Political families of South Australia

This is a list of related persons who have held positions in the two South Australian houses of parliament or represented South Australia in Canberra. It includes some notes on people with identical surnames but no clear family connection.

Note: The following abbreviations have been used below:
MHA = South Australian House of Assembly
MLC = South Australian Legislative Council, including original unicameral parliament (1840–56)
MHR = (Federal) House of Representatives
Indented entries indicate a son or daughter unless otherwise noted.

Angas

Bagot

  • John Bagot (1849–1910) (grandson of Charles) MHA 1884–87
  • John Tuthill Bagot (1819–1870) ("nephew" of Charles) MHA 1857–65; MLC 1866–70; described as his nephew, but actually more distantly related.

Baker

Jacob Hagen (c. 1810–1870), MLC from 1843–51 was a brother-in-law.

Bakewell

Bardolph

Basedow

  • Martin Peter Friedrich Basedow MLC 1894–1900

Blyth

Brookman

Butler

their great-grandson and grandson respectively

Castine

Cooke

  • J. Herbert Cooke (1867–1943) MLC (Central district) 1915–33

Corcoran

Cowan

  • Sir John Cowan (1866–1953) MLC (Southern Districts) 1910–44

Darling

Dashwood

  • Charles James Dashwood (1842–1919) MHA for Noarlunga 1887–1892

Davenport

  • Robert Davenport (1816–1896), brother of Samuel, MLC, electoral district of Hindmarsh, 1851–1854.
  • Sir Samuel Davenport (1818–1906), brother of Robert, MLC, 1846–1848, 1855–1857 and 1857–1866 (as a non-official nominee).
  • (nephew) George Davenport (1831–1881) was a Queensland politician, son of Robert and Samuel's older brother (George) Francis who had preceded them to South Australia

Dawkins

Downer

  • Alexander Downer, Sr. (1910–1981) MHR for Angas 1949–63

Duncan

Dunn

  • John Dunn Jr. (1830–1892) MHA for Barossa 1875–78; MLC 1880–88
  • William Henry Dunn (1841–1891) MHA for Onkaparinga 1875–78
  • William Paltridge (1824–1890) (son-in-law of John Sr.) MHA for Victoria 1870–71
  • Herbert Charles Dunn (1883–1952) (great-nephew of John Sr.) was MHA for Stirling 1938–52

George Alexander Dunn was not closely related, nor was Henry Peter Kestel Dunn.

Dutton

  • Francis Stacker Dutton (1818–1877) seventh Premier of South Australia
  • Frederick Hansborough Dutton (1812–1890), his brother, MLC 1852–1853

Queensland politician Charles Dutton (1834–1904), and his great, great grandson Peter Dutton appear not to be related to this family.

Everard

Giles

  • (great-great-grandson) Geoffrey O'Halloran Giles (1923–1990) MLC 1959–64, MHR for Angas 1964–77, Wakefield 1977–83

Glyde

Any relation to Lavington Glyde (1825–1890) MHA for East Torrens 1857–1860, Yatala 1860–1875, Victoria 1877–1884 ?

Goldsworthy

Gordon

  • Sir David John Gordon MLC for Midlands 1913–1944

Grainger

  • (nephew) H. Allerdale Grainger (1848–1923), MLA for Wallaroo 1884–1885 and 1890–1901

Hall

Hart

Hawker

  • Charles Allan Seymour Hawker (1894–1938) (grandson of G.C,Hawker) MHR for Wakefield 1929–38

Hill

Henning

  • Rudolph Wilhelm Emil Henning ( – 1884) MHA for Albert 1878–1884

Homburg

Hussey

Jelley

  • David Jelley (c. 1871–1907) MLC 1906–07 died after sitting only one session
  • James Jelley (1873–1954) MLC 1912–33; member of Hill and Gunn Ministries

Kelly

Kingston

  • Charles Cameron Kingston QC. (1850–1808) MLA for West Adelaide 1881–1900; MLC (Central district) 1900

Lake

Lindsay

(Arthur Fydell Lindsay, MHA for Encounter Bay on three occasions, appears to be unrelated.)

McLachlan

Mildred

Milne

  • daughter Florence Marion Milne married (later Sir) John Lancelot Stirling, MHA for Mount Barker 1881–1887; Gumeracha 1888–1890; MLC 1891–1932

Morphett

Newland

David Wark MLA for Murray 1857–62 had a tenuous relationship with the Newlands: his son James Keeling Wark (c. 1847–1886) married Mary Newland (1854–1942), a niece of Simpson Newland, and David Wark's wife Catherine/Catharine? née Keeling (–1859) was a sister of Ridgway William Newland's second wife Martha née Keeling (1797–1870).

(John Newland MHA for Burra Burra 1906–12 and Senator for South Australia, was not related — his birth name (later resumed) was Newlands.)

Pearce

  • A nephew, Sir George Foster Pearce KCVO (1870–1952) was a Senator for Western Australia 1901–1938
It is not likely that James Pearce (MHA for Light 1870–1875 then Wooroora, and MLC 1877–1881) was a relative.

Price

Playford

Randell

  • John Beavis Randell (1877–1953) MHA for Murray 1921–1924

Riddoch

Rudall

  • Reginald John Rudall MHA for Barossa 1933–38; MHA for Angas 1938–44; MLC for Midland 1944–1955

Sandford

Shannon

  • David Shannon (c. 1822–1875) MHA for Light 1858–60
  • James Shannon (c. 1840–1891), half-brother of David, MHA for Light 1878–81
  • John Wallace Shannon (1862–1926) (nephew of David and half-nephew of James), MHA for Yorke Peninsula 1896–02; MHA for Wallaroo 1902–05; Senator for South Australia 1914–20.
  • Howard Huntley Shannon (1892–1976) MHA for Murray 1933–38; MHA for Onkaparinga 1938–68.

Solomon

  • Emanuel Solomon (1800–1873) MLA for West Adelaide 1862–65; MLC 1867–71. His oldest brother Moss Solomon (c. 1796–1849) was father of Judah Moss Solomon

Saul Solomon (1836–1929) MLA for East Torrens 1887–90, when he defeated Thomas Playford, was not a close relation.

Stirling

Stow

Vardon

  • Edward Charles Vardon MHA for Sturt 1918–21, 1924–30; Australian Senate 1921–23

Venning

Verran

  • John Verran (1856–1932) MHA for Wallaroo from 1901–1918, First Labor Premier of South Australia 1910–1912

von Doussa

Brothers

Weatherill

White

Williams

Wilson

  • Sir Keith Wilson (1900–1987) Senator for South Australia 1938–1944 and MHR for Sturt 1949–1954, 1955–1966

Wright

Young

Sources

  • Parliament of South Australia – Statistical Record
  • "Father and Son as Ministers". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 23 December 1909. p. 6. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  • "Father and Son". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 27 August 1926. p. 16. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  • "Out Among the People". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 13 February 1940. p. 17. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

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