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)MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm Walter Duffield1857–1868 Horace Dean 1857–1857 William Bakewell 1857–1860 Edward Grundy 1860–1862 Joseph Barritt 1862–1864 John Williams 1864–1865 James Martin 1865–1868 Richard Baker1868–1871 Philip Santo 1868–1870 Walter Duffield 1870–1871 John Howard Angas1871–1876 J. A. T. Lake 1871–1875 Johann Sudholz 1875–1875 John Dunn Jr.1875–1878 Martin Basedow1876–1890 John Downer1878–1891 James Hague 1890–1891 Defence League 1891–1896 Defence League 1891–1896 1896–1902 National League 1896–1901 Ephraim Coombe Labor 1901–1902
Three members (1902–1938)MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm Richard Butler 1902–1904 Ephraim Coombe1902–1906 William GilbertNational League1902–1906 Farmers and Producers1904–1910 Liberal and Democratic 1906–1910 Samuel Rudall Liberal and Democratic 1906–1910 Liberal Union1910–1923 Independent 1910–1912 Liberal Union1910–1915 William HagueLiberal Union1912–1923 Ephraim Coombe Labor 1915–1917 Henry Crosby Liberal Union 1917–1924 Liberal Federation 1923–1924 Liberal Federation1923–1924 Liberal Federation 1923–1924 George CookeLabor1924–1931 Leonard HopkinsLabor1924–1927 Henry CrosbyLiberal Federation1924–1930 Herbert Basedow Independent 1927–1930 Thomas Edwards Labor 1930–1931 Leonard Hopkins Labor 1930–1931 Parliamentary Labor 1931–1933 Parliamentary Labor 1931–1933 Parliamentary Labor 1931–1933 Herbert LyonsLiberal and Country1933–1938 Henry CrosbyLiberal and Country1933–1938 Herbert Basedow Independent 1933–1933 Reginald Rudall Liberal and Country 1933–1938
Second incarnation (1956–1970)MemberPartyTerm Condor Laucke Liberal and Country 1956–1965 Molly Byrne Labor 1965–1970
Election results
References
External links The 13 electorates from 1902 to 1915: The Adelaide Chronicle