1950 South Australian state election
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State elections were held in South Australia on 4 March 1950. All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal and Country League led by Premier of South Australia Thomas Playford IV defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Mick O'Halloran.[1][2][3][4]
Background
[edit]Only one seat changed hands, rural Stanley saw the Labor member re-elected as an independent member.[5][6] Notably, neither major party contested the independent-held seat of Ridley.[1][2]
Results
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South Australian state election, 4 March 1950[7] | ||||||
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| Enrolled voters | 311,658 | |||||
| Votes cast | 290,306 | Turnout | 93.15% | –0.22% | ||
| Informal votes | 9,667 | Informal | 3.33% | –0.30% | ||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Labor | 134,952 | 48.09% | –0.55% | 12 | – 1 | |
| Liberal and Country | 113,673 | 40.51% | +0.12% | 23 | ± 0 | |
| Communist | 3,749 | 1.34% | –1.63% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Independent | 28,265 | 10.07% | +3.87% | 4 | + 1 | |
| Total | 280,639 | 39 | ||||
| Two-party-preferred | ||||||
| Liberal and Country | 51.30% | –0.70% | ||||
| Labor | 48.70% | +0.70% | ||||
- The primary vote figures were from contested seats, while the statewide two-party-preferred vote figures were estimated from all seats.
Post-election pendulum
[edit]| LCL seats (23) | |||
| Marginal | |||
| Victoria | Roy McLachlan | LCL | 2.7% |
| Norwood | Roy Moir | LCL | 4.5% |
| Torrens | Shirley Jeffries | LCL | 4.5% |
| Prospect | Elder Whittle | LCL | 5.8% |
| Fairly safe | |||
| Stirling | Herbert Dunn | LCL | 6.6% v IND |
| Unley | Colin Dunnage | LCL | 7.8% |
| Safe | |||
| Onkaparinga | Howard Shannon | LCL | 11.1% |
| Burra | George Hawker | LCL | 11.3% |
| Glenelg | Baden Pattinson | LCL | 12.3% |
| Mitcham | Henry Dunks | LCL | 18.5% |
| Gouger | Rufus Goldney | LCL | 20.5% |
| Newcastle | George Jenkins | LCL | 21.3% |
| Angas | Berthold Teusner | LCL | 25.9% v IND |
| Albert | Malcolm McIntosh | LCL | unopposed |
| Alexandra | David Brookman | LCL | unopposed |
| Burnside | Geoffrey Clarke | LCL | unopposed |
| Eyre | Arthur Christian | LCL | unopposed |
| Flinders | Rex Pearson | LCL | unopposed |
| Gumeracha | Thomas Playford | LCL | unopposed |
| Light | Herbert Michael | LCL | unopposed |
| Rocky River | James Heaslip | LCL | unopposed |
| Yorke Peninsula | Cecil Hincks | LCL | unopposed |
| Young | Robert Nicholls | LCL | unopposed |
| Labor seats (12) | |||
| Marginal | |||
| Murray | Richard McKenzie | ALP | 0.8% |
| Gawler | Leslie Duncan | ALP | 4.2% |
| Goodwood | Frank Walsh | ALP | 4.5% |
| Fairly safe | |||
| Adelaide | Sam Lawn | ALP | 6.5% v IND |
| Wallaroo | Hughie McAlees | ALP | 8.1% |
| Safe | |||
| Semaphore | Harold Tapping | ALP | 30.5% v IND |
| Port Adelaide | James Stephens | ALP | 40.2% v COM |
| Stuart | Lindsay Riches | ALP | 42.8% v COM |
| Port Pirie | Charles Davis | ALP | undistributed |
| Frome | Mick O'Halloran | ALP | unopposed |
| Hindmarsh | Cyril Hutchens | ALP | unopposed |
| Thebarton | Fred Walsh | ALP | unopposed |
| Crossbench seats (4) | |||
| Stanley | Percy Quirke | IND | 10.0% v LCL |
| Chaffey | William MacGillivray | IND | 10.7% v LCL |
| Mount Gambier | John Fletcher | IND | 14.4% v ALP |
| Ridley | Tom Stott | IND | unopposed |
See also
[edit]- Results of the South Australian state election, 1950 (House of Assembly)
- Candidates of the 1950 South Australian state election
- Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1950-1953
- Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1950-1953
- Playmander
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Jaensch, Dean (March 2007). "The 1950 General Election - Formed the 33rd Parliament". History of South Australian elections 1857-2006: House of Assembly, Volume 1. State Electoral Office South Australia. pp. 266–269. ISBN 9780975048634. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2015 – via Electoral Commission of South Australia.
- ^ a b Tilby Stock, Jenny (1996). "The 'Playmander', Its origins, operation and effect on South Australia". In O'Neil, Bernard; Raftery, Judith; Round, Kerrie (eds.). Playford's South Australia: essays on the history of South Australia, 1933-1968. Association of Professional Historians. pp. 73–90. ISBN 9780646290928 – via Professional Historians Association (South Australia).
- ^ "Playford Government's Convincing Win". The Cairns Post. 6 March 1950. Retrieved 13 January 2016 – via Trove.
- ^ "Mr. Playford's Fourth Election Victory". The Advertiser. 6 March 1950. Retrieved 13 January 2016 – via Trove.
- ^ "L.-C.P. Win S.A. Elections". The Examiner. 6 March 1950. Retrieved 13 January 2016 – via Trove.
In Stanley electorate Mr.Quirke, sitting Labour member, who was expelled from-the party during the last Parliamentary session, but stood again as Independent, appears certain to defeat the Official Labour nominee, Mr, Hasse.
- ^ "No Seat Was Lost in S.A. Poll". The Argus. 6 March 1950. Retrieved 13 January 2016 – via Trove.
The two Independent sitting members, Mr. MacGillvray (Chaffey) and Mr. Quirke (Stanley) were hard pressed to retain their seats.
- ^ "Summary of 1950 Election". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 7 July 2015.