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1959 South Australian state election

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1959 South Australian state election

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FieldValue
election_name1959 South Australian state election
countrySouth Australia
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_election1956 South Australian state election
previous_year1956
next_election1962 South Australian state election
next_year1962
seats_for_electionAll 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly
20 seats were needed for a majority
election_date
image1[[File:ThomasPlayford1963crop.jpg150x150px]]
leader1Thomas Playford
leader_since15 November 1938
party1Liberal and Country League
leaders_seat1Gumeracha
percentage150.3%
swing11.0
last_election121 seats
seats120 seats
seat_change11
image2[[File:Senator Mick O'Halloran.jpg150x150px]]
leader2Mick O'Halloran
leader_since210 October 1949
party2Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch)
leaders_seat2Frome
percentage249.7%
swing21.0
last_election215 seats
seats217 seats
seat_change22
titlePremier
before_electionThomas Playford
before_partyLiberal and Country League
after_electionThomas Playford
after_partyLiberal and Country League
map_imagePlaymander Map.svg
map_size250px
map_captionA map of South Australian electorates from 1955 to 1969, during the height of the Playmander.

20 seats were needed for a majority

State elections were held in South Australia on 7 March 1959. 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

Labor won two seats at this election, rural Mount Gambier from an Independent and rural Wallaroo from the LCL. Both of these seats had been previously won in by-elections in 1957 and 1958, and Labor retained them.

Results

Arrangement of the House of Assembly after the 1959 state election.

| turnout % = 93.95% | informal % = 2.89% |votes % = 49.35% |votes % = 36.95% |votes % = 5.65% |votes % = 1.42% |votes % = 6.63% |2pp % 1 = 50.30% |2pp % 2 = 49.70% |}

  • The primary vote figures were from contested seats, while the state-wide two-party-preferred vote figures were estimated from all seats.

Post-election pendulum

Notes

References

  1. Jaensch, Dean. (March 2007). "History of South Australian elections 1857-2006: House of Assembly, Volume 1". State Electoral Office South Australia.
  2. Tilby Stock, Jenny. (1996). "Playford's South Australia: essays on the history of South Australia, 1933-1968". Association of Professional Historians.
  3. "Summary of 1959 Election". University of Western Australia.
  4. [https://web.archive.org/web/20221114001923/http://www.abc.net.au/elections/sa/2006/guide/pastelec.htm Two-party preferred figures since 1950], [[ABC News (Australia). ABC News Online]]
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