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South Australian state election, 1959

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7 March 1959 (1959-03-07)
  
1962 →

21 seats
  
15 seats

50.3%
  
49.7%

Date
  
7 March 1959

5 November 1938
  
10 October 1949

20 seats
  
17 seats

1.0
  
1.0

South Australian state election, 1959

Winner
  
Thomas Playford IV

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.

  • The LCL did not contest eight seats, Labor did not contest ten seats. The primary vote was counted on seats contested, while the two-party vote was estimated for all seats.

    • 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.

    References

    South Australian state election, 1959 Wikipedia
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