# Electoral Districts Act 1872

The Electoral Districts Act 1872 (No 27 of 1872) was an act of the Government of South Australia. It increased the size of the House of Assembly to 46 members and defined the boundaries of the districts which elected them. It repealed sections 3 and 4 of the Electoral Act 1861. The Legislative Council continued to be elected by a single electoral district over the entire Province of South Australia. It was to take effect only from the next time the House of Assembly was dissolved or expired.
The Assembly members were to be elected from 22 electoral districts and the First Schedule to the Act specified how many members from each district, as well as defining the boundaries of each district. The Second Schedule specified the polling places to be used for each district, but the list could be changed later.

## Electoral districts

Place spelling is displayed as it appeared in the schedule to the Act.
| Number | Name | Number of members | Place of nomination and chief voting place | Other voting places |
| 1 | East Adelaide | 2 | Adelaide Town Hall | |
| 2 | West Adelaide | 2 | Post Office Buildings, Adelaide | |
| 3 | North Adelaide | 1 | North Adelaide | |
| 4 | Wallaroo | 3 | Wallaroo | Kadina, Moonta, Edithburgh, Green's Plain, Kulpara |
| 5 | Port Adelaide | 2 | Town Hall, Port Adelaide | Woodville, Virginia, Grand Junction |
| 6 | West Torrens | 2 | Hindmarsh | Hilton, Islington, Gilles Plains, Dry Creek |
| 7 | Yatala | 2 | Salisbury | Virginia, Smithfield, Two Wells, near Wasley's, Mallala, Buchsfelde |
| 8 | Gumeracha | 2 | Gumeracha | Mount Pleasant, South Petherton, Springton, Maidstone, Teatree Gully, Mount Torrens, Blumberg, Palmer |
| 9 | East Torrens | 2 | Norwood Town Hall | Glynde, Walkerville, Glen Osmond, Magill |
| 10 | Sturt | 2 | Unley | Mitcham, South Road, Glenelg, Brighton |
| 11 | Noarlunga | 2 | Noarlunga | Clarendon, Coromandel Valley, Happy Valley, Morphett Vale, Meadows, Willunga, Aldinga, Ashbourne |
| 12 | Mount Barker | 2 | Strathalbyn | Echunga, Mount Barker, Macclesfield, Woodchester, Milang, Langhorne's Creek, Wellington West, Hahndorf |
| 13 | Onkaparinga | 2 | Woodside | Norton's Summit, Stirling East, Nairne, Callington, Harrowgate, Hahndorf, Lobethal, Kanmantoo, Mount Lofty |
| 14 | Encounter Bay | 2 | Port Elliot | Goolwa, Myponga, Yankalilla, Rapid Bay, Cape Jervis, Inman Valley, Hog Bay, Port Victor |
| 15 | Barossa | 2 | Tanunda | Gawler, Lyndoch Valley, Angaston, Truro, Williamstown, Blanchetown, Keyneton |
| 16 | Light | 3 | Kapunda | Greenock, Bagot Well, Marrabel, Hansborough, Linwood, Freeling, Ashwell, Sheaoak Log |
| 17 | Victoria | 2 | Gambierton | Port MacDonnell, Tarpeena, Millicent, Penola |
| 18 | Albert | 2 | Naracoorte | Robe, Kingston, Meningie, East Wellington, Border Town |
| 19 | Burra | 2 | Kooringa or Redruth | Saddleworth, Steelton, Hundred of Hallett, Gottlieb's Well, Jamestown |
| 20 | Stanley | 2 | Clare | Rochester, Redhill, George Town, Port Pirie, Lochiel, Mintaro |
| 21 | Wooroora | 2 | Riverton | Humphrey's Springs, Stockport, Port Wakefield, Balaklava, Auburn, Rhynie, Watervale, Tarlee, Hoyleton |
| 22 | Flinders | 3 | Port Augusta | Port Lincoln, Melrose, Streaky Bay, Blinman, Kanyaka, Prince Alfred Mine, Winninnie |