Electoral district of Sturt (South Australia)

This article is about the historical South Australian state electorate. For the Australian federal electorate, see Division of Sturt.

Sturt (The Sturt until 1875) was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia.^[1] It was named after the explorer Charles Sturt.

Sturt South Australia—House of Assembly
State	South Australia
Dates current	1857–1902, 1915–1938
Namesake	Charles Sturt
Demographic	Metropolitan

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
					Joseph Peacock		1860–1867
	R. B. Andrews		1862–1870
					Alexander Murray		1867–1868
					Joseph Fisher		1868–1870
	Frederick Spicer		1870–1870
	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

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
	Arthur Blackburn	National	1918–1921						Edward Vardon	Liberal Union	1918–1921
	Herbert Richards	Liberal Union	1921–1923		George Hussey	Liberal Union	1921–1923		Ernest Anthoney	Liberal Union	1921–1923
		Liberal Federation	1923–1930			Liberal Federation	1923–1924			Liberal Federation	1923–1938
					Edward Vardon	Liberal Federation	1924–1930
	Bob Dale	Labor	1930–1931		Edgar Dawes	Labor	1930–1933
		Lang Labor	1931–1933
										Liberal and Country	1932–1938
	Henry Dunks	Liberal and Country	1933–1938		Horace Hogben	Liberal and Country	1933–1938