in Australia Martin Peter Friedrich Basedow Independent politicians in Australia John William Downer Burra Independent politicians in Australia John Alexander Cockburn Independent politicians in Australia William Benjamin Rounsevell East Adelaide Independent politicians in Australia John Cox Bray Independent politicians in Australia Johann Theodor Scherk East Torrens Independent politicians in Australia Thomas Playford Independent politicians in Australia Edwin Thomas Smith Encounter Bay Independent politicians in Australia Henry Edward Downer Independent politicians in Australia Simpson Newland Flinders Independent politicians in Australia John Moule Independent politicians in Australia Andrew Tennant Frome Independent politicians in Australia William John Copley Independent politicians in Australia Ebenezer Ward Gladstone Independent politicians in Australia Alfred Catt Independent politicians in Australia James Henderson Howe Gumeracha Independent politicians in Australia Robert Homburg Independent politicians in Australia Robert Dalrymple Ross Light Independent politicians in Australia Jenkin Coles Independent politicians in Australia David Moody Mount Barker Independent politicians in Australia Albert Henry Landseer Independent politicians in Australia John Lancelot Stirling Newcastle Independent politicians in Australia Thomas Burgoyne Independent politicians in Australia Patrick Boyce Coglin Noarlunga Independent politicians in Australia Thomas Atkinson Independent politicians in Australia John Blackler Colton North Adelaide Independent politicians in Australia George Charles Hawker Independent politicians in Australia Edward Charles Stirling Onkaparinga Independent politicians in Australia Joseph Colin Francis Johnson Independent politicians in Australia Rowland Rees Port Adelaide Independent politicians in Australia David Bower Independent politicians in Australia William Edward Mattinson Stanley Independent politicians in Australia John Darling, sen. Independent politicians in Australia Edward William Hawker Sturt Independent politicians in Australia Samuel Dening Glyde Independent politicians in Australia Josiah Henry Symon Victoria Independent politicians in Australia John Bagot Independent politicians in Australia Friedrich Edouard Heinrich Wulf Krichauff Wallaroo Independent politicians in Australia David Bews Independent politicians in Australia Luke Lidiard Furner West Adelaide Independent politicians in Australia Arthur Aloysius Fox Independent politicians in Australia Charles Cameron Kingston West Torrens Independent politicians in Australia Frederick Estcourt Bucknall Independent politicians in Australia Arthur Harvey Wooroora Independent politicians in Australia John William Castine Independent politicians in Australia John James Duncan Yatala Independent politicians in Australia Josiah Howell Bagster Independent politicians in Australia William Gilbert Yorke Peninsula Independent politicians in Australia William Henry Beaglehole Independent politicians in Australia Robert Caldwell 200 Robert Dalrymple Ross 2.jpeg 260 200 266 5 35 House of Assembly SpeakerRobert Dalrymple Ross right Changes of membership Legislative Council SeatBefore Change AfterMemberTypeDateDateMemberSouthernThomas EnglishDied4 June 18857 July 1885Samuel TomkinsonNorth-EasternGeorge Witheredge CottonResigned27 May 188628 June 1886John Bosworth House of Assembly SeatBefore Change AfterMemberTypeDateDateMemberAlbertRudolph Wilhelm Emil HenningDied24 November 18845 January 1885Andrew Dods HandysideWallarooHenry Allerdale GraingerResigned19 January 188516 February 1885David BewsStanleyJohn MillerResigned20 April 188515 May 1885John Darling, sen.SturtThomas KingResigned6 July 188517 July 1885Samuel Dening GlydeAlbertArthur HardyResigned8 February 18869 March 1886Arthur HardyEast AdelaideGeorge Dutton GreenResigned15 May 188631 May 1886Johann Theodor Scherk See also Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1881–1885 Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1885–1888 Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1884–1887 References http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836–2007 24 April 2007 Parliament of South Australia https://web.archive.org/web/20110312023915/http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf 12 March 2011 dead Category:Parliament of South Australia