2006 South Australian state election

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2006 South Australian state election
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All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly
24 seats were needed for a majority
11 (of the 22) seats in the South Australian Legislative Council
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Leader Mike Rann Rob Kerin Karlene Maywald
Party Labor Liberal National
Leader since5 November 199422 October 200111 October 1997
Leader's seat Ramsay Frome Chaffey
Last election23 seats20 seats1 seat
Seats won28151
Seat changeIncrease2.svg5Decrease2.svg5Steady2.svg
Popular vote424,715319,04119,636
Percentage45.22%33.97%2.09%
SwingIncrease2.svg8.88Decrease2.svg6.00Increase2.svg0.64
TPP 56.78%43.22%
TPP swingIncrease2.svg7.71ppDecrease2.svg7.71pp
Premier before election

Mike Rann
Labor

Elected Premier

Mike Rann
Labor

The state election for the 51st Parliament of South Australia was held in the Australian state of South Australia on 18 March 2006 to elect all members of the South Australian House of Assembly and 11 members of the South Australian Legislative Council. The election was conducted by the independent State Electoral Office.

Contents

In the 47-seat South Australian House of Assembly, the Labor government was returned in a landslide with 28 seats from a 56.8 per cent two-party-preferred vote, winning six seats from the Liberal Party. The Liberals were reduced to just 15 seats, the worst result in their history.

In the 22-seat South Australian Legislative Council, the balance of power has been continuously held by the crossbench since the 1985 election. With half of the seats up for election, Labor gained an additional seat at the expense of the Liberals, Nick Xenophon and No Pokies rose to prominence after unexpectedly winning a historic fifth of the entire statewide vote, the Greens won their first seat, Family First won their second seat to hold two seats, while the faltering Democrats failed to win a seat for the first time in their history.

Key dates

Results summary

House of Assembly

The centre-left Australian Labor Party, elected in 2002 and led by Premier Mike Rann of the Rann government, gained six Liberal-held seats and a 7.7 per cent statewide two-party preferred swing, [1] resulting in a net gain of five seats and the first Labor majority government since the 1985 election with 28 of the 47 House of Assembly (lower house) seats. [2]

The centre-right South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia, led by Leader of the Opposition Rob Kerin, regained a former independent seat while losing other seats – a net loss of five seats. The Liberals were left with only 15 of 47 seats, the worst result for the Liberals in South Australian electoral history. [3]

Independent members Bob Such and Rory McEwen were re-elected. Kris Hanna, elected in 2002 representing Labor, was re-elected as an independent member. The sitting Nationals SA member Karlene Maywald was also re-elected.

Legislative Council

With 11 of the 22-member Legislative Council (upper house) standing for election, both major parties finished with a total of eight of the 22 seats, with Labor winning four of the 11 and the Liberals winning three. No Pokies independent Nick Xenophon polled 20.5 per cent, an unprecedented result for an independent or minor party, which resulted in both Xenophon and his running mate, Ann Bressington, being elected. Xenophon's third running mate, John Darley, was later appointed to the vacancy created by Xenophon's resignation. Family First had a second member elected. The Democrats vote collapsed with no candidate elected, leaving them with one remaining member in the upper house. The SA Greens won a seat for the first time.

Leadership changes

Following the outcome of the election, the member for Davenport, Iain Evans, replaced Rob Kerin as leader of the Liberal Party and thus as Leader of the Opposition. [4]

Party backgrounds

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is Australia's oldest political party, founded in 1891. It is a centre-left social democratic party which is formally linked to the trade union labour movement. [5] At a state level, the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party had been in government since the previous election in 2002, having been in opposition from 1993 to 2002. [6] Since the 1970 election ending decades of electoral malapportionment of the Playmander, [7] [8] nine of the 12 elections since have been won by Labor. [6] Labor's most notable premiers in South Australia include Thomas Price in the 1900s, reformist Don Dunstan in the 1970s, [9] John Bannon in the 1980s and the factionally nonaligned and pragmatic Mike Rann. [10] The party's deputy leader, and therefore the Deputy Premier, was Kevin Foley. [11]

Liberal Party of Australia

The South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia is a centre-right conservative liberal party with close links to business and advocating free markets. [12] Whilst primarily a socially conservative party, there exists a more socially liberal wing, colloquially known as 'wet', 'moderate' or small-l liberals, highlighted by the short-lived Liberal Movement who first contested the 1975 election as a separate party led by Steele Hall. [13] At state level, in 1973 the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia emerged from the Liberal and Country League (LCL), which in turn had resulted from a merger between the Liberal Federation and the Country Party in 1932. [14] The state opposition leader at the 2006 election, Rob Kerin, was seen as being largely aloof from factional disputes. [15]

Nationals SA

The Nationals SA is a sub-division of the conservative National Party of Australia (formerly the Country Party). First contesting the 1965 election, they have only held two seats: Flinders (1973–1993) and Chaffey (1997–2010). [16] Former member Karlene Maywald, representing the Riverland district of Chaffey, accepted a cabinet position in 2004 as part of the Rann Labor government, as Minister for the River Murray, Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Small Business, and later Minister for Water Security. [17] This informal ALP-NAT coalition (the first since 1935) caused an uproar, with the federal Liberal member for the SA seat of Sturt, Christopher Pyne, calling for Maywald's expulsion from the Nationals, and Patrick Secker calling for a corruption enquiry into the appointment. Neither eventuated. [18] As the Liberal Party in South Australia is descended from a historical merger from an earlier Country Party, [14] the SA Nationals are not as dominant in rural areas as their eastern state counterparts.

SA Greens

The SA Greens, founded in 1995, are a sub-division of the left-wing Australian Greens. They are based on green politics and consider themselves a new politics party with strong beliefs in ecology, democracy and social justice amongst other issues. [19] Federally and locally they have seen a continued rise in primary votes, in part due to the demise of the Australian Democrats. [20] The 2007 federal election saw 77.28% of the Greens' preferences flow to Labor over the Liberal Party in SA. The party's parliamentary leader is Mark Parnell.

