# Central District (South Australian Legislative Council)

Central District was an electoral district for the Legislative Council of South Australia from 1882 until 1912. Prior to the passing of the Constitution Act Further Amendment Act 1881, the Legislative Council had been 18 members elected by people from across the entire Province.
At its creation in 1882, the Central District consisted of six electoral districts for the South Australian House of Assembly - East Adelaide, West Adelaide, North Adelaide, West Torrens, Sturt, Port Adelaide. It covered the area of the City of Adelaide and the surrounding areas on the south, west and northwest.

## Members

When created, the district was to elect six members to the Legislative Council which had been increased to 24 members, six from each of four districts. Transitional arrangements meant that members were only to be elected from the new districts as the terms of the existing members expired. From 1891, all members of the Council were elected by districts.
The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1901 reduced the size of the parliament, but Central District was the only one to continue to elect six members, from a slightly larger area including some of the Adelaide Hills. The Constitution Act Further Amendment Act 1913 (No. 1148) increased the size of the Council (among other changes), by dividing the Central District into Central District No. 1 and Central District No. 2, each of which elected four members.
| Date of change | Member | Member | member | Member | Member | Member |
| 28 February 1884 | William Knox Simms (ret 1891) |
| 15 May 1885 | William Knox Simms (ret 1891) | John Crozier | Henry Scott |
| 25 June 1887 | William Knox Simms (ret 1891) | John Howard Angas | Henry Scott | Alfred Muller Simpson |
| 5 May 1888 | William Knox Simms (ret 1891) | John Howard Angas | Henry Scott | Alfred Muller Simpson | George Witherage Cotton | Sylvanus James Magarey |
| 23 May 1891 | Robert Storrie Guthrie (reelected 1897, 1902) | John Howard Angas | David Morley Charleston (United Labor Party) | Alfred Muller Simpson | George Witherage Cotton | Sylvanus James Magarey |
| 15 April 1893 | Robert Storrie Guthrie (reelected 1897, 1902) | John Howard Angas | David Morley Charleston (United Labor Party) | Alfred Muller Simpson | William Alfred Robinson | Sylvanus James Magarey |
| 19 May 1894 | Robert Storrie Guthrie (reelected 1897, 1902) | Henry Robert Fuller | David Morley Charleston (United Labor Party) | Henry Adams | William Alfred Robinson | Sylvanus James Magarey |
| 22 May 1897 | Robert Storrie Guthrie (reelected 1897, 1902) | Henry Robert Fuller | David Morley Charleston (United Labor Party) | Henry Adams | William Alfred Robinson | Samuel Tomkinson |
| 11 September 1897 | Robert Storrie Guthrie (reelected 1897, 1902) | Henry Robert Fuller | David Morley Charleston (independent) | Henry Adams | William Alfred Robinson | Samuel Tomkinson |
| 19 May 1900 | Robert Storrie Guthrie (reelected 1897, 1902) | Andrew Alexander Kirkpatrick (re-elected 1902, 1905) | David Morley Charleston (independent) | Henry Adams | Joseph Vardon (re-elected 1902) | Samuel Tomkinson |
| 22 September 1900 | Robert Storrie Guthrie (reelected 1897, 1902) | Andrew Alexander Kirkpatrick (re-elected 1902, 1905) | David Morley Charleston (independent) | Henry Adams | Joseph Vardon (re-elected 1902) | Charles Cameron Kingston |
| 9 February 1901 | Robert Storrie Guthrie (reelected 1897, 1902) | Andrew Alexander Kirkpatrick (re-elected 1902, 1905) | David Morley Charleston (independent) | Henry Adams | Joseph Vardon (re-elected 1902) | John Langdon Parsons |
| 1 June 1901 | Robert Storrie Guthrie (reelected 1897, 1902) | Andrew Alexander Kirkpatrick (re-elected 1902, 1905) | George Brookman (re-elected 1902) | Henry Adams | Joseph Vardon (re-elected 1902) | John Langdon Parsons |
| 3 May 1902 | Robert Storrie Guthrie (reelected 1897, 1902) | Andrew Alexander Kirkpatrick (re-elected 1902, 1905) | George Brookman (re-elected 1902) | Henry William Thompson (re-elected 1905) | Joseph Vardon (re-elected 1902) | John Langdon Parsons |
| 19 September 1903 | Robert Storrie Guthrie (reelected 1897, 1902) | Andrew Alexander Kirkpatrick (re-elected 1902, 1905) | George Brookman (re-elected 1902) | Henry William Thompson (re-elected 1905) | Joseph Vardon (re-elected 1902) | Hugo Carl Emil Muecke |
| 19 December 1903 | Beaumont Arnold Moulden (re-elected 1905) | Andrew Alexander Kirkpatrick (re-elected 1902, 1905) | George Brookman (re-elected 1902) | Henry William Thompson (re-elected 1905) | Joseph Vardon (re-elected 1902) | Hugo Carl Emil Muecke |
| 27 May 1905 | Beaumont Arnold Moulden (re-elected 1905) | Andrew Alexander Kirkpatrick (re-elected 1902, 1905) | George Brookman (re-elected 1902) | Henry William Thompson (re-elected 1905) | Joseph Vardon (re-elected 1902) | Hugo Carl Emil Muecke |
| 20 October 1906 | Beaumont Arnold Moulden (re-elected 1905) | Andrew Alexander Kirkpatrick (re-elected 1902, 1905) | George Brookman (re-elected 1902) | David Jelley | Joseph Vardon (re-elected 1902) | Hugo Carl Emil Muecke |
| 3 November 1906 | Beaumont Arnold Moulden (re-elected 1905) | Andrew Alexander Kirkpatrick (re-elected 1902, 1905) | George Brookman (re-elected 1902) | David Jelley | James Phillips Wilson (re-elected 1910) | Hugo Carl Emil Muecke |
| 2 March 1907 | Beaumont Arnold Moulden (re-elected 1905) | Andrew Alexander Kirkpatrick (re-elected 1902, 1905) | George Brookman (re-elected 1902) | Frederick Samuel Wallis (re-elected 1912) | James Phillips Wilson (re-elected 1910) | Hugo Carl Emil Muecke |
| 15 May 1909 | Beaumont Arnold Moulden (re-elected 1905) | Theodore Bruce | George Brookman (re-elected 1902) | Frederick Samuel Wallis (re-elected 1912) | James Phillips Wilson (re-elected 1910) | Hugo Carl Emil Muecke |
| 2 April 1910 | Beaumont Arnold Moulden (re-elected 1905) | Theodore Bruce | Ernest Leopold William Klauer | Frederick Samuel Wallis (re-elected 1912) | James Phillips Wilson (re-elected 1910) | Alfred William Styles |
| 5 August 1911 | Beaumont Arnold Moulden (re-elected 1905) | Charles Richard Morris | Ernest Leopold William Klauer | Frederick Samuel Wallis (re-elected 1912) | James Phillips Wilson (re-elected 1910) | Alfred William Styles |
| 10 February 1912 | John Howard Vaughan | James Jelley | Ernest Leopold William Klauer | Frederick Samuel Wallis (re-elected 1912) | James Phillips Wilson (re-elected 1910) | Alfred William Styles |
Central district was divided into Central District No. 1 and Central District No. 2 by the Constitution Act Further Amendment Act 1913 (No. 1148), each of which would have four representatives. The act provided that the sitting members should decide amongst themselves which three represented each of the two new districts. Their decision was
* Central District No. 1 — Jelley, Vaughan, and Wilson
* Central District No. 2 — Klauer, Styles, Wallis