Electoral district of Barossa

Barossa South Australia—House of Assembly
State	South Australia
Dates current	1857–1938, 1956–1970
Namesake	Barossa Valley
Demographic	Rural
Coordinates	34°32′S 138°57′E / 34.533°S 138.950°E / -34.533; 138.950Coordinates: 34°32′S 138°57′E / 34.533°S 138.950°E / -34.533; 138.950

Barossa was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the colony (Australian state from 1901) of South Australia from 1857 to 1938 and again from 1956 to 1970.^[1] Barossa was also the name of an electoral district of the unicameral South Australian Legislative Council from 1851 until its abolition in 1857, George Fife Angas being the member.^[1]

Despite Labor not even contesting the seat at the 1962 election, Barossa was one of two 1965 election gains that put Labor in government after decades of the Playmander in opposition. Labor's Molly Byrne retained Barossa at the 1968 election however the seat was abolished prior to the 1970 election. Byrne successfully moved to the new seat of Tea Tree Gully.

The Barossa Valley region is currently a safe Liberal area and is located in the west of the safe Liberal seat of Schubert.

Members

Two members (1857–1901)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Walter Duffield		1857–1868		Horace Dean		1857–1857
				William Bakewell		1857–1860
				Edward Grundy		1860–1862
				Joseph Barritt		1862–1864
				John Williams		1864–1865
				James Martin		1865–1868
	Richard Baker		1868–1871		Philip Santo		1868–1870
	Richard Baker		1868–1871	Walter Duffield		1870–1871
	John Angas		1871–1876		J. A. T. Lake		1871–1875
				Johann Sudholz		1875–1875
				John Dunn Jr.		1875–1878
	Martin Basedow		1876–1890	John Dunn Jr.		1875–1878
	Martin Basedow		1876–1890	John Downer		1878–1901
	James Hague		1890–1902			1878–1901
		Defence League	1891–1896			Defence League	1891–1896
			1896–1902			National League	1896–1901
			1896–1902	Ephraim Coombe	Labor	1901–1902

Three members (1902–1938)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Richard Butler		1902–1904		Ephraim Coombe		1902–1910		William Gilbert	National League	1902–1906
		Farmers and Producers	1904–1910				1902–1910		William Gilbert	National League	1902–1906
		Farmers and Producers	1904–1910			Liberal and Democratic	1906–1910		Samuel Rudall	Liberal and Democratic	1906–1910
		Liberal Union	1910–1923			Independent	1910–1912			Liberal Union	1910–1915
				William Hague	Liberal Union	1912–1923				Liberal Union	1910–1915
							Ephraim Coombe	Labor	1915–1917
							Henry Crosby	Liberal Union	1917–1924
		Liberal Federation	1923–1924			Liberal Federation	Henry Crosby	1923–1924		Liberal Federation	1923–1924
	George Cooke	Labor	1924–1931			Liberal Federation	Leonard Hopkins	1923–1924	Labor	1924–1927
				Henry Crosby	Liberal Federation	1924–1930	Leonard Hopkins		Labor	1924–1927
				Henry Crosby	Liberal Federation	1924–1930	Herbert Basedow	Independent	1927–1930
				Thomas Edwards	Labor	1930–1931		Leonard Hopkins	Labor	1930–1931
		Parliamentary Labor	1931–1933	Thomas Edwards		Parliamentary Labor	1931–1933	Leonard Hopkins		Parliamentary Labor	1931–1933
	Herbert Lyons	Liberal and Country	1933–1938		Henry Crosby	Liberal and Country	1933–1938		Herbert Basedow	Independent	1933–1933
	Herbert Lyons	Liberal and Country	1933–1938	Reginald Rudall	Henry Crosby	Liberal and Country	1933–1938	Liberal and Country	1933–1938

Second incarnation (1956–1970)
Member		Party	Term
	Condor Laucke	Liberal and Country	1956–1965
	Molly Byrne	Labor	1965–1970

References

1 2 "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 - 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 17 January 2014.

External links

The 13 electorates from 1902 to 1915: The Adelaide Chronicle

Former electoral districts of South Australia

Electoral districts of South Australia

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