# Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1857–1860

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 | Start Date | End Date | Terms |
| Richard Andrews $^2$ | Yatala | 5 June 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1860, 1862–1870 |
| Benjamin Babbage $^6$ | Encounter Bay | 9 March 1857 | 17 December 1857 | 1857 |
| John Bagot | Light | 26 February 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1865 |
| William Bakewell $^1$ | Barossa | 13 June 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1860, 1862–1864 |
| John Henry Barrow $^8$ | East Torrens | 6 April 1858 | 1 March 1860 | 1858–1860, 1871–1874 |
| Arthur Blyth | Gumeracha | 26 February 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1868, 1870–1877 |
| Charles Bonney $^8$ | East Torrens | 26 February 1857 | 26 January 1858 | 1857–1858 |
| William Henville Burford $^{14}$ | City of Adelaide | 9 March 1857 | 29 April 1859 | 1857–1859 |
| James Cole | West Torrens | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1860 |
| Edward Collinson $^{13}$ | Port Adelaide | 11 October 1858 | 1 March 1860 | 1858–1860 |
| William Dawes $^4$ | Onkaparinga | 9 March 1857 | 24 November 1857 | 1857 |
| Horace Dean $^1$ | Barossa | 9 March 1857 | 7 May 1857 | 1857, 1857 |
| Horace Dean $^1$ | Barossa | 1 June 1857 | 13 June 1857 | 1857, 1857 |
| Walter Duffield | Barossa | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1868, 1870–1871 |
| John Dunn | Mount Barker | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1868, 1868 |
| Francis Dutton | City of Adelaide | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1862, 1862–1865 |
| Boyle Travers Finniss | City of Adelaide | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1862 |
| Lavington Glyde $^3$ | East Torrens | 6 October 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1875, 1877–1884 |
| John Hallett | The Sturt | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1862 |
| Richard Hanson | City of Adelaide | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1861 |
| Charles Simeon Hare $^2$ | Yatala | 9 March 1857 | 12 May 1857 | 1857, 1878–1881 |
| John Hart $^{15}$ | Port Adelaide | 9 March 1857 | 23 August 1859 | 1857–1859, 1862–1866, 1868–1873 |
| John Harvey | Yatala | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1860 |
| George Charles Hawker $^5$ | Victoria | 5 January 1858 | 1 March 1860 | 1858–1865, 1875–1883, 1884–1895 |
| Alexander Hay | Gumeracha | 26 February 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1861, 1867–1871 |
| John Bristow Hughes $^{13}$ | Port Adelaide | 9 March 1857 | 24 September 1858 | 1857–1858 |
| George Kingston | The Burra and Clare | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1860, 1861–1880 |
| Friedrich Krichauff $^9$ | Mount Barker | 9 March 1857 | 12 March 1858 | 1857–1858, 1870–1882, 1884–1890 |
| Robert Leake $^5$ | Victoria | 23 February 1857 | 8 December 1857 | 1857 |
| Arthur Fydell Lindsay | Encounter Bay | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1860, 1870–1871, 1873–1878 |
| Marshall MacDermott $^{16}$ | Flinders | 23 February 1857 | 1 September 1859 | 1857–1859 |
| Morris Lyon Marks $^{12}$ | The Burra and Clare | 9 March 1857 | 2 August 1858 | 1857–1858 |
| William Maturin $^{7,10}$ | Light | 8 February 1858 | 1 July 1858 | 1858 |
| Edward McEllister $^{12}$ | The Burra and Clare | 9 September 1858 | 1 March 1860 | 1858–1862 |
| Henry Mildred | Noarlunga | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1865 |
| William Milne | Onkaparinga | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1868 |
| John Bentham Neales | City of Adelaide | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1860, 1862–1870 |
| William Owen $^{14}$ | City of Adelaide | 13 May 1859 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1860, 1859–1862 |
| Edward John Peake $^{17}$ | The Burra and Clare | 9 March 1857 | 1 October 1859 | 1857–1859 |
| Thomas Reynolds | The Sturt | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1862, 1862, 1864–1870, 1871–1872, 1872–1873 |
| William Rogers $^9$ | Mount Barker | 16 September 1858 | 1 March 1860 | 1858–1860, 1864–1865, 1868, 1868–1870, 1872–1875 |
| Luther Scammell | West Torrens | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1860 |
| David Shannon $^{10}$ | Light | 9 September 1858 | 1 March 1860 | 1858–1860 |
| Carrington Smedley $^7$ | Light | 26 February 1857 | 23 December 1857 | 1857 |
| Judah Solomon $^{11}$ | City of Adelaide | 16 September 1858 | 1 March 1860 | 1858–1860, 1871–1875 |
| Henry Strangways $^6$ | Encounter Bay | 15 January 1858 | 1 March 1860 | 1858–1871 |
| Robert Torrens $^{11}$ | City of Adelaide | 9 March 1857 | 1 July 1858 | 1857–1858 |
| William Townsend $^4$ | Onkaparinga | 23 December 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1882 |
| David Wark | The Murray | 23 February 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1862 |
| George Waterhouse $^3$ | East Torrens | 26 February 1857 | 8 September 1857 | 1857 |
| Thomas Young | Noarlunga | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 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 |
| $^1$ | Barossa | 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. |