This is a list of Legislative Council results for the 1857 South Australian colonial election.[1]
Results
Legislative Council (BV) – Turnout 56.7% (Non-CV) |
| Party | Votes | Seats |
| Votes | % | Swing (pp) | Seats | Change |
| | Independent | 66,842 | 100.00 | 0.00 | 18 | 0 |
| |
| Total | 66,842 | 100.00 | 0.00 | 18 | |
| |
| Informal | 775 | 13.56 | +13.56 |
| Turnout | 5,717 | 56.65 | +56.65 |
| Registered voters | 10,092 | – | – |
| Source: ECSA[1] |
Summary of results
The Province
1857 South Australian colonial election: The Province[1] | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
| Thomas Shuldham O'Halloran (elected 1) | 3,499 | 5.2 | +5.2 |
| John Baker (elected 2) | 3,475 | 5.2 | +5.2 |
| William Younghusband (elected 3) | 3,460 | 5.2 | +5.2 |
| John Morphett (elected 4) | 3,339 | 5.0 | +5.0 |
| Edward Castres Gwynne (elected 5) | 3,274 | 4.9 | +4.9 |
| Anthony Forster (elected 6) | 3,209 | 4.8 | +4.8 |
| Abraham Scott (elected 7) | 2,897 | 4.3 | +4.3 |
| Edward Stirling (elected 8) | 2,855 | 4.3 | +4.3 |
| William Scott (elected 9) | 2,847 | 4.3 | +4.3 |
| James Hurtle Fisher (elected 10) | 2,717 | 4.1 | +4.1 |
| George Hall (elected 11) | 2,676 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
| Charles Hervey Bagot (elected 12) | 2,595 | 3.9 | +3.9 |
| Henry Ayers (elected 13) | 2,587 | 3.9 | +3.9 |
| Samuel Davenport (elected 14) | 2,488 | 3.7 | +3.7 |
| Arthur Henry Freeling (elected 15) | 2,473 | 3.7 | +3.7 |
| Charles Davies (elected 16) | 2,363 | 3.5 | +3.5 |
| George Fife Angas (elected 17) | 2,316 | 3.5 | +3.5 |
| Charles George Everard (elected 18) | 2,177 | 3.3 | +3.3 |
| Thomas Lipson | 2,072 | 3.1 | +3.1 |
| David Sutherland | 2,053 | 3.1 | +3.1 |
| William Peacock | 2,043 | 3.1 | +3.1 |
| Philip Butler | 1,920 | 2.8 | +2.8 |
| Arthur Hardy | 1,876 | 2.8 | +2.8 |
| Henry Rodolph Wigley | 1,545 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
| Emanuel Solomon | 1,393 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
| Samuel Stocks | 1,361 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| Henry Bull Templer Strangways | 1,332 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| Total formal votes | 4,942 | 86.4 | +86.4 |
| Informal votes | 775 | 13.6 | +13.6 |
| Turnout | 5,717 | 56.7 | +56.7 |
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