Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1885–1888

This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1885 to 1888.

This was the first Legislative Council to be affected by the amendments to the Act, which provided for the Colony to be divided into four districts: (1) Central; (2) Southern; (3) North-Eastern and (4) Northern, with six members in each division; one third of each to be replaced in rotation every three years. Previously, the whole colony acted as one electoral district "The Province" with one third replaced at General Elections every four years. This and the following election (1888–1891) are notable for having members elected under both systems.

Name District Term expires Time in office Notes
John Howard Angas Central 1887–1894
Henry Ayers 1857–1888
1888–1893
Richard Chaffey Baker Southern 1877–1901 re-elected 1885
John Bosworth North-Eastern 1886–1894 elected 1886
Henry Edward Bright North-Eastern 1885–1891
William Christie Buik 1881–1888
Allan Campbell Northern 1878–1898 re-elected 1885
William Copley Northern 1887–1894
George Witheredge Cotton 1882–1886
1888–1892
John Crozier Central 1867–1887 re-elected 1885
died 1887
John Dunn Jr. 1880–1888
William Dening Glyde 1882–1887
James Martin North-Eastern 1885–1894
Alexander Borthwick Murray 1880–1888
John Pickering 1881–1888
James Garden Ramsay 1880–1890
James Rankine 1881–1888
Maurice Salom Northern 1882-1891
Henry Scott Central 1878–1891 re-elected 1885
William Knox Simms Central 1884–1891 re-elected 1885
Alfred Muller Simpson Central 1887–1894 elected 1887
John Brodie Spence 1881–1887 resigned
vacancy declared June 1887
Robert Alfred Tarlton 1873–1888
Samuel Tomkinson Southern 1885–1894
1897–1900
William Wadham Northern 1885–1888 retired 1888
William West-Erskine Southern 1885–1891

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