Electoral district of Yatala explained

Yatala
State:sa
Created:1857
Abolished:1902
Class:Rural

Yatala is a former electorate of the South Australian House of Assembly located within the cadastral Hundred of Yatala. It was one of the original Assembly districts in 1857, abolished in 1902.[1]

Yatala was also the name of an electoral district of the unicameral South Australian Legislative Council from 1851 until its abolition in 1857, William Giles, then Arthur Blyth being the members.[1]

Rural at the time, most parts of the district would now be considered metropolitan.[2]

Members

MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
 1857–1860 1857–1857
 1857–1860
 1860–1875 1860–1862
  1862–1881
 1875–1878
 1878–1881
 1881–1891 1881–1881
 1881–1890
 1890–1890
 1890–1902
 Defence League1891–1896 
 National League1896–1902

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistical record Of the Legislature 1836 - 2007 . S.A. Parliament . 23 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190311113513/http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf . 11 March 2019 . dead .
  2. Web site: The new counties, hundreds and district atlas of South Australia and Northern Territory 1876. Government of South Australia. 15 February 2016. 29. 1876.