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.
NameTime in officeTerm expiresNotes
Henry Ayers1857–1888
1888–1893
re-elected 1881
Richard Chaffey Baker1877–1901elected 1881
William Christie Buik1881–1888elected 1881
Allan Campbell1878–1898
George Witheredge Cotton1882–1886
1888–1892
elected 1882
John Crozier1867–1887
John Dunn Jr.1880–1888
Thomas English1865–1878
1882–1885
elected 1882
William Dening Glyde1882–1887elected 1882
Alexander Hay1873–1881
1882–1891
elected 1882
Thomas Hogarth1866–1885
William Morgan1867–1884died 1884
Alexander Borthwick Murray1880–1888
David Murray1882–1891elected 1882
James Pearce1877–1885
John Pickering1881–1888elected 1881
James Garden Ramsay1880–1890
James Rankine1881–1888elected 1881
Maurice Salom1882-1891elected 1882
William Sandover1873–1885
Henry Scott1878–1891
William Knox Simms1884–1891elected 1884 to Central District
John Brodie Spence1881–1887elected 1881
Robert Alfred Tarlton1873–1888re-elected 1881