Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1870-1871

This is a list of members of the sixth 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 May 1870 until 23 November 1871. The members were elected at the 1870 state election.

Previous assembly: 1868–1870

Next assembly: 1871–1875

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
Richard Baker Richard Baker (Australian politician) Sir Richard Chaffey Baker KCMG was an Australian politician. A barrister by trade, he embarked on a successful career in South Australian colonial politics, serving as state attorney-general and President of the Legislative Council before switching to federal politics after federation...	Barossa	1868–1871
William Henry Bean	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...	1870–1871, 1878–1884
Hon 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	Victoria	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:...	West Torrens	1861–1862, 1865–1870, 1871–1878
Henry Bright	Stanley	1865–1884
John Carr	Noarlunga	1865–1879, 1881–1884
Wentworth Cavenagh	Yatala	1862–1875, 1875–1881
John Cheriton	Mount Barker	1868, 1868–1871
Patrick Coglin	West Adelaide	1860–1868, 1870–1871, 1875–1881, 1882–1887
Robert Cottrell	East Adelaide	1868–1875
John Darling	West Adelaide	1870–1871, 1876–1881, 1885–1887
Walter Duffield	Barossa	1857–1868, 1870–1871
Hampton Gleeson	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...	1870–1871
Lavington Glyde	Yatala	1857–1875, 1877–1884
Edward Hamilton	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...	1870–1871
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...	The Burra	1857–1859, 1862–1866, 1868–1873
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...	East Torrens	1857–1861, 1867–1871
Henry Kent Hughes Henry Kent Hughes Henry Kent Hughes , usually referred to as "H. Kent Hughes", was a pastoralist and politician who sat in the South Australian House of Assembly from 1868 to 1875 representing the seats of Victoria and Port Adelaide....	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...	1868–1875
Sir 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:...	Stanley	1857–1860, 1861–1880
Friedrich Krichauff	Onkaparinga	1857–1858, 1870–1882, 1884–1890
James Laurie	Victoria	1870–1871, 1873–1875
Arthur Fydell Lindsay	Encounter Bay	1857–1860, 1870–1871, 1873–1878
John Lindsay	The Sturt	1860–1865, 1870–1871
Charles Mann	The Burra	1870–1881
Henry Hay Mildred	East Torrens	1870–1871
David Murray David Murray (Australian politician) David Murray was an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1921 until his death in 1928. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party ....	East Adelaide	1870–1871, 1877–1878, 1881, 1881
William Paltridge	Victoria	1870–1871
James Pearce	Light	1870–1875
Thomas Playford Thomas Playford II Thomas Playford served as Premier of South Australia from 11 June 1887 to 26 June 1889 and 8 August 1890 to 20 June 1892, as well as serving as the Australian Federal Minister for Defence from 1905 to 1907....	Onkaparinga	1868–1871, 1875–1887, 1887–1890, 1899–1901
William Quin	Port Adelaide	1870–1871, 1875–1880
James Garden Ramsay	Mount Barker	1870–1875, 1876–1878
James Stewart	Noarlunga	1870–1871
Hon 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...	West Torrens	1858–1871
William Townsend	The Sturt	1857–1882
Ebenezer Ward	Gumeracha	1870–1880, 1881–1890
Alfred Watts	Flinders	1862–1866, 1868–1875
Emil Wentzell	Encounter Bay	1870–1871
James White	Light	1871, 1875–1881

West Torrens MHA 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...

resigned on 28 July 1871. 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 10 August.

Light MHA Edward Hamilton resigned on 28 July 1871. James White won the resulting by-election on 12 August.

Flinders MHA William Paltridge resigned on 28 July 1871. Neville Blyth won the resulting by-election on 24 August.

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