Family First Party

The Family First Party, founded immediately before the 2002 state election, has a political ideology based on Christian-influenced conservatism. Although officially a secular party, it has close links to the Pentecostal movement, [21] and in particular the Assemblies of God denomination. [22] Its social policies generally mirror conservative Christian values (but not necessarily politically conservative values). The 2007 federal election saw 57.10% of their preferences flow to the Liberals over the Labor Party in SA. The party's leader at the time of the election was Andrew Evans.

Australian Democrats

The Australian Democrats were originally a centrist party, with most current policies based on social liberalism. Federally, the party was founded in 1977 by Liberal splinter groups known as the Liberal Movement, which had split from its parent over electoral reform, [23] and the Australia Party, which had rebelled against Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War. The Australian Democrats were founded by Don Chipp, who had also left the Liberal Party, citing dissatisfaction with the increasing underrepresentation of small-l liberals within the party.

At the state level, it is descended from the New Liberal Movement (New LM) of Robin Millhouse, who held the Democrats' only lower house seats, [24] Mitcham and its successor seat Waite. [25] The Democrats had suffered internal problems and leadership scuffles since 1997. The 2007 federal election saw 65.79% of Democrat preferences flow to Labor over the Liberal Party in SA. The party's leader at the election was Sandra Kanck.

Electoral system

The disproportionality of the 2006 election was 12.50 according to the Gallagher Index. GallagherSA06.PNG
The disproportionality of the 2006 election was 12.50 according to the Gallagher Index.

South Australia is governed by the principles of the Westminster system, a form of parliamentary government based on the model of the United Kingdom. Legislative power rests with the Parliament of South Australia, which consists of The Sovereign (represented by the Governor of South Australia), the House of Assembly (lower house) which forms the government, and the Legislative Council (upper house) as a house of review. Forty-seven members of the lower house represent single-member electorates and are elected under the full-preference Instant-runoff voting (IRV) system for fixed four-year terms. [26] The independent State Electoral Office, which conducts elections, is responsible for a mandatory redistricting of boundaries before each election to ensure one vote one value. [27] At each election, voters choose half of the 22 upper house members, each of whom serves eight-year terms in a single statewide electorate. [28]

The Legislative Council is elected under the preferential Single Transferable Vote (STV) system through a means of Group voting tickets. Voters can choose to vote for a ticket by placing the number '1' in one of the ticket boxes "above the line" or can vote for individual candidates by numbering all the boxes "below the line" (54 in the 2006 election). [28] In above the line voting, ticket votes are distributed according to the party or group voting ticket registered before the election with the election management body. As more than 95% of ballot papers are above the line, this form of voting often leads to pre-election trading between parties on how each party will allocate later preferences to other parties and candidates. [29]

Voting is compulsory once enrolled in South Australian elections, [3] which results in turnout rates above 90 per cent. Informal voting, which occurs when a voting slip is not valid, is at a rate of under five per cent. Voting slips are informal when they are not filled out correctly, such examples are not numbering subsequent numbers, not filling out all the candidate boxes with numbers (except the last candidate), or in some other way that is verified by the State Electoral Office as illegible. South Australian elections have some features that are unique to the rest of Australia. [30]

As elections have fixed four-year terms, the election date of 18 March 2006 was known well ahead of time. The Electoral Act stipulates that the election is to be held on the third Saturday in March every four years. The election campaign must run for a minimum of 25 days or a maximum of 55 days, therefore the Governor would have needed to issue writs for the election by 21 February 2006 at the latest. [31] On 20 February, Premier Mike Rann invited Governor Marjorie Jackson-Nelson to issue writs for the election. [32] In accordance with electoral regulations, the Electoral Commissioner then advertised key dates for the election of the House of Assembly and half of the Legislative Council – close of rolls on 27 February 2006 at noon, nominations to be received by 2 March 2006 at noon, polling day on 18 March 2006, [31] and the return of writs on or before 28 April 2006.

Election background

In the 2002 election, Labor won 23 seats, the Liberals 20, Nationals 1, and conservative Independents won three. As 24 seats are required to govern, the Liberal Party was expected to retain government with the support of all four independents. However, in a surprise decision, one of the conservative independents, Peter Lewis, decided to support Labor in exchange for holding a constitutional convention, making him speaker of the House of Assembly, [33] and concessions for his electorate including the phasing out of commercial fishing in the River Murray, prioritising the eradication of the branched broomrape weed, changing water rates for irrigation, fast-tracking a feasibility study for a weir and lock at Wellington, and improving rural roads. [34] Lewis resigned as speaker in April 2005 [35] after controversy over allegations of paedophilia he had made about a serving MP. [36] However, by this time, Labor had already gained the support of independents Bob Such [37] and Rory McEwen [38] in 2002, as well as Nationals SA member Karlene Maywald [39] in 2004. Such was given the position of speaker for the remainder of the government's term. [40]

Campaign

The Labor campaign was heavily based around Premier Mike Rann with Labor's advertising swapping between the mottos "Building South Australia" and, to a greater extent, "RANN Gets Results". [41] Some commentators also argued that the "presidential" style of campaign, common in modern Australian politics, could be seen in Labor's formal campaign launch at the Norwood Town Hall the Sunday before the election, which had some similarities to the nomination conventions that the major parties hold in the United States. [42]

Another facet of the Labor campaign was extensive negative campaigning against Liberal leader Rob Kerin, including an advertisement featuring an excerpt of an interview that Kerin had with FIVEaa presenter Keith Conlon, who asked Kerin why he wanted to be leader of the Liberal Party. Kerin stammered for a few seconds and gave the impression that he was uncertain. The advertisement concluded with the question, "Does Rob Want The Job?". Conlon complained that the advertisement gave the false impression that he was endorsing Labor, but Labor campaign director David Feeney dismissed his concerns. [43] Other negative advertisements run by Labor revolved around the actions of the previous Liberal government—one advertisement and leaflet reminded voters that while in power, the previous Liberal government closed 65 schools, [44] closed hospital wards, [45] and privatised the Electricity Trust of South Australia. [46]

