1855 South Australian colonial election

none June 2020 June 2020 1855 South Australian colonial election South Australia Flag of the United Kingdom.svg parliamentary no 1851 South Australian colonial election 1851 1857 South Australian colonial election 1857 16 of 24 seats in the South Australian Legislative Council. 20/21 September 1855 Colonial elections were held in South Australia on 20/21 September 1855. Only 16 of the 24 seats in the unicameral Legislative Council were popularly elected, the second occurrence of voting franchise in the colony. The 1851 election was the first of this type. The election resulted in violence on 20 September 1855 in Hindley Street between opponents and supporters of Anthony Forster, editor and part-owner of the South Australian Register and also one of the candidates for election. A consequence of the violence was the introduction of secret ballots from the following election.https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au:443/events/hindley-street-riot?hh=1& Hindley Street riot SA History Hub Corinne Ball History Trust of South Australia 10 February 2019 The 1857 election was the first contest which popularly elected all members to the new bicameral Parliament of South Australia. The first six Governors of South Australia oversaw governance from proclamation in 1836 until self-government in 1857. See also Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1855–1857 References Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836-2007: SA Parliament Category:Elections in South Australia South Australian colonial election colonial election 1855 South Australian colonial election