10th Parliament of South Australia

The 10th 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.

Tenth Parliament of South Australia
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Old Parliament House (1872)
Overview
Legislative body	Parliament of South Australia
Meeting place	Old Parliament House
Term	2 June 1881 – 19 March 1884
Election	8–27 April 1881
Legislative Council
Members	18 (until 29 May 1882) 24 (from 29 May 1882)
President	Henry Ayers
House of Assembly
Members	46
Speaker	Robert Dalrymple Ross
Sessions
1st 2 June 1881 – 18 November 1881 2nd 1 June 1882 – 17 November 1882 3rd 31 May 1883 – 28 February 1884

Leadership

Legislative Council

• President of the Legislative Council: Henry Ayers
• Clerk of the Legislative Council: Francis Corbet Singleton
• Clerk's assistant and Sergeant-at-arms: Frederick Halcomb

House of Assembly

• Speaker of the House of Assembly: Robert Dalrymple Ross
• Chairman of Committees: William Townsend (until 31 October 1882), Luke Lidiard Furner (from 31 October 1882)
• Clerk of the House of Assembly: George William de la Poer Beresford
• Clerk's assistant and Sargeant-at-arms: Edwin Gordon Blackmore

Membership

Legislative Council

Further information: Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1881–1885

Until 29 May 1882

6 of the 18 seats in the upper house were contested in the election on 20 April 1881. Members elected in 1881 are marked with an asterisk (*).

▌ Henry Ayers*

▌ Richard Chaffey Baker

▌ William Christie Buik*

▌ Allan Campbell

▌ John Crozier

▌ John Dunn, jun.

▌ Thomas Hogarth

▌ John Hodgkiss

▌ William Morgan

▌ Alexander Borthwick Murray

▌ James Pearce

▌ John Pickering*

▌ James Garden Ramsay

▌ James Rankine*

▌ William Sandover

▌ Henry Scott

▌ John Brodie Spence*

▌ Robert Alfred Tarlton*

Legislative Council President
Henry Ayres

From 29 May 1882

A special election was held on 29 May 1882 as the Legislative Council expanded to 24 members. Members elected in 1882 are marked with an asterisk (*).

▌ Henry Ayers

▌ Richard Chaffey Baker

▌ William Christie Buik

▌ Allan Campbell

▌ George Witheredge Cotton*

▌ John Crozier

▌ John Dunn, jun.

▌ Thomas English*

▌ William Dening Glyde*

▌ Alexander Hay*

▌ Thomas Hogarth

▌ John Hodgkiss

▌ Alexander Borthwick Murray

▌ David Murray*

▌ James Pearce

▌ John Pickering

▌ James Garden Ramsay

▌ James Rankine

▌ Maurice Salom*

▌ William Sandover

▌ Henry Scott

▌ William Knox Simms (Central)

▌ John Brodie Spence

▌ Robert Alfred Tarlton

House of Assembly

Further information: Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1881–1884

Albert

▌ Arthur Hardy

▌ Rudolph Henning

Barossa

▌ Martin Peter Friedrich Basedow

▌ John Downer

Burra

▌ Ben Rounsevell

▌ Ebenezer Ward

East Adelaide

▌ John Cox Bray

▌ Thomas Johnson

East Torrens

▌ Thomas Playford

▌ Edwin Thomas Smith

Encounter Bay

▌ Henry Edward Downer

▌ Simpson Newland

Flinders

▌ Patrick Boyce Coglin

▌ William Ranson Mortlock

▌ Andrew Tennant

Gumeracha

▌ William Haines

▌ Samuel Tomkinson

Light

▌ Jenkin Coles

▌ Robert Dixson

▌ Henry Vivian Moyle

Mount Barker

▌ Albert Henry Landseer

▌ John Lancelot Stirling

Noarlunga

▌ Thomas Atkinson

▌ John Colton

North Adelaide

▌ John Langdon Parsons

Onkaparinga

▌ John Carr

▌ Rowland Rees

Port Adelaide

▌ David Bower

▌ William Mattinson

Stanley

▌ Alfred Catt

▌ James Henderson Howe

Sturt

▌ Thomas King

▌ Josiah Symon

Victoria

▌ Lavington Glyde

▌ William Whinham

Wallaroo

▌ William Henry Beaglehole

▌ Luke Furner

▌ Robert Dalrymple Ross

West Adelaide

▌ Hugh Fraser

▌ Charles Cameron Kingston

West Torrens

▌ William Henry Bean

▌ Frederick Estcourt Bucknall

Wooroora

▌ John Bosworth

▌ Henry Edward Bright

Yatala

▌ Josiah Howell Bagster

▌ William Gilbert

House of Assembly Speaker
Robert Dalrymple Ross

Changes of membership

Legislative Council

Seat	Before	Change		After
	Member	Type	Date	Date	Member
Central	William Morgan	Died	30 January 1884	28 February 1884	William Knox Simms

House of Assembly

Seat	Before	Change		After
	Member	Type	Date	Date	Member
East Adelaide	George Swan Fowler	Resigned	7 June 1881	17 June 1881	Thomas Johnson
Yatala	David Murray	Unseated	28 June 1881	13 July 1881	David Murray
Yatala	David Murray	Resigned	18 August 1881	6 September 1881	Josiah Howell Bagster
Onkaparinga	Friedrich Edouard Heinrich Wulf Krichauff	Resigned	22 May 1882	15 June 1882	Rowland Rees
Flinders	Ebenezer Cooke	Resigned	24 October 1882	1 December 1882	Patrick Boyce Coglin
Sturt	William Townsend	Died	25 October 1882	13 November 1882	Thomas King
Victoria	George Charles Hawker	Resigned	11 May 1883	15 June 1883	William Whinham

See also

• Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1881–1885
• Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1881–1884

References

• "Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836–2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. 24 April 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2011.