1918 South Australian state election

none April 2022 June 2020 1918 South Australian state election South Australia parliamentary no 1915 South Australian state election 1915 1921 South Australian state election 1921 All 46 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly24 seats were needed for a majority yes 1918 04 06 150x150px Archibald Peake 5 June 1909 Liberal Union (Australia) Alexandra 27.94% 23.64 20 seats 22 seats 2 150x150px Andrew Kirkpatrick 14 July 1917 Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch) Upper house 44.54% 1.36 26 seats 17 seats 9 150x150px Crawford Vaughan National Labor E2826B Sturt 18.66% 6 seats Premier Archibald Peake Liberal Union (Australia) Archibald Peake Liberal Union (Australia) State elections were held in South Australia on 6 April 1918. 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 defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Andrew Kirkpatrick. Each district elected multiple members, with voters casting multiple votes. The 1918 election was the first at which any women stood as candidates. Selina Siggins (Adelaide) and Jeanne Young (Sturt) both ran unsuccessfully as independents.In Her Own Name: Women in South Australian History Helen Jones 1986 Wakefield Press 228 Background The Crawford Vaughan Labor government fell in July 1917 due to the Australian Labor Party split of 1916 on conscription, and was replaced by a Peake Liberal minority government. This was replaced by the Peake Liberal-National Labor coalition government in August 1917. Peake initially formed a ministry of liberals, but after complaints from National Labor who had supported him in the confidence motion, he included three National Labor members. Crawford Vaughan, National Labor leader, did not take a place in the ministry. The Liberal and National Labor parties went to the election in coalition. The first new parties emerged since the two-party system was introduced from the 1910 state election − the Farmers and Settlers Association (F&S), Single Tax (ST) and the Farmers and Producers Country Party (FPCP). The United Labor Party was renamed to the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party on 14 September 1917.What's in a name?: Trove 15 Sep 1917 Results thumb|400px|right|Arrangement of the House of Assembly after the 1918 state election. South Australian state election, 6 April 1918 House of Assembly South Australian state election 1915 1921 258,712 132,321 51.89% – 23.06% 1,922 1.45% +0.38% Labor SA 144,204 44.54% – 1.36% 17 – 9 Liberal Union 90,453 27.94% – 23.64% 22 + 2 National SA 60,417 18.66% * 6 + 6 Farmers and Settlers 13,844 4.28% * 1 + 1 Single Tax League 1,398 0.43% * 0 ± 0 Farmers and Producers 1,033 0.32% * 0 ± 0 Independent 12,432 3.84% + 1.32% 0 ± 0 132,321 46 |} See also Results of the 1918 South Australian state election (House of Assembly) Candidates of the South Australian state election, 1918 Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1918-1921 Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1918-1921 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 South Australian state election South Australian state election, 1918 South Australian state election