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Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1857–1861

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This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1857 to February 1861.

This was the first Legislative Council to be elected under the new Constitution, which provided for a house consisting of eighteen members to be elected from the whole State acting as one Electoral District; 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.

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Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1857–1861 Wikipedia