Electoral district of Sturt (South Australia) explained

Sturt
State:	sa
Lifespan:	1857–1902, 1915–1938
Namesake:	Charles Sturt
Class:	Metropolitan

Sturt (The Sturt until 1875) was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It was named after the explorer Charles Sturt.

Sturt was one of the initial districts in the first parliament.^[1] It was initially centred on Unley, but later broadened to include all or part of Belair, Brighton, Glenelg, Goodwood, Hyde Park, Mitcham, Parkside and Sturt. When recreated in 1915, it also included Hawthorn and Wayville.^[2]

Members

First incarnation (1857–1902)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
		John Hallett		1857–1862			Thomas Reynolds		1857–1860
		John Hallett		1857–1862		Joseph Peacock		1860–1867
		R. B. Andrews		1862–1870		Joseph Peacock		1860–1867
							Alexander Murray		1867–1868
						Joseph Fisher		1868–1870
		Frederick Spicer		1870–1870		Joseph Fisher		1868–1870
	William Townsend		1870–1882			John Lindsay		1870–1871
					J. H. Barrow		1871–1874
					William Mair		1874–1875
					S. J. Way		1875–1876
					Thomas King		1876–1881
						Josiah Symon		1881–1887
		Thomas King		1882–1885
		S. G. Glyde		1885–1887
		W. F. Stock		1887–1893		John Jenkins		1887–1902
		Thomas Price	Labor	1893–1902		John Jenkins		1887–1902

Second incarnation (1915–1938)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
		Crawford Vaughan	Labor	1915–1917			T. H. Smeaton	Labor	1915–1917			Thomas Ryan	Labor	1915–1917
			National	1917–1918		National		1917–1921		National	1917–1917
			Independent	1918–1918						National	1917–1917
			National	1918–1921							Liberal Union	1918–1921
			Liberal Union	1921–1923				Liberal Union	1921–1923				Liberal Union	1921–1923
	Liberal Federation		1923–1930			Liberal Federation		1923–1924		Liberal Federation	1923–1938
	Liberal Federation		1923–1930			Liberal Federation	1924–1930
			Labor	1930–1931			Labor	1930–1933
	Lang Labor		1931–1933
	Lang Labor		1931–1933	Liberal and Country	1932–1938
			Liberal and Country	Liberal and Country	1932–1938	1933–1938				Liberal and Country	1933–1938

Notes and References

Web site: Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836 to 2009 . Parliament of South Australia . 20 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190311113513/http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf . 11 March 2019 . dead .
Web site: History of South Australian elections 1857-2006, volume 1 . Electoral Commission of South Australia . 23 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140302093736/http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/publications?view=document&id=480 . 2 March 2014 . dead .