Electoral district of Wallaroo
| Wallaroo South Australia—House of Assembly | |
|---|---|
| State | South Australia |
| Created | 1875 |
| Abolished | 1970 |
| Namesake | Wallaroo, South Australia |
| Demographic | Rural |
| Coordinates | 33°55′S 137°37′E / 33.917°S 137.617°E |
Wallaroo is a defunct electoral district that elected members to the House of Assembly, the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of South Australia. It was established in 1875 and abolished in 1970.[1]
Successful
1891 Wallaroo by-election candidate Richard Hooper was the first Labor member of the House of Assembly, but was not a member of the newly formed United Labor Party (ULP), instead serving as an Independent Labor member. The 1892 East Adelaide by-election saw ULP candidate John McPherson win the seat. It was the first time the ULP had won a seat in the House of Assembly, with electoral success to be followed at the 1893 colonial election, winning 10 of 54 seats and the balance of power, allowing the ULP to support the liberal opposition led by Charles Kingston in defeating the conservative government led by John Downer
.
The town of Wallaroo is currently located in the safe Liberal seat of Goyder. The two current Wallaroo booths totaling 3,000 voters are both marginally Liberal.
Members
| Three members (1875–1884) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||
| John Duncan | 1875–1878 | John Richards | 1875–1878 | M. H. Madge
|
1875–1875 | ||||||
| R. D. Ross | 1875–1884 | ||||||||||
| C. S. Hare | 1878–1881 | Luke Furner | 1878–1884 | ||||||||
| W. H. Beaglehole | 1881–1884 | ||||||||||
| Two members (1884–1902) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
| H. A. Grainger | 1884–1885 | Luke Furner | 1884–1890 | ||||
| David Bews | 1885–1891 | ||||||
| H. A. Grainger | 1890–1901 | ||||||
| Richard Hooper | Labor | 1891–1902 | |||||
| John Verran | Labor | 1901–1902 | |||||
| Three members (1902–1915) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||
| Peter Allen | 1902–1912 | John Verran | Labor | 1902–1915 | John Shannon
|
1902–1905 | |||||
| A. E. Winter | Labor | 1905–1912 | |||||||||
| J. F. Herbert | Labor | 1912–1915 | J. A. Southwood | Labor | 1912–1915 | ||||||
| Two members (1915–1938) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
| J. F. Herbert | Labor | 1915–1917 | John Verran | Labor | 1915–1917 | ||
| National | 1917–1918 | National | 1917–1918 | ||||
| Robert Richards | Labor | 1918–1931 | John Pedler | Labor | 1918–1931 | ||
| Parliamentary Labor | 1931–1934 | Parliamentary Labor | 1931–1934 | ||||
| Labor | 1934–1938 | Labor | 1934–1938 | ||||
| Single-member (1938–1970) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Robert Richards | Labor | 1938–1950 | |
| Hughie McAlees | Labor | 1950–1956 | |
| Leslie Heath | Liberal and Country
|
1956–1957 | |
| Lloyd Hughes | Labor | 1957–1970 | |
Election results
References
- ^ "Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836 to 2009" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2013.