East Adelaide was an electoral district of the

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from 1851 to 1857 and an electoral district of the

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from 1862 to 1902.

First incarnation

East Adelaide was a seat of the unicameral

from 1851 until that council's abolition in 1857. Francis Stacker Dutton was the elected member for the duration.

Second incarnation

The lower house electoral district was created when the Electoral district of City of Adelaide was abolished in 1862 and East Adelaide and

Electoral district of West Adelaide West Adelaide was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1862 to 1902. The electoral district was created when the Electoral district of City of Adelaide was abolished in 1862 and West Ade ...

created. The district of Adelaide was ultimately recreated in 1902 by the recombination of East Adelaide and West Adelaide. The electorate was created by the ''Electoral Districts Act (No. 20)'' of the South Australian parliament in 1861 but it was not until the state election of 1862 election that candidates were first elected to represent East Adelaide. The electorate at its creation included all of the

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(

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and the

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) east of the centres of King William Street, Poole street, John Street and

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. In 1872 the area of the electorate shrunk when the

Electoral district of North Adelaide North Adelaide was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1875 to 1902 and again from 1915 to 1938. North Adelaide was also the name of an electoral district of the unicameral South Austral ...

was created by excising those parts of East and West Adelaide south of the

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. Successful 1891 Wallaroo by-election candidate Richard Hooper was the first

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member of the House of Assembly, but was not a member of the newly formed United Labor Party (ULP), instead serving as an

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Labor member. The 1892 East Adelaide by-election saw ULP candidate John McPherson win the seat. It was the first time the ULP had won a seat in the House of Assembly, with electoral success to be followed at the 1893 colonial election, winning 10 of 54 seats and the balance of power, allowing the ULP to support the

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opposition led by

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in defeating the

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government led by

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Members

References

Former Members of the Parliament of South Australia
{{DEFAULTSORT:East Adelaide Former electoral districts of South Australia 1862 establishments in Australia 1902 disestablishments in Australia