Electoral Districts of South Australia - Numbers of Electorates and Members

Numbers of Electorates and Members

Since 1938, the South Australian House of Assembly has had single-member electoral districts. From 1938-1968 there were 39 districts. Since 1970 there have been 47 electoral districts. From 1857-1933, the number of districts varied between 12 (1912–1915) and 27 (1890–1901). Each district returned from 1-6 members.

Parliaments Years elected Districts Members
1, 2 1857, 1860 17 36
3, 4, 5, 6, 7 1862, 1865, 1868, 1870, 1871 18 36
8, 9, 10 1875, 1878, 1881 22 46
11, 12 1884, 1887 26 52
13, 14, 15, 16 1890, 1893, 1896, 1899 27 54
17, 18, 19, 20 1902, 1905, 1906, 1910 13 42
21 1912 12 40
22, 23, 24, 25, 26,
27, 28		 1915, 1918, 1921, 1924, 1927,
1930, 1933		 19 46
29, 30, 31, 32, 33,
34, 35, 36, 37, 38,
39		 1938, 1941, 1944, 1947, 1950,
1953, 1956, 1959, 1962, 1965,
1968		 39 39
40, 41, 42, 43, 44,
45, 46, 47, 48, 49,
50, 51, 52		 1970, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979,
1982, 1985, 1989, 1993, 1997,
2002, 2006, 2010		 47 47

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