Electoral district of Barossa

Barossa South Australia—House of Assembly
State	South Australia
Dates current	1857–1938, 1956–1970
Namesake	Barossa Valley
Demographic	Rural
Coordinates	34°32′S 138°57′E

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. 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.

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
					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 Downer		1878–1891
	James Hague		1890–1891
		Defence League	1891–1896			Defence League	1891–1896
			1896–1902			National League	1896–1901
					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
						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
									Ephraim Coombe	Labor	1915–1917
									Henry Crosby	Liberal Union	1917–1924
		Liberal Federation	1923–1924			Liberal Federation	1923–1924			Liberal Federation	1923–1924
	George Cooke	Labor	1924–1931						Leonard Hopkins	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			Parliamentary Labor	1931–1933			Parliamentary Labor	1931–1933
	Herbert Lyons	Liberal and Country	1933–1938		Henry Crosby	Liberal and Country	1933–1938		Herbert Basedow	Independent	1933–1933
									Reginald Rudall	Liberal and Country	1933–1938

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

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Barossa

External links

• The 13 electorates from 1902 to 1915: The Adelaide Chronicle