Candidates of the 1947 South Australian state election

Last updated February 27, 2025

The 1947 South Australian state election was held on 8 March 1947.

Retiring Members

Labor

Bob Dale, MHA (Adelaide)

LCL

Archibald McDonald, MHA (Burra)
Frank Smith, MHA (Glenelg)

House of Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.^[1]

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	LCL candidate	Other candidates

Adelaide	Labor	Herbert George		Doug Bardolph (Ind.) Alfred Watt (Comm)
Albert	LCL		Malcolm McIntosh
Alexandra	LCL	Albert Taverner	Herbert Hudd	Ethel Wache (Ind.)
Angas	LCL		Berthold Teusner	Frank Rieck (Ind)
Burnside	LCL		Geoffrey Clarke
Burra	LCL	Michael Cronin	George Hawker
Chaffey	Independent	Robert Lambert		William MacGillivray (Ind)
Eyre	LCL		Arthur Christian
Flinders	LCL		Rex Pearson
Frome	Labor	Mick O'Halloran
Gawler	Labor	Leslie Duncan	Thomas Shanahan
Glenelg	LCL	Ralph Wells	Baden Pattinson	Andrew Low (Ind)
Goodwood	Labor	Frank Walsh	Herbert Kemp
Gouger	LCL	John Brown	Rufus Goldney
Gumeracha	LCL		Thomas Playford
Hindmarsh	Labor	John McInnes		James Moss (Comm)
Light	LCL	John Power	Herbert Michael	Henry Schneider (Ind)
Mitcham	LCL	John Borthwick	Henry Dunks
Mount Gambier	Independent	John Shepherdson		John Fletcher (Ind)
Murray	Labor	Richard McKenzie	Maurice Parish
Newcastle	LCL		George Jenkins
Norwood	Labor	Frank Nieass	Roy Moir
Onkaparinga	LCL	Herbert Burnley	Howard Shannon	Frank Halleday (Ind)
Port Adelaide	Labor	James Stephens		Alan Finger (Comm)
Port Pirie	Labor	Charles Davis
Prospect	Labor	Bert Shard	Elder Whittle
Ridley	Independent	John Lloyd		Tom Stott (Ind.)
Rocky River	LCL		John Lyons
Semaphore	Labor	Harold Tapping
Stanley	Labor	Percy Quirke	Gordon Bails Clive Hannaford
Stirling	LCL		Herbert Dunn
Stuart	Labor	Lindsay Riches		Edward Robertson (Comm)
Thebarton	Labor	Fred Walsh
Torrens	Labor	Herbert Baldock	Shirley Jeffries
Unley	LCL	Douglas Finlayson	Colin Dunnage
Victoria	Labor	Jim Corcoran	Roy McLachlan
Wallaroo	Labor	Robert Richards	Leslie Heath
Yorke Peninsula	LCL		Cecil Hincks
Young	LCL		Robert Nicholls

Legislative Council

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour and identified by an asterisk (*).

District	Held by	Labor candidates	LCL candidates	Other candidates

Central No. 1	2 Labor	Ken Bardolph * Oscar Oates *		George Yates (Ind.)
Central No. 2	2 LCL	Michael Smedley Colin Evans William Ahern	Collier Cudmore * Ernest Anthoney* Frank Perry
Midland	2 LCL		Alexander Melrose * Douglas Gordon*	Ernest Castine (Ind.)
Northern	1 Labor 1 LCL	James Beerworth Ron Loveday	Percy Blesing * William Robinson*
Southern	2 LCL	Charles Lloyd Frank Staniford	Norman Brookman * Jack Bice *

References

↑ Jaensch, Dean. "History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006". State Electoral Office South Australia. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2022.

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[1] Jaensch, Dean. "History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006". State Electoral Office South Australia. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2022.

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