This is a list of members of the first parliament of the South Australian House of Assembly, which sat from 22 April 1857 until 1 March 1860. The members were elected at the inaugural 1857 election.
Name Electorate StartDate EndDate Terms 2 1857–1860, 1862–1870 6 1857 1857–1865 1 1857–1860, 1862–1864 8 1858–1860, 1871–1874 1857–1868, 1870–1877 8 1857–1858 14 1857–1859 1857–1860 13 1858–1860 4 1857 1 Barossa 1857, 1857 1 Barossa 1857, 1857 Barossa 1857–1868, 1870–1871 1857–1868, 1868 1857–1862, 1862–1865 1857–1862 3 East Torrens 1857–1875, 1877–1884 1857–1862 1857–1861 2 Yatala 1857, 1878–1881 15 Port Adelaide 1857–1859, 1862–1866, 1868–1873 Yatala 1857–1860 5 1858–1865, 1875–1883, 1884–1895 Gumeracha 1857–1861, 1867–1871 13 Port Adelaide 1857–1858 1857–1860, 1861–1880 9 Mount Barker 1857–1858, 1870–1882, 1884–1890 5 Victoria 1857 Encounter Bay 1857–1860, 1870–1871, 1873–1878 16 1857–1859 12 1857–1858 7, 10 Light 1858 12 1858–1862 1857–1865 Onkaparinga 1857–1868 1857–1860, 1862–1870 14 1857–1860, 1859–1862 17 1857–1859 1857–1862, 1862, 1864–1870, 1871–1872, 1872–1873 9 Mount Barker 1858–1860, 1864–1865, 1868, 1868–1870, 1872–1875 West Torrens 1857–1860 10 Light 1858–1860 7 Light 1857 11 1858–1860, 1871–1875 6 Encounter Bay 1858–1871 11 1857–1858 4 Onkaparinga 1857–1882 1857–1862 3 East Torrens 1857 Noarlunga 1857–1860
Notes Note District Outgoing Incoming 1 Barossa Horace Dean was initially declared elected, but the result was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns on 7 May 1857. Dean won the resulting by-election on 1 June 1857 Dean was again unseated by the Court on 13 June 1857. On 13 June 1857 the court declared William Bakewell duly elected. (Dean was subsequently elected as member for Hastings, New South Wales in December 1869 and July 1870, but was disqualified both times.) 2 Yatala Charles Simeon Hare resigned on 12 May 1857. Richard Andrews won the resulting by-election on 5 June 1857. 3 East Torrens George Waterhouse resigned on 8 September 1857. Lavington Glyde won the resulting by-election on 6 October 1857.4 Onkaparinga William Dawes resigned on 24 November 1857. William Townsend won the resulting by-election on 23 December 1857. 5 Victoria Robert Leake resigned on 8 December 1857. George Charles Hawker won the resulting by-election on 5 January 1858. 6 Encounter Bay Benjamin Babbage resigned on 17 December 1857. Henry Strangways won the resulting by-election on 15 January 1858. 7 Light Carrington Smedley resigned on 23 December 1857. William Maturin won the resulting by-election on 8 February 1858. 8 East Torrens Charles Bonney resigned on 26 January 1858. John Henry Barrow won the resulting by-election on 6 April 1858. 9 Mount Barker Friedrich Krichauff resigned on 12 March 1858. William Rogers won the resulting by-election on 16 September 1858.10 Light William Maturin resigned on 1 July 1858. David Shannon won the resulting by-election on 9 September 1858.11 City of Adelaide Robert Torrens resigned on 1 July 1858. Judah Solomon won the resulting by-election on 16 September 1858.12 The Burra and Clare Morris Marks resigned on 2 August 1858. Edward McEllister won the resulting by-election on 9 September 1858.13 Port Adelaide John Hughes resigned on 24 September 1858. Edward Collinson won the resulting by-election on 11 October 1858.14 City of Adelaide William Henville Burford resigned on 29 April 1859. William Owen won the resulting by-election on 13 May 1859.15 Port Adelaide Seat declared vacant 23 August 1859 – John Hart absent without leave. No by-election was held due to the proximity of the 1860 election.16 Flinders Marshall MacDermott accepted the office of special magistrate on 1 September 1859. No by-election was held due to the proximity of the 1860 election.17 The Burra and Clare Edward Peake accepted the office of state manager of railways on 1 October 1859. No by-election was held due to the proximity of the 1860 election.
References Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836-2007, Parliament of SA, www.parliament.sa.gov.au