10th Parliament of South Australia

1881–1884 meeting of the South Australian Parliament August 2025 August 2025 Tenth Parliament of South Australia File:Old Parliament House Adelaide 1872.jpg Old Parliament House (1872) Parliament of South Australia Old Parliament House 8–27 April 1881 2 June 1881 19 March 1884 9th 11th Legislative Council 18 (until 29 May 1882)24 (from 29 May 1882) President Henry Ayers House of Assembly 46 Speaker Robert Dalrymple Ross 2 June 1881 18 November 1881 1 June 1882 17 November 1882 31 May 1883 28 February 1884 The 10th 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: William Townsend (until 31 October 1882), Luke Lidiard Furner (from 31 October 1882) Clerk of the House of Assembly: George William de la Poer Beresford Clerk's assistant and Sargeant-at-arms: Edwin Gordon Blackmore Membership Legislative Council Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1881–1885 Until 29 May 1882 6 of the 18 seats in the upper house were contested in the election on 20 April 1881. Members elected in 1881 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 John Crozier Independent politicians in Australia John Dunn, jun. Independent politicians in Australia Thomas Hogarth Independent politicians in Australia John Hodgkiss Independent politicians in Australia William Morgan Independent politicians in Australia Alexander Borthwick 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 William Sandover Independent politicians in Australia Henry Scott 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 29 May 1882 A special election was held on 29 May 1882 as the Legislative Council expanded to 24 members. 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 House of Assembly Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1881–1884 Albert Independent politicians in Australia Arthur Hardy Independent politicians in Australia Rudolph Henning Barossa Independent politicians in Australia Martin Peter Friedrich Basedow Independent politicians in Australia John Downer Burra Independent politicians in Australia Ben Rounsevell Independent politicians in Australia Ebenezer Ward East Adelaide Independent politicians in Australia John Cox Bray Independent politicians in Australia Thomas Johnson 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 Patrick Boyce Coglin Independent politicians in Australia William Ranson Mortlock Independent politicians in Australia Andrew Tennant Gumeracha Independent politicians in Australia William Haines Independent politicians in Australia Samuel Tomkinson Light Independent politicians in Australia Jenkin Coles Independent politicians in Australia Robert Dixson Independent politicians in Australia Henry Vivian Moyle Mount Barker Independent politicians in Australia Albert Henry Landseer Independent politicians in Australia John Lancelot Stirling Noarlunga Independent politicians in Australia Thomas Atkinson Independent politicians in Australia John Colton North Adelaide Independent politicians in Australia John Langdon Parsons Onkaparinga Independent politicians in Australia John Carr Independent politicians in Australia Rowland Rees Port Adelaide Independent politicians in Australia David Bower Independent politicians in Australia William Mattinson Stanley Independent politicians in Australia Alfred Catt Independent politicians in Australia James Henderson Howe Sturt Independent politicians in Australia Thomas King Independent politicians in Australia Josiah Symon Victoria Independent politicians in Australia Lavington Glyde Independent politicians in Australia William Whinham Wallaroo Independent politicians in Australia William Henry Beaglehole Independent politicians in Australia Luke Furner Independent politicians in Australia Robert Dalrymple Ross West Adelaide Independent politicians in Australia Hugh Fraser Independent politicians in Australia Charles Cameron Kingston West Torrens Independent politicians in Australia William Henry Bean Independent politicians in Australia Frederick Estcourt Bucknall Wooroora Independent politicians in Australia John Bosworth Independent politicians in Australia Henry Edward Bright Yatala Independent politicians in Australia Josiah Howell Bagster Independent politicians in Australia William Gilbert 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 AfterMemberTypeDateDateMemberCentralWilliam MorganDied30 January 188428 February 1884William Knox Simms House of Assembly SeatBefore Change AfterMemberTypeDateDateMemberEast AdelaideGeorge Swan FowlerResigned7 June 188117 June 1881Thomas JohnsonYatalaDavid MurrayUnseated28 June 188113 July 1881David MurrayYatalaDavid MurrayResigned18 August 18816 September 1881Josiah Howell BagsterOnkaparingaFriedrich Edouard Heinrich Wulf KrichauffResigned22 May 188215 June 1882Rowland ReesFlindersEbenezer CookeResigned24 October 18821 December 1882Patrick Boyce CoglinSturtWilliam TownsendDied25 October 188213 November 1882Thomas KingVictoriaGeorge Charles HawkerResigned11 May 188315 June 1883William Whinham See also Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1881–1885 Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1881–1884 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