This is a list of members of the ninth parliament of the

South Australian House of Assembly The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. The other is the Legislative Council. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Adelaide. Overview The House of Assembly was creat ...

, which sat from 1878 until April 1881. The members were elected at the 1878 election in May 1878. : Light MHA

Frank Skeffington Carroll Frank Skeffington Carroll (c. 1837–1887) was a salesman, mapmaker, journalist, editor, and, briefly, politician in the colony of South Australia. Carroll was born in Ireland, the second son of Bernard Carroll of Dublin. He emigrated to Austra ...

resigned on 31 May 1878. David Moody won the resulting by-election on 12 June. : Noarlunga MHA

John Colton John Colton may refer to: *John Colton (politician) (1823–1902), Australian politician, Premier of South Australia and philanthropist * John Colton (bishop) (c. 1320–1404), statesman and cleric in Ireland *John Colton (screenwriter) John Colt ...

resigned on 29 August 1878. Thomas Atkinson won the resulting by-election on 14 September. : Encounter Bay MHA

James Boucaut Sir James Penn Boucaut (;) (29 October 1831 – 1 February 1916) was a South Australian politician and Australian judge. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly on four occasions: from 1861 to 1862 for City of Adelaide, from ...

resigned on 25 September 1878.

William West-Erskine William Alexander Erskine West-Erskine , M.A., (12 September 1839 – 25 October 1892) was a politician in South Australia. West-Erskine was the eldest son of Rev. William James West, M.A., Rector of Delgany, Ireland, by his marriage with Elmin ...

won the resulting by-election on 10 October. : North Adelaide MHA

Neville Blyth Neville Blyth (March 1825 – 15 February 1890) was a South Australian colonial politician. Blyth was some two years younger than his brother Arthur Blyth,

resigned on 2 December 1878.

Caleb Peacock Caleb Peacock (13 April 1841 – 17 February 1896) was educated at Adelaide Educational Institution, one of J. L. Young's two first students. He was for some time manager of Peacock and Son. He was associated with Beeby and Dunstan, millers an ...

won the resulting by-election on 16 December. : Noarlunga MHA

John Carr John Carr may refer to: Politicians *John Carr (Indiana politician) (1793–1845), American politician from Indiana *John Carr (Australian politician, born 1819) (1819–1913), member of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1865–1884 * John H ...

resigned on 16 December 1879.

won the resulting by-election on 6 January 1880. : Gumeracha MHA

Ebenezer Ward Ebenezer Ward (4 September 1837 – 8 October 1917) was an Australian politician and journalist. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1870 to 1880 and from 1881 to 1890, representing Gumeracha (1870–1880), Burra (188 ...

resigned on 5 April 1880.

John Rounsevell John Rounsevell (c. 1836 – 15 May 1902) was a pastoralist and politician in the British colony of South Australia. His brother William Benjamin "Ben" Rounsevell was also a South Australian politician. History John Rounsevell was born in Landu ...

won the resulting by-election on 24 April. : Port Adelaide MHA

William Quin William Quin (c. 1836 – 13 November 1880) was a plasterer and politician in the colony of South Australia, regarded as the first "worker" to hold such a position. William Quin was a plasterer with the firm of Webber & Quin of Queenstown in 18 ...

resigned on 17 July 1880. John Hart, junior won the resulting by-election on 27 July. : Stanley MHA

George Strickland Kingston Sir George Strickland Kingston (23 August 1807 – 26 November 1880) was the Deputy Surveyor to William Light, engaged to survey the new colony of South Australia. He arrived in South Australia on the in 1836. Kingston was also the first Spea ...

died on 26 November 1880. No by-election was held due to the proximity of the 1881 general election.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1878-1881 Members of South Australian parliaments by term 19th-century Australian politicians