Political families of South Australia
This is a list of related persons who have held positions in the two South Australian houses of parliament or represented South Australia in Canberra. It includes some notes on people with identical surnames but no clear family connection.
Angas
- George Fife Angas MLC 1851–1857, 1857–1866
Bagot
- Captain Charles Hervey Bagot MLC 1844–51, 1851–53, 1857–61, 1865–69
Baker
- John Baker MLC 1851–61, 1863–72 and Premier 1857–57
Bakewell
- Samuel Bakewell MHA 1860–62
- his brother William Bakewell MHA 1857–60, 1862–64
Bardolph
- Ken Bardolph architect and Labor MLC 1941–1964
- Doug Bardolph journalist and Lang Labor and Labor MHA for Adelaide 1933–1944
Basedow
- Martin Peter Friedrich Basedow MLC 1894–1900
Blyth
- Sir Arthur Blyth KCMG CB MLC 1855–57; MHA for Gumeracha 1857–68, 1870–75, for North Adelaide 1875–77, Premier 1864–65, 1871–72 and 1873–75
- Neville Blyth MHA for East Torrens 1860–67, for Encounter Bay 1868–70 and North Adelaide 1877–78
Brookman
- Norman Brookman MLC 1941–1949 Son of Sir George Brookman
Butler
- Sir Richard Butler MHA for Yatala 1890–1902; MHA for Barossa 1902–24; Premier March 1905 – July 1905
- Mark Butler (MHR for Port Adelaide 2007–
Castine
- Col. John William Castine MHA for Wooroora 1884–1902
Cooke
- Ebenezer Cooke MHA for Flinders 1875–82
Corcoran
- Jim Corcoran MHA for Victoria 1945–47, 1953–56; MHA for Millicent 1956–1962.
Cowan
- Thomas Cowan MHA for Yatala 1875–78.
- James Cowan MHA for Yatala 1890
Darling
- John Darling Sr. MHA for West Adelaide 1870–71, 1876–78; Yatala 1878–1881; Stanley 1885–1887 then MLC 1888–1897
Dashwood
- George Frederick Dashwood MLC 1843–1844
Davenport
- Robert Davenport, brother of Samuel, MLC, electoral district of Hindmarsh, 1851–1854.
- Sir Samuel Davenport, brother of Robert, MLC, 1846–1848, 1855–1857 and 1857–1866.
- George Davenport was a Queensland politician, son of Robert and Samuel's older brother Francis who had preceded them to South Australia
Dawkins
- Boyd Dawkins MLC for Midlands 1962–1982.
Downer
- Sir John Downer MHA for Barossa 1878–1901; Australian Senate 1901–03; MLC 1905–07; Premier 1885–1887
- Henry Edward Downer MHA for Encounter Bay 1881–96
Duncan
- Sir John Duncan MHA for Port Adelaide 1871–75, MHA for Wallaroo 1875–1877, MHA for Wooroora 1884–90, MLC 1891–1896, 1900–1913.
Dunn
- John Dunn MHA for Mount Barker 1857–68; MLC 1869–77
Dutton
- Francis Stacker Dutton seventh Premier of South Australia
- Frederick Hansborough Dutton, his brother, MLC 1852–1853
Everard
- Dr. Charles George Everard MLC 1857–69
Giles
- William Giles, colonial manager and MLC 1851–54.
Glyde
- William Dening Glyde MLC 1882–1887
- Samuel Dening Glyde, his brother, MHA for Sturt 1885 to 1887
Goldsworthy
- Roger Goldsworthy MHA for Kavel 1970–92; Deputy Premier 1979–82
Gordon
- Sir David John Gordon MLC for Midlands 1913–1944
Grainger
- John Grainger, non-official MLC 1851–1855
Hall
- Steele Hall Premier of South Australia 1968–70, Senator for South Australia 1974–77, MHR for Boothby 1981–96
- Joan Hall MHA for Coles 1993–2002, MHA for Morialta 2002–2006.
