Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1877–1881


This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1877 to 1881.
This was the sixth 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 1877, filled by Morgan, Crozier, Baker, English, Pearce and Hughes.
NameTime in officeTerm expiresNotes
Henry Ayers1857–1888
1888–1893		Feb. 1881
Richard Chaffey Baker1877–1901elected Apr. 1877
Allan Campbell1878–elected Sep. 1878
John Crozier1867–1887returned 1877
Walter Duffield1873–1880
John Dunn Jr.1880–1888elected Jul 1880
Thomas Elder1863–1869
1871–1878
Thomas English1865–1878
1882–1885		returned 1877
William Everard1873–1878
Joseph Fisher1873–1881Feb. 1881
Alexander Hay1873–1881Feb. 1881
Thomas Hogarth1866–1885
Henry Kent Hughes1877–1880elected Apr. 1877, resigned 1880
William Milne1869–1881Feb. 1881
William Morgan1867–1884returned 1877
Alexander Borthwick Murray1880–1888elected Jul. 1880
James Pearce1877–1885elected April 1877
James Garden Ramsay1880–1890elected Jul. 1880
William Sandover1873–1885
Philip Santo1871–1881Feb. 1881
Henry Scott1878–1891elected Sep. 1878
William Storrie1871–1878
Robert Alfred Tarlton1873–1888Feb. 1881
Charles Burney Young1878–1880resigned 1880