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1912 South Australian state election

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Field	Value
election_name	1912 South Australian state election
country	South Australia
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1910 South Australian state election
previous_year	1910
next_election	1915 South Australian state election
next_year	1915
seats_for_election	All 40 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly
21 seats were needed for a majority
election_date
image1	[[File:Archibald Peake.jpg	200x200px]]
leader1	Archibald Peake
leader_since1	5 June 1909
party1	Liberal Union (Australia)
leaders_seat1	Victoria and Albert
percentage1	51.41%
swing1	1.83
last_election1	20 seats
seats1	24 seats
seat_change1	4
image2	[[File:John Verran.jpeg	200x200px]]
leader2	John Verran
leader_since2	5 June 1909
party2	Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch)
leaders_seat2	Wallaroo
percentage2	46.77%
swing2	2.32
last_election2	22 seats
seats2	16 seats
seat_change2	6
title	Premier
before_election	John Verran
before_party	Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch)
after_election	Archibald Peake
after_party	Liberal Union (Australia)

21 seats were needed for a majority

State elections were held in South Australia on 10 February 1912. All 40 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent United Labor Party government led by Premier of South Australia John Verran was defeated by the opposition Liberal Union led by Leader of the Opposition Archibald Peake. Each of the 13 districts elected multiple members, with voters casting multiple votes.

	United Labor Party				16	-6

References

History of South Australian elections 1857-2006, volume 1: ECSA
State and federal election results in Australia since 1890

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