1918 South Australian state election

Background

The Crawford Vaughan Labor government fell in July 1917 due to the Australian Labor Party split of 1916 on conscription, and was replaced by a Peake Liberal minority government. This was replaced by the Peake Liberal-National Labor coalition government in August 1917. Peake initially formed a ministry of liberals, but after complaints from National Labor who had supported him in the confidence motion, he included three National Labor members. Crawford Vaughan, National Labor leader, did not take a place in the ministry. The Liberal and National Labor parties went to the election in coalition.

The first new parties emerged since the two-party system was introduced from the 1910 state election − the Farmers and Settlers Association (F&S), Single Tax (ST) and the Farmers and Producers Country Party (FPCP). The United Labor Party was renamed to the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party on 14 September 1917.

Results

| turnout % = 51.89% | informal % = 1.45% |votes % = 44.54% |votes % = 27.94% |votes % = 18.66% |votes % = 4.28% |votes % = 0.43% |votes % = 0.32% |votes % = 3.84% |}

Notes

References

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

References

1. Helen Jones. (1986). "In Her Own Name: Women in South Australian History". Wakefield Press.
2. [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60323264 What's in a name?: Trove 15 Sep 1917]