Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1875–1878

This is a list of members of the seventh parliament of the South Australian House of Assembly, which sat from 6 May 1875 until 13 March 1878. The members were elected at the 1875 election.[1]

Name Electorate Term in Office
Hon Arthur Blyth [7]North Adelaide1857–1868, 1870–1877
Neville Blyth [7]North Adelaide1860–1867, 1868–1870, 1871, 1877–1878
David BowerPort Adelaide1865–1870, 1875–1887
John Cox BrayEast Adelaide1871–1892
Albert Henry LandseerMount Barker1875–1899
John CarrNoarlunga1865–1879, 1881–1884
Wentworth Cavenagh [1]Yatala1862–1875, 1875–1881
Jenkin ColesLight1875–1878, 1881–1911
John ColtonNoarlunga1862–1870, 1875–1878, 1880–1887
Mountifort ConnerAlbert1875–1875
Thomas CowanYatala1875–1878
John Darling Sr. [5]West Adelaide1870–1871, 1876–1881, 1885–1887
John DuncanWallaroo1871–1875, 1875–1878, 1884–1890
John Dunn Jr. [3]Barossa1875–1878
William DunnOnkaparinga1875–1878
Lavington Glyde [1]Yatala1857–1875, 1877–1884
Frederick HannafordGumeracha1875–1878
Arthur HardyAlbert1875–1886, 1886–1887
Thomas JohnsonWest Adelaide1875–1878, 1881–1884
William KayEast Adelaide1875–1878
Thomas King [4]Sturt1875–1881, 1882–1885
Friedrich KrichauffOnkaparinga1857–1858, 1870–1882, 1884–1890
Matthew Madge [2]Wallaroo1875
David Murray [8]East Torrens1870–1871, 1877–1878, 1881
James PearceLight1870–1875, 1875
John PickeringWest Torrens1865–1868, 1870, 1871–1878
Thomas PlayfordEast Torrens1868–1871, 1875–1887,
1887–1890, 1899–1901
William QuinPort Adelaide1870–1871, 1875–1880
John RichardsWallaroo1875–1878
Robert Dalrymple Ross [2]Wallaroo1875–1887
William Knox Simms [5]West Adelaide1868–1870, 1871–1876, 1878–1881
J. M. Sinclair [6]West Torrens1876–1878
Edwin Thomas Smith [8]East Torrens1871–1877, 1878–1893
Johann Sudholz [3]Barossa1875
Benjamin Taylor [6]West Torrens1875–1876
William TownsendSturt1857–1882
Ebenezer WardGumeracha80, 1881–1890
Samuel Way [4]Sturt1875–1876
James White [2]Light1871, 1875–1881
William WigleyAlbert1875–1878
1 The two members for Yatala, Wentworth Cavenagh and Lavington Glyde, both resigned on 6 May 1875. Both men recontested the resulting by-election, which saw Cavenagh returned but Glyde defeated by Thomas Cowan.
2 Matthew Madge was initially declared elected as a member for Wallaroo, but his election was challenged and he was unseated on 20 May 1875. Robert Dalrymple Ross won the resulting by-election on 4 June.
3 Johann Sudholz was initially declared elected as a member for Barossa, but his election was challenged and he was unseated on 22 May 1875. John Dunn Jr. won the resulting by-election on 9 June.
4 Sturt MHA Samuel Way resigned on 20 March 1876 to take up the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia. Thomas King won the resulting by-election on 10 April.
5 West Adelaide MHA William Knox Simms resigned on 13 June 1876. John Darling Sr. won the resulting by-election on 21 June.
6 West Torrens MHA Benjamin Taylor resigned on 19 September 1876. John Sinclair won the resulting by-election on 27 September.
7 North Adelaide MHA Arthur Blyth accepted the office of South Australia's Agent General in London on 21 February 1877. His brother, Neville Blyth, won the resulting by-election on 14 March.
8 East Torrens MHA Edwin Thomas Smith resigned on 1 March 1877. David Murray won the resulting by-election on 27 March.

References
  1. "Statistical Register of the Parliament of South Australia" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
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