Results of the South Australian state election, 1956 (House of Assembly)
South Australian state election, 3 March 1956[1] | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Enrolled voters | 299,048 | |||||
Votes cast | 280,811 | Turnout | 93.90% | –1.11% | ||
Informal votes | 6,702 | Informal | 2.39% | –0.54% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 129,853 | 47.37% | –3.60% | 15 | ± 0 | |
Liberal and Country | 100,569 | 36.95% | +0.23% | 21 | + 1 | |
Labor (A-C) | 20,384 | 7.44% | * | 0 | ± 0 | |
Communist | 3,185 | 1.16% | –0.32% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Independent | 20,118 | 7.34% | –3.76% | 3 | – 1 | |
Total | 274,109 | 39 | ||||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Liberal and Country | 51.30% | +4.30% | ||||
Labor | 48.70% | –4.30% | ||||
This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1956 South Australian state election.
Results by electoral district
Adelaide
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Sam Lawn | 15,116 | 76.8 | ||
Labor (A-C) | James O'Sullivan | 3,281 | 16.7 | ||
Communist | Edward Robertson | 1,295 | 6.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,692 | 95.2 | |||
Informal votes | 989 | 4.8 | |||
Turnout | 20,681 | 92.0 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Sam Lawn | 81.7 | |||
Labor (A-C) | James O'Sullivan | 18.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
- Two candidate preferred vote was estimated.
Albert
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Malcolm McIntosh | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Alexandra
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | David Brookman | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Angas
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Berthold Teusner | 4,655 | 77.6 | ||
Independent | William Viney | 1,344 | 22.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,999 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 142 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 6,141 | 95.7 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Barossa
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Condor Laucke | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Burnside
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Geoffrey Clarke | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Burra
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Percy Quirke | 3,015 | 51.2 | ||
Liberal and Country | George Hawker | 2,876 | 48.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,891 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 67 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 5,958 | 95.1 | |||
Independent gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | ||||
Chaffey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William MacGillivray | 2,386 | 35.9 | ||
Liberal and Country | Harold King | 2,249 | 33.9 | ||
Labor | Reg Curren | 1,971 | 29.7 | ||
Independent | William Napier | 36 | 0.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,642 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 174 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 6,816 | 95.7 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Harold King | 3,669 | 55.2 | ||
Independent | William MacGillivray | 2,973 | 44.8 | ||
Liberal and Country gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Edwardstown
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Walsh | 15,366 | 74.3 | ||
Labor (A-C) | Patrick Tippins | 5,317 | 25.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,683 | 96.0 | |||
Informal votes | 858 | 4.0 | |||
Turnout | 21,541 | 93.6 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Enfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Joe Jennings | 14,091 | 67.2 | ||
Liberal and Country | Betty Preston | 5,865 | 28.0 | ||
Labor (A-C) | Charles Matthews | 1,005 | 4.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,961 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 383 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 21,344 | 93.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Joe Jennings | 67.9 | |||
Liberal and Country | Betty Preston | 32.1 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Eyre
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | George Bockelberg | 3,498 | 55.9 | ||
Independent | Herbert Hogan | 1,793 | 28.6 | ||
Independent | George Simpson | 970 | 15.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,261 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 100 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 9,361 | 93.4 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
- Preferences were not distributed.
