title: Electoral district of Encounter Bay
text: # Electoral district of Encounter Bay
  
  Encounter Bay was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian colony (state of Australia from 1901) of South Australia from 1857 to 1902.
  
  At its creation in 1857, it included booths at Goolwa, Port Elliot, Rapid Bay and Yankalilla. It expanded over time with the settlement of the area to include booths at Cape Jervis, Inman Valley and Myponga (1870), Hog Bay and Port Victor (now Victor Harbor) (1875), Kingscote (1878), Bullaparinga (1881), Second Valley (1893, replacing Rapid Bay), Nangkita (1896) and Torrens Vale (1899).
  
  In 2015, the former electorate of Encounter Bay is now divided between the state electorates of Finniss and Hammond.
  
  ## Members
  
  | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Arthur Lindsay | | 1857–1860 | Benjamin Babbage | | 1857–1857 |
  | Arthur Lindsay | | 1857–1860 | Henry Strangways | | 1858–1862 |
  | John Lindsay | | 1860–1865 | Henry Strangways | | 1858–1862 |
  | John Lindsay | | 1860–1865 | David Sutherland | | 1862–1868 |
  | William Everard | | 1865–1870 | David Sutherland | | 1862–1868 |
  | William Everard | | 1865–1870 | Neville Blyth | | 1868–1870 |
  | Arthur Lindsay | | 1870–1871 | Emil Wentzel | | 1870–1871 |
  | Thomas Reynolds | | 1871–1873 | William Everard | | 1871–1872 |
  | Thomas Reynolds | | 1871–1873 | William Rogers | | 1872–1875 |
  | Arthur Lindsay | | 1873–1878 | William Rogers | | 1872–1875 |
  | Arthur Lindsay | | 1873–1878 | James Boucaut | | 1875–1878 |
  | John Parsons | | 1878–1881 | James Boucaut | | 1875–1878 |
  | John Parsons | | 1878–1881 | William West-Erskine | | 1878–1881 |
  | Henry Downer | | 1881–1891 | Simpson Newland | | 1881–1887 |
  | Henry Downer | | 1881–1891 | Charles Hussey | | 1887–1890 |
  | Henry Downer | | 1881–1891 | John Kelly | | 1890–1896 |
  | Henry Downer | Defence League | 1891–1896 | John Kelly | | 1890–1896 |
  | King O'Malley | | 1896–1899 | William Carpenter | Labor | 1896–1902 |
  | Charles Tucker | | 1899–1902 | William Carpenter | Labor | 1896–1902 |
  
  After Encounter Bay was abolished, Tucker went on to represent the new district of Alexandra from 3 May 1902.
  
  