List of South Australian Legislative Council by-elections

This is a list of historical by-elections for the South Australian Legislative Council. They were caused by the resignation or death of an incumbent member.

History

From inauguration until the 1975 election and the introduction of South Australian Legislative Council appointments, casual vacancies in the Legislative Council, like the House of Assembly, were also filled at by-elections. Amendments to the South Australian Constitution and Electoral Acts in that year saw the whole state become a single electorate for the Legislative Council and gave, in line with the Australian Senate, an assembly of members of both Houses of Parliament the right to meet to choose a replacement member. The constitution also states that if the previous sitting Legislative Council member was at the time of his/her election the representative of a particular political party, that party should nominate a replacement from amongst its own members.

List of by-elections

Gains for Labor are highlighted in red; for Liberal and its predecessors in blue; and others in grey.

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause
The Province	3 April 1860	Arthur Henry Freeling Edward Castres Gwynne			George Marsden Waterhouse George Tinline			Resigned Failure to attend
The Province	7 August 1863	Thomas Shuldham O'Halloran William Scott George Tinline			Edward McEllister Thomas Elder John Baker			Resigned Resigned Failure to attend
The Province	26 September 1866	Judah Moss Solomon Samuel Davenport Edward McEllister George Fife Angas			Thomas Hogarth John Hodgkiss Henry Mildred John Tuthill Bagot			Resigned Resigned Died Resigned
The Province	26 November 1866	Charles Bonney			William Parkin			Resigned
The Province	6 August 1867	Abraham Scott, Thomas Magarey, George Hall			John Crozier, William Morgan, Emanuel Solomon			Resigned Resigned Death
Uncontested	4 July 1870	John Tuthill Bagot			John B. Neales			Resigned
The Province	4 October 1871	John Henry Barrow Augustine Stow Emanuel Solomon			William Storrie Thomas Elder Philip Santo			Resigned (3)
The Province	22 September 1873	John B. Neales			William Sandover			Deceased
The Province	10 September 1878	Thomas English William Storrie Thomas Elder William Everard			Henry Scott Allan Campbell John Hodgkiss Charles Burney Young			Resigned Resigned Resigned Failure to attend the Parliament
The Province	7 July 1880	Walter Duffield Henry Kent Hughes Charles Burney Young			John Dunn Jr. James Garden Ramsay Alexander Borthwick Murray			Resigned (3)
Central	28 February 1884	Sir William Morgan			William Knox Simms			Deceased
Southern	7 July 1885	Thomas English			Samuel Tomkinson			Deceased
North-Eastern	28 June 1886	George Witherage Cotton			John Bosworth			Resigned
Central	25 June 1887	John Crozier John Brodie Spence			Alfred Muller Simpson John Howard Angas			Deceased Resigned
Northern	6 July 1887	William Dening Glyde			William Copley			Resigned
Northern	11 July 1888	William Wadham			Arthur Richman Addison			Resigned
Southern	28 June 1890	James Garden Ramsay			Friedrich Eduard Heinrich Wulf Krichauff			Deceased
Southern	11 July 1891	W. A. E. West-Erskine			John Lancelot Stirling			Resigned
Central	15 April 1893	George Witherage Cotton			William Alfred Robinson			Deceased
Southern	15 April 1893	John Hannah Gordon			John Hannah Gordon			Resigned due to financial difficulties, but stood for the vacant seat and was elected
Central	11 September 1897	David Charleston		United Labour Party	David Morley Charleston		Independent	Resigned
