Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1881–1885

This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1881 to 1885.

This was the seventh and last Legislative Council to be elected under the Constitution of 1856, which provided for a house consisting of eighteen members to be elected from the whole colony acting as one electoral district "The Province"; 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.

Six seats were declared vacant by rotation in 1881: Ayers, Fisher, Hay, Milne, Santo and Tarlton;

A significant feature of this election was the "ticket" recommending Rankine, Pickering, Tarlton, Hay, Ayers and Spence, issued by the South Australian Farmers' Mutual Association for members and other farmers to follow.

Ayers and Tarlton were re-elected; the other vacancies were filled by Buik, Pickering, Rankine and Spence.

A supplementary state-wide election was held on 29 May 1882 to prepare for the forthcoming reorganization of the Council, and six additional members were needed. Those elected were David Murray, Salom, English, Hay, Glyde and Cotton.

Name Time in office Term expires Notes Henry Ayers 1857–18881888–1893 re-elected 1881 Richard Chaffey Baker 1877–1901 elected 1881 William Christie Buik 1881–1888 elected 1881 Allan Campbell 1878–1898 George Witheredge Cotton 1882–18861888–1892 elected 1882 John Crozier 1867–1887 John Dunn Jr. 1880–1888 Thomas English 1865–18781882–1885 elected 1882 William Dening Glyde 1882–1887 elected 1882 Alexander Hay 1873–18811882–1891 elected 1882 Thomas Hogarth 1866–1885 William Morgan 1867–1884 died 1884 Alexander Borthwick Murray 1880–1888 David Murray 1882–1891 elected 1882 James Pearce 1877–1885 John Pickering 1881–1888 elected 1881 James Garden Ramsay 1880–1890 James Rankine 1881–1888 elected 1881 Maurice Salom 1882-1891 elected 1882 William Sandover 1873–1885 Henry Scott 1878–1891 William Knox Simms 1884–1891 elected 1884 to Central District (first under Constitution Act Further Amendment Act 1881) John Brodie Spence 1881–1887 elected 1881 Robert Alfred Tarlton 1873–1888 re-elected 1881

References Parliament of South Australia — Statistical Record of the Legislature