Electoral district of Onkaparinga

Onkaparinga 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 1857, abolished in 1902; re-established in 1938 and abolished again in 1970.^[1] It was named after the Onkaparinga River.

Onkaparinga South Australia—House of Assembly
State	South Australia
Dates current	1857–1938, 1956–1970
Namesake	Onkaparinga River
Demographic	Rural
Coordinates	35°10′S 138°30′E

Members

First incarnation (1857–1902)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	William Milne		1857–1868		William Dawes		1857–1857
					William Townsend		1857–1870
	Thomas Playford II		1868–1871
					Friedrich Krichauff		1870–1882
	William Bundey		1871–1875
	William Dunn		1875–1878
	William Bundey		1878–1881
	John Carr		1881–1884
					Rowland Rees		1882–1890
	Joseph Johnson		1884–1896
					Robert Caldwell	Defence League	1890–1896
	Walter Duncan	National League	1896–1902			National League	1896–1902

Second incarnation (1938–1970)
Member		Party	Term
	Howard Shannon	Liberal and Country	1938–1968
	Stan Evans	Liberal and Country	1968–1970

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Onkaparinga