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unusual facts about South Australian Legislative Council


Thomas Price

Price obtained the double dissolution on the issue of reform to the Legislative Council.


Ann Bressington

She was elected to the South Australian Legislative Council at the 2006 South Australian election as Nick Xenophon's running mate on his independent No Pokies ticket.

Electoral district of Hindmarsh

Hindmarsh was also the name of an electoral district of the unicameral South Australian Legislative Council from 1851 until its abolition in 1857, Robert Davenport, then John Rankine being the members.

Kelly Vincent

She was elected at the 2010 state election for the Dignity for Disability party to the eleventh and last seat for an eight-year term in the 22-member Legislative Council in the Parliament of South Australia.

Roslyn Dundas

Until Kelly Vincent's election to the South Australian Legislative Council in 2010, Dundas was the youngest woman ever elected to an Australian parliament.


see also

George Stephen

George Milner Stephen (1812–1894), Australian politician, member of the South Australian Legislative Council and later, the Victorian Legislative Assembly