Members Of The South Australian Legislative Council, 1865–1869
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South Australian Legislative Council The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. Its central purpose is to act as a house of review for legislation passed through the lower house, the South Australian House of Assembly, ...
from 1865 to 1869. This was the third Legislative Council to be elected under the Constitution of 1856, which provided for a house consisting of eighteen members to be elected from the whole colony acting as one electoral district "The Province"; that six members, selected by lot, should be replaced at General Elections after four years, another six to be replaced four years later and thenceforth each member should have a term of twelve years. Eight members were elected – six by the "effluxion of time" and two to replace members Forster and Waterhouse who resigned the previous December. A useful synopsis.


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Parliament of South Australia — Statistical Record of the Legislature
{{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1865-1869 Members of South Australian parliaments by term 19th-century Australian politicians