1982 South Australian state election

none January 2021 December 2011 1982 South Australian state election South Australia parliamentary no 1979 South Australian state election 1979 1985 South Australian state election 1985 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 1982 11 06 150x150px John Bannon 18 September 1979 Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch) Ross Smith 353,999 46.28% 5.43 20 seats 24 4 150x150px David Tonkin 24 July 1975 Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division) Bragg 326,372 42.67% 5.27 24 seats 21 3 Australian Democrats DEM Heather Southcott 8 May 1982 Australian Democrats Mitcham 54,457 7.12% 1.18pp 1 0 1 National Party of Australia NAT Peter Blacker National Party of Australia Flinders 17,782 2.32% 0.42 1 seat 1 TPP TPP swing 50.9% 5.9 49.1% 5.9 Premier David Tonkin Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division) John Bannon Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch) 420px Results by electoral division for the House of Assembly. State elections were held in South Australia on 6 November 1982. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Premier of South Australia David Tonkin was defeated by the Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition John Bannon. A referendum on daylight saving was held on the same day, and was passed.History of South Australian elections 1857–2006, volume 1: ECSA https://web.archive.org/web/20140302093736/http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/publications?view=document&id=480 2 March 2014 , Dean Jaensch Background Parliamentary elections for both houses of the Parliament of South Australia were held in South Australia in 1982, which saw John Bannon and the Australian Labor Party defeat the incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by David Tonkin, after one term in power. As Premier, Tonkin combined fiscal conservatism with socially progressive reforms. In the former, Tonkin made significant cuts to the public service, earning him the enmity of the unions, while an example of the latter was the passage of the land rights bill and the return to the Pitjantjatjara people of 10 per cent of South Australia's area. Prior to the election, Tonkin removed Robin Millhouse (a former Liberal member who had defected to the Liberal Movement and then the Australian Democrats, and whose popularity enabled him to hold his seat of Mitcham) with an offer of a vacant seat in the Supreme Court.January 2019 However the subsequent by-election saw the seat retained by Democrats candidate Heather Southcott. One potential election factor was the copper and uranium mine at Olympic Dam, near Roxby Downs. Enabling legislation had been passed earlier in 1982, despite the opposition of the Labor Party, only when Norm Foster quit the Labor party to support it. Considered a controversial move in Labor circles, Bannon defused this as an election issue by promising that development would go ahead under a Labor government (a commitment which was honoured), despite having previously opposed it. The Liberals also had to contend with the early 1980s recession. Summary Labor achieved a 5.9% swing, and won 4 seats from the Liberals (Brighton, Henley Beach, Mawson and Newland). The Liberals won the seat of Mitcham from the Democrats, so overall lost 3 seats. The House of Assembly numbers were Labor 24, Liberal 21, National Party 1 and Independent Labor 1, giving Labor a narrow majority. In the Legislative Council, Liberal and Labor won 5 seats each, and the Democrats 1; giving a chamber of 11 Liberal, 9 Labor and 2 Democrats. Labor lost one seat to the Democrats, but regained the seat they had lost when Norm Foster resigned from the Labor party earlier that year. Foster stood as an Independent Labor member in the Legislative Council, but was not re-elected. Aftermath After the election loss, Tonkin resigned as Liberal leader and was succeeded by John Olsen, who won a leadership ballot against Dean Brown. A heart complaint caused Tonkin to leave parliament soon after at which a 1983 Bragg