Considered "strapped for cash", [47] the Liberal Party ran a very limited television and radio campaign. Businessman Robert Gerard was forced to resign from his Federal Liberal Party-appointed position on the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia due to the party appointing him to the position despite the known fact that he had outstanding tax avoidance issues being dealt with by the Australian Taxation Office, and had thus subsequently pulled out of his traditional role of bankrolling the state division of the party, leaving the party with "only enough funds for the most basic campaign". [48] Kerin indicated people would have to "wait and see" if there would be any campaign, even asking trade unions for donations, no matter how small. [49] The advertisements that did run argued that Labor was wasting record tax receipts from the GST. [50] A number of embarrassments for the Liberal Party surrounded their television advertisement—in an early version released to journalists, Labor was spelt "Labour" (Labor cabinet minister King O'Malley dropped the 'u' in 1912 to "modernise" it as per American English) [51] and the advertisement alleged that South Australia's hospital waiting lists were the worst in the nation, which Labor successfully disputed to the Electoral Commissioner. [52] During the election campaign, David Pisoni, the Liberal candidate for Unley, made allegations in his advertising that Labor and their candidate Michael Keenan supported controversial urban infill programmes, which Labor flatly denied. Electoral Commissioner Kay Mousley investigated and ordered that the advertisements be withdrawn and corrections be run at Pisoni's expense. [53]

The Labor minority government sought to win a majority in the House of Assembly. Opinion polls indicated that this was likely and ABC elections expert Antony Green said that the "Labor government looks set to be returned with an increased majority". [54] Centrebet had Labor at odds of $1.01 and the Liberals at $12.00 for a majority government. [55]

Most commentators agreed that the Liberal Party had little chance of winning government, and that Kerin would step down from the leadership after the election, [56] a suspicion confirmed in Kerin's concession speech. [57] Martin Hamilton-Smith was considering mounting a leadership challenge, however, he withdrew on 14 October 2005 (probably for the sake of the impression of party unity) and subsequently resigned or was pushed from the opposition frontbench. [58]

Issues

Labor website header during the election campaign. Similar designs were used on ALP stationery and posters Rann gets results.jpg
Labor website header during the election campaign. Similar designs were used on ALP stationery and posters

One of the most publicised issues prior to the election was the tram extension from Victoria Square to the Adelaide railway station [59] which the Liberals, despite having proposed the idea in their previous transport plan, now opposed. [60] Construction began in April 2007 [61] and was operational as of October 2007. [62] The Adelaide Airport expansion suffered fuel delivery related delays that Labor was criticised for. [63] A perennial election issue, lack of safety improvement of the Britannia Roundabout was focused on by the Norwood Liberal candidate. [64] Land and payroll tax cuts worth $1.5 billion were announced by Labor, the largest in the state's history. [65] The tax cuts coincided with South Australia achieving an economic "Triple A" rating under the current Labor government. [66] Business SA chief executive Peter Vaughan "praised" Labor's economic management. [67]

The Advertiser revealed details of "the biggest project of its kind in South Australia's history", a $1.5 billion redevelopment on the western bank of the inner harbour. The development will include 2000 new homes on government-owned land and new buildings as high as 12 storeys. This followed the awarding of a $6 billion air warfare destroyer contract to ASC Pty Ltd, based in the electorate at Osborne. [68]

The future of the River Murray has come under threat due to falling water levels, and in an unprecedented move, Nationals MP Karlene Maywald was given a cabinet position as Minister for the River Murray in 2004. [69] Possible nuclear waste dumps were of concern to many Adelaide residents; Premier Rann successfully lobbied against any federal government proposals. [70]

Law and order was another key issue, with Labor promising extra police. [71] Tough drink and drug driving laws had also been introduced [72] which included zero tolerance roadside testing for Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and Methamphetamine, and later MDMA. [73] Labor introduced speed limit reduction legislation which took effect in March 2003 which saw non-arterial non-main roads and most Adelaide CBD roads reduce from 60 km/h to 50 km/h. [74] The Liberals proposed to increase the speed limit back to 60 km/h for several roads, concentrated mainly around the Adelaide Park Lands.

Allegations were made over the condition of the state's health system and the capacity to deal with mental health issues. [75] Labor pledged to buy back Modbury Hospital located in the district of Florey, privatised under the Liberal government to alleviate the effect of the State Bank collapse. [76]

The need for homosexual law reform was acknowledged by both major parties, but progress had been delayed, causing disquiet among Labor members. [77] [78] In December 2006, the Domestic Partners bill was passed, providing greater recognition to same-sex relationships on a range of issues such as superannuation. The bill was initially supported by all parties after much negotiation, but in the end was voted against by members of Family First, as well as Liberal Terry Stephens. [79]

Electoral reform policies received little attention, [80] as did the eventually shelved referendum proposal by the Rann government to abolish or reform the Legislative Council. [81] WorkCover underfunded liability increases also received little attention, despite the fact that the liability had climbed from a disputed $67 to $85 million to $700 million since Labor came into government in 2002 due to a more generous compensation scheme. Labor also considered reforming the scheme, including cutting payments to injured workers. [82] [83] [84]

There were claims that federal industrial relations reform, WorkChoices, was an influential issue in the election. [85] The Liberals announced 4,000 public service job cuts to fund their election promises. [86]

Polling

Newspoll polling is conducted via random telephone number selection in city and country areas. Roy Morgan polling is conducted face-to-face Australia-wide. Sampling sizes consist of 500–1000 electors, Roy Morgan has a sampling tolerance (the Margin of error) of ±3.2 per cent for a 40 to 60 per cent rating in a sample size of 1000 electors, and ±4.5 for 500 electors. The sampling tolerance rate is lower for high and low percentages.

Preferred premier ratings^
DateRannKerin
Jan – Mar 200764%*14%
Oct – Dec 200661%*14%
15–16 March 200663%21%
Jan – Feb 200659%19%
Oct – Dec 200560%16%
Jul – Sep 200560%16%
Apr – Jun 200560%17%
Jan – Mar 200561%15%
Pre 2002 election30%50%
Source: Newspoll/The Australian
^ Remainder were "uncommitted"
to either leader. * Iain Evans
South Australian state voting intention (Roy Morgan Research)
Primary voteTwo party preferred
LibALPDemFFPONPSA GrnOthLibALP
December 200627.0%55.5%3%4%0.5%4%6%34%66%
March 2006 ¹30.5%50.5%2%2%0.5%8%6.5%38.5%61.5%
February 2006 ²31.5%50.5%5%3.5%0%4%5.5%38.5%61.5%
January 200633%50.5%3%3.5%0.5%4.5%5%39.5%60.5%
December 200532%49%4%5.5%1%4%4.5%39.5%60.5%
October 200533%50%3.5%3.5%0.5%4.5%5%37.5%62.5%
August 200532%53%3%4%1%3.5%3.5%38%62%
June 200533%54%1%4%0.5%4%3.5%38%62%
2002 election40%36.3%7.5%2.6%2.4%2.4%8.8%50.9%49.1%
Source: Roy Morgan Research – ¹ Post-election announcement – ² Pre-election announcement
South Australian state voting intention (Newspoll Market Research)
Primary voteTwo party preferred
LibNatALPDemFFPONPGrnOthLibALP
Jan – Mar 200729%1%48%4%2%0%6%10%39%61%
Oct – Dec 200633%1%47%2%3%0%4%10%42%58%
15–16 March 200633%1.5%46%1.5%3%0%4%11%43%57%
Jan – Feb 200637%2%44%2%2%0%3%10%46%54%
Oct – Dec 200535%2%46%1%2%0%4%10%44%56%
Jul – Sep 200538%2%45%1%1%0%4%10%46%54%
2002 election40%1.5%36.3%7.5%2.6%2.4%2.4%7.3%50.9%49.1%
Source: Newspoll/The Australian

Results

House of Assembly

South Australian state election, 18 March 2006 [87] [88]
House of Assembly
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Enrolled voters1,055,347
Votes cast974,190 Turnout 92.31–1.28
Informal votes35,029Informal3.60+0.48
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 424,71545.22+8.8828+ 5
  Liberal 319,04133.97–6.0015– 5
  Greens 60,9496.49+4.1300
  Family First 55,1925.88+3.2400
  Democrats 27,1792.89–4.6000
  National 19,6362.09+0.6410
  Dignity for Disabled 3,9740.42+0.4200
  One Nation 2,5910.28–2.1300
  No Rodeo 2,1310.23+0.2300
  Independent 23,7532.53–1.7230
Total939,161  47 
Two-party-preferred
  Labor 533,29056.78+7.71
  Liberal 405,87143.22–7.71
Popular vote
Labor
 
45.22%
Liberal
 
33.97%
Greens
 
6.49%
Family First
 
5.88%
Democrats
 
2.89%
Independents
 
2.53%
National
 
2.09%
Others
 
0.93%
Two-party-preferred vote
Labor
 
56.78%
Liberal
 
43.22%
Seats
Labor
 
59.57%
Liberal
 
31.91%
Independents
 
6.38%
National
 
2.13%

The final results for the House of Assembly seats were 28 Labor, 15 Liberal, three independents and one National. [89] First preference and two party preferred statistics for each district are available through the South Australian House of Assembly electoral districts article.

Labor won six of eight key seats, the Liberals one of three. [90] Labor's wins included the previously marginal Liberal seats of Hartley, Light, Morialta, Mawson, Bright and Newland. [89] The Liberals regained Peter Lewis' seat of Hammond. [91]

SA Nationals MP Karlene Maywald and independent MPs Bob Such, Rory McEwen and Kris Hanna were all re-elected. [40] [92] [93] [94] Hanna was elected at the 2002 election as a Labor candidate; this counted as a loss for Labor, [94] giving Labor a net gain of five seats.

Labor, the Liberals and the Greens ran in all 47 seats, the Democrats ran in all but Giles which resulted in a contested seat vote of three per cent, Family First ran in all but Ramsay and Croydon with a contested seat vote of 6.1 per cent. The Nationals ran in Chaffey, Flinders, Finniss, and MacKillop, averaging 24.8 per cent in those seats. Dignity for Disabled, No Rodeo and One Nation ran in 10, 7 and 6 six seats respectively. [95]

Jack Snelling became speaker of the House of Assembly. [96]

Key Liberal seats

The outer southern suburbs district of Mawson was first won by former Liberal Police Minister Robert Brokenshire in the 1993 state election. He was defeated by former radio presenter Leon Bignell, who gained a 5.7 per cent two party preferred swing for Labor. [97]

The other outer suburbs district that fell to Labor was Bright, which had been held since 1989 by former Liberal energy minister Wayne Matthew, who decided to retire at this election. The seat was contested for the Liberals by Legislative Council member Angus Redford, who faced a tougher fight than expected. [98] He was defeated by Labor's Chloë Fox, who received a 14.4 per cent swing on a two party preferred basis, the largest in the state. [99]

The inner southern suburbs district of Unley was won in 2002 by outspoken Liberal Mark Brindal who failed to win preselection for the seat and moved to contest the marginal Labor seat of Adelaide, but was shrouded in a controversy concerning a sexual relationship that Brindal had with a mentally ill man, forcing him to withdraw. [100] [101] The Liberal candidate was businessman David Pisoni, while Labor fielded Unley Mayor Michael Keenan. Despite a 7.9 per cent two party preferred swing against him, Pisoni hung onto the seat by 1.1 per cent. [102]

The inner north eastern suburbs district of Hartley had been won by Joe Scalzi in 1993 and held by a very narrow margin in each subsequent election. The district has a very high proportion of Italian migrants and the ability to speak the language is considered by many commentators as being vital for a candidate to win the seat. [103] This was a factor in Labor's preselection of political staffer Grace Portolesi, who defeated Scalzi with a 5.9 per cent two party preferred swing. [103]

The neighbouring district of Morialta had been held by former Liberal Tourism Minister Joan Hall since 1993. She was defeated by Labor's Lindsay Simmons, who received a 12 per cent two party preferred swing, reclaiming the seat for Labor for the first time since 1975. [104]

