1950 South Australian state election

State elections were held in South Australia on 4 March 1950. 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.

Background Only one seat changed hands, rural Stanley saw the Labor member re-elected as an independent member. Notably, neither major party contested the independent-held seat of Ridley.

Results

The primary vote figures were from contested seats, while the statewide two-party-preferred vote figures were estimated from all seats.Two-party preferred figures since 1950, ABC News Online

Post-election pendulum LCL seats (23)MarginalVictoriaRoy McLachlanLCL2.7% NorwoodRoy MoirLCL4.5%TorrensShirley JeffriesLCL4.5%ProspectElder WhittleLCL5.8%Fairly safeStirlingHerbert DunnLCL6.6% v INDUnleyColin DunnageLCL7.8%SafeOnkaparingaHoward ShannonLCL11.1%BurraGeorge HawkerLCL11.3%GlenelgBaden PattinsonLCL12.3%MitchamHenry DunksLCL18.5%GougerRufus GoldneyLCL 20.5%NewcastleGeorge JenkinsLCL21.3%AngasBerthold TeusnerLCL25.9% v INDAlbertMalcolm McIntoshLCLunopposedAlexandraDavid BrookmanLCLunopposedBurnsideGeoffrey ClarkeLCL unopposedEyreArthur ChristianLCLunopposedFlindersRex PearsonLCLunopposedGumerachaThomas PlayfordLCLunopposedLightHerbert MichaelLCLunopposedRocky RiverJames HeaslipLCLunopposedYorke PeninsulaCecil HincksLCLunopposed YoungRobert NichollsLCLunopposed Labor seats (12)Marginal MurrayRichard McKenzieALP0.8% GawlerLeslie DuncanALP4.2% GoodwoodFrank WalshALP4.5%Fairly safeAdelaideSam LawnALP6.5% v IND WallarooHughie McAleesALP8.1%SafeSemaphoreHarold TappingALP30.5% v INDPort AdelaideJames StephensALP40.2% v COMStuartLindsay RichesALP 42.8% v COM Port PirieCharles DavisALP undistributed FromeMick O'HalloranALPunopposedHindmarshCyril HutchensALPunopposed ThebartonFred WalshALPunopposedCrossbench seats (4)StanleyPercy QuirkeIND10.0% v LCLChaffeyWilliam MacGillivrayIND10.7% v LCL Mount GambierJohn FletcherIND14.4% v ALPRidleyTom StottINDunopposed

See also Results of the South Australian state election, 1950 (House of Assembly) Candidates of the 1950 South Australian state election Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1950-1953 Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1950-1953 Playmander

Notes

External links Two-party preferred figures since 1950, ABC News Online