North-Eastern	4 June 1898	William Haslam			John Lewis			Deceased
Northern	26 November 1898	Allan Campbell			Andrew Tennant			Deceased
North East uncontested	31 March 1900	James Martin			John James Duncan			Deceased
Central	22 September 1900	Samuel Tomkinson			Charles Cameron Kingston			Deceased
Central uncontested	9 February 1901	Charles Cameron Kingston			John Langdon Parsons			Resigned
Central uncontested	1 June 1901	David Morley Charleston			George Brookman			Seated in Federal Parliament
Southern	8 June 1901	Gregor McGregor, Richard Chaffey Baker			Alfred von Doussa, George Riddoch			Seated in Federal Parliament (2)
Central	19 September 1903	John Langdon Parsons			Hugo Carl Emil Muecke			Deceased
Southern uncontested	14 December 1903	John Hannah Gordon			Louis von Doussa			Resigned
Central	19 December 1903	Robert Storrie Guthrie			Beaumont Arnold Moulden			Resigned
Central	20 October 1906	Henry Thompson		Independent	David Jelley		Labor	Death
Central	3 November 1906	Joseph Vardon		Independent	James Phillips Wilson		Labor	Resignation
Central	2 March 1907	David Jelley		Labor	Frederick Samuel Wallis		Labor	Death
Central	15 May 1909	Andrew Kirkpatrick		Labor	Theodore Bruce		Independent	Death
Central	5 August 1911	Theodore Bruce		Liberal	Charles Morris		Liberal	Death
Midland	15 November 1913	John Duncan		Liberal	David Gordon		Liberal	Death
Southern	16 August 1915	John Downer		Liberal	Joseph Botterill		Liberal	Death
Central No. 2	20 August 1915	Ern Klauer		Labor	William Humphrey Harvey		Labor	Death
Southern	9 October 1920	Joseph Botterill		Liberal	Thomas McCallum		Liberal	Death
Central No. 1	27 October 1928	Andrew Kirkpatrick		Labor	Frank Condon		Labor	Death
Central No. 1	17 August 1929	John Carr		Labor	Stanley Whitford		Labor	Death
Central No. 1	24 October 1931	Tom Gluyas		Labor	Joseph Anderson		Independent	Death
Southern	17 June 1932	Lancelot Stirling		LCL	Reuben Cranstoun Mowbray		LCL	Death
Northern	20 October 1934	William Morrow		LCL	Lyell McEwin		LCL	Death
Central No. 2	14 December 1935	William Humphrey Harvey		LCL	Edward Holden		LCL	Death
Southern	18 June 1938	Thomas McCallum		LCL	Alec Bagot		Independent	Death
Northern	2 September 1939	Hartley Gladstone Hawkins		LCL	James Beerworth		Labor	Death
Midland	1 November 1948	Douglas Peel Gordon		LCL	Colin Rowe		LCL	Death
Northern	14 May 1949	Percy Blesing		LCL	Robert Richard Wilson		LCL	Death
Southern	26 May 1949	Norman Brookman		LCL	John Lancelot Cowan		LCL	Death
Central No. 1	24 October 1951	Oscar Oates		Labor	Stan Bevan		Labor	Death
Midland	26 February 1955	Reginald Rudall		LCL	Ross Story		LCL	Death
Central No. 1	16 September 1961	Frank Condon		Labor	Alfred Kneebone		Labor	Death
Midland	20 October 1962	Alexander Melrose		LCL	Les Hart		LCL	Death
Southern	15 December 1962	Allan Hookings		LCL	Ren DeGaris		LCL	Death
Southern	19 June 1964	Geoffrey Giles		LCL	Henry Kemp		LCL	Resignation
Central No. 2	4 December 1965	Frank Perry		LCL	Murray Hill		LCL	Death
Northern	29 October 1966	Dudley Octoman		LCL	Arthur Whyte		LCL	Resignation
Southern	2 June 1967	Les Densley		LCL	Victor George Springett		LCL	Resignation
Central No. 1	15 May 1970	Stan Bevan		Labor	Tom Casey		Labor	Resignation
Midland	12 September 1970	Colin Rowe		LCL	Keith Russack		LCL	Death
Southern	3 July 1971	Norman Jude		LCL	Martin Cameron		LCL	Resignation
Southern	11 August 1973	Henry Kemp		LCL	John Burdett		LCL	Death

See also

• List of South Australian House of Assembly by-elections
• List of South Australian Legislative Council appointments