In the outer north-east, the district of Newland had been won by Liberal Dorothy Kotz since 1989. After her decision to retire, the Liberals preselected police officer and local councillor Mark Osterstock. He was defeated by Labor's Tom Kenyon, who recorded a 12.5 per cent two party preferred swing. [105]

Light, which contains Gawler and the outer northern suburbs, was recontested by sitting Liberal member and former Education Minister Malcolm Buckby. He was defeated by Labor candidate and Gawler Mayor Tony Piccolo, who received a 4.9 per cent two party preferred swing. This was the first time since 1944 that Labor had won the seat. [106]

The rural and outback district of Stuart was first won in 1997 by Liberal Graham Gunn, a 40-year member of parliament and former Speaker. [107] As in 2002, he was challenged by Labor ministerial adviser Justin Jarvis. Unlike the Adelaide metropolitan area and the neighbouring seat of Giles, there was only a small swing of 0.7 per cent to Labor, so Gunn managed to hang on with a margin of 0.6 per cent. [108]

Key Labor seats

The inner eastern suburbs district of Norwood, held for Labor by former Norwood mayor Vini Ciccarello, was expected to be a tough contest, particularly after the Liberal preselection of former Adelaide Crows footballer Nigel Smart. [90] Ciccarello retained the seat picking up a 3.7 per cent swing on the two party preferred vote. [109]

The other Labor seat considered vulnerable was the neighbouring inner city district of Adelaide where high-profile Education Minister and former Lord Mayor Jane Lomax-Smith was challenged by Liberal Diana Carroll. [90] Lomax-Smith comprehensively defeated Carroll with a 9.2 per cent swing to Labor on the two-party preferred vote. [101]

Key independent seats

The southern suburbs district of Mitchell was won at the 2002 election by Labor's Kris Hanna. After the election, Hanna defected to the Greens and subsequently left and became an independent on 8 February 2006. Hanna faced a tough contest against by Labor's Rosemary Clancy. Despite pre-election expectations of a safe Labor win, Hanna defeated Clancy by 0.6 per cent with the aid of Liberal preferences. [94] [110] Labor won a 65.2 per cent two-party vote against the Liberals. [2]

The district of Fisher, located in Adelaide's south, was held by independent MP Bob Such. Late in the campaign, there was some speculation that Fisher may have been a closer contest than commentators initially expected, [40] but Such comfortably defeated Labor's Amanda Rishworth and the Liberals' Andy Minnis with an independent candidate election best 45.2 per cent of the primary vote, picking up a 4.6 per cent two candidate preferred swing. The election outcome saw Such facing the Labor candidate on the two party preferred vote as opposed to the Liberal candidate in 2002. [40] Labor won a 59.4 per cent two-party vote against the Liberals. [2]

The Riverland-based district of Chaffey was the only seat held by Nationals SA. River Murray Minister Karlene Maywald easily defeated Liberal Anna Baric. Maywald received a 3.2 per cent swing on the two party preferred vote. [92] The Liberals won a 71.8 per cent two-party vote against Labor. [2]

The district of Mount Gambier (which also includes much of South Australia's south east) was a close contest between independent and Agriculture Minister Rory McEwen and Liberal Peter Gandolfi. McEwen prevailed despite a 20.4 per cent swing against him on the two party preferred vote. [93] The Liberals won a 55.6 per cent two-party vote against Labor. [2]

The Murray Bridge based district of Hammond was won in 2002 by independent MP Peter Lewis who then cut a deal to deliver government to Labor. Facing almost certain defeat, he declined to recontest the district and his attempt to win a seat in the Legislative Council failed. [1] [111] Hammond was won comfortably by Liberal Adrian Pederick. [91]

With Mitchell and Fisher included, Labor won the two-party vote in 30 of 47 seats. [2]

Seats changing hands

SeatPre-2006SwingPost-2006
PartyMemberMarginMarginMemberParty
Bright  Liberal Wayne Matthew 5.014.39.4 Chloë Fox Labor 
Hammond  Independent Peter Lewis 2.0N/A12.0* Adrian Pederick Liberal 
Hartley  Liberal Joe Scalzi 2.26.84.6 Grace Portolesi Labor 
Light  Liberal Malcolm Buckby 2.34.42.1 Tony Piccolo Labor 
Mawson  Liberal Robert Brokenshire 3.65.82.2 Leon Bignell Labor 
Morialta  Liberal Joan Hall 3.311.27.9 Lindsay Simmons Labor 
Newland  Liberal Dorothy Kotz 5.512.36.8 Tom Kenyon Labor 
  • Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.
  • *Hammond's second margin figure is Liberal vs. Labor.

Post-election pendulum

The following pendulum [112] is known as the Mackerras pendulum after its inventor, the psephologist Malcolm Mackerras. The pendulum works by lining up all of the seats held in the House of Assembly according to the percentage point margin they are held by on a two party preferred basis. This is also known as the swing required for the seat to change hands. Given a uniform swing to the opposition or government parties, the number of seats that change hands can be predicted. The seats are classified as follows: marginal 0–5.99 per cent, fairly safe 6–10 per cent, safe over 10 per cent. [1]

