{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} thumb|right '''Andrew Dods Handyside''' (1835 – 23 May 1904) was a politician in colonial South Australia (a state of Australia from 1901), a member of the South Australian House of Assembly.<ref name=parl>{{cite SA-parl |pid=3714 |name=Mr Andrew Handyside |former=yes |access-date=19 August 2022}}</ref>
Handyside was born in East Lothian, Scotland.<ref name=Mennell>{{cite Australasia|Handyside, Hon. Andrew Dodds}}</ref> He emigrated to Victoria (Australia) in 1853, and was engaged in pastoral pursuits in that colony and New South Wales until 1868, when he settled in South Australia.<ref name=Mennell/>
Handyside was elected to the seat of Albert in the South Australian House of Assembly on 5 January 1885, a position he held until the seat was abolished on 2 May 1902.<ref name=parl/> Handyside was then elected to the seat of Victoria and Albert on 3 May 1902, holding that seat until his death on 23 May 1904.<ref name=parl/> From 21 June 1892 to 15 October 1892, Handyside was Commissioner of Public Works.<ref name=parl/>
Handyside died at Narracoorte, South Australia on 23 May 1904, survived by one son and three daughters.<ref> {{cite news |newspaper=The Register |location=Adelaide |title=Deaths. |date= 1 June 1904 |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56591398 |access-date=25 August 2014 |page=5 |via=Trove }}</ref>
==See also== *Hundred of Handyside
==References== {{Reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef | before= John Jenkins }} {{s-ttl | title=Commissioner of Public Works | years= 1892 }} {{s-aft|after=Lawrence Grayson}} |- {{s-bef | before= John Jenkins }} {{s-ttl | title=Commissioner of Public Works | years= 1899 }} {{s-aft|after=Richard Foster}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Handyside, Andrew Dods}} Category:1835 births Category:1904 deaths Category:Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Category:Scottish emigrants to Australia Category:People from East Lothian Category:19th-century Australian politicians Category:Politicians from the Colony of South Australia