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1910 South Australian state election

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Field	Value
election_name	1910 South Australian state election
country	South Australia
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1906 South Australian state election
previous_year	1906
next_election	1912 South Australian state election
next_year	1912
seats_for_election	All 42 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly
22 seats were needed for a majority
election_date
image1	[[File:Archibald Peake.jpg	175x175px]]
leader1	Archibald Peake
leader_since1	5 June 1909
party1	Liberal Union
color1	8EB5D1
leaders_seat1	Victoria and Albert
percentage1	49.59%
swing1	49.59
last_election1	Did not exist
seats1	20 seats
seat_change1	20
popular_vote1	199,915
image2	[[File:John Verran.jpeg	175x175px]]
leader2	John Verran
leader_since2	5 June 1909
party2	United Labor
color2	ED0B21
leaders_seat2	Wallaroo
percentage2	49.10%
swing2	14.28
last_election2	20 seats
seats2	22 seats
popular_vote2	197,935
seat_change2	2
title	Premier
before_election	Archibald Peake
before_party	Liberal Union
after_election	John Verran
after_party	United Labor

22 seats were needed for a majority

State elections were held in South Australia on 2 April 1910. All 42 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal and Democratic Union (LDU) government led by Premier of South Australia Archibald Peake was defeated by the United Labor Party (ULP) led by John Verran. Each of the 13 districts elected multiple members, with voters casting multiple votes. The Peake LDU minority government had replaced the Price ULP/LDU coalition government in June 1909. The 1910 election was the first to result in a South Australian majority government. This came two weeks after the election of a first majority in either house in the Parliament of Australia at the 1910 federal election, also for Labor. Though a South Australian majority was won, the ULP did not take office until after the new lower house first met.

Background

Following the election, the LDU merged with the two independent conservative parties – the Australasian National League (ANL, formerly National Defence League (NDL)) and the Farmers and Producers Political Union (FPPU) – to become the Liberal Union (LU). The parties readily approved the merger, however, the LDU which salvaged the fewest of their principles from the merger were more hesitant. Peake persuaded a party conference that 'the day of the middle party is passed', and approved the merger by just one vote. The LU was affiliated with the federal Commonwealth Liberal Party (CLP).

The two-seat multi-member district of Northern Territory was abolished in 1911, reducing the House of Assembly to 40 seats.

Results

Party	Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	+/-	Formal votes	Informal votes
		Liberal Union	199,915	49.59	+49.59	20	20
		United Labor	197,935	49.10	+14.28	22	2
		Independent	5,309	1.32	-15.13	0	1
	1.6%
403,159	71.0%	42

The three anti-Labor parties - the LDU, the ANL and the FPPU - endorsed a shared "Liberal" slate of candidates in all but three Assembly seats and the Council, though they would not formally merge as the Liberal Union until late 1910, months after the election. The listed "Liberal" figure is for the three parties combined.

References

History of South Australian elections 1857-2006, volume 1: ECSA
State and federal election results in Australia since 1890

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