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10th Parliament of South Australia

The 10th Parliament of South Australia was a meeting of the legislative branch of the South Australian state government, composed of the South Australian Legislative Council and the South Australian House of Assembly.


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Old Parliament House (1872)
Parliament of South Australia
Old Parliament House
2 June 1881 – 19 March 1884
8–27 April 1881
18 (until 29 May 1882)24 (from 29 May 1882)
Henry Ayers
46
Robert Dalrymple Ross
1st2 June 1881 – 18 November 18812nd1 June 1882 – 17 November 18823rd31 May 1883 – 28 February 18842 June 1881 – 18 November 18811 June 1882 – 17 November 188231 May 1883 – 28 February 1884
2 June 1881 – 18 November 1881
1 June 1882 – 17 November 1882
31 May 1883 – 28 February 1884

The 10th Parliament of South Australia was a meeting of the legislative branch of the South Australian state government, composed of the South Australian Legislative Council and the South Australian House of Assembly.

Legislative Council

  • President of the Legislative Council: Henry Ayers
  • Clerk of the Legislative Council: Francis Corbet Singleton
  • Clerk's assistant and Sergeant-at-arms: Frederick Halcomb

House of Assembly

  • Speaker of the House of Assembly: Robert Dalrymple Ross
  • Chairman of Committees: William Townsend (until 31 October 1882), Luke Lidiard Furner (from 31 October 1882)
  • Clerk of the House of Assembly: George William de la Poer Beresford
  • Clerk's assistant and Sargeant-at-arms: Edwin Gordon Blackmore

6 of the 18 seats in the upper house were contested in the election on 20 April 1881. Members elected in 1881 are marked with an asterisk (*).

A special election was held on 29 May 1882 as the Legislative Council expanded to 24 members. Members elected in 1882 are marked with an asterisk (*).

SeatBeforeChangeAfter
CentralWilliam MorganDied30 January 188428 February 1884William Knox Simms
SeatBeforeChangeAfter
East AdelaideGeorge Swan FowlerResigned7 June 188117 June 1881Thomas Johnson
YatalaDavid MurrayUnseated28 June 188113 July 1881David Murray
YatalaDavid MurrayResigned18 August 18816 September 1881Josiah Howell Bagster
OnkaparingaFriedrich Edouard Heinrich Wulf KrichauffResigned22 May 188215 June 1882Rowland Rees
FlindersEbenezer CookeResigned24 October 18821 December 1882Patrick Boyce Coglin
SturtWilliam TownsendDied25 October 188213 November 1882Thomas King
VictoriaGeorge Charles HawkerResigned11 May 188315 June 1883William Whinham
  • Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1881–1885

  • Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1881–1884

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