Results of the 1953 South Australian state election (House of Assembly)

This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1953 South Australian state election.

South Australian state election, 7 March 1953^[1] House of Assembly << 1950–1956 >>
Enrolled voters		354,273
Votes cast		336,592		Turnout	95.01%	+1.86%
Informal votes		9,871		Informal	2.93%	–0.40%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	166,517	50.97%	+2.88%	14	+ 2
	Liberal and Country	119,106	36.45%	–4.05%	21	– 2
	Communist	4,827	1.48%	+0.14%	0	± 0
	Independent	36,271	11.10%	+1.03%	4	± 0
Total		326,721			39
Two-party-preferred
	Liberal and Country		47.00%	–4.30%
	Labor		53.00%	+4.30%

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sam Lawn	9,271	89.5	+51.2
	Communist	Edward Robertson	1,093	10.5	+10.5
Total formal votes			10,364	93.1	+0.8
Informal votes			770	6.9	−0.8
Turnout			11,134	92.4	+1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Malcolm McIntosh	4,225	74.6	−25.4
	Independent	Robert Upton	999	17.7	+17.7
	Independent	Carl Muller	436	7.7	+7.7
Total formal votes			5,660	96.6
Informal votes			200	3.4
Turnout			5,860	95.7
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Berthold Teusner	4,088	68.1	−7.8
	Independent	Henry Schneider	1,914	31.9	+7.8
Total formal votes			6,002	97.1	−0.9
Informal votes			176	2.9	+0.9
Turnout			6,178	96.7	+0.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−7.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Geoffrey Clarke	11,791	61.5	−38.5
	Labor	Frederick Hansford	5,601	29.2	+29.2
	Independent	John Parkinson	1,770	9.2	+9.2
Total formal votes			19,162	97.6
Informal votes			475	2.4
Turnout			19,637	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Geoffrey Clarke		66.1	−33.9
	Labor	Frederick Hansford		33.9	+33.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	George Hawker	2,478	59.4	−1.9
	Labor	Even George	1,697	40.6	+1.9
Total formal votes			4,175	99.0	0.0
Informal votes			41	1.0	0.0
Turnout			4,216	97.2	+2.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−1.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Macgillivray	4,731	69.1	+28.8
	Liberal and Country	Ross Story	2,111	30.9	−4.2
Total formal votes			6,842	97.5	+0.2
Informal votes			174	2.5	−0.2
Turnout			7,016	95.3	−0.1
	Independent hold		Swing	+8.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Arthur Christian	3,194	67.8	−32.2
	Independent	Herbert Hogan	1,519	32.2	+32.2
Total formal votes			4,713	97.9
Informal votes			102	2.1
Turnout			4,815	94.7
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Glen Pearson	4,129	58.4	−41.6
	Labor	Percy Baillie	2,936	41.6	+41.6
Total formal votes			7,065	98.7
Informal votes			94	1.3
Turnout			7,159	96.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Clark	4,432	77.1	+22.9
	Independent	Frank Rieck	1,320	22.9	+22.9
Total formal votes			5,752	96.2	−2.7
Informal votes			230	3.8	+2.7
Turnout			5,982	96.1	+0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Baden Pattinson	12,927	50.7	−11.6
	Labor	Loftus Fenwick	12,562	49.3	+11.6
Total formal votes			25,489	97.5	+0.2
Informal votes			617	2.5	−0.2
Turnout			26,128	95.6	+1.7
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−11.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Walsh	15,057	63.1	+8.6
	Liberal and Country	Howard Zelling	8,795	36.9	−8.6
Total formal votes			23,852	97.6	−0.8
Informal votes			577	2.4	+0.8
Turnout			24,429	94.7	+1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Rufus Goldney	3,560	56.1	−14.4
	Labor	Bernard McEwen	2,784	43.9	+14.4
Total formal votes			6,344	98.6	+0.8
Informal votes			89	1.4	−0.8
Turnout			6,433	96.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−14.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Playford	5,315	90.4	−9.6
	Communist	Alan Finger	566	9.6	+9.6
Total formal votes			5,881	95.1
Informal votes			302	4.9
Turnout			6,183	96.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Herbert Michael	3,079	59.5	−40.5
	Labor	Donald MacLeod	2,092	40.5	+40.5
Total formal votes			5,171	98.5
Informal votes			80	1.5
Turnout			5,251	96.7
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

1953 South Australian state election: Mount Gambier
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Fletcher	4,577	54.3	−10.1
	Labor	Raphael Mahony	3,848	45.7	+10.1
Total formal votes			8,425	98.8	+0.4
Informal votes			101	1.2	−0.4
Turnout			8,526	96.0	+2.3
	Independent hold		Swing	−10.1

