Electoral district of Gumeracha
| GumerachaSouth Australia—House of Assembly | |
|---|---|
| State | South Australia |
| Dates current | 1857–1902, 1938–1970 |
| Namesake | Gumeracha, South Australia |
| Demographic | Rural |
| Coordinates | 34°50′S138°53′E / 34.833°S 138.883°E / -34.833; 138.883 |
Gumeracha (spelt as Gumeracka from 1857 until 1960) was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1857 to 1902 and again from 1938 to 1970.[1]
Gumeracha's representative from from March 1938[2] to March 1968,[1]Thomas Playford IV, served continuously as Premier of South Australia from November 1938 to March 1965, the longest term of any elected government leader in the history of Australia. His record is controversial due to the Playmander helping his electoral successes.[3]
Members
| First incarnation (1857–1902) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
| Arthur Blyth | 1857–1868 | Alexander Hay | 1857–1861 | ||||
| Alexander Murray | 1862–1867 | ||||||
| Alexander Hay | 1867–1870 | ||||||
| William Sandover | 1868–1870 | ||||||
| Arthur Blyth | 1870–1875 | Ebenezer Ward | 1870–1880 | ||||
| Frederick Hannaford | 1875–1878 | ||||||
| William Haines | 1878–1884 | ||||||
| John Rounsevell | 1880–1881 | ||||||
| Samuel Tomkinson | 1881–1884 | ||||||
| Robert Homburg | 1884–1891 | Robert Ross | 1884–1887 | ||||
| Lancelot Stirling | 1888–1890 | ||||||
| Theodore Hack | 1890–1893 | ||||||
| Defence League | 1891–1896 | William Randell | Defence League | 1893–1896 | |||
| Charles Willcox | Defence League | 1896–1896 | |||||
| 1896–1902 | William Randell | 1896–1899 | |||||
| Thomas Playford II | 1899–1901 | ||||||
| William Jamieson | National League | 1901–1902 | |||||
| Second incarnation (1938–1970) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Thomas Playford IV | Liberal and Country | 1938–1968 | |
| Bryant Giles | Liberal and Country | 1968–1970 | |
Election results
References
- ^ ab"Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 - 2007"(PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original(PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- ^Howell, P. A. (1996). "Playford, Politics, and Parliament". In O'Neil, Bernard; Raftery, Judith; Round, Kerrie (eds.). Playford's South Australia: Essays on the History of South Australia, 1933–1968. Association of Professional Historians. p. 60. ISBN 0-646-29092-4.
- ^Cockburn, Stewart (1991). Playford: Benevolent Despot. Axiom Publishing. p. 79-80. ISBN 0-9594164-4-7.
