Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1843–1851 explained

This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1843 to 1851.^[1] Beginning with the Royal Instructions gazetted 15 June 1843, there were four official and four non-official members of the legislative council consisting of: the governor, colonial secretary, advocate-general, and registrar-General with four non-official members being nominated by the Crown.^[1] The council was the only chamber of government until the House of Assembly was created in 1857.

Name	Office	Term
	Non-Official	1844–1853; 1857–61; 1865–69^[2]
	Advocate-General (acting)	1849
	Non-Official	1843–1844
	Non-Official	1846–1848; 1855–56; 1857–66^[3]
	Registrar-General	1847–1857^[4]
	Governor & Resident Commissioner	1841–1845
	Non-Official	1843–1846; 1847–1851
	Advocate-General (acting)	1851, 1851–1857
	Registrar-General (acting)	1844–1846
	Non-Official	1843–1847; 1848–1855; 1857–73
	Colonial Secretary	1843–1849
	Non-Official (acting)	1847
	Non-Official	1843–1851
	Governor	1845–1848
	Advocate-General	1840–1851
	Registrar-General	1839–1847
	Colonial Secretary	1849–1851
	Non-Official	1843
	Governor	1848–1851

Bartley was acting while Smillie was on leave 1849

Sturt was absent exploring 1844–1845, MacDonald acted

Hanson was acting while Smillie was on leave 1851

Notes and References

Web site: Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836–2007 . Parliament of South Australia . 22 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110312023915/http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf . 12 March 2011 . dead .
4023 . Mr Charles Bagot . yes . 23 August 2022.
4076 . Sir Samuel Davenport . yes . 23 August 2022.
4214 . Hon Boyle Finniss . yes . 23 August 2022.