by-election was triggered, with the Liberals easily retaining the seat. A 1984 Elizabeth by-election saw Independent Labor candidate Martyn Evans win the seat from Labor. This gave Labor a minority government (23 out of 47 seats), though it continued to govern with the support of Independent Labor members Evans and Norm Peterson.John Trainer, Letters to the Editor, March 29, 2014, Adelaide Advertiser Key dates Issue of writ: 18 October 1982 Close of nominations: 26 October 1982 Polling day: 6 November 1982 Return of writ: On or before 4 December 1982 Results House of Assembly South Australian state election, 6 November 1982Details of SA 1982 Election http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=838 Australian Politics and Elections Database House of Assembly South Australian state election 1979 1985 871,235 811,783 93.18 +0.14 46,921 5.78 +1.35 yes Labor SA 353,999 46.28 +5.43 24 +4 Liberal SA 326,372 42.67 –5.27 21 –3 Democrats 54,457 7.12 –1.18 0 –1 Nationals SA 17,782 2.32 +0.42 1 0 Independent 12,252 1.60 +0.60 1 0 764,862 47 Labor SA 389,625 50.94 +5.94 Liberal SA 375,237 49.06 –5.94 |} Seats changing hands Seat Pre-1982 Swing Post-1982 Party Member Margin Margin Member Party Brighton  Liberal Dick Glazbrook 4.7 5.5 0.8 June Appleby Labor  Henley Beach  Liberal Bob Randall 1.0 5.0 4.0 Don Ferguson Labor  Mawson  Liberal Ivar Schmidt 3.0 9.6 6.6 Susan Lenehan Labor  Mitcham  Democrats Heather Southcott 4.7 15.1 10.4 Stephen Baker Liberal  Newland  Liberal Brian Billard 6.2 9.8 3.6 John Klunder Labor  Legislative Council South Australian state election, 6 November, 1982History of South Australian elections 1857–2006, volume 2 Legislative Council http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/publications?view=document&id=483 Dean Jaensch Dean Jaensch 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 1979 1985 yes 871,215 808,363 92.8 +0.2 81,400 10.1 +5.7 Labor SA 345,936 47.6 +7.9 5 9 Liberal SA 301,090 41.4 –9.2 5 11 Democrats 40,405 5.6 –0.9 1 2 Nationals SA 14,514 2.0 +0.9 0 0 Communist 11,837 1.6 +1.6 0 0 Other 13,181 1.8 * 0 0 726,963 11 22 |} Post-election pendulum previous pendulums and maps List of elections in South Australia Labor seats (24)MarginalBrightonJune ApplebyALP0.8%NewlandJohn KlunderALP3.6%Henley BeachDon FergusonALP4.0%WhyallaMax BrownALP4.1% v INDFairly safeMawsonSusan LenehanALP6.6%UnleyKym MayesALP6.6%NorwoodGreg CrafterALP9.1%Ascot ParkJohn TrainerALP9.3%HartleyTerry GroomALP10.0%SafeMitchellRon PayneALP10.7%GillesJack SlaterALP10.7%Albert ParkKevin HamiltonALP11.1%FloreyBob GregoryALP13.2%PlayfordTerry McRaeALP14.7%AdelaideJack WrightALP15.6%PriceGeorge WhittenALP16.1%BaudinDon HopgoodALP16.2%NapierTerry HemmingsALP19.2%PeakeKeith PlunkettALP19.5%ElizabethPeter DuncanALP20.0%StuartGavin KeneallyALP20.0%SalisburyLynn ArnoldALP22.5%Ross SmithJohn BannonALP25.7%SpenceRoy AbbottALP27.9% Liberal seats (21)MarginalColesJennifer AdamsonLIB1.3%ToddScott AshendenLIB1.4%MorphettJohn OswaldLIB1.5%Mount GambierHarold AllisonLIB2.2%TorrensMichael WilsonLIB4.5%Fairly safeHansonHeini BeckerLIB8.2%FisherStan EvansLIB9.8%SafeRocky RiverJohn OlsenLIB10.3%MitchamStephen BakerLIB10.4% v ADMurrayDavid WottonLIB10.6%EyreGraham GunnLIB12.1%GlenelgJohn MathwinLIB12.4%LightBruce EastickLIB15.2%ChaffeyPeter ArnoldLIB15.4%VictoriaAllan RoddaLIB16.6%KavelRoger GoldsworthyLIB16.7%BraggDavid TonkinLIB18.1%AlexandraTed ChapmanLIB19.0%GoyderJohn MeierLIB25.1%DavenportDean BrownLIB26.5%MalleePeter LewisLIB30.0%Crossbench seats (2)SemaphoreNorm PetersonIND10.3% v ALPFlindersPeter BlackerNAT23.7% v ALP See also Results of the South Australian state election, 1982 (House of Assembly) Results of the 1982 South Australian state election (Legislative Council) Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1982-1985 Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1982-1985 References External links 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 Category:Elections in South Australia Category:1982 elections in Australia Category:1980s in South Australia Category:November 1982 in Australia