1989 South Australian state election

none January 2021 January 2012 1989 South Australian state election South Australia parliamentary no 1985 South Australian state election 1985 1993 South Australian state election 1993 All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly24 seats were needed for a majority11 (of the 22) seats in the South Australian Legislative Council yes 1989 11 25 200x200px John Olsen 10 November 1982 Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division) Custance 381,834 44.21% 2.06 17 22 5 200x200px John Bannon 18 September 1979 Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch) Ross Smith 346,268 40.09% 8.10 27 22 5 National Party of Australia NAT Peter Blacker National Party of Australia Flinders 10,217 1.18% 0.54 1 1 TPP TPP swing 52.0% 5.21 48.0% 5.21 Premier Resulting Premier John Bannon Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch) John Bannon Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch) State elections were held in South Australia on 25 November 1989. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Premier of South Australia John Bannon defeated the Liberal Party of Australia led by Leader of the Opposition John Olsen. Labor won 22 out of 47 seats, and secured a majority of 24 with the support of two Independent Labor members. Background Parliamentary elections for both houses of the Parliament of South Australia were held in South Australia in 1989. John Bannon's Labor government had initially presided over an economic boom, but at the time of the election the economy had slowed due to the late 1980s recession. The Liberals' campaign accused Bannon of inaction during the poor economic conditions, capitalising on the fact that he was national president of Australian Labor Party at the time.Power Plays: The real stories of Australian politics, Laurie Oakes, Hachette Australia, 2008 Outcome The Liberals gained five seats (Adelaide, Bright, Fisher, Hayward and Newland), but Labor held power with of the support of the two "independent Labor" members. The John Olsen-led Liberal Party of Australia failed to win office despite gaining 52 percent of the two-party vote. It was only the second time that a Labor government in South Australia had been re-elected for a third term, however it would be the first eleven-year-incumbent Labor government. In the South Australian Legislative Council, the numbers were unchanged (Labor 10, Liberal 10, Australian Democrats 2). Thus the Democrats retained sole balance of power. They had held sole balance of power since 1985, and would continue to hold it until 1997. Aftermath Before the election, the Liberal Party made allegations of a Labor 'gerrymander', due to the perceived unfair state of the electoral boundaries. While Labor had not instituted any type of imbalanced electoral legislation, it had nonetheless not issued a redistribution since 1983 (which it was not required to do, because redistributions were only required after every third election). So while the electoral districts were equal within the required 10 percent tolerances when they were drawn in 1983, population shifts had increased that imbalance substantially.Brooks David Gill Zoe Weste John South Australian Referenda, 1896-1991 http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Library/ReferenceShare/Documents/ResearchPaper7_2008.pdf Parliament of South Australia 16 August 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150409141249/http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Library/ReferenceShare/Documents/ResearchPaper7_2008.pdf 9 April 2015 Because of this, a 1991 state referendum made redistributions mandatory by the Electoral Commission of South Australia after each election, and included a 'fairness clause' where the commission should redraw boundaries with the objective that the party which receives over 50 percent of the statewide two-party vote at the forthcoming election should win the two-party vote in a majority of seats. Olsen was replaced as Liberal leader by Dale Baker in 1990. Baker resigned as leader in 1992 without contesting an election, and the subsequent leadership ballot was won by Dean Brown, ahead of Olsen and Jennifer Cashmore. The parliament had three by-elections (1990 Custance by-election, the 1992 Alexandra by-election and the 1992 Kavel by-election), but all were retained by the Liberal party, so resulted in no change in the numbers in parliament. Independent Labor Martyn Evans joined the ALP in 1993 and stood at the 1993 election as an endorsed ALP