South Australian House of Assembly
[1] (The first woman candidates for the South Australia Assembly ran in 1918 general election, in Adelaide and Sturt.[3] Another distinctive aspect of the history of the South Australian Parliament was the "Playmander", a gerrymandering system that instituted a pro-rural electoral malapportionment introduced by the incumbent Liberal and Country League (LCL) government, and in place for 32 years from 1936 to 1968.Labor won comprehensive majorities of the statewide two-party vote whilst failing to form government in 1944, 1953, 1962 and 1968.The leader of that party becomes Premier of South Australia, and their senior colleagues become ministers responsible for various portfolios.The dominance of Adelaide, combined with a lack of comparatively-sized rural population centres, results in the metropolitan area frequently deciding election outcomes.
55th ParliamentLower houseParliament of South AustraliaSpeakerLeon BignellIndependentLeader of Government BusinessTom KoutsantonisLee OdenwalderDavid PisoniLiberalGovernmentOppositionCrossbenchVoting systemFull preferential voting9 March 185719 March 202221 March 2026South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries CommissionParliament HouseAdelaideSouth AustraliaAustraliaLegislative Councilgranted women the right to vote and stand for electionNew ZealandNorthern Territory1970 electionInstant-runoff votingpreferential votingAustralian House of Representativesrecent electionPlaymandergerrymandering systemmalapportionmentLiberal and Country LeagueEnfieldtwo-partyPremier of South Australia2014 electiontwo-party voteList of elections in South AustraliaThomas Playford IVTom StottDavid BrookmanDon DunstanJack JenningsDes CorcoranAllan RoddaStan EvansHeini BeckerGraham GunnBob SuchMichael AtkinsonFrances Bedford2022 South Australian state electionList of South Australian state by-electionsMembers of the South Australian House of AssemblyParliaments of the Australian states and territoriesSouth Australian Electoral DistrictsTroy BellMount GambierMawsonGeoff BrockStuartDan CreganFraser EllisNarunggaNick McBrideMacKillopWayback MachineJaensch, DeanState Electoral Office of South AustraliaFederalSenateHouse of Rep.New South WalesCouncilAssemblyQueenslandTasmaniaVictoriaWestern AustraliaAustralian Capital Territory1857–18601860–18621862–18651865–18681868–18701870–18711871–18751875–18781878–18811881–18841884–18871887–18901890–18931893–18961896–18991899–19021902–19051905–19061906–19101910–19121912–19151915–19181918–19211921–19241924–19271927–19301930–19331933–19381938–19411941–19441944–19471947–19501950–19531953–19561956–19591959–19621962–19651965–19681968–19701970–19731973–1975