Electoral district of The Burra and Clare

{{Short description|Former South Australian electoral district}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox Australian electorate

|name = The Burra and Clare

|state = sa

|image =

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|created = 1857

|abolished= 1862

|mp =

|mp-party =

|namesake = Burra, South Australia,
Clare, South Australia

|area =

|class = Rural

}}

The Burra and Clare was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1857 to 1862.{{cite web

|url=http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf

|title=Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 - 2007

|publisher=Parliament of South Australia

|access-date=23 January 2014

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311113513/http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf

|archive-date=11 March 2019

|url-status=dead

}}

The Burra and Clare was also the name of an electoral district of the unicameral South Australian Legislative Council from 1851 until its abolition in 1857, George Strickland Kingston being the member.

In November 1862 The Burra and Clare was an abolished and superseded by the Electoral district of The Burra, John Bentham Neales and George William Cole being the last members for the old district and the first members for the new.

The town of Burra is currently located in the safe Liberal seat of Stuart while the town of Clare is currently located in the independent seat of Frome.

Members

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| rowspan=2|Edward Peake

| rowspan=2|

| rowspan=2|1857–1860

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| Morris Marks

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| 1857–1858

| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| rowspan=2|George Kingston

| rowspan=2|

| rowspan=2|1857–1860

{{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| Edward McEllister

|

| 1858–1860

rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| rowspan=2|William Dale

| rowspan=2|

| rowspan=2|1860–1862

| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| rowspan=3|George Cole

| rowspan=3|

| rowspan=3|1860–1862

| {{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| William Lennon

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| 1860–1861

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| rowspan=2|George Kingston

| rowspan=2|

| rowspan=2|1861–1862

{{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| John Neales

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| 1862–1862

| {{Australian party style|Other}}| 

References

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{{Former electoral districts of South Australia |state=expanded}}

{{Electoral districts of South Australia |state=collapsed}}

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Category:Former electoral districts of South Australia

Category:1857 establishments in Australia

Category:1862 disestablishments in Australia