8 March 1947 (1947-03-08) 1950 → 20 seats 16 seats 3 3 Date 8 March 1947 | 5 November 1938 1938 23 seats 13 seats 52.0% 48.0% | |
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Winner Thomas Playford IV | ||
State elections were held in South Australia on 8 March 1947. All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal and Country League government led by Premier of South Australia Thomas Playford IV defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Robert Richards.
Background
The LCL won three seats, metropolitan Norwood, Prospect and Torrens from Labor. The LCL won back rural Victoria after losing it to Labor at a by-election in 1945.
References
South Australian state election, 1947 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA