Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1857–1861

This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1857 to February 1861.

This was the first Legislative Council to be elected under the new Constitution, which provided for a house consisting of eighteen members to be elected from the whole State acting as one Electoral District; that six members, selected by lot, should be replaced at General Elections after four years, another six to be replaced four years later and thenceforth each member should have a term of twelve years.

Name Time in office Term expires Previously represented / Notes George Fife Angas 1851– Feb. 1865 Barossa Henry Ayers 1857– Feb. 1869 Charles Hervey Bagot 1851–18531857–18611865–1869 Feb. 1861 Light John Baker 1851–18611863–1872 Feb. 1861 Mount Barker Samuel Davenport 1855– Feb. 1873 Non-Official nominee Charles Davies MD 1857– Feb. 1865 Charles G. Everard 1857– Feb. 1869 James Hurtle Fisher 1855– Feb. 1865 Non-Official nominee Anthony Forster 1855– Feb. 1873 West Adelaide Arthur Henry Freeling 1855–1859 Feb 1861 Official nominee (Surveyor-General). Resigned August 1859 Edward Castres Gwynne 1851–1855, 1857–1859 Feb. 1861 Non-Official nominee. Vacated seat August 1859 to take position of Supreme Court judge. George Hall 1851– Feb. 1869 Port Adelaide John Morphett 1851– Feb. 1865 Non-Official nominee Thomas Shuldham O'Halloran 1857–1863 Feb. 1865 Abraham Scott 1857–1867 Feb. 1873 William Scott 1855– Feb. 1869 Port Adelaide Edward Stirling 1855– Feb. 1865 Non-Official nominee George Tinline 1860–1863 Feb. 1869 elected April 1860 to fill vacancy; seat declared vacant June 1863 George Waterhouse 1860– Feb. 1869 elected April 1860 to fill vacancy William Younghusband 1851–1861 Feb. 1861 Stanley

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