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1915 South Australian state election

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1915 South Australian state election

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FieldValue
election_name1915 South Australian state election
countrySouth Australia
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_election1912 South Australian state election
previous_year1912
next_election1918 South Australian state election
next_year1918
seats_for_electionAll 46 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly
24 seats were needed for a majority
election_date
image1[[File:Crawford Vaughan.jpeg200x200px]]
leader1Crawford Vaughan
leader_since11913
party1Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch)
leaders_seat1Sturt
percentage145.90%
swing10.88
last_election116 seats
seats126 seats
seat_change110
image2[[File:Archibald Peake.jpg200x200px]]
leader2Archibald Peake
leader_since25 June 1909
party2Liberal Union (Australia)
leaders_seat2Alexandra
percentage251.58%
swing20.17
last_election224 seats
seats220 seats
seat_change24
titlePremier
before_electionArchibald Peake
before_partyLiberal Union (Australia)
after_electionCrawford Vaughan
after_partyAustralian Labor Party (South Australian Branch)

24 seats were needed for a majority

State elections were held in South Australia on 27 March 1915. All 46 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Union government led by Premier of South Australia Archibald Peake was defeated by the opposition United Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Crawford Vaughan. Each district elected multiple members, with voters casting multiple votes.

A redistribution in 1913 was forced by the enlargement of the House of Assembly to 46 members. The state was divided into 19 electoral districts: eight 3-member, eleven 2-member. The redistribution's intention failed as it was meant to assist the Liberal Union.

The United Labor Party became the South Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) on 14 September 1917.

The National Labor Party, a splinter group of the ALP, formed in 1917 state and federally over the issue of conscription. The ALP had elected 26 of 46 Assembly members at the 1915 election, all but seven ALP MPs defected to National Labor. The ALP had 7 of 20 Council members, four defected. Seven MPs of the renamed National Party were re-elected at the 1918 election.

Results

Arrangement of the House of Assembly after the 1915 state election.

| turnout % = 74.95% | informal % = 1.06% |votes % = 51.58% |votes % = 45.90% |votes % = 2.52% |}

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References

References

  1. [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/peake-archibald-henry-7995 Archibald Peake: ADB]
  2. [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60323264 What's in a name?: Trove 15 Sep 1917]
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