Labor seats (32)
Marginal
Mitchell Kris Hanna IND0.6% v ALP
Light Tony Piccolo ALP2.1%
Mawson Leon Bignell ALP2.2%
Norwood Vini Ciccarello ALP4.2%
Hartley Grace Portolesi ALP4.6%
Fairly safe
Mount Gambier Rory McEwen IND6.2% v LIB
Newland Tom Kenyon ALP6.8%
Morialta Lindsay Simmons ALP7.9%
Bright Chloë Fox ALP9.4%
Safe
Adelaide Jane Lomax-Smith ALP10.2%
Florey Frances Bedford ALP12.1%
Giles Lyn Breuer ALP14.4%
Elder Pat Conlon ALP14.9%
Wright Jennifer Rankine ALP15.3%
Ashford Steph Key ALP16.1%
Colton Paul Caica ALP16.3%
Fisher Bob Such IND16.7% v ALP
Little Para Lea Stevens ALP16.7%
Chaffey Karlene Maywald NAT17.2% v LIB
Reynell Gay Thompson ALP17.6%
West Torrens Tom Koutsantonis ALP18.3%
Torrens Robyn Geraghty ALP19.1%
Lee Michael Wright ALP19.3%
Kaurna John Hill ALP22.0%
Napier Michael O'Brien ALP24.3%
Enfield John Rau ALP24.5%
Cheltenham Jay Weatherill ALP25.4%
Port Adelaide Kevin Foley ALP25.7%
Playford Jack Snelling ALP25.8%
Croydon Michael Atkinson ALP26.0%
Taylor Trish White ALP27.4%
Ramsay Mike Rann ALP28.5%
Liberal seats (15)
Marginal
Stuart Graham Gunn LIB0.6%
Unley David Pisoni LIB1.1%
Heysen Isobel Redmond LIB3.0%
Frome Rob Kerin LIB3.4%
Waite Martin Hamilton-Smith LIB4.0%
Morphett Duncan McFetridge LIB5.4%
Fairly safe
Schubert Ivan Venning LIB6.4%
Davenport Iain Evans LIB6.4%
Finniss Michael Pengilly LIB6.5%
Goyder Steven Griffiths LIB9.1%
Kavel Mark Goldsworthy LIB9.4%
Safe
Flinders Liz Penfold LIB10.1% v NAT
Hammond Adrian Pederick LIB12.0%
Bragg Vickie Chapman LIB12.8%
MacKillop Mitch Williams LIB22.2%
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Rural SA (0.4 mil): Click here for boundary names.
2007 federal election map containing South Australia's 11 of the 150 Australian lower house seats; six Labor and five Liberal. Kingston, Makin, and Wakefield were Liberal prior to the election. From July 2008 to June 2011, South Australia had five Labor, five Liberal, one Green, and independent Nick Xenophon in the 76 member upper house. Prior to the election, South Australia had six Liberal, five Labor, and one Democrat. Map82007.gif
2007 federal election map containing South Australia's 11 of the 150 Australian lower house seats; six Labor and five Liberal. Kingston, Makin, and Wakefield were Liberal prior to the election. From July 2008 to June 2011, South Australia had five Labor, five Liberal, one Green, and independent Nick Xenophon in the 76 member upper house. Prior to the election, South Australia had six Liberal, five Labor, and one Democrat.

Legislative Council

South Australian state election, 18 March 2006 [115]
Legislative Council
<< 2002–2010 >>

Enrolled voters1,055,347
Votes cast981,658 Turnout 93.0−1.1
Informal votes50,789Informal5.2-0.2
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeats
won		Seats
held
  Labor 340,63236.6+3.748
  Liberal 241,74026.0−14.138
 No Pokies190,95820.5+19.222
  Family First 46,3285.0+1.012
  Greens 39,8524.3+1.511
  Democrats 16,4121.8–5.501
  One Nation 7,5590.8-1.000
 HEMP6,6170.7–0.200
  National 6,2370.7+0.200
  Shooters 5,9910.6+0.600
  Dignity for Disability 5,6150.6+0.600
 Other22,9282.5*00
Total930,869  1122

In the South Australian Legislative Council, Labor won 4 seats, the Liberals won 3 seats, both No Pokies member Nick Xenophon and his running mate Ann Bressington were elected and Family First and the Greens won a seat each. Almost 40 per cent of voters deserted the major parties for No Pokies Nick Xenophon and the minor parties; this percentage had been steadily increasing over time. [116] [117]

Labor received a 3.7 per cent swing, electing four councillors as in the previous election. Carmel Zollo, Bob Sneath, Russell Wortley and Ian Hunter were all elected, with 4.39 quotas [117] Bob Sneath was elected president of the Legislative Council.

On the other hand, the Liberal vote collapsed with a 14.1 per cent swing against the Liberal Party. Having received five councillors in 2002, at this election the Liberal Party had just three councillors elected. Rob Lucas, John Dawkins and Michelle Lensink were elected on 3.12 quotas. [117]

Before the election, No Pokies member Nick Xenophon was popular with the media and in opinion polls, [118] but he faced a tough campaign as a result of both major parties preferencing in favour of other independents and the minor parties. [119] No Pokies received 20.5 per cent of the vote, yielding 2.46 quotas and thus seats for both Xenophon and his running mate Ann Bressington. [117] Having been elected at the 1997 election with 2.9 per cent of the vote and other independent candidates at the 2002 election on 1.3 per cent of the vote (Xenophon being a sitting member at that election), [120] the No Pokies ticket received a swing of 19.2 per cent. [1]

The Family First Party's first member, Andrew Evans MLC, was elected in 2002. Family First won 5 per cent of vote with only a small swing of 0.98 per cent, allowing candidate Dennis Hood to be elected on preferences. [117]

The SA Greens won 4.3 per cent of the upper house vote meaning a swing of 1.5 per cent, narrowly securing Mark Parnell for the last upper house seat on preferences. [117] This is the first time The Greens have won a seat in South Australia. Having secured second spot on the ticket at this election, Sarah Hanson-Young was successful in gaining the first spot on the ticket at the 2007 federal election, which saw the Greens secure their first federal upper house seat in South Australia.

The Australian Democrats fell to just one seat in the Legislative Council held by Sandra Kanck, after Kate Reynolds was defeated in her bid for re-election after being appointed in 2003. The Democrats gained only 1.8 per cent after a 5.5 per cent swing against them. [117] Kanck has since announced that she would not recontest her seat at the next election, placing serious clouds over the future of the party in the state. [121]

Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party gained 0.8 per cent of the upper house vote and won none of the six lower house seats they contested. Their highest vote was 4.1 per cent in the district of Hammond, [91] followed by 2.7 per cent in Goyder, [122] and the other four hovering around 1 per cent.

