| Order | Member | Party | Term commence | Term end | Term in office |
| 1 | George Strickland Kingston | | 22 April 1857 (1857-04-22) | 22 March 1860 (1860-03-22) | 2 years, 335 days |
| 2 | George Charles Hawker | | 27 April 1860 (1860-04-27) | 28 February 1865 (1865-02-28) | 4 years, 307 days |
| 3 | George Strickland Kingston | | 31 March 1865 (1865-03-31) | 26 November 1880 (1880-11-26) Died in office | 15 years, 240 days |
| 4 | Robert Dalrymple Ross | | 2 June 1881 (1881-06-02) | 27 December 1887 (1887-12-27) Died in office | 6 years, 208 days |
| 5 | John Cox Bray | | 31 May 1888 (1888-05-31) | 5 June 1890 (1890-06-05) | 2 years, 5 days |
| 6 | Jenkin Coles | | 5 June 1890 (1890-06-05) | 17 November 1911 (1911-11-17) | 21 years, 165 days |
| 7 | Harry Jackson | United Labor Party | 17 November 1911 (1911-11-17) | 18 March 1912 (1912-03-18) | 122 days |
| 8 | Laurence O'Loughlin | Liberal Union | 19 March 1912 (1912-03-19) | 7 July 1915 (1915-07-07) | 3 years, 110 days |
| 9 | Frederick Coneybeer | United Labor Party National Party | 8 July 1915 (1915-07-08) | 9 April 1921 (1921-04-09) | 5 years, 275 days |
| 10 | Richard Butler | Liberal Union/ Liberal Federation | 21 July 1921 (1921-07-21) | 5 April 1924 (1924-04-05) | 2 years, 259 days |
| 11 | John McInnes | Australian Labor Party (SA) | 24 July 1924 (1924-07-24) | 27 August 1926 (1926-08-27) | 2 years, 34 days |
| 12 | Frederick Birrell | Australian Labor Party | 31 August 1926 (1926-08-31) | 16 May 1927 (1927-05-16) | 258 days |
| 13 | George Laffer | Liberal Federation | 17 May 1927 (1927-05-17) | 26 May 1930 (1930-05-26) | 3 years, 9 days |
| 14 | Eric Shepherd | Australian Labor Party/ Parliamentary Labor Party | 27 May 1930 (1930-05-27) | 7 April 1933 (1933-04-07) | 2 years, 315 days |
| 15 | Robert Nicholls | Liberal and Country League | 6 July 1933 (1933-07-06) | 2 March 1956 (1956-03-02) | 22 years, 240 days |
| 16 | Berthold Teusner | Liberal and Country League | 9 May 1956 (1956-05-09) | 11 April 1962 (1962-04-11) | 5 years, 337 days |
| 17 | Tom Stott | Independent | 12 April 1962 (1962-04-12) | 13 May 1965 (1965-05-13) | 3 years, 31 days |
| 18 | Lindsay Riches | Australian Labor Party | 13 May 1965 (1965-05-13) | 15 April 1968 (1968-04-15) | 2 years, 338 days |
| 19 | Tom Stott | Independent | 16 April 1968 (1968-04-16) | 29 May 1970 (1970-05-29) | 2 years, 43 days |
| 20 | Reg Hurst | Australian Labor Party | 14 July 1970 (1970-07-14) | 31 March 1973 (1973-03-31) | 2 years, 260 days |
| 21 | John Ryan | Australian Labor Party | 19 June 1973 (1973-06-19) | 11 July 1975 (1975-07-11) | 2 years, 22 days |
| 22 | Ted Connelly | Independent | 5 August 1975 (1975-08-05) | 16 September 1977 (1977-09-16) | 2 years, 42 days |
| 23 | Gil Langley | Australian Labor Party | 6 October 1977 (1977-10-06) | 11 October 1979 (1979-10-11) | 2 years, 5 days |
| 24 | Bruce Eastick | Liberal Party of Australia (SA) | 11 October 1979 (1979-10-11) | 7 December 1982 (1982-12-07) | 3 years, 57 days |
| 25 | Terry McRae | Australian Labor Party | 8 December 1982 (1982-12-08) | 11 February 1986 (1986-02-11) | 3 years, 93 days |
| 26 | John Trainer | Australian Labor Party | 11 February 1986 (1986-02-11) | 8 February 1990 (1990-02-08) | 3 years, 362 days |
| 27 | Norm Peterson | Independent Labor | 8 February 1990 (1990-02-08) | 10 December 1993 (1993-12-10) | 3 years, 305 days |
| 28 | Graham Gunn | Liberal Party of Australia | 11 February 1994 (1994-02-11) | 2 December 1997 (1997-12-02) | 3 years, 294 days |
| 29 | John Oswald | Liberal Party of Australia | 2 December 1997 (1997-12-02) | 8 February 2002 (2002-02-08) | 4 years, 68 days |
| 30 | Peter Lewis | Independent | 5 March 2002 (2002-03-05) | 4 April 2005 (2005-04-04) | 3 years, 30 days |
| 31 | Bob Such | Independent | 4 April 2005 (2005-04-04) | 26 March 2006 (2006-03-26) | 356 days |
| 32 | Jack Snelling | Australian Labor Party | 27 April 2006 (2006-04-27) | 25 March 2010 (2010-03-25) | 3 years, 332 days |
| 33 | Lyn Breuer | Australian Labor Party | 6 May 2010 (2010-05-06) | 5 February 2013 (2013-02-05) | 2 years, 275 days |
| 34 | Michael Atkinson | Australian Labor Party | 5 February 2013 (2013-02-05) | 16 March 2018 | 5 years, 39 days |
| 35 | Vincent Tarzia | Liberal Party of Australia | 3 May 2018 (2018-05-03) | 29 July 2020 | 2 years, 87 days |
| 36 | Josh Teague | Liberal Party of Australia | 8 September 2020 | 12 October 2021 (2021-10-12) | 1 year, 34 days[2] |
| 37 | Dan Cregan | Independent | 12 October 2021 | 11 April 2024 (2024-04-11) | 2 years, 182 days |
| 38 | Leon Bignell | Labor/Independent | 11 April 2024 | 21 March 2026 (2026-03-21) | 1 year, 343 days |
| 39 | Vacant | | | | |