This is a list of Legislative Council results for the 1857 South Australian colonial election.[1]
Results
Legislative Council (BV) – Turnout 56.7% (Non-CV)
Party
|
Votes
|
Seats
|
Votes
|
%
|
Swing (pp)
|
Seats
|
Change
|
|
Independent
|
66,842
|
100.00
|
0.00
|
18
|
0
|
|
Total
|
66,842
|
100.00
|
0.00
|
18
|
|
|
Informal
|
775
|
13.56
|
+13.56
|
Turnout
|
5,717
|
56.65
|
+56.65
|
Registered voters
|
10,092
|
–
|
–
|
Source: ECSA[1]
|
Summary of results
The Province
1857 South Australian colonial election: The Province[1]
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±
|
Thomas Shuldham O'Halloran (elected 1)
|
3,499
|
5.2
|
+5.2
|
John Baker (elected 2)
|
3,475
|
5.2
|
+5.2
|
William Younghusband (elected 3)
|
3,460
|
5.2
|
+5.2
|
John Morphett (elected 4)
|
3,339
|
5.0
|
+5.0
|
Edward Castres Gwynne (elected 5)
|
3,274
|
4.9
|
+4.9
|
Anthony Forster (elected 6)
|
3,209
|
4.8
|
+4.8
|
Abraham Scott (elected 7)
|
2,897
|
4.3
|
+4.3
|
Edward Stirling (elected 8)
|
2,855
|
4.3
|
+4.3
|
William Scott (elected 9)
|
2,847
|
4.3
|
+4.3
|
James Hurtle Fisher (elected 10)
|
2,717
|
4.1
|
+4.1
|
George Hall (elected 11)
|
2,676
|
4.0
|
+4.0
|
Charles Hervey Bagot (elected 12)
|
2,595
|
3.9
|
+3.9
|
Henry Ayers (elected 13)
|
2,587
|
3.9
|
+3.9
|
Samuel Davenport (elected 14)
|
2,488
|
3.7
|
+3.7
|
Arthur Henry Freeling (elected 15)
|
2,473
|
3.7
|
+3.7
|
Charles Davies (elected 16)
|
2,363
|
3.5
|
+3.5
|
George Fife Angas (elected 17)
|
2,316
|
3.5
|
+3.5
|
Charles George Everard (elected 18)
|
2,177
|
3.3
|
+3.3
|
Thomas Lipson
|
2,072
|
3.1
|
+3.1
|
David Sutherland
|
2,053
|
3.1
|
+3.1
|
William Peacock
|
2,043
|
3.1
|
+3.1
|
Philip Butler
|
1,920
|
2.8
|
+2.8
|
Arthur Hardy
|
1,876
|
2.8
|
+2.8
|
Henry Rodolph Wigley
|
1,545
|
2.3
|
+2.3
|
Emanuel Solomon
|
1,393
|
2.1
|
+2.1
|
Samuel Stocks
|
1,361
|
2.0
|
+2.0
|
Henry Bull Templer Strangways
|
1,332
|
2.0
|
+2.0
|
Total formal votes
|
4,942
|
86.4
|
+86.4
|
Informal votes
|
775
|
13.6
|
+13.6
|
Turnout
|
5,717
|
56.7
|
+56.7
|
References