This is a list ofmembers of the first parliament of theSouth Australian House of Assembly, which sat from 22 April 1857 until 1 March 1860. The members were elected at the inaugural1857 election.
| Name | Electorate | Start Date | End Date | Terms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Andrews2 | Yatala | 5 June 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1860, 1862–1870 |
| Benjamin Babbage6 | Encounter Bay | 9 March 1857 | 17 December 1857 | 1857 |
| John Bagot | Light | 26 February 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1865 |
| William Bakewell1 | Barossa | 13 June 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1860, 1862–1864 |
| John Henry Barrow8 | East Torrens | 6 April 1858 | 1 March 1860 | 1858–1860, 1871–1874 |
| Arthur Blyth | Gumeracha | 26 February 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1868, 1870–1877 |
| Charles Bonney8 | East Torrens | 26 February 1857 | 26 January 1858 | 1857–1858 |
| William Henville Burford14 | City of Adelaide | 9 March 1857 | 29 April 1859 | 1857–1859 |
| James Cole | West Torrens | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1860 |
| Edward Collinson13 | Port Adelaide | 11 October 1858 | 1 March 1860 | 1858–1860 |
| William Dawes4 | Onkaparinga | 9 March 1857 | 24 November 1857 | 1857 |
| Horace Dean1 | Barossa | 9 March 1857 | 7 May 1857 | 1857, 1857 |
| Horace Dean1 | Barossa | 1 June 1857 | 13 June 1857 | 1857, 1857 |
| Walter Duffield | Barossa | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1868, 1870–1871 |
| John Dunn | Mount Barker | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1868, 1868 |
| Francis Dutton | City of Adelaide | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1862, 1862–1865 |
| Boyle Travers Finniss | City of Adelaide | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1862 |
| Lavington Glyde3 | East Torrens | 6 October 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1875, 1877–1884 |
| John Hallett | The Sturt | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1862 |
| Richard Hanson | City of Adelaide | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1861 |
| Charles Simeon Hare2 | Yatala | 9 March 1857 | 12 May 1857 | 1857, 1878–1881 |
| John Hart15 | Port Adelaide | 9 March 1857 | 23 August 1859 | 1857–1859, 1862–1866, 1868–1873 |
| John Harvey | Yatala | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1860 |
| George Charles Hawker5 | Victoria | 5 January 1858 | 1 March 1860 | 1858–1865, 1875–1883, 1884–1895 |
| Alexander Hay | Gumeracha | 26 February 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1861, 1867–1871 |
| John Bristow Hughes13 | Port Adelaide | 9 March 1857 | 24 September 1858 | 1857–1858 |
| George Kingston | The Burra and Clare | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1860, 1861–1880 |
| Friedrich Krichauff9 | Mount Barker | 9 March 1857 | 12 March 1858 | 1857–1858, 1870–1882, 1884–1890 |
| Robert Leake5 | Victoria | 23 February 1857 | 8 December 1857 | 1857 |
| Arthur Fydell Lindsay | Encounter Bay | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1860, 1870–1871, 1873–1878 |
| Marshall MacDermott16 | Flinders | 23 February 1857 | 1 September 1859 | 1857–1859 |
| Morris Lyon Marks12 | The Burra and Clare | 9 March 1857 | 2 August 1858 | 1857–1858 |
| William Maturin7, 10 | Light | 8 February 1858 | 1 July 1858 | 1858 |
| Edward McEllister12 | The Burra and Clare | 9 September 1858 | 1 March 1860 | 1858–1862 |
| Henry Mildred | Noarlunga | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1865 |
| William Milne | Onkaparinga | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1868 |
| John Bentham Neales | City of Adelaide | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1860, 1862–1870 |
| William Owen14 | City of Adelaide | 13 May 1859 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1860, 1859–1862 |
| Edward John Peake17 | The Burra and Clare | 9 March 1857 | 1 October 1859 | 1857–1859 |
