Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1885–1888
# Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1885–1888

This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1885 to 1888.

This was the first Legislative Council to be affected by the amendments to the Act, which provided for the Colony to be divided into four districts: (1) Central; (2) Southern; (3) North-Eastern and (4) Northern, with six members in each division; one third of each to be replaced in rotation every three years. Previously, the whole colony acted as one electoral district "The Province" with one third replaced at General Elections every four years. This and the following election (1888–1891) are notable for having members elected under both systems.

| Name | District | Time in office | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| John Howard Angas | Central | 1887–1894 | |
| Henry Ayers | | 1857–1888 1888–1893 | |
| Richard Chaffey Baker | Southern | 1877–1901 | re-elected 1885 |
| John Bosworth | North-Eastern | 1886–1894 | elected 1886 |
| Henry Edward Bright | North-Eastern | 1885–1891 | |
| William Christie Buik | | 1881–1888 | |
| Allan Campbell | Northern | 1878–1898 | re-elected 1885 |
| William Copley | Northern | 1887–1894 | |
| George Witheredge Cotton | | 1882–1886 1888–1892 | |
| John Crozier | Central | 1867–1887 | re-elected 1885 died 1887 |
| John Dunn Jr. | | 1880–1888 | |
| William Dening Glyde | | 1882–1887 | |
| James Martin | North-Eastern | 1885–1894 | |
| Alexander Borthwick Murray | | 1880–1888 | |
| John Pickering | | 1881–1888 | |
| James Garden Ramsay | | 1880–1890 | |
| James Rankine | | 1881–1888 | |
| Maurice Salom | Northern | 1882-1891 | |
| Henry Scott | Central | 1878–1891 | re-elected 1885 |
| William Knox Simms | Central | 1884–1891 | re-elected 1885 |
| Alfred Muller Simpson | Central | 1887–1894 | elected 1887 |
| John Brodie Spence | | 1881–1887 | resigned vacancy declared June 1887 |
| Robert Alfred Tarlton | | 1873–1888 | |
| Samuel Tomkinson | Southern | 1885–1894 1897–1900 | |
| William Wadham | Northern | 1885–1888 | retired 1888 |
| William West-Erskine | Southern | 1885–1891 | |
