1959 South Australian state election

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

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

Post-election pendulum LCL seats (20)MarginalFairly safeUnleyColin DunnageLCL7.0%ChaffeyHarold KingLCL8.2%TorrensJohn CoumbeLCL9.6%SafeFlindersGlen PearsonLCL10.1%VictoriaLeslie HardingLCL11.4%GlenelgBaden PattinsonLCL12.4%OnkaparingaHoward ShannonLCL13.3%AngasBerthold TeusnerLCL14.7%MitchamRobin MillhouseLCL20.2%LightGeorge HambourLCL21.8%GumerachaThomas PlayfordLCL26.4%BurnsideJoyce SteeleLCL undistributedGougerSteele HallLCL undistributedAlbertBill NankivellLCLunopposedAlexandraDavid BrookmanLCLunopposedBarossaCondor LauckeLCLunopposedEyreGeorge BockelbergLCLunopposedRocky RiverJames HeaslipLCLunopposedStirlingWilliam JenkinsLCLunopposedYorke PeninsulaCecil HincksLCLunopposed Labor seats (17)Marginal West TorrensFred WalshALP1.4% FromeMick O'HalloranALP2.5% MillicentJim CorcoranALP4.5% NorwoodDon DunstanALP5.0%Fairly safe EdwardstownFrank WalshALP7.8% Mount GambierRon RalstonALP8.3% WallarooLloyd HughesALP8.9%Safe MurrayGabe BywatersALP15.1% GawlerJohn ClarkALP17.7% AdelaideSam LawnALP30.1% v DLPPort AdelaideJohn RyanALP34.9% v DLPWhyallaRon LovedayALP34.9% v INDStuartLindsay RichesALP 38.4% v INDSemaphoreHarold TappingALP42.2% v COMEnfieldJoe JenningsALPundistributed Port PirieDave McKeeALP undistributedHindmarshCyril HutchensALPunopposedCrossbench seats (2)BurraPercy QuirkeIND2.1% v LCLRidleyTom StottIND6.7% v LCL

See also Results of the South Australian state election, 1959 (House of Assembly) Candidates of the 1959 South Australian state election Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1959-1962 Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1959-1962 Playmander

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