8th Parliament of South Australia
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 Old Parliament House (1872) | |||||||||
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| Legislative body | Parliament of South Australia | ||||||||
| Meeting place | Old Parliament House | ||||||||
| Term | 6 May 1875 – 13 March 1878 | ||||||||
| Election | 10 February – 1 March 1875 | ||||||||
| Legislative Council | |||||||||
| Members | 18 | ||||||||
| President | William Milne | ||||||||
| House of Assembly | |||||||||
| Members | 46 | ||||||||
| Speaker | George Strickland Kingston | ||||||||
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The 8th 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: John Carr (until 22 June 1876), William Townsend (from 22 June 1876)
- 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
Until 5 April 1877
Members elected in 1873 are marked with an asterisk (*).
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From 5 April 1877
6 of the 18 seats in the upper house were contested in the election on 5 April 1877. Members elected in 1877 are marked with an asterisk (*).
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House of Assembly
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Changes of membership
House of Assembly
See also
- Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1873–1877
- Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1877–1881
- Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1875–1878
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.