1947 South Australian state election

none April 2022 1947 South Australian state election South Australia parliamentary no 1944 South Australian state election 1944 1950 South Australian state election 1950 All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly 20 seats were needed for a majority yes 1947 03 08 150x150px Thomas Playford 5 November 1938 Liberal and Country League Gumeracha 52.0% 5.3 20 seats 23 seats 3 150x150px Robert Richards 1 April 1938 Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch) Wallaroo 48.0% 5.3 16 seats 13 seats 3 Premier Thomas Playford Liberal and Country League Thomas Playford Liberal and Country League State elections were held in South Australia on 8 March 1947. All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal and Country League government led by Premier of South Australia Thomas Playford IV defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Robert Richards.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 1947 General Election - Formed the 32nd Parliament Electoral Commission of South Australia State Electoral Office South Australia 263–265 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) 9780646290928http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18010911 Liberals Win: Gains in S.A. Elections 10 March 1947 The Sydney Morning Herald 12 January 2016 Trove Background The LCL won three seats—metropolitan Norwood, Prospect and Torrens—from Labor.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26384976 Liberals win in SA: Gain Three Seats 10 March 1947 The Mercury Trove 12 January 2016 The LCL won back rural Victoria after losing it to Labor at a by-election in 1945.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article78137094 L.C.L Wins Victoria 15 March 1947 The Border Watch 12 January 2016 Trove Results thumb|400px|right|Arrangement of the House of Assembly after the 1947 state election. South Australian state election, 8 March 1947Summary of 1947 Election http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=825 University of Western Australia 7 July 2015 House of Assembly South Australian state election 1944 1950 306,059 285,765 93.37% +4.84% 10,366 3.63% +0.41% Labor SA 133,959 48.64% +6.12% 13 – 3 yes LCL 111,216 40.38% –5.46% 23 + 3 Communist 8,178 2.97% +0.90% 0 ± 0 Independent 17,083 6.20% –0.43% 3 ± 0 Independent Labor SA 4,963 1.80% –0.45% 0 ± 0 275,399 39 LCL 52.00% +5.30% Labor SA 48.00% –5.30% |} The primary vote figures were from contested seats, while the state-wide two-party-preferred vote figures were estimated from all seats. See also Results of the South Australian state election, 1947 (House of Assembly) Candidates of the 1947 South Australian state election Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1947-1950 Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1947-1950 Playmander Notes Category:Elections in South Australia Category:1947 elections in Australia Category:1940s in South Australia Category:March 1947 in Australia