1953 South Australian state election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Hector White	3,026	45.1	−4.1
	Labor	Robert Moroney	2,220	33.1	−17.7
	Independent	Lawrence McKenzie	773	11.5	+11.5
	Independent	Albert Denman	685	10.2	+10.2
Total formal votes			6,704	97.2	−1.1
Informal votes			194	2.8	+1.1
Turnout			6,898	96.8	+1.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Hector White	3,385	50.5	+1.3
	Labor	Robert Moroney	3,319	49.5	−1.3
	Liberal and Country gain from Labor		Swing	+1.3

1953 South Australian state election: Port Pirie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Davis	5,137	65.8	−3.7
	Independent	Arthur Pickering	1,585	20.3	+20.3
	Independent	Thomas Madigan	1,089	13.9	+13.9
Total formal votes			7,811	95.2	+4.3
Informal votes			390	4.8	−4.3
Turnout			8,201	96.2	+1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1953 South Australian state election: Semaphore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harold Tapping	19,043	87.6	+7.1
	Independent	Roy Luckman	2,693	12.4	+12.4
Total formal votes			21,736	95.4	+1.2
Informal votes			1,037	4.6	−1.2
Turnout			22,773	93.9	+1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Henry Dunks	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	George Jenkins	2,275	63.7	−7.6
	Labor	Gerald Travers	1,298	36.3	+7.6
Total formal votes			3,573	97.4	−1.5
Informal votes			96	2.6	+1.5
Turnout			3,669	92.0	+5.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−7.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Dunstan	9,189	56.3	+12.4
	Liberal and Country	Roy Moir	7,122	43.7	−0.2
Total formal votes			16,311	97.8	+2.9
Informal votes			367	2.2	−2.9
Turnout			16,678	95.1	+1.4
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+10.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Howard Shannon	4,266	57.0	−4.1
	Labor	Frank Staniford	3,223	43.0	+4.1
Total formal votes			7,489	97.9	−0.7
Informal votes			160	2.1	+0.7
Turnout			7,649	95.7	+0.8
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−4.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Stephens	25,131	91.9	+1.7
	Communist	Peter Symon	2,212	8.1	−1.7
Total formal votes			27,343	94.6	0.0
Informal votes			1,559	5.4	0.0
Turnout			28,902	95.1	+2.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Jennings	11,728	53.4	+12.2
	Liberal and Country	Elder Whittle	10,228	46.6	−8.9
Total formal votes			21,956	97.9	+2.4
Informal votes			468	2.1	−2.4
Turnout			22,424	94.9	+0.4
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+9.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tom Stott	4,531	77.8	−22.2
	Independent	Henry Schneider	1,291	22.2	+22.2
Total formal votes			5,822	98.2
Informal votes			107	1.8
Turnout			5,929	97.0
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Percy Quirke	2,954	61.9	+14.7
	Liberal and Country	Elliot Parker	1,817	38.1	+2.6
Total formal votes			4,771	98.0	−0.8
Informal votes			98	2.0	+0.8
Turnout			4,869	96.8	−0.1
	Independent hold		Swing	+1.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	William Jenkins	3,507	52.9	−3.7
	Independent	William McAnaney	2,141	32.3	32.3
	Independent	Orlando Hutchinson	985	14.8	+14.8
Total formal votes			6,633	97.6	−0.7
Informal votes			161	2.4	+0.7
Turnout			6,794	97.0	+1.8
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lindsay Riches	8,444	89.8	−3.0
	Communist	Elliott Johnston	956	10.2	+3.0
Total formal votes			9,400	96.3	+0.1
Informal votes			363	3.7	−0.1
Turnout			9,763	90.1	+0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Leo Travers	8,469	51.3	−3.2
	Labor	Thomas Sexton	8,055	48.7	+3.2
Total formal votes			16,524	97.9	−0.3
Informal votes			359	2.1	+0.3
Turnout			16,883	94.1	+1.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−3.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Colin Dunnage	8,065	50.3	−7.5
	Labor	Arthur Savage	7,974	49.7	+7.5
Total formal votes			16,039	97.9	−0.1
Informal votes			336	2.1	+0.1
Turnout			16,375	94.5	+2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Corcoran	4,795	49.4	+2.1
	Liberal and Country	Roy McLachlan	4,639	47.8	−4.9
	Independent	John Gartner	278	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			9,712	98.7	−0.3
Informal votes			126	1.3	+0.3
Turnout			9,838	95.5	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Corcoran		50.8	+3.5
	Liberal and Country	Roy McLachlan		49.2	−3.5
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+3.5

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

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