12th Parliament of South Australia

August 2025 August 2025 1887–1890 meeting of the South Australian Parliament Twelfth Parliament of South Australia File:Old Parliament House Adelaide 1872.jpg Old Parliament House (1872) Parliament of South Australia Old Parliament House 19 March – 21 April 1887 2 June 1887 19 March 1890 11th 13th Legislative Council 24 President Henry Ayers House of Assembly 52 Speaker Robert Dalrymple Ross(until 31 May 1888)John Cox Bray(from 31 May 1888) 2 June 1887 9 December 1887 13 December 1887 17 December 1887 31 May 1888 8 December 1888 6 June 1889 6 December 1889 The 12th 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: Edwin Gordon Blackmore Clerk's assistant and Sergeant-at-arms: Albert Egerton Wilby (until 18 April 1888), John Cummins Morphett (from 18 April 1888) House of Assembly Speaker of the House of Assembly: Robert Dalrymple Ross (until 31 May 1888), John Cox Bray (from 31 May 1888) Chairman of Committees: Ebenezer Ward Clerk of the House of Assembly: Frederick Halcomb Clerk's assistant and Sargeant-at-arms: John Cummins Morphett (until 18 May 1888), Albert Egerton Wilby (from 18 April 1888) Membership Legislative Council Until May 1888 Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1885–1888 Members elected in 1885 are marked with an asterisk (*). Independent politicians in Australia John Howard Angas (Central) 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 William Copley (Northern) Independent politicians in Australia John Dunn, jun. 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 Alfred Muller Simpson (Central)* 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)* From May 1888 Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1888–1891 9 of the 24 seats in the upper house were contested in the elections in May 1888. Members elected in 1888 are marked with an asterisk (*). Independent politicians in Australia Arthur Richman Addison (Northern)* Independent politicians in Australia John Howard Angas (Central) Independent politicians in Australia Henry Ayers (North-Eastern)* 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 Allan Campbell (Northern) Independent politicians in Australia William Copley (Northern) Independent politicians in Australia George Witherage Cotton (Central)* Independent politicians in Australia John Hannah Gordon (Southern)* Independent politicians in Australia John Darling, sen. (Northern)* Independent politicians in Australia Alexander Hay Independent politicians in Australia Sylvanus James Magarey (Central)* Independent politicians in Australia James Martin (North-Eastern) Independent politicians in Australia David Murray Independent politicians in Australia James O'Loghlin (Northern)* Independent politicians in Australia James Garden Ramsay (Southern)* 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 Alfred Muller Simpson (Central) Independent politicians in Australia Samuel Tomkinson (Southern) Independent politicians in Australia John Warren (North-Eastern)* Independent politicians in Australia William West-Erskine (Southern) House of Assembly Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1887–1890 Albert Independent politicians in Australia Andrew Dods Handyside Independent politicians in Australia Beaumont Arnold Moulden Barossa Independent politicians in Australia Martin Peter Friedrich Basedow Independent politicians in Australia John William Downer Burra Independent politicians in Australia Frederick William Holder 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 Edwin Thomas Smith Independent politicians in Australia Saul Solomon Encounter Bay Independent politicians in Australia Henry Edward Downer Independent politicians in Australia Charles Henry Hussey Flinders Independent politicians in Australia William Austin Horn Independent politicians in Australia John Moule Frome Independent politicians in Australia Clement Giles 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 John Lancelot Stirling Light Independent politicians in Australia Jenkin Coles Independent politicians in Australia Paddy Glynn Mount Barker Independent politicians in Australia John Alexander Cockburn Independent politicians in Australia Albert Henry Landseer Newcastle Independent politicians in Australia Thomas Burgoyne Independent politicians in Australia Thomas Playford Noarlunga Independent politicians in Australia Charles James Dashwood Independent politicians in Australia Alexander McDonald North Adelaide Independent politicians in Australia Lewis Cohen Independent politicians in Australia George Charles Hawker Onkaparinga Independent politicians in Australia Joseph Colin Francis Johnson Independent politicians in Australia Rowland Rees Port Adelaide Independent politicians in Australia George Feltham Hopkins Independent politicians in Australia William Edward Mattinson Stanley Independent politicians in Australia Peter Paul Gillen Independent politicians in Australia Charles Kimber Sturt Independent politicians in Australia John Greeley Jenkins Independent politicians in Australia William Frederick Stock Victoria Independent politicians in Australia Friedrich Edouard Heinrich Wulf Krichauff Independent politicians in Australia John James Osman Wallaroo Independent politicians in Australia David Bews Independent politicians in Australia Luke Lidiard Furner West Adelaide Independent politicians in Australia Lawrence Grayson Independent politicians in Australia Charles Cameron Kingston West Torrens Independent politicians in Australia Benjamin Gould Independent politicians in Australia Benjamin Nash 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 Harry Bartlett Independent politicians in Australia Robert Caldwell 200 John Cox Bray.jpg 300 200 266 20 40 House of Assembly SpeakerJohn Cox Bray (from 1888) right Changes of membership Legislative Council SeatBefore Change AfterMemberTypeDateDateMemberCentralJohn CrozierDied2 June 188725 June 1887Alfred Muller SimpsonCentralJohn Brodie SpenceResigned2 June 188725 June 1887John Howard AngasNorthernWilliam Dening GlydeResigned2 June 18876 July 1887William CopleyNorthernWilliam WadhamResigned31 May 1888 Vacant House of Assembly SeatBefore Change AfterMemberTypeDateDateMemberGumerachaRobert Dalrymple RossDied27 December 188712 May 1888John Lancelot StirlingVictoriaDaniel LivingstonDied30 September 18881 November 1888John James OsmanStanleyEdward William HawkerResigned28 May 188925 June 1889Peter Paul Gillen See also Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1885–1888 Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1888–1891 Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1887–1890 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