1956 South Australian state election

none April 2022 1956 South Australian state election South Australia parliamentary no 1953 South Australian state election 1953 1959 South Australian state election 1959 All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly 20 seats were needed for a majority yes 1956 03 03 150x150px Thomas Playford 5 November 1938 Liberal and Country League Gumeracha 51.3% 4.3 21 seats 21 seats 0 150x150px Mick O'Halloran 10 October 1949 Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch) Frome 48.7% 4.3 14 seats 15 seats 1 Premier Thomas Playford Liberal and Country League Thomas Playford Liberal and Country League Playmander Map.svg 250px A map of South Australian electorates from 1955 to 1969, during the height of the Playmander. State elections were held in South Australia on 3 March 1956. 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.Jaensch Dean http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/publications?view=document&id=480 History of South Australian elections 1857-2006: House of Assembly, Volume 1 March 2007 The 1956 General Election - Formed the 35th Parliament Electoral Commission of South Australia State Electoral Office South Australia 274–276 9780975048634 2015-07-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20140302093736/http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/publications?view=document&id=480 2014-03-02 deadhttp://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/record=b1290920 Tilby Stock Jenny O'Neil Bernard Raftery Judith Round Kerrie Playford's South Australia: essays on the history of South Australia, 1933-1968 1996 Association of Professional Historians 73–90 http://www.sahistorians.org.au/175/documents/the-playmander-its-origins-operation-and-effect-on.shtml The 'Playmander', Its origins, operation and effect on South Australia Professional Historians Association (South Australia) 9780646290928 A redistribution occurred in 1955 based upon the results of the census held in June 1954.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57328273 To Take Place Next Year: Redistribution of Federal Boundaries 8 October 1954 The Morning Bulletin Trove 14 January 2016http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23449446 Redistribution soon in Victoria 5 November 1954 The Argus Trove 14 January 2016 Background Labor won one seat, rural Murray from the LCL. The LCL won two seats, rural Wallaroo from Labor and rural Chaffey from an independent. An independent won one seat, rural Burra from the LCL. Results thumb|400px|right|Arrangement of the House of Assembly after the 1956 state election. South Australian state election, 3 March 1956Summary of 1956 Election http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=828 University of Western Australia 7 July 2015 House of Assembly South Australian state election 1953 1959 299,048 280,811 93.90% –1.11% 6,702 2.39% –0.54% Labor SA 129,853 47.37% –3.60% 15 ± 0 yes LCL 100,569 36.69% +0.24% 21 + 1 Labor (Anti-Communist) 20,384 7.44% * 0 ± 0 Communist 3,185 1.16% –0.32% 0 ± 0 Independent 20,118 7.34% –3.76% 3 – 1 274,109 39 LCL 51.30% +4.30% Labor SA 48.70% –4.30% |} The primary vote figures were from contested seats, while the state-wide two-party-preferred vote figures were estimated from all seats.Two-party preferred figures since 1950, ABC News Online Post-election pendulum LCL seats (21)Marginal WallarooLeslie HeathLCL2.0%ChaffeyHarold KingLCL5.2% v INDFairly safeGlenelgBaden PattinsonLCL8.0%TorrensJohn CoumbeLCL8.2%SafeUnleyColin DunnageLCL10.2%VictoriaLeslie HardingLCL11.7%OnkaparingaHoward ShannonLCL20.1% v INDGougerRufus GoldneyLCL 20.5% v INDAngasBerthold TeusnerLCL27.6% v INDGumerachaThomas PlayfordLCL38.6% v COMEyreGeorge BockelbergLCLundistributedAlbertMalcolm McIntoshLCLunopposedAlexandraDavid BrookmanLCLunopposedBarossaCondor LauckeLCLunopposedBurnsideGeoffrey ClarkeLCL unopposedFlindersGlen PearsonLCLunopposedLightGeorge HambourLCLunopposedMitchamRobin MillhouseLCLunopposedRocky RiverJames HeaslipLCLunopposedStirlingWilliam JenkinsLCLunopposedYorke PeninsulaCecil HincksLCLunopposed Labor seats (15)Marginal MurrayGabe BywatersALP1.4% West TorrensFred WalshALP1.4% MillicentJim CorcoranALP2.3% FromeMick O'HalloranALP4.3%Fairly safe NorwoodDon DunstanALP7.2%SafeEnfieldJoe JenningsALP17.9% EdwardstownFrank WalshALP24.3% v DLPAdelaideSam LawnALP31.7% v DLPPort AdelaideJames StephensALP32.1% v DLP GawlerJohn ClarkALPunopposedHindmarshCyril HutchensALPunopposed Port PirieCharles DavisALP unopposedSemaphoreHarold TappingALPunopposedStuartLindsay RichesALP unopposedWhyallaRon LovedayALPunopposedCrossbench seats (3)BurraPercy QuirkeIND1.2% v LCL Mount GambierJohn FletcherIND6.1% v ALPRidleyTom StottIND11.0% v LCL See also Results of the South Australian state election, 1956 (House of Assembly) Candidates of the 1956 South Australian state election Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1956-1959 Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1956-1959 Playmander Notes Category:Elections in South Australia Category:1956 elections in Australia Category:1950s in South Australia Category:March 1956 in Australia