Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1877–1881
# Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1877–1881

This is a list of members of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1877 to 1881.

This was the sixth Legislative Council to be elected under the Constitution of 1856, which provided for a house consisting of eighteen members to be elected from the whole colony acting as one electoral district "The Province"; that six members, selected by lot, should be replaced at General Elections after four years, another six to be replaced four years later and thenceforth each member should have a term of twelve years.

Six seats were declared vacant by rotation in 1877, filled by Morgan, Crozier, Baker, English, Pearce and Hughes.

| Name | Time in office | Term expires | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| Henry Ayers | 1857–1888 1888–1893 | Feb. 1881 | |
| Richard Chaffey Baker | 1877–1901 | | elected Apr. 1877 |
| Allan Campbell | 1878– | | elected Sep. 1878 |
| John Crozier | 1867–1887 | | returned 1877 |
| Walter Duffield | 1873–1880 | | |
| John Dunn Jr. | 1880–1888 | | elected Jul 1880 |
| Thomas Elder | 1863–1869 1871–1878 | | |
| Thomas English | 1865–1878 1882–1885 | | returned 1877 |
| William Everard | 1873–1878 | | |
| Joseph Fisher | 1873–1881 | Feb. 1881 | |
| Alexander Hay | 1873–1881 | Feb. 1881 | |
| Thomas Hogarth | 1866–1885 | | |
| Henry Kent Hughes | 1877–1880 | | elected Apr. 1877, resigned 1880 |
| William Milne | 1869–1881 | Feb. 1881 | |
| William Morgan | 1867–1884 | | returned 1877 |
| Alexander Borthwick Murray | 1880–1888 | | elected Jul. 1880 |
| James Pearce | 1877–1885 | | elected April 1877 |
| James Garden Ramsay | 1880–1890 | | elected Jul. 1880 |
| William Sandover | 1873–1885 | | |
| Philip Santo | 1871–1881 | Feb. 1881 | |
| Henry Scott | 1878–1891 | | elected Sep. 1878 |
| William Storrie | 1871–1878 | | |
| Robert Alfred Tarlton | 1873–1888 | Feb. 1881 | |
| Charles Burney Young | 1878–1880 | | resigned 1880 |
