4th Parliament of South Australia
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| Fourth Parliament of South Australia | |||||||||
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 Old Parliament House (1872) | |||||||||
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| Legislative body | Parliament of South Australia | ||||||||
| Meeting place | Old Parliament House | ||||||||
| Term | 31 March 1865 – 26 March 1868 | ||||||||
| Election | 1–13 March 1865 | ||||||||
| Legislative Council | |||||||||
| Members | 18 | ||||||||
| President | John Morphett | ||||||||
| House of Assembly | |||||||||
| Members | 36 | ||||||||
| Speaker | George Strickland Kingston | ||||||||
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The 4th 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
[edit]Legislative Council
- President of the Legislative Council: John Morphett
- Clerk of the Legislative Council: Francis Corbet Singleton
- Clerk's assistant and Sergeant-at-arms: Joseph George Atkinson Branthwaite
House of Assembly
- Speaker of the House of Assembly: George Strickland Kingston
- Clerk of the House of Assembly: George William de la Poer Beresford
- Clerk's assistant and Sargeant-at-arms: James Newnham Blackmore (until 16 January 1866), Simon Pierse Creagh (from 16 January 1866)
Membership
[edit]Legislative Council
[edit]8 of the 18 seats in the upper house were contested in the election on 1 March 1865. Members elected in 1865 are marked with an asterisk (*).
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House of Assembly
[edit]All 36 seats in the lower house were contested in the election on 1–13 March 1865.
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Changes of membership
[edit]Legislative Council
[edit]| Before | Change | After | ||
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| Member | Type | Date | Date | Member |
| George Fife Angas | Resigned | 28 August 1866 | 26 September 1866 | John Tuthill Bagot |
| Charles Bonney | Resigned | 28 August 1866 | 26 November 1866 | William Parkin |
| Edward McEllister | Died | 28 August 1866 | 26 September 1866 | Henry Mildred |
| Judah Moss Solomon | Resigned | 28 August 1866 | 26 September 1866 | Thomas Hogarth |
| Samuel Davenport | Resigned | 30 August 1866 | 26 September 1866 | John Hodgkiss |
| George Hall | Died | 9 July 1867 | 6 August 1867 | Emanuel Solomon |
| Thomas Magarey | Resigned | 9 July 1867 | 6 August 1867 | William Morgan |
| Abraham Scott | Resigned | 9 July 1867 | 6 August 1867 | John Crozier |
House of Assembly
[edit]| Seat | Before | Change | After | ||
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| Member | Type | Date | Date | Member | |
| Noarlunga | William Henry Trimmer | Resigned | 31 March 1865 | 11 April 1865 | John Carr |
| Light | Francis Stacker Dutton | Accepted office of profit | 29 September 1865 | 12 October 1865 | John Rounsevell |
| Port Adelaide | John Hart, sen. | Resigned | 28 March 1866 | 29 June 1866 | Jacob William Smith |
| Flinders | Alfred Watts | Resigned | 15 September 1866 | 20 October 1866 | Augustine Stow |
| The Burra | George William Cole | Resigned | 28 September 1866 | 15 October 1866 | Alexander McCulloch |
| Victoria | Adam Lindsay Gordon | Resigned | 10 November 1866 | 13 December 1866 | James Umpherston |
| East Torrens | Charles Henry Goode | Resigned | 22 November 1866 | 3 December 1866 | Randolph Isham Stow |
| Gumeracha | Alexander Borthwick Murray | Resigned | 27 June 1867 | 15 July 1867 | Alexander Hay |
| East Torrens | Neville Blyth | Resigned | 9 July 1867 | 22 July 1867 | Daniel Fisher |
| The Sturt | Joseph Peacock | Died | 25 July 1867 | 14 August 1867 | Alexander Murray |
See also
[edit]- Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1865–1869
- Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1865–1868
References
[edit]- "Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836–2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. 24 April 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2011.