Dignity for Disabled ran for the first time and won 0.6 per cent of the upper house vote; [117] they won none of the 10 lower house seats they contested. Their best results were in Wright and Bright, with 2.4 per cent in each (506 and 492 votes respectively). [99] [123]

Labor-turned-independent Terry Cameron and Liberal-turned-independent Peter Lewis both failed in their bids for re-election. [117]

Aftermath

After the election, Rob Kerin vacated the position of opposition leader. The Liberals selected conservative Iain Evans (son of former politician Stan Evans) for the role, with moderate Vickie Chapman (daughter of former politician Ted Chapman) as deputy leader. The only other contestant had been Isobel Redmond, who ran because she was concerned by some speculation that the Evans deal may have been stitched up by federal Liberal counterparts Christopher Pyne and Nick Minchin. [4] Preferred premier ratings in July 2006 showed Rann on 71 per cent with Evans on 15 per cent. Only 27 per cent of Liberal Party supporters saw Evans as the preferred premier. [124] Continuing low support for the new Liberal leadership saw Martin Hamilton-Smith replace Evans in April 2007, however this move saw Liberal support decline further to a three-year low according to an Advertiser poll conducted a month after the leadership change. Over half of polling respondents were unable to name the leader of the Liberal Party. [125] This contradicted Newspolls quarterly polling [126] indicating the Rann Labor government slipping to a two-party preferred figure of 57 per cent down four per cent, with a preferred premier rating of 52 per cent down 14 per cent for Rann and a first-time rating of 21 per cent for Martin Hamilton-Smith. Poll results also show Rann's satisfaction rating was below 60 per cent for the first time since coming to office at 58 per cent, with Hamilton-Smith receiving a 33 per cent satisfaction rate.

Previously unknown quantity Ann Bressington, elected on the back of Nick Xenophon's No Pokies popularity, has proposed mainly conservative social policies such as raising the legal drinking age from 18 to 21, [127] zero tolerance of illicit drugs, mandatory twice-annual drug tests of every school student over the age of 14 regardless of whether parents give their consent, [128] [129] and making the sale of "drug-taking equipment" illegal. [130] [131] However, she remains undecided on voluntary euthanasia, calling it "a personal struggle". [132]

Setting a precedent, Sandra Kanck's pro-euthanasia speech which contained suicide methods was censored from the internet version of Hansard in August 2006 as a result of an upper house motion, with Labor, Family First, Nick Xenophon and Ann Bressington voting for, and the Liberals and SA Greens member Mark Parnell voting against. [133] Despite this, the speech was published on a non-Australian website. [134]

The state's budget was released on 21 September 2006. [135] It included 1,600 public service job axings despite an election pledge of only 400, however none of the redundancies will be forced. It also included increases in some fees and charges such as victims of crime levies and Technical and Further Education (TAFE) charges. There were increases in funding for health, schools, police and prisons, and the Department of Public Prosecutions. [136] [137] [138] The 2007–2008 budget released on 13 June 2007 saw additional spending on Transport, Energy and Infrastructure, Health, Families and Communities, and Justice portfolios such as transport initiatives including revitalisation of the rail network, commencement of the $1.7 billion Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Hospital to replace the Royal Adelaide Hospital, funding for mental health reform including the delivery of health services, and funding for new commitments to law and order policies. [139]

No Pokies MP Nick Xenophon resigned from parliament in early October 2007 in a successful attempt to win a seat in the Australian Senate at the 2007 federal election, which according to the South Australian result, he retained 72 per cent of his 2006 vote, on 14.78 per cent. His replacement is his third candidate on the 2006 ticket, former Valuer-General John Darley, and was appointed by a joint sitting on 21 November 2007, where second candidate and upper house MP Ann Bressington also took the opportunity to accuse Xenophon of lacking integrity and suitability for federal parliament. [140] [141] Xenophon was re-elected to the Senate at the 2013 federal election with a record 25 per cent vote.

A record-breaking 13-hour Parnell-Bressington filibuster occurred in May 2008 in crossbench opposition to WorkCover cuts being passed by the major parties due to the increasing underfunded liability in the workers' compensation scheme.

Former Liberal Premier Rob Kerin resigned in November 2008, which triggered a 2009 Frome by-election. Independent Geoff Brock won the seat, reducing the Liberals to 14 of 47 seats. Brock's parliamentary presence would later be pivotal to the outcome of the 2014 election.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2007 Australian federal election</span> Election for the 42nd Parliament of Australia

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The Division of Hindmarsh is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia covering the western suburbs of Adelaide. The division was one of the seven established when the former Division of South Australia was split on 2 October 1903, and was first contested at the 1903 election, though on vastly different boundaries. The Division is named after Sir John Hindmarsh, who was Governor of South Australia from 1836 to 1838. The 78 km2 seat extends from the coast in the west to South Road in the east, covering the suburbs of Ascot Park, Brooklyn Park, Edwardstown, Fulham, Glenelg, Grange, Henley Beach, Kidman Park, Kurralta Park, Morphettville, Plympton, Richmond, Semaphore Park, Torrensville, West Beach and West Lakes. The Adelaide International Airport is centrally located in the electorate, making noise pollution a prominent local issue, besides the aged care needs of the relatively elderly population − the seat has one of Australia's highest proportions of citizens over the age of 65. Progressive boundary redistributions over many decades transformed Hindmarsh from a safe Labor seat in to a marginal seat often won by the government of the day.

The Division of Mayo is an Australian electoral division located to the east and south of Adelaide, South Australia. Created in the state redistribution of 3 September 1984, the division is named after Helen Mayo, a social activist and the first woman elected to an Australian University Council. The 9,315 km2 rural seat covers an area from the Barossa Valley in the north to Cape Jervis in the south. Taking in the Adelaide Hills, Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island regions, its largest population centre is Mount Barker. Its other population centres are Aldgate, Bridgewater, Littlehampton, McLaren Vale, Nairne, Stirling, Strathalbyn and Victor Harbor, and its smaller localities include American River, Ashbourne, Balhannah, Brukunga, Carrickalinga, Charleston, Cherry Gardens, Clarendon, Crafers, Cudlee Creek, Currency Creek, Delamere, Echunga, Forreston, Goolwa, Gumeracha, Hahndorf, Houghton, Inglewood, Kersbrook, Kingscote, Langhorne Creek, Lobethal, Macclesfield, McLaren Flat, Meadows, Middleton, Milang, Mount Compass, Mount Pleasant, Mount Torrens, Mylor, Myponga, Normanville, Norton Summit, Oakbank, Penneshaw, Piccadilly, Port Elliot, Second Valley, Springton, Summertown, Uraidla, Willunga, Woodchester, Woodside, Yankalilla, and parts of Birdwood, Old Noarlunga and Upper Sturt.

