1915 South Australian state election

none April 2022 June 2020 1915 South Australian state election South Australia parliamentary no 1912 South Australian state election 1912 1918 South Australian state election 1918 All 46 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly24 seats were needed for a majority yes 1915 03 27 200x200px Crawford Vaughan 1913 Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch) Sturt 45.90% 0.88 16 seats 26 seats 10 200x200px Archibald Peake 5 June 1909 Liberal Union (Australia) Alexandra 51.58% 0.17 24 seats 20 seats 4 Premier Archibald Peake Liberal Union (Australia) Crawford Vaughan Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch) State elections were held in South Australia on 27 March 1915. All 46 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Union government led by Premier of South Australia Archibald Peake was defeated by the opposition United Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Crawford Vaughan. Each district elected multiple members, with voters casting multiple votes. A redistribution in 1913 was forced by the enlargement of the House of Assembly to 46 members. The state was divided into 19 electoral districts: eight 3-member, eleven 2-member. The redistribution's intention failed as it was meant to assist the Liberal Union.Archibald Peake: ADB The United Labor Party became the South Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) on 14 September 1917.What's in a name?: Trove 15 Sep 1917 The National Labor Party, a splinter group of the ALP, formed in 1917 state and federally over the issue of conscription. The ALP had elected 26 of 46 Assembly members at the 1915 election, all but seven ALP MPs defected to National Labor. The ALP had 7 of 20 Council members, four defected. Seven MPs of the renamed National Party were re-elected at the 1918 election. Results thumb|400px|right|Arrangement of the House of Assembly after the 1915 state election. South Australian state election, 27 March 1915 House of Assembly South Australian state election 1912 1918 181,516 136,055 74.95% + 3.09% 1,441 1.06% – 0.29% Liberal Union 171,993 51.58% + 0.17% 20 – 4 Labor SA 153,034 45.90% – 0.88% 26 + 10 Independent 8,405 2.52% + 0.71% 0 ± 0 333,432 46 |} See also Results of the 1915 South Australian state election (House of Assembly) Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1915-1918 Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1915-1918 Notes 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 Category:Elections in South Australia Category:1915 elections in Australia Category:1910s in South Australia Category:March 1915 in Oceania