Flinders
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Glen Pearson | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Frome
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Mick O'Halloran | 2,844 | 52.6 | ||
Liberal and Country | Raymond McAuley | 1,954 | 36.2 | ||
Labor (A-C) | Michael Hoare | 606 | 11.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,404 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 76 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 5,480 | 89.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Mick O'Halloran | 54.3 | |||
Liberal and Country | Raymond McAuley | 45.7 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Gawler
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Clark | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Glenelg
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Baden Pattinson | 11,650 | 53.6 | ||
Labor | Loftus Fenwick | 8,959 | 41.3 | ||
Labor (A-C) | Peter Lasarewitch | 1,100 | 5.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,719 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 325 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 22,044 | 94.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Baden Pattinson | 58.0 | |||
Labor | Loftus Fenwick | 42.0 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Gouger
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Rufus Goldney | 4,330 | 70.5 | ||
Independent | Hector Henstridge | 1,813 | 29.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,143 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 205 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 6,348 | 95.2 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Gumeracha
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Thomas Playford | 5,457 | 88.6 | ||
Communist | Fred Slater | 705 | 11.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,162 | 96.1 | |||
Informal votes | 251 | 3.9 | |||
Turnout | 6,413 | 94.8 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Hindmarsh
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Cyril Hutchens | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Light
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | George Hambour | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Millicent
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jim Corcoran | 3,201 | 52.3 | ||
Liberal and Country | William Gordon | 2,918 | 47.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,119 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 42 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 6,161 | 95.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Mitcham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Robin Millhouse | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Mount Gambier
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Fletcher | 3,822 | 56.1 | ||
Labor | Ron Ralston | 2,988 | 43.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,810 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 103 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 6,913 | 95.1 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Murray
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gabe Bywaters | 3,533 | 51.4 | ||
Liberal and Country | Hector White | 3,340 | 48.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,873 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 104 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 6,977 | 96.1 | |||
Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | ||||
Norwood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Don Dunstan | 11,981 | 56.5 | ||
Liberal and Country | Roy Moir | 8,323 | 39.3 | ||
Labor (A-C) | John Parkinson | 884 | 4.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,188 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 354 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 21,532 | 93.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Don Dunstan | 57.2 | |||
Liberal and Country | Roy Moir | 42.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Onkaparinga
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Howard Shannon | 4,189 | 70.1 | ||
Independent | Frank Rieck | 1,786 | 29.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,975 | 95.7 | |||
Informal votes | 269 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 6,244 | 94.1 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Port Adelaide
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Stephens | 16,321 | 77.8 | ||
Labor (A-C) | Brian Crowe | 3,461 | 16.5 | ||
Communist | Alan Finger | 1,185 | 5.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,967 | 95.8 | |||
Informal votes | 916 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 21,883 | 93.7 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | James Stephens | 82.1 | |||
Labor (A-C) | Brian Crowe | 17.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
- Two candidate preferred vote was estimated.
Port Pirie
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Charles Davis | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Ridley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Tom Stott | 2,638 | 42.7 | ||
Liberal and Country | Cyril Tunbridge | 2,054 | 33.2 | ||
Labor | Arnold Busbridge | 1,487 | 24.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,179 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 65 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 6,244 | 96.6 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Tom Stott | 3,771 | 61.0 | ||
Liberal and Country | Cyril Tunbridge | 2,408 | 39.0 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Rocky River
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | James Heaslip | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Semaphore
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Harold Tapping | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Stirling
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | William Jenkins | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Stuart
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Lindsay Riches | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Torrens
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | John Coumbe | 10,601 | 51.3 | ||
Labor | George Seager | 8,382 | 40.6 | ||
Labor (A-C) | Olaf Alland | 1,674 | 8.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,657 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 336 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 20,993 | 93.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | John Coumbe | 58.2 | |||
Labor | George Seager | 41.8 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Unley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Colin Dunnage | 10,900 | 53.6 | ||
Labor | Cyril Hasse | 7,868 | 38.7 | ||
Labor (A-C) | Francis Ryan | 1,566 | 7.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,334 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 386 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 20,720 | 93.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Colin Dunnage | 60.2 | |||
Labor | Cyril Hasse | 39.8 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Victoria
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Leslie Harding | 3,841 | 61.7 | ||
Labor | Victor Sparrow | 2,385 | 38.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,226 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 90 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 9,316 | 94.1 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Wallaroo
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Leslie Heath | 2,971 | 47.2 | ||
Labor | Robert Butler | 2,808 | 44.6 | ||
Independent | Arthur Clarke | 515 | 8.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,294 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 62 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 6,356 | 96.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Leslie Heath | 3,271 | 52.0 | ||
Labor | Robert Butler | 3,023 | 48.0 | ||
Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Swing | ||||
West Torrens
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Fred Walsh | 10,542 | 50.4 | ||
Liberal and Country | Frank Potter | 8,898 | 42.5 | ||
Labor (A-C) | Patrick McEwen | 1,490 | 7.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,930 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 405 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 21,335 | 93.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Fred Walsh | 51.4 | |||
Liberal and Country | Frank Potter | 48.6 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Whyalla
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ron Loveday | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Yorke Peninsula
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Cecil Hincks | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- ↑ "Summary of 1956 Election". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ↑ "History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
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