Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1910–1912

This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1910 to 1912

It was the third Legislative Council to be fully determined by provisions of the (State) Constitution Act 779 of 1901, which provided for, inter alia, a reduction in the number of seats from 24 to 18, realignment of District borders to encompass Assembly electorates, six-year terms (one half of the Council retiring every three years), and elections held jointly with the House of Assembly. This article clearly lays out changes brought about by the Act, includes voter statistics and certain criticisms.

The election of 1910 was called after a Constitutional crisis when Thomas Price died, and John Verran refused to negotiate a coalition government like the Price-Peake administration.

Name District Party Time in office Arthur Richman Addison Northern LDU/LU 1888–1915 John George Bice Northern LDU/LU 1894–1923 Theodore Bruce Central FPPU/LU 1909–1911 John Cowan Southern ANL/LU 1910–1944 Sir John Downer Southern ANL/LU 1905–1915 John Duncan North-Eastern ANL/LU 1891–1896, 1900–1913 James Howe Northern FPPU/LU 1897–1918 Andrew Kirkpatrick Central Labor 1891–1897, 1900–1909, 1918–1928 Ern Klauer Central Labor 1910–1915 John Lewis Northern ANL/LU 1898–1923 Edward Lucas North-Eastern ANL/LU 1900–1918 Charles Morris Central LU 1911–1912 Beaumont Arnold Moulden Central ANL/LU 1903–1912 Thomas Pascoe North-Eastern ANL/LU 1900–1933 Sir Lancelot Stirling Southern ANL/LU 1891–1932 Alfred William Styles Central Labor 1910–1918 Alfred von Doussa Southern ANL/LU 1901–1921 Frederick Samuel Wallis Central Labor 1907–1921 John Warren North-Eastern ANL/LU 1888–1912 James Phillips Wilson Central Labor 1906–1918

The three anti-Labor parties, the Liberal and Democratic Union, the Australasian National League and the Farmers and Producers Political Union, formally merged to form the Liberal Union in late 1910. They had been in merger discussions for some time, and had jointly endorsed a united Liberal ticket for the Legislative Council at the 1910 election. Liberal MLC Theodore Bruce died on 1 July 1911. Liberal candidate Charles Morris won the resulting by-election on 5 August.

References Parliament of South Australia — Statistical Record of the Legislature