Hart
- Captain John Hart CMG MHA for Port Adelaide 1857–59, 1862, 1862–66; Premier 1865–66
Hawker
- George Charles Hawker MHA for Victoria 1858–65, 1875–83
Hill
- Murray Hill MLC 1965–88
Henning
- Rudolph Wilhelm Emil Henning MHA for Albert 1878–1884
Homburg
- Robert Homburg MHA for Gumeracha 1884–1902; MHA for Murray 1902–05
Hussey
Jelley
- David Jelley MLC 1906–07 died after sitting only one session
- James Jelley MLC 1912–33; member of Hill and Gunn Ministries
Kelly
- Hugh Craine Kelly MHA for Wooroora 1890 to 1891 when he died in buggy accident
- Robert Kelly succeeded his brother as member for Wooroora 1891 to 1893
- their cousin John Robert Kelly was MHA for Encounter Bay 1890 to 1896
Kingston
- Sir George Strickland Kingston MLA for The Burra and Clare 1856–1860, 1861–1862; MLA for Stanley 1862–1880
Lake
- James Andrew Trehane Lake MHA for Barossa 1871–75
- His brother George Hingston Lake MHA for Burra 1890–96
Lindsay
- John Lindsay, MHA for Encounter Bay 1860–65 and The Sturt 1870–71
- Charles Lindsay MHA for Flinders 1862–65
McLachlan
- James McLachlan Sr. MHA for Wooroora 1893–1902
Mildred
- Henry Mildred MHA for Noarlunga 1857–1860; East Torrens 1860–1865; MLC 1866–1873
Milne
- Sir William Milne MHA for Onkaparinga 1857–1868; MLC in 1869, 1873–1881
Morphett
- John Morphett MLC 1843–1955, 1857–1973
- George Morphett MHA for West Torrens 1860–61
Newland
- Simpson Newland CMG. MHA for Encounter Bay 1881–87
Pearce
- George Pearce, MHA for East Torrens 1868–1870
Price
- Thomas Price MHA for Sturt 1893–1902; MHA for Torrens 1902–1909; Premier 1905–1909
Playford
- Thomas Playford Sr. MLA for Onkaparinga 1868–71; MLA for East Torrens 1875–1887; MLA for Newcastle 1887–1890; MLA for East Torrens 1890–1894; MLA for Gumeracha 1899–1901; Premier 1887–89, 1890–92
Randell
- William Randell "Captain Randell" MHA for Gumeracha 1893–1899.
Riddoch
- John Riddoch was MHA for the Victoria 1865–1870 and 1871–1873
- His brother George Riddoch was MHA for the Victoria 1893–1896 and MLC 1901–1909
Rudall
- Samuel Bruce Rudall MHA for Barossa 1906–15
Sandford
- Alexander Wallace Sandford MLC 1897–1902
Shannon
- David Shannon MHA for Light 1858–60
- James Shannon, half-brother of David, MHA for Light 1878–81
- John Wallace Shannon , MHA for Yorke Peninsula 1896–02; MHA for Wallaroo 1902–05; Senator for South Australia 1914–20.
Solomon
- Emanuel Solomon MLA for West Adelaide 1862–65; MLC 1867–71. His oldest brother Moss Solomon was father of Judah Moss Solomon
Stirling
- Edward Stirling MLC 1857–65
Stow
- Randolph Isham Stow QC. MHA for West Torrens 1861–62; MHA for Victoria 1862–65; MHA for East Torrens 1866–68; MHA for Light 1873–75, 1875
- Augustine Stow MHA for West Torrens 1862–65; MHA for Flinders 1866–68
Vardon
- Joseph Vardon Senator for South Australia 1907–1913
Venning
- Howard Maxwell Venning MHA for Rocky River 1968–79
Verran
- John Verran MHA for Wallaroo from 1901–1918, First Labor Premier of South Australia 1910–1912
von Doussa
- Alfred von Doussa, MLC 1901–1921
- Louis von Doussa, MHA for Mount Barker 1889–1902, MLC for Southern District 1903–1905
Weatherill
- George Weatherill MLC 1986–2000
White
- James White MHA for Light 1871, 1875–81
Williams
- Thomas Williams non-official MLC.
Wilson
- Sir Keith Wilson Senator for South Australia 1938–1944 and MHR for Sturt 1949–1954, 1955–1966
Wright
- John David "Jack" Wright MHA for Adelaide 1971–85; Deputy Premier 1982–85
Young
- Charles Burney Young MLC 1878–1880