1910 South Australian state election

none April 2022 June 2020 1910 South Australian state election South Australia parliamentary no 1906 South Australian state election 1906 1912 South Australian state election 1912 All 42 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly22 seats were needed for a majority yes 1910 04 02 175x175px John Verran 5 June 1909 United Labor ED0B21 Wallaroo 49.10% 14.28 20 seats 22 seats 197,935 2 175x175px Archibald Peake 5 June 1909 Liberal Union 8EB5D1 Victoria and Albert 49.59% 49.59 Did not exist 20 seats 20 199,915 Premier Archibald Peake Liberal Union John Verran United Labor State elections were held in South Australia on 2 April 1910. All 42 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal and Democratic Union (LDU) government led by Premier of South Australia Archibald Peake was defeated by the United Labor Party (ULP) led by John Verran. Each of the 13 districts elected multiple members, with voters casting multiple votes. The Peake LDU minority government had replaced the Price ULP/LDU coalition government in June 1909. The 1910 election was the first to result in a South Australian majority government. This came two weeks after the election of a first majority in either house in the Parliament of Australia at the 1910 federal election, also for Labor. Though a South Australian majority was won, the ULP did not take office until after the new lower house first met. Background Following the election, the LDU merged with the two independent conservative parties – the Australasian National League (ANL, formerly National Defence League (NDL)) and the Farmers and Producers Political Union (FPPU) – to become the Liberal Union (LU). The parties readily approved the merger, however, the LDU which salvaged the fewest of their principles from the merger were more hesitant. Peake persuaded a party conference that 'the day of the middle party is passed', and approved the merger by just one vote. The LU was affiliated with the federal Commonwealth Liberal Party (CLP). The two-seat multi-member district of Northern Territory was abolished in 1911, reducing the House of Assembly to 40 seats. Results File:South Australia House of Assembly 1910.svg+House of Assembly (FPTP) — Turnout 71.0% (Non-CV) PartyPrimary votes%SwingSeats +/-   Liberal Union 199,915 49.59 +49.59 20 20   United Labor 197,935 49.10 +14.28 22 2   Independent 5,309 1.32 -15.13 0 1  Formal votes  Informal votes 1.6%  Total 403,159 71.0% 42 The three anti-Labor parties - the LDU, the ANL and the FPPU - endorsed a shared "Liberal" slate of candidates in all but three Assembly seats and the Council, though they would not formally merge as the Liberal Union until late 1910, months after the election. The listed "Liberal" figure is for the three parties combined. See also Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1910-1912 Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1910–1912 References History of South Australian elections 1857-2006, volume 1: ECSA State and federal election results https://web.archive.org/web/20150118085343/http://elections.uwa.edu.au/ 18 January 2015 in Australia since 1890 External links The 13 electorates from 1902 to 1915: The Adelaide Chronicle Category:Elections in South Australia Category:1910 elections in Australia Category:1910s in South Australia Category:April 1910 in Australia