Candidates of the 1973 South Australian state election

Last updated March 03, 2025

The 1973 South Australian state election was held on 10 March 1973.

Retiring Members

Labor

John Clark MHA (Elizabeth)

Liberal and Country

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	Jack Wright	Milton Blake
Albert Park	Labor	Charles Harrison	Valentine Dignum
Alexandra	LCL		Ted Chapman	David Baines (Ind) Lester James (CP)
Ascot Park	Labor	Geoff Virgo	John Forgan
Bragg	LCL	Florence Pens	David Tonkin
Brighton	Labor	Hugh Hudson	Ronald Moulds	Betty Preston (Ind)
Chaffey	Labor	Reg Curren	Peter Arnold
Coles	Labor	Len King	Graeme Sargent
Davenport	LCL	Graham Jamieson	Dean Brown
Elizabeth	Labor	Peter Duncan	Brian Marsden	Nick Bolkus (Ind) Fred Smith (Ind)
Eyre	LCL	Peter Kennedy	Graham Gunn
Fisher	LCL	Ronald Caldicott	Stan Evans
Flinders	LCL		John Carnie	Peter Blacker (CP)
Florey	Labor	Charles Wells	Anthony Deane-Shaw
Frome	LCL	Gerard Casanova	Ernest Allen
Gilles	Labor	Jack Slater	Donald Glazbrook
Glenelg	LCL	Brian Crawford	John Mathwin
Gouger	LCL	Peter Dewhurst	Keith Russack	Patrick Carlin (Ind) Ronald Crosby (CP)
Goyder	LCL		Steele Hall	Donald Gardner (Ind) Francis McIntyre (CP)
Hanson	LCL	Brian Smith	Heini Becker
Henley Beach	Labor	Glen Broomhill	Reginald Appelkamp	Daniel Overduin (Ind)
Heysen	LCL	Howard Houck	William McAnaney
Kavel	LCL	Mark Eckermann	Roger Goldsworthy	Elmore Schulz (CP)
Light	LCL	William Sneesby	Bruce Eastick	Eric Gerlach (Ind)
Mallee	LCL		Bill Nankivell	Joseph Philbey (CP)
Mawson	Labor	Don Hopgood	Leslie Scott	George Gater (SC)
Millicent	Labor	Des Corcoran	Murray Vandepeer
Mitcham	LCL	Sean Dawes	Robin Millhouse	Arthur Cockington (Ind)
Mitchell	Labor	Ron Payne	Peter Daniels
Mount Gambier	Labor	Allan Burdon	David Rogers	Brian O'Connor (Ind)
Murray	LCL	Harold McLaren	Ivon Wardle
Norwood	Labor	Don Dunstan	Peter Adamson
Peake	Labor	Don Simmons	Barbara Ashwin
Pirie	Labor	Dave McKee		Myles McCallum (Ind)
Playford	