Results of the 1950 South Australian state election (House of Assembly)

South Australian state election, 4 March 1950 House of Assembly << 1947–1953 >>
Enrolled voters		311,658
Votes cast		290,306		Turnout	93.15%	–0.22%
Informal votes		9,667		Informal	3.33%	–0.30%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	134,952	48.09%	–0.55%	12	– 1
	Liberal and Country	113,673	40.51%	+0.12%	23	± 0
	Communist	3,749	1.34%	–1.63%	0	± 0
	Independent	28,265	10.07%	+3.87%	4	+ 1
Total		280,639			39
Two-party-preferred
	Liberal and Country		51.30%	–0.70%
	Labor		48.70%	+0.70%

This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1950 South Australian state election.

Results by electoral district

Adelaide

1950 South Australian state election: Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sam Lawn	4,857	38.3	−12.4
	Independent	Bert Edwards	4,177	33.0	+33.0
	Independent	Doug Bardolph	1,940	15.3	−23.0
	Independent	W J Welsh	1,695	13.4	+13.4
Total formal votes			12,669	92.3	+2.6
Informal votes			1,059	7.7	−2.6
Turnout			13,728	90.7	+1.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Sam Lawn	7,161	56.5
	Independent	Bert Edwards	5,508	43.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Albert

1950 South Australian state election: Albert

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Malcolm McIntosh	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Alexandra

1950 South Australian state election: Alexandra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	David Brookman	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Angas

1950 South Australian state election: Angas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Berthold Teusner	4,418	75.9	+5.6
	Independent	Henry Schneider	1,403	24.1	+24.1
Total formal votes			5,821	97.0	−0.4
Informal votes			179	3.0	+0.4
Turnout			6,000	96.3	+0.3
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Burnside

1950 South Australian state election: Burnside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Geoffrey Clarke	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Burra

1950 South Australian state election: Burra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	George Hawker	2,633	61.3	+2.8
	Labor	Even George	1,661	38.7	−2.8
Total formal votes			4,294	99.0	+0.2
Informal votes			44	1.0	−0.2
Turnout			4,338	94.7	−0.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+2.8

Chaffey

1950 South Australian state election: Chaffey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William MacGillivray	2,711	40.3	−19.0
	Liberal and Country	Ross Story	2,363	35.1	+35.1
	Labor	Robert Lambert	1,653	24.6	−16.1
Total formal votes			6,727	97.3	−0.2
Informal votes			186	2.7	+0.2
Turnout			6,913	95.4	+1.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	William MacGillivray	4,084	60.7	+1.4
	Liberal and Country	Ross Story	2,643	39.3	+39.3
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Eyre

1950 South Australian state election: Eyre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Arthur Christian	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Flinders

1950 South Australian state election: Flinders

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Rex Pearson	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Frome

1950 South Australian state election: Frome

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick O'Halloran	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Gawler

1950 South Australian state election: Gawler

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Leslie Duncan	3,179	54.2	+0.5
	Liberal and Country	Eldred Riggs	2,686	45.8	−0.5
Total formal votes			5,865	98.9	+0.5
Informal votes			64	1.1	−0.5
Turnout			5,929	95.4	+0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.5

Glenelg

1950 South Australian state election: Glenelg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Baden Pattinson	13,673	62.3	+1.7
	Labor	John Sexton	8,272	37.7	+2.3
Total formal votes			21,945	97.3	+0.2
Informal votes			617	2.7	−0.2
Turnout			22,562	93.9	0.0
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Goodwood

1950 South Australian state election: Goodwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Walsh	11,131	54.5	+3.5
	Liberal and Country	Herbert Kemp	9,288	45.5	−3.5
Total formal votes			20,419	98.4	+1.2
Informal votes			341	1.6	−1.2
Turnout			20,760	92.9	−0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.5

Gouger

1950 South Australian state election: Gouger

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Rufus Goldney	4,036	70.5	+6.5
	Labor	Archibald Riddoch	1,685	29.5	−6.5
Total formal votes			5,721	97.8	−0.2
Informal votes			127	2.2	+0.2
Turnout			5,848	95.6	+0.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+6.5

Gumeracha

1950 South Australian state election: Gumeracha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Playford	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Hindmarsh

1950 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cyril Hutchens	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Light

1950 South Australian state election: Light

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Herbert Michael	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Mitcham

1950 South Australian state election: Mitcham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Henry Dunks	12,384	68.5	+1.4
	Labor	Charles Smith	5,684	31.5	−1.4
Total formal votes			18,068	98.4	+0.4
Informal votes			291	1.6	−0.4
Turnout			18,359	92.5	−0.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+1.4

Mount Gambier

1950 South Australian state election: Mount Gambier

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Fletcher	4,905	64.4	−2.0
	Labor	John Shepherdson	2,717	35.6	+2.0
Total formal votes			7,622	98.4	+0.2
Informal votes			125	1.6	−0.2
Turnout			7,747	93.7	−0.7
	Independent hold		Swing	−2.0

Murray

1950 South Australian state election: Murray

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Richard McKenzie	3,247	50.8	−4.6
	Liberal and Country	Hector White	3,143	49.2	+4.6
Total formal votes			6,390	98.3	−0.2
Informal votes			108	1.7	+0.2
Turnout			6,498	95.4	−0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.6

