Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1860-1862

This is a list of members of the second parliament of the South Australian House of Assembly
South Australian House of Assembly
The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. The other is the Legislative Council. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Adelaide.- Overview :...

, which sat from 27 April 1860 until 22 October 1862. The members were elected at the 1860 state election.

Previous assembly: 1857–1860

Next assembly: 1865–1868

Name	Electorate South Australian House of Assembly electoral districts Since 1970, the South Australian House of Assembly has consisted of 47 single-member electoral districts consisting of approximately the same number of enrolled voters...	Term in Office
Alexander Anderson	Noarlunga	1860–1862
John Bagot	Light Electoral district of Light Light is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after Colonel William Light who was the first Surveyor-General of South Australia. The electorate was created in 1857, abolished in 1902 and reinstated in 1936...	1857–1865
Samuel Bakewell	City of Adelaide	1860–1862
Arthur Blyth Arthur Blyth Sir Arthur Blyth KCMG was premier of South Australia three times; 1864–1865, 1871–1872 and 1873-1875....	Gumeracha	1857–1868, 1870–1877
Neville Blyth	East Torrens	1860–1867, 1868–1870, 1871, 1877–1878
James Boucaut James Boucaut Sir James Penn Boucaut KCMG was an Australian judge and politician, Premier of South Australia three times: 1866–1867, 1875–1876 and 1877–1878.-Early life:... ³	City of Adelaide	1861–1862, 1865–1870, 1871–1878
William Browne	Flinders Electoral district of Flinders Flinders is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after explorer Matthew Flinders, who was responsible for charting most of the state's coastline. It is a 55,260.6 km² coastal rural electorate encompassing the Eyre Peninsula and...	1860–1862
Patrick Coglin	Port Adelaide Electoral district of Port Adelaide Port Adelaide is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after Port Adelaide because of its geographical location, it is a 113.4 km² urban electorate on Adelaide's Lefevre Peninsula and stretches east to cove some of Adelaide's northern...	1860–1868, 1870–1871, 1875–1881, 1882–1887
George Cole	The Burra and Clare	1860–1866
William Dale ⁸	The Burra and Clare	1860–1862
Walter Duffield	Barossa	1857–1868, 1870–1871
John Dunn	Mount Barker	1857–1868, 1868
Francis Dutton Francis Dutton Francis Stacker Dutton CMG was the seventh Premier of South Australia, serving twice, firstly in 1863 and again in 1865.... ⁹	Light	1857–1862, 1862–1865
Boyle Finniss Boyle Finniss Boyle Travers Finniss was the first Premier of the Colony of South Australia, serving from 24 October 1856 to 20 August 1857.-Early life:...	Mount Barker	1857–1862
Lavington Glyde	Yatala	1857–1875, 1877–1884
Edward Grundy	Barossa	1860–1862
John Hallett John Hallett (Australian politician) John Mead Hallett was an Australian politician. Born in Rexdale, a suburb of Toronto in Canada, his family moved to Australia in 1919 where he was educated at Guildford Grammar School in Perth, after which he became a farmer at Corrigin...	The Sturt	1857–1862
Richard Hanson Richard Hanson (Australian politician) Sir Richard Davies Hanson , was the fourth Premier of South Australia, from 30 September 1857 until 8 May 1860, and was a Chief Judge from 20 November 1861 until 4 March 1876 on the Supreme Court of South Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of South... ³	City of Adelaide	1857–1861
John Hart John Hart, senior Captain John Hart was a South Australian politician and a Premier of South Australia.-Early life:The son of journalist/newspaper publisher John Harriott Hart & Mary nee Glanville, John was born on 25 February 1809 probably at 23 Warwick Lane off Newgate Street, London. At Christ Church, Greyfriars... ⁷	Port Adelaide	1857–1859, 1862–1866, 1868–1873
George Charles Hawker George Charles Hawker George Charles Hawker was an Australian settler and South Australian politician.-Early life:Hawker was born in London, the second son of Admiral Edward Hawker and his first wife Joanna Naomi, née Poore. He was educated partly on the continent, and entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1836 George...	Victoria	1858–1865, 1875–1883, 1884–1895
Alexander Hay Alexander Hay (South Australian politician) Alexander Hay was a South Australian merchant, pastoralist and politician.-Early career:Born in Dunfermline, Scotland, as a young man he gained free passage to South Australia when working as a "wharfer", arriving in May 1839. After working for only two years for the South Australia Company, he... ⁴	Gumeracha	1857–1861, 1867–1871
George Kingston George Strickland Kingston Sir George Strickland Kingston arrived in South Australia on the Cygnet in 1836. He was the Deputy Surveyor to William Light, engaged to survey the new colony of South Australia.-Early life:... ¹	The Burra and Clare	1857–1860, 1861–1880
William Lennon ¹	The Burra and Clare	1860–1861
John Lindsay	Encounter Bay	1860–1865, 1870–1871
Thomas Magarey Thomas Magarey Thomas Magarey was an Irish-born miller and pastoralist who, with his brother James, migrated to Nelson, New Zealand in 1842 , and to Adelaide, South Australia in 1845 . He was also one of the Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1860–1862, and one of the MLA 1863-1865...	West Torrens Electoral district of West Torrens West Torrens is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after the City of West Torrens because of its location on the River Torrens, it is a 26.7 km² urban electorate on Adelaide's western suburbs...	1860–1862
Edward McEllister	Yatala	1858–1862
Allan McFarlane ⁶	The Murray	1862–1864
Henry Mildred	East Torrens	1857–1865
William Milne William Milne (politician) Sir William Milne was an Australian entrepreneur and politician, serving as the member for Onkaparinga in the South Australian House of Assembly from 1857-1868 and President of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1873 to 1881.Born in Wester-Common, near Glasgow, Milne was educated in...	Onkaparinga	1857–1868
Matthew Moorhouse Matthew Moorhouse Matthew Moorhouse pioneer in Australia, Protector of Aborigines, pastoralist and politician in South Australia.Moorhouse studied medicine and obtained the degree of M.R.C.S. in 1836. He practiced medicine in Hanley, Staffordshire when the Crown appointed him protector of aborigines. He arrived in...	City of Adelaide	1860–1862
George Morphett ²	West Torrens	1860–1861
Alexander Borthwick Murray ⁴	Gumeracha	1862–1867
John Bentham Neales ⁸	The Burra and Clare	1857–1860, 1862–1870
William Owen ⁷	Port Adelaide	1857–1860, 1859–1862
William Parkin	City of Adelaide	1860–1862
Joseph Peacock	The Sturt	1860–1867
Thomas Reynolds ⁵	City of Adelaide	1857–1862, 1862, 1864–1870, 1871–1872, 1872–1873
John Rowe ⁹	Light	1862
Philip Santo Philip Santo Philip Santo was a South Australian politician and businessman. He was born at Saltash, Cornwall, and trained to be a carpenter. At the age of 22 he left for South Australia on the ship Brightman, arriving in Adelaide in December 1840. He worked as a builder in Adelaide, then Burra...	City of Adelaide	1860–1870
Randolph Isham Stow Randolph Isham Stow Randolph Isham Stow was an English-born Australian Supreme Court judge.Stow was born in Framlingham, Suffolk, England, the eldest son of the Rev. Thomas Quinton Stow and his wife Elizabeth, née Eppes... ²	West Torrens	1861–1865, 1866–1868, 1873–1875
Henry Strangways Henry Strangways Henry Bull Templar Strangways was an Australian politician and Premier of South Australia.Strangways was the eldest son of Henry Bull Strangways of Shapwick, Somerset, England. He visited South Australia as a boy. Returning to England he entered at the Middle Temple in November 1851 and was called...	Encounter Bay	1858–1871
David Sutherland	Noarlunga	1860–1862, 1862–1868
William Townsend	Onkaparinga	1857–1882
David Wark ⁶	The Murray	1857–1862