| Thomas Reynolds | The Sturt | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1862, 1862, 1864–1870, 1871–1872, 1872–1873 |
| William Rogers9 | Mount Barker | 16 September 1858 | 1 March 1860 | 1858–1860, 1864–1865, 1868, 1868–1870, 1872–1875 |
| Luther Scammell | West Torrens | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1860 |
| David Shannon10 | Light | 9 September 1858 | 1 March 1860 | 1858–1860 |
| Carrington Smedley7 | Light | 26 February 1857 | 23 December 1857 | 1857 |
| Judah Solomon11 | City of Adelaide | 16 September 1858 | 1 March 1860 | 1858–1860, 1871–1875 |
| Henry Strangways6 | Encounter Bay | 15 January 1858 | 1 March 1860 | 1858–1871 |
| Robert Torrens11 | City of Adelaide | 9 March 1857 | 1 July 1858 | 1857–1858 |
| William Townsend4 | Onkaparinga | 23 December 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1882 |
| David Wark | The Murray | 23 February 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1862 |
| George Waterhouse3 | East Torrens | 26 February 1857 | 8 September 1857 | 1857 |
| Thomas Young | Noarlunga | 9 March 1857 | 1 March 1860 | 1857–1860 |
| Note | District | Outgoing | Incoming |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barossa | Horace Dean was initially declared elected, but the result was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns on 7 May 1857. | Dean won the resulting by-election on 1 June 1857 |
| Dean was again unseated by the Court on 13 June 1857. | On 13 June 1857 the court declaredWilliam Bakewell duly elected. | ||
| (Dean was subsequently elected as member forHastings, New South Wales in December 1869 and July 1870, but was disqualified both times.[citation needed]) | |||
| 2 | Yatala | Charles Simeon Hare resigned on 12 May 1857. | Richard Andrews won the resulting by-election on 5 June 1857. |
| 3 | East Torrens | George Waterhouse resigned on 8 September 1857. | Lavington Glyde won the resulting by-election on 6 October 1857. |
| 4 | Onkaparinga | William Dawes resigned on 24 November 1857. | William Townsend won the resulting by-election on 23 December 1857. |
| 5 | Victoria | Robert Leake resigned on 8 December 1857. | George Charles Hawker won the resulting by-election on 5 January 1858. |
| 6 | Encounter Bay | Benjamin Babbage resigned on 17 December 1857. | Henry Strangways won the resulting by-election on 15 January 1858. |
| 7 | Light | Carrington Smedley resigned on 23 December 1857. | William Maturin won the resulting by-election on 8 February 1858. |
| 8 | East Torrens | Charles Bonney resigned on 26 January 1858. | John Henry Barrow won the resulting by-election on 6 April 1858. |
| 9 | Mount Barker | Friedrich Krichauff resigned on 12 March 1858. | William Rogers won the resulting by-election on 16 September 1858. |
| 10 | Light | William Maturin resigned on 1 July 1858. | David Shannon won the resulting by-election on 9 September 1858. |
| 11 | City of Adelaide | Robert Torrens resigned on 1 July 1858. | Judah Solomon won the resulting by-election on 16 September 1858. |
| 12 | The Burra and Clare | Morris Marks resigned on 2 August 1858. | Edward McEllister won the resulting by-election on 9 September 1858. |
| 13 | Port Adelaide | John Hughes resigned on 24 September 1858. | Edward Collinson won the resulting by-election on 11 October 1858. |
| 14 | City of Adelaide | William Henville Burford resigned on 29 April 1859. | William Owen won the resulting by-election on 13 May 1859. |
| 15 | Port Adelaide | Seat declared vacant 23 August 1859 –John Hart absent without leave. | No by-election was held due to the proximity of the1860 election. |
| 16 | Flinders | Marshall MacDermott accepted the office of special magistrate on 1 September 1859. | No by-election was held due to the proximity of the1860 election. |
| 17 | The Burra and Clare | Edward Peake accepted the office of state manager of railways on 1 October 1859. | No by-election was held due to the proximity of the1860 election. |