1857 South Australian colonial election

none April 2022 June 2020 1857 South Australian colonial election South Australia Flag of the United Kingdom.svg parliamentary no 1855 South Australian colonial election 1855 1860 South Australian colonial election 1860 elected members All 36 seats in the House of AssemblyAll 18 seats in the Legislative Council 12,235enrolment Total enrolment across all electorates, including those uncontested, was 15,538. 6,877 (56.2%) 9 March 1857 B. T. Finniss 3.jpeg 350 120 160 25 105 888 Boyle Travers Finniss City of Adelaide 1857 South Australian colonial election.svg Results by electoral district for the House of Assembly Premier Boyle Travers Finniss Boyle Travers Finniss A colonial election was held on 9 March 1857 to elect members to the 1st Parliament of South Australia. All 36 seats in the House of Assembly (the lower house), and all 18 seats in the Legislative Council (the upper house) were up for election. Prior to the election, Boyle Travers Finniss led a government which was formed to administer the election and to establish the first responsible government. The election used non-compulsory plurality block voting, in which electors deleted the names of candidates they did not support. Members of the House of Assembly were elected to 17 multi-member districts; most districts had two members, with the exception of City of Adelaide (6 members), The Burra and Clare (3), Flinders (1), The Murray (1), and Victoria (1). Members of the Legislative Council were elected in a single 18-member district. Suffrage extended to men (including Aboriginals) over 21 years of age (who owned property worth at least £50, for the Legislative Council), unless they were "attainted or convicted of treason or felony". No parties or solid groupings would be formed until after the 1890 election, which resulted in frequent changes of the Premier. If the incumbent Premier lost sufficient support through a successful motion of no confidence at any time, he would tender his resignation to the Governor, which would result in another member being elected and sworn in by the Governor as the next Premier. Results House of Assembly 1857 South Australian House of Assembly election Overall results y Legislative Council 1857 South Australian Legislative Council election Overall results y See also Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1857–1861 Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1857–1860 Notes 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:Elections in South Australia Category:1857 elections in Australia Category:1850s in South Australia Category:March 1857