¹ The Burra and Clare MHA William Lennon was declared insolvent and thus ineligible to serve as a member of parliament on 28 March 1861. George Kingston

George Strickland Kingston

Sir George Strickland Kingston arrived in South Australia on the Cygnet in 1836. He was the Deputy Surveyor to William Light, engaged to survey the new colony of South Australia.-Early life:...

won the resulting by-election on 6 May.

² West Torrens MHA George Morphett resigned on 15 April 1861. Randolph Isham Stow

Randolph Isham Stow

Randolph Isham Stow was an English-born Australian Supreme Court judge.Stow was born in Framlingham, Suffolk, England, the eldest son of the Rev. Thomas Quinton Stow and his wife Elizabeth, née Eppes...

won the resulting by-election on 30 April.

³ City of Adelaide MHA Richard Hanson

Richard Hanson (Australian politician)

Sir Richard Davies Hanson , was the fourth Premier of South Australia, from 30 September 1857 until 8 May 1860, and was a Chief Judge from 20 November 1861 until 4 March 1876 on the Supreme Court of South Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of South...

resigned on 20 November 1861. James Boucaut

James Boucaut

Sir James Penn Boucaut KCMG was an Australian judge and politician, Premier of South Australia three times: 1866–1867, 1875–1876 and 1877–1878.-Early life:...

won the resulting by-election on 9 December.

⁴ Gumeracha MHA Alexander Hay

Alexander Hay (South Australian politician)

Alexander Hay was a South Australian merchant, pastoralist and politician.-Early career:Born in Dunfermline, Scotland, as a young man he gained free passage to South Australia when working as a "wharfer", arriving in May 1839. After working for only two years for the South Australia Company, he...

resigned on 30 December 1861. Alexander Murray won the resulting by-election on 8 May 1862.

⁵ City of Adelaide MHA Thomas Reynolds resigned on 17 February 1862. He subsequently nominated for the resulting by-election and was re-elected to his seat on 2 May.

⁶ The Murray MHA David Wark died on 3 March 1862. Allan McFarlane won the resulting by-election on 8 May.

⁷ Port Adelaide MHA William Owen resigned on 22 March 1862. John Hart

John Hart, senior

Captain John Hart was a South Australian politician and a Premier of South Australia.-Early life:The son of journalist/newspaper publisher John Harriott Hart & Mary nee Glanville, John was born on 25 February 1809 probably at 23 Warwick Lane off Newgate Street, London. At Christ Church, Greyfriars...

won the resulting by-election on 8 May.

⁸ The Burra and Clare MHA William Dale resigned on 22 March 1862. John Bentham Neales won the resulting by-election on 8 May.

⁹ Light MHA Francis Dutton

Francis Dutton

Francis Stacker Dutton CMG was the seventh Premier of South Australia, serving twice, firstly in 1863 and again in 1865....

resigned on 22 April 1862. John Rowe won the resulting by-election on 8 May.

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