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.
NameTime in officeTerm expiresPreviously represented / Notes
George Fife Angas1851–Feb. 1865Barossa
Henry Ayers1857–Feb. 1869
Charles Hervey Bagot1851–1853
1857–1861
1865–1869		Feb. 1861Light
John Baker1851–1861
1863–1872		Feb. 1861Mount Barker
Samuel Davenport1855–Feb. 1873Non-Official nominee
Charles Davies MD1857–Feb. 1865
Charles G. Everard1857–Feb. 1869
James Hurtle Fisher1855–Feb. 1865Non-Official nominee
Anthony Forster1855–Feb. 1873West Adelaide
Arthur Henry Freeling1855–1859Feb 1861Official nominee. Resigned August 1859
Edward Castres Gwynne1851–1855, 1857–1859Feb. 1861Non-Official nominee. Vacated seat August 1859 to take position of Supreme Court judge.
George Hall1851–Feb. 1869Port Adelaide
John Morphett1851–Feb. 1865Non-Official nominee
Thomas Shuldham O'Halloran1857–1863Feb. 1865
Abraham Scott1857–1867Feb. 1873
William Scott1855–Feb. 1869Port Adelaide
Edward Stirling1855–Feb. 1865Non-Official nominee
George Tinline1860–1863Feb. 1869elected April 1860 to fill vacancy; seat declared vacant June 1863
George Waterhouse1860–Feb. 1869elected April 1860 to fill vacancy
William Younghusband1851–1861Feb. 1861Stanley