Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1843–1851

This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1843 to 1851.^[1] Beginning with the Royal Instructions gazetted 15 June 1843, there were four official and four non-official members of the legislative council consisting of: the governor, colonial secretary, advocate-general, and registrar-General with four non-official members being nominated by the Crown.^[1] The council was the only chamber of government until the House of Assembly was created in 1857.

Name	Office	Term
Charles Hervey Bagot	Non-Official	1844–1853; 1857–61; 1865–69^[2]
William Bartley	Advocate-General (acting) ^[a]	1849
George Frederick Dashwood	Non-Official	1843–1844
Samuel Davenport	Non-Official	1846–1848; 1855–56; 1857–66^[3]
Boyle Travers Finniss	Registrar-General	1847–1857^[4]
George Grey	Governor & Resident Commissioner	1841–1845
Jacob Hagen	Non-Official	1843–1846; 1847–1851
Richard Davies Hanson	Advocate-General (acting) ^[c]	1851, 1851–1857
James William MacDonald	Registrar-General (acting) ^[b]	1844–1846
John Morphett	Non-Official	1843–1847; 1848–1855; 1857–73
Alfred Mundy	Colonial Secretary	1843–1849
Richard Francis Newland	Non-Official (acting)	1847
Thomas Shuldham O'Halloran	Non-Official	1843–1851
Frederick Robe	Governor	1845–1848
William Smillie	Advocate-General	1840–1851
Charles Sturt	Registrar-General ^[b]	1839–1847
Charles Sturt	Colonial Secretary	1849–1851
Thomas Williams	Non-Official	1843
Henry Young	Governor	1848–1851

^[a] Bartley was acting while Smillie was on leave 1849

^[b] Sturt was absent exploring 1844–1845, MacDonald acted

^[c] Hanson was acting while Smillie was on leave 1851

References

^ ^a ^b "Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836–2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
^ "Mr Charles Bagot". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
^ "Sir Samuel Davenport". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
^ "Hon Boyle Finniss". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

[parl-1] "Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836–2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2014.

[2] "Mr Charles Bagot". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

[3] "Sir Samuel Davenport". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

[4] "Hon Boyle Finniss". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

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