Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1868–1870

This is a list of members of the fifth parliament of the South Australian House of Assembly, which sat from 31 July 1868 until 2 March 1870. The members were elected at the 1868 colonial election.

Name Electorate Term in Office
Richard Andrews [2] The Sturt 1857–1860, 1862–1870
Richard Baker Barossa 1868–1871
George Thomas Bean [3] West Torrens 1868–1870
Neville Blyth Encounter Bay 1860–1867, 1868–1870, 1871, 1877–1878
David Bower Port Adelaide 1865–1870, 1875–1887
James Boucaut The Burra 1861–1862, 1865–1870, 1871–1878
Henry Bright Stanley 1865–1884
John Carr Noarlunga 1865–1879, 1881–1884
Wentworth Cavenagh Yatala 1862–1875, 1875–1881
John Cheriton [1] Mount Barker 1868, 1868–1871
John Colton Noarlunga 1862–1870, 1875–1878, 1880–1887
Robert Cottrell East Adelaide 1868–1875
John Dunn [1] Mount Barker 1857–1868, 1868
William Everard Mount Barker 1865–1870, 1871–1872
Daniel Fisher East Torrens 1867–1870
Joseph Fisher The Sturt 1868–1870
Henry Fuller West Adelaide 1865–1870
Lavington Glyde Yatala 1857–1875, 1877–1884
John Hart Light 1857–1859, 1862–1866, 1868–1873
Alexander Hay Gumeracha 1857–1861, 1867–1871
Henry Hill Port Adelaide 1868–1870
Henry Kent Hughes Victoria 1868–1875
George Kingston Stanley 1857–1860, 1861–1880
William Lewis Light 1868–1870
William Ranson Mortlock Flinders 1868–1870, 1871–1875, 1878–1884
John Bentham Neales The Burra 1857–1860, 1862–1870
George Pearce East Torrens 1868–1870
John Pickering [3] West Torrens 1865–1868, 1870, 1871–1878
Thomas Playford Onkaparinga 1868–1871, 1875–1887,
1887–1890, 1899–1901
Hon Thomas Reynolds East Adelaide 1857–1862, 1862, 1864–1870,
1871–1872, 1872–1873
John Riddoch Victoria 1865–1870, 1871–1873
William Rogers [1] Mount Barker 1858–1860, 1864–1865, 1868,
1868–1870, 1872–1875
William Sandover Gumeracha 1868–1870
Philip Santo Barossa 1860–1870
William Knox Simms West Adelaide 1868–1870, 1871–1876, 1878–1881
Frederick Spicer [2] The Sturt 1870
Augustine Stow Flinders 1866–1868
Hon Henry Strangways West Torrens 1858–1871
William Townsend Onkaparinga 1857–1882
Alfred Watts Flinders 1862–1866, 1868–1875
1 John Cheriton and William Rogers were initially declared elected as the two members for Mount Barker, but their election was challenged and they were unseated on 11 August 1868. Cheriton was re-elected in the resulting by-election on 3 September, but Rogers was defeated by John Dunn. Dunn's election was then challenged, and his election was voided on 9 October. Rogers then won a second by-election on 5 November.
2 The Sturt MHA Richard Andrews resigned on 18 January 1870. Frederick Spicer won the resulting by-election on 10 February.
3 The seat of West Torrens MHA was declared vacant on 20 January 1870 due to George Bean's non-attendance. John Pickering won the resulting by-election on 10 February.

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