Electoral district of Barossa explained

Barossa
State:	sa
Lifespan:	1857–1938, 1956–1970
Namesake:	Barossa Valley
Class:	Rural
Coordinates:	-34.5333°N 195°W

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 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 Howard 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		1878–1891
		James Hague				1878–1891	1890–1891
			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		1902–1906		William Gilbert	National League	1902–1906
			Farmers and Producers	1904–1910				1902–1906		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			Leonard Hopkins	Liberal Federation	Labor	1923–1924	1924–1927
				Henry Crosby	Liberal Federation	Leonard Hopkins	1924–1930	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		Henry Crosby	Liberal and Country	1933–1938	Reginald Rudall	Liberal and Country	1933–1938

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

Election results

See main article: Electoral results for the district of Barossa.

External links

The 13 electorates from 1902 to 1915: The Adelaide Chronicle

Notes and References

Web site: Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 – 2007 . Parliament of South Australia . 17 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190311113513/http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf . 11 March 2019 . dead .