# Electoral district of Wooroora

Wooroora was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian colony (state from 1901) of South Australia.
The electorate was created by the Electoral Districts Act 1872 of the South Australian parliament but it was not until the provincial election of 1875 that candidates were first elected to represent Woorooroo. The electorate stretched from Gulf St Vincent in the west to Riverton in the east, spanning the central and northern Adelaide Plains from the River Light in the south to Hoyleton and Auburn north of the Wakefield River, in the north.
The structure of the parliament was changed and its membership reduced by the Constitution Act Amendment Act, 1901. The new Wooroora district elected three members and comprised the former Wooroora and Light districts.
According to South Australian historian Geoff Manning, the name derives from an Aboriginal name for the area, the (central) Adelaide Plains, about 90 kilometres (56 mi) north of Adelaide (roughly where the Wakefield River crosses the plain).
The chief polling place was listed as Riverton, with subsidiary polling places at Humphrey's Springs (now Alma), Stockport, Port Wakefield, Balaklava, Auburn, Rhynie, Watervale, Tarlee, and Hoyleton. The electorate boundaries were defined as lands including the whole of the Hundreds of Goyder, Stow, Hall, Inkerman, Balaklava, Dalkey, and Alma as well as parts of the Hundreds of Dublin, Grace, Light, Gilbert, Upper Wakefield and Stanley. The number of members was set at two.

## Members

Two members (1875–1902) :
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term |
| H. E. Bright | | 1875–1884 | James Pearce | | 1875–1875 |
| H. E. Bright | | 1875–1884 | John Bosworth | | 1875–1884 |
| John Duncan | | 1884–1890 | J. W. Castine | | 1884–1891 |
| H. C. Kelly | | 1890–1891 | J. W. Castine | | 1884–1891 |
| Robert Kelly | | 1891–1893 | J. W. Castine | Defence League | 1891–1896 |
| James McLachlan, Sr. | Defence League | 1893–1896 | J. W. Castine | Defence League | 1891–1896 |
| James McLachlan, Sr. | | 1896–1902 | J. W. Castine | National League | 1896–1902 |
Three members (1902–1938) :
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term |
| Jenkin Coles | National League | 1902–1910 | David James | National League | 1902–1910 | F. W. Paech | National League | 1902–1908 |
| Jenkin Coles | National League | 1902–1910 | David James | National League | 1902–1910 | Frederick Young | Farmers and Producers | 1909–1910 |
| Jenkin Coles | Liberal Union | 1910–1911 | David James | Liberal Union | 1910–1918 | Frederick Young | Liberal Union | 1910–1915 |
| Oscar Duhst | Liberal Union | 1912–1915 | David James | Liberal Union | 1910–1918 | Frederick Young | Liberal Union | 1910–1915 |
| Richard Layton Butler | Liberal Union | 1915–1918 | David James | Liberal Union | 1910–1918 | Albert Robinson | Liberal Union | 1915–1924 |
| James McLachlan Jr. | Liberal Union | 1918–1923 | Allan Robertson | Labor | 1918–1921 | Albert Robinson | Liberal Union | 1915–1924 |
| James McLachlan Jr. | Liberal Union | 1918–1923 | Richard Layton Butler | Liberal Union | 1921–1923 | Albert Robinson | Liberal Union | 1915–1924 |
| James McLachlan Jr. | Liberal Federation | 1923–1930 | Richard Layton Butler | Liberal Federation | 1923–1938 | Albert Robinson | Liberal Federation | 1923–1924 |
| James McLachlan Jr. | Liberal Federation | 1923–1930 | Richard Layton Butler | Liberal Federation | 1923–1938 | Allan Robertson | Labor | 1924–1927 |
| James McLachlan Jr. | Liberal Federation | 1923–1930 | Richard Layton Butler | Liberal Federation | 1923–1938 | Archie Cameron | Country | 1927–1932 |
| Samuel Dennison | Country | 1930–1932 | Richard Layton Butler | Liberal Federation | 1923–1938 | Archie Cameron | Country | 1927–1932 |
| Samuel Dennison | Liberal and Country | 1932–1938 | Richard Layton Butler | Liberal and Country | 1932–1938 | Archie Cameron | Liberal and Country | 1932–1934 |
| Samuel Dennison | Liberal and Country | 1932–1938 | Richard Layton Butler | Liberal and Country | 1932–1938 | Albert Robinson | Independent | 1934–1938 |