candidate. Key dates Issue of writ: 29 October 1989 Close of electoral rolls: 6 November 1989 Close of nominations: Friday 10 November 1989, at noon Polling day: 25 November 1989 Return of writ: On or before 18 December 1989 Results House of Assembly South Australian state election, 25 November 1989Details of SA 1989 Election http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=840 Australian Politics and Elections Database House of Assembly South Australian state election 1985 1993 941,368 888,918 94.43 +0.97 25,167 2.83 +0.64 Liberal SA 381,834 44.21 +2.06 22 + 5 yes Labor SA 346,268 40.09 –8.10 22 – 5 Democrats 88,270 10.27 +6.02 0 0 Call to Australia 10,974 1.30 +1.30 0 0 Nationals SA 10,217 1.18 –0.54 1 0 Independent Labor SA 13,094 1.52 –0.77 2 0 Independent 10,633 1.23 +0.57 0 0 Other 2,011 0.23 * 0 0 863,751 47 Labor SA 414,246 47.96 –5.21 Liberal SA 449,505 52.04 +5.21 |} Seats changing hands Seat Pre-1989 Swing Post-1989 Party Member Margin Margin Member Party Adelaide  Labor Mike Duigan 0.6 3.9 3.3 Michael Armitage Liberal  Bright  Labor Derek Robertson 1.6 2.6 1.0 Wayne Matthew Liberal  Davenport  Independent Stan Evans* 2.6 N/A 15.9 Stan Evans Liberal  Fisher  Labor Philip Tyler 1.1 4.2 3.1 Bob Such Liberal  Hayward  Labor June Appleby 2.8 3.7 0.9 Mark Brindal Liberal  Newland  Labor Di Gayler 1.5 1.6 0.1 Dorothy Kotz Liberal  Stan Evans was elected at the 1985 election as an Independent. He joined the Liberal Party shortly afterward and retained the seat of Davenport as a Liberal. Legislative Council South Australian state election, 25 November 1989History of South Australian elections 1857–2006, volume 2 Legislative Council http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/publications?view=document&id=483 ECSA 22 May 2016 8 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160308203512/http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/publications?view=document&id=483 dead Legislative Council South Australian state election 1985 1993 yes 941,368 889,896 94.5% +1.0% 34,612 3.9% +0.2% Liberal SA 351,559 41.1% +1.8% 5 10 Labor SA 339,961 39.7% –8.3% 5 10 Democrats 91,456 10.7% +5.2% 1 2 Call to Australia 21,658 2.5% –0.5% 0 0 Grey Power 19,486 2.3% +2.3% 0 0 Conservative 7,657 0.9% +0.9% 0 0 Nationals SA 6,700 0.8% –0.8% 0 0 Independent 16,807 2.0% +0.9% 0 0 855,284 11 22 |} Post-election pendulum previous pendulums and maps List of elections in South Australia Government seats (24)MarginalFloreyBob GregoryALP1.8%UnleyKym MayesALP2.3%NorwoodGreg CrafterALP2.5%ToddJohn KlunderALP2.8%Henley BeachDon FergusonALP4.0%MitchellPaul HollowayALP4.3%HartleyTerry GroomALP4.5%BaudinDon HopgoodALP5.1%Fairly safeWalshJohn TrainerALP6.3%GillesColin McKeeALP6.6%MawsonSusan LenehanALP7.3%Albert ParkKevin HamiltonALP8.1%PlayfordJohn QuirkeALP9.1%PeakeVic HeronALP10.0%SafeWhyallaFrank BlevinsALP10.9%BriggsMike RannALP11.8%SemaphoreNorm PetersonIND12.8% v ALPSpenceMichael AtkinsonALP14.0%Ross SmithJohn BannonALP14.1%PriceMurray De LaineALP16.3%RamsayLynn ArnoldALP16.7%ElizabethMartyn EvansIND17.1% v ALPNapierTerry HemmingsALP17.2%StuartColleen HutchisonALP18.0% Opposition seats (23)MarginalNewlandDorothy KotzLIB0.1%HaywardMark BrindalLIB0.9%BrightWayne MatthewLIB1.0%FisherBob SuchLIB3.1%AdelaideMichael ArmitageLIB3.3%Fairly safeHansonHeini BeckerLIB6.1%MorphettJohn OswaldLIB10.0%SafeFlindersPeter BlackerNAT10.9% v LIBMitchamStephen BakerLIB11.0%LightBruce EastickLIB12.9%ColesJennifer CashmoreLIB13.1%HeysenDavid WottonLIB15.1%KavelRoger GoldsworthyLIB15.5%DavenportStan EvansLIB15.9%AlexandraTed ChapmanLIB16.0%GoyderJohn MeierLIB16.4%EyreGraham GunnLIB18.6%BraggGraham IngersonLIB20.0%CustanceJohn OlsenLIB20.1%ChaffeyPeter ArnoldLIB20.7%Mount GambierHarold AllisonLIB22.5%Murray-MalleePeter LewisLIB22.6%VictoriaDale BakerLIB23.2% See also Candidates of the South Australian state election, 1989 Results of the South Australian state election, 1989 (House of Assembly) Results of the 1989 South Australian state election (Legislative Council) Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1989-1993 Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1989-1993 References History of South Australian elections 1857–2006, volume 1: ECSA Historical lower house results Historical upper house results 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 South Australian Elections 1989: Parliament of Australia Research Library paper, including maps Category:Elections in South Australia South Australian state election State election, 1989 South Australian state election