Ivan Peter Lewis was an Australian politician. Lewis was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly between 1979 and 2006 in the electorates of Hammond, Ridley, Murray-Mallee and Mallee. From 1979 he was in the House as a Liberal member, however he was expelled from the Liberals in 2000. He was re-elected as an independent, serving until 2006. His decision to serve as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly for a Labor government resulted in Mike Rann becoming Premier of South Australia from the 2002 election. His death was reported on 28 September 2017 to have been earlier in the week, in Sydney.

Karlene Ann Maywald is an Australian National Party politician who represented the seat of Chaffey in the South Australian House of Assembly from October 1997 until March 2010. Her election to the South Australian Parliament made her leader of the South Australian Nationals and made her the first woman to lead a branch of the party at the state or federal level. During her tenure, from 2004 until 2010, she was the Minister for the River Murray and Minister for Water Security in the Rann Labor government. She is currently the Chair of the National Water Commission and a Director of SA Water, as well as Managing Director of Maywald Consultants Pty Ltd.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Electoral district of Fisher</span> Former state electoral district of South Australia

Fisher was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It was created in 1970 and named after Sir James Fisher, a colonial politician and the first mayor of Adelaide. It was abolished in a 2016 redistribution and its last MP, Nat Cook was elected to represent its replacement, Hurtle Vale, at the 2018 state election. It covers a 94.2 km2 suburban and semi rural area on the southern fringes of Adelaide, taking in the suburbs of Aberfoyle Park, Chandlers Hill, Cherry Gardens, Coromandel East, Happy Valley, Reynella East and parts of Clarendon, O'Halloran Hill and Woodcroft.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2002 South Australian state election</span>

State elections were held in South Australia on 9 February 2002. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election, along with half of the 22 seats in the South Australian Legislative Council. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Premier of South Australia Rob Kerin was defeated by the Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Mike Rann. The Labor Party won 23 out of 47 seats, and then secured the one more seat it needed for a majority by gaining the support of independent Peter Lewis.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1997 South Australian state election</span>

State elections were held in South Australia on 11 October 1997. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Premier of South Australia John Olsen defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Mike Rann, forming a minority government with the SA Nationals and independent MPs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nick Xenophon</span> Australian politician (born 1959)

Nick Xenophon is an Australian politician and lawyer who was a Senator for South Australia from 2008 to 2017. He was the leader of two political parties: Nick Xenophon Team federally, and Nick Xenophon's SA-BEST in South Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bob Such</span> Australian politician

Robert Bruce Such was a South Australian politician. He was the member for the seat of Fisher in the South Australian House of Assembly from 1989 until his death in 2014. He defeated Labor MP Philip Tyler at the 1989 election and was a member of the Liberals until 2000 when he became an independent. Such was Minister for Employment, Training and Further Education, and Minister for Youth Affairs, in the Brown Liberal government from 1993 to 1996. He served as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly for the Rann Labor government from 2005 to 2006. Such was joint Father of the House with Michael Atkinson from 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Martin Hamilton-Smith</span> Australian politician

Martin Leslie James Hamilton-Smith is a former Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Waite from the 1997 election until his retirement in 2018. First elected as a candidate for the Liberal Party, Hamilton-Smith was the state parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party and the Leader of the Opposition in South Australia from 2007 to 2009, and a Minister in the Kerin Liberal government from 2001 to 2002.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amanda Rishworth</span> Australian politician

Amanda Louise Rishworth is an Australian politician who has served as the Labor Party member for the House of Representatives seat of Kingston in South Australia since the 2007 election. Rishworth was appointed Minister for Social Services in the Albanese ministry.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 South Australian state election</span>

The 2010 South Australian state election elected members to the 52nd Parliament of South Australia on 20 March 2010. All seats in the House of Assembly or lower house, whose current members were elected at the 2006 election, and half the seats in the Legislative Council or upper house, last filled at the 2002 election, became vacant.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2009 Frome state by-election</span>

A by-election was held for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Frome on 17 January 2009. This was triggered by the resignation of former Premier and state Liberal MHA Rob Kerin. The seat had been retained by the Liberals at the 2006 state election on a 3.4 per cent margin, and at the 2002 state election on an 11.5 per cent margin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 Ramsay state by-election</span>

A by-election occurred in the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Ramsay on 11 February 2012. The seat was won by Labor candidate Zoe Bettison. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of former Premier and state Labor MHA Mike Rann.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 South Australian state election</span>

The 2018 South Australian state election to elect members to the 54th Parliament of South Australia was held on 17 March 2018. All 47 seats in the House of Assembly or lower house, whose members were elected at the 2014 election, and 11 of 22 seats in the Legislative Council or upper house, last filled at the 2010 election, were contested. The record-16-year-incumbent Australian Labor Party (SA) government led by Premier Jay Weatherill was seeking a fifth four-year term, but was defeated by the opposition Liberal Party of Australia (SA), led by Opposition Leader Steven Marshall. Nick Xenophon's new SA Best party unsuccessfully sought to obtain the balance of power.

Centre Alliance (CA), formerly known as the Nick Xenophon Team (NXT), is a centrist Australian political party based in the state of South Australia. It currently has one elected representative, Rebekha Sharkie in the House of Representatives.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rann government</span>

The Rann government was the state executive government of South Australia led by Premier of South Australia Mike Rann of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 2002 to 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">South Australian Liberal Party</span> Political party in Australia

The South Australian Liberal Party, officially known as the Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division), and often shortened to SA Liberals, is the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia. It was formed as the Liberal and Country League (LCL) in 1932 and became the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party when the Liberal Party was formed in 1945. It retained its Liberal and Country League name before changing to its current name in 1974. It is one of two major parties in the bicameral Parliament of South Australia, the other being the Australian Labor Party (SA Branch). The party has been led by Leader of the Opposition David Speirs since the 2022 state election after a one-term government.

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