Newcastle

1950 South Australian state election: Newcastle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	George Jenkins	2,601	71.3	−28.7
	Labor	Leonard Pilton	1,048	28.7	+28.7
Total formal votes			3,649	98.9
Informal votes			40	1.1
Turnout			3,689	86.1
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Norwood

1950 South Australian state election: Norwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Roy Moir	9,081	54.3	+2.9
	Labor	Edward Souter	7,336	43.9	−4.7
	Communist	Alfred Watt	305	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			16,722	94.9	−2.4
Informal votes			894	5.1	+2.4
Turnout			17,616	93.7	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Roy Moir		54.5	+3.1
	Labor	Edward Souter		45.5	−3.1
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+3.1

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Onkaparinga

1950 South Australian state election: Onkaparinga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Howard Shannon	4,530	61.1	+10.7
	Labor	Frank Staniford	2,887	38.9	+5.1
Total formal votes			7,417	98.6	+0.7
Informal votes			107	1.4	−0.7
Turnout			7,524	94.9	−0.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Port Adelaide

1950 South Australian state election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Stephens	20,091	90.2	+7.6
	Communist	Peter Symon	2,185	9.8	−7.6
Total formal votes			22,276	94.6	+2.2
Informal votes			1,277	5.4	−2.2
Turnout			23,553	92.8	−0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.6

Port Pirie

1950 South Australian state election: Port Pirie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Davis	4,965	69.5	−30.5
	Independent	Charles Emery	1,155	16.2	+16.2
	Independent	Leslie Kyte	1,027	14.4	+14.4
Total formal votes			7,147	90.9
Informal votes			714	9.1
Turnout			7,861	95.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Prospect

1950 South Australian state election: Prospect

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Elder Whittle	10,603	55.5	+1.2
	Labor	James Marner	7,883	41.2	−4.5
	Communist	Alan Finger	626	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			19,112	95.5	−2.3
Informal votes			892	4.5	+2.3
Turnout			20,004	94.5	+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Elder Whittle		55.8	+1.5
	Labor	James Marner		44.2	−1.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+1.5

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Ridley

1950 South Australian state election: Ridley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tom Stott	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Rocky River

1950 South Australian state election: Rocky River

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	James Heaslip	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Semaphore

1950 South Australian state election: Semaphore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harold Tapping	15,173	80.5	−19.5
	Independent	Joseph Talbot	3,681	19.5	+19.5
Total formal votes			18,854	94.2
Informal votes			1,155	5.8
Turnout			20,009	92.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Stanley

1950 South Australian state election: Stanley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Percy Quirke	2,335	47.2	+47.2
	Liberal and Country	Alexander Knappstein	1,755	35.5	−14.4
	Labor	Cyril Hasse	856	17.3	−32.8
Total formal votes			4,946	98.8	−0.1
Informal votes			60	1.2	+0.1
Turnout			5,006	96.9	+1.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Percy Quirke	2,970	60.0
	Liberal and Country	Alexander Knappstein	1,976	40.0
	Independent gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Stirling

1950 South Australian state election: Stirling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Herbert Dunn	3,711	56.6	−43.4
	Independent	William Jenkins	2,844	43.4	+43.4
Total formal votes			6,555	98.3
Informal votes			115	1.7
Turnout			6,670	95.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Stuart

1950 South Australian state election: Stuart

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lindsay Riches	8,219	92.8	+5.3
	Communist	John Sendy	633	7.2	−5.3
Total formal votes			8,852	96.2	0.0
Informal votes			352	3.8	0.0
Turnout			9,204	85.5	−0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.3

Thebarton

1950 South Australian state election: Thebarton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Walsh	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Torrens

1950 South Australian state election: Torrens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Shirley Jeffries	9,954	54.5	−0.5
	Labor	Herbert Baldock	8,299	45.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			18,253	98.2	+0.9
Informal votes			339	1.8	−0.9
Turnout			18,592	92.2	−0.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−0.5

Unley

1950 South Australian state election: Unley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Colin Dunnage	10,048	57.8	−1.3
	Labor	Leslie McLean Wright	7,335	42.2	+1.3
Total formal votes			17,383	98.0	+0.5
Informal votes			360	2.0	−0.5
Turnout			17,743	92.3	−0.8
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−1.3

Victoria

1950 South Australian state election: Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Roy McLachlan	4,716	52.7	+2.5
	Labor	Jim Corcoran	4,235	47.3	−2.5
Total formal votes			8,951	99.0	+2.2
Informal votes			90	1.0	−2.2
Turnout			9,041	94.4	−2.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+2.5

Wallaroo

1950 South Australian state election: Wallaroo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hughie McAlees	2,539	51.0	−10.1
	Liberal and Country	Leslie Heath	2,050	41.2	+2.3
	Independent	Spence Crosby	392	7.9	+7.9
Total formal votes			4,981	97.4	−0.9
Informal votes			131	2.6	+0.9
Turnout			5,112	95.2	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Hughie McAlees		58.1	−3.0
	Liberal and Country	Leslie Heath		41.9	+3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.0

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Yorke Peninsula

1950 South Australian state election: Yorke Peninsula

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Cecil Hincks	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Young

1950 South Australian state election: Young

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Robert Nicholls	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

See also

• Candidates of the 1950 South Australian state election
• Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1950–1953