# Electoral district of Barossa

Barossa was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the colony (Australian state from 1901) of South Australia from 1857 to 1938 and again from 1956 to 1970. Barossa was also the name of an electoral district of the unicameral South Australian Legislative Council from 1851 until its abolition in 1857, George Fife Angas being the member.
Despite Labor not even contesting the seat at the 1962 election, Barossa was one of two 1965 election gains that put Labor in government after decades of the Playmander in opposition. Labor's Molly Byrne retained Barossa at the 1968 election however the seat was abolished prior to the 1970 election. Byrne successfully moved to the new seat of Tea Tree Gully.
The Barossa Valley region is currently a safe Liberal area and is located in the safe Liberal seat of Schubert.

## Members

Two members (1857–1901) :
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term |
| Walter Duffield | | 1857–1868 | Horace Dean | | 1857–1857 |
| Walter Duffield | | 1857–1868 | William Bakewell | | 1857–1860 |
| Walter Duffield | | 1857–1868 | Edward Grundy | | 1860–1862 |
| Walter Duffield | | 1857–1868 | Joseph Barritt | | 1862–1864 |
| Walter Duffield | | 1857–1868 | John Williams | | 1864–1865 |
| Walter Duffield | | 1857–1868 | James Martin | | 1865–1868 |
| Richard Baker | | 1868–1871 | Philip Santo | | 1868–1870 |
| Richard Baker | | 1868–1871 | Walter Duffield | | 1870–1871 |
| John Howard Angas | | 1871–1876 | J. A. T. Lake | | 1871–1875 |
| John Howard Angas | | 1871–1876 | Johann Sudholz | | 1875–1875 |
| John Howard Angas | | 1871–1876 | John Dunn Jr. | | 1875–1878 |
| Martin Basedow | | 1876–1890 | John Dunn Jr. | | 1875–1878 |
| Martin Basedow | | 1876–1890 | John Downer | | 1878–1891 |
| James Hague | | 1890–1891 | John Downer | | 1878–1891 |
| James Hague | Defence League | 1891–1896 | John Downer | Defence League | 1891–1896 |
| James Hague | | 1896–1902 | John Downer | National League | 1896–1901 |
| James Hague | | 1896–1902 | Ephraim Coombe | Labor | 1901–1902 |
Three members (1902–1938) :
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term |
| Richard Butler | | 1902–1904 | Ephraim Coombe | | 1902–1906 | William Gilbert | National League | 1902–1906 |
| Richard Butler | Farmers and Producers | 1904–1910 | Ephraim Coombe | | 1902–1906 | William Gilbert | National League | 1902–1906 |
| Richard Butler | Farmers and Producers | 1904–1910 | Ephraim Coombe | Liberal and Democratic | 1906–1910 | Samuel Rudall | Liberal and Democratic | 1906–1910 |
| Richard Butler | Liberal Union | 1910–1923 | Ephraim Coombe | Independent | 1910–1912 | Samuel Rudall | Liberal Union | 1910–1915 |
| Richard Butler | Liberal Union | 1910–1923 | William Hague | Liberal Union | 1912–1923 | Samuel Rudall | Liberal Union | 1910–1915 |
| Richard Butler | Liberal Union | 1910–1923 | William Hague | Liberal Union | 1912–1923 | Ephraim Coombe | Labor | 1915–1917 |
| Richard Butler | Liberal Union | 1910–1923 | William Hague | Liberal Union | 1912–1923 | Henry Crosby | Liberal Union | 1917–1924 |
| Richard Butler | Liberal Federation | 1923–1924 | William Hague | Liberal Federation | 1923–1924 | Henry Crosby | Liberal Federation | 1923–1924 |
| George Cooke | Labor | 1924–1931 | William Hague | Liberal Federation | 1923–1924 | Leonard Hopkins | Labor | 1924–1927 |
| George Cooke | Labor | 1924–1931 | Henry Crosby | Liberal Federation | 1924–1930 | Leonard Hopkins | Labor | 1924–1927 |
| George Cooke | Labor | 1924–1931 | Henry Crosby | Liberal Federation | 1924–1930 | Herbert Basedow | Independent | 1927–1930 |
| George Cooke | Labor | 1924–1931 | Thomas Edwards | Labor | 1930–1931 | Leonard Hopkins | Labor | 1930–1931 |
| George Cooke | Parliamentary Labor | 1931–1933 | Thomas Edwards | Parliamentary Labor | 1931–1933 | Leonard Hopkins | Parliamentary Labor | 1931–1933 |
| Herbert Lyons | Liberal and Country | 1933–1938 | Henry Crosby | Liberal and Country | 1933–1938 | Herbert Basedow | Independent | 1933–1933 |
| Herbert Lyons | Liberal and Country | 1933–1938 | Henry Crosby | Liberal and Country | 1933–1938 | Reginald Rudall | Liberal and Country | 1933–1938 |
Second incarnation (1956–1970) :
| Member | Member | Party | Term |
| | Condor Laucke | Liberal and Country | 1956–1965 |
| | Molly Byrne | Labor | 1965–1970 |