9th Parliament of South Australia
| Ninth Parliament of South Australia | |||||||||
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| Legislative body | Parliament of South Australia | ||||||||
| Meeting place | Old Parliament House | ||||||||
| Term | 31 May 1878 – 19 March 1881 | ||||||||
| Election | 2–30 April 1878 | ||||||||
| Legislative Council | |||||||||
| Members | 18 | ||||||||
| President | William Milne | ||||||||
| House of Assembly | |||||||||
| Members | 46 | ||||||||
| Speaker | George Strickland Kingston | ||||||||
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The 9th 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.
Leadership
Legislative Council
- President of the Legislative Council: William Milne
- 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: George Strickland Kingston
- Chairman of Committees: William Townsend
- Clerk of the House of Assembly: George William de la Poer Beresford
- Clerk's assistant and Sargeant-at-arms: Edwin Gordon Blackmore
Membership
Legislative Council
Members elected in 1877 are marked with an asterisk (*).
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House of Assembly
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Changes of membership
Legislative Council
| Before | Change | After | ||
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| Member | Type | Date | Date | Member |
| Thomas Elder | Resigned | 1 August 1878 | 10 September 1878 | John Hodgkiss |
| Thomas English | Resigned | 1 August 1878 | 10 September 1878 | Henry Scott |
| William Edward Everard | Failure to attend | 1 August 1878 | 10 September 1878 | Charles Burney Young |
| William Storrie | Resigned | 1 August 1878 | 10 September 1878 | Allan Campbell |
| Walter Duffield | Resigned | 27 May 1880 | 7 July 1880 | John Dunn, jun. |
| Henry Kent Hughes | Resigned | 1 June 1880 | 7 July 1880 | James Garden Ramsay |
| Charles Burney Young | Resigned | 1 June 1880 | 7 July 1880 | Alexander Borthwick Murray |
House of Assembly
| Seat | Before | Change | After | ||
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| Member | Type | Date | Date | Member | |
| Light | Frank Skeffington Carroll | Resigned | 31 May 1878 | 12 June 1878 | David Moody |
| Noarlunga | John Carr | Resigned | 29 August 1878 | 14 September 1878 | Thomas Atkinson |
| Encounter Bay | James Penn Boucaut | Resigned | 25 September 1878 | 10 October 1878 | William West-Erskine |
| North Adelaide | Neville Blyth | Resigned | 2 December 1878 | 16 December 1878 | Caleb Peacock |
| Noarlunga | John Carr | Resigned | 16 December 1879 | 6 January 1880 | John Colton |
| Gumeracha | Ebenezer Ward | Resigned | 5 April 1880 | 24 April 1880 | John Rounsevell |
| Port Adelaide | William Quin | Resigned | 17 July 1880 | 27 July 1880 | John Hart, jun. |
| Stanley | George Strickland Kingston | Died | 26 November 1880 | Vacant | |
See also
- Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1877–1881
- Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1878–1881
References
- "Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836–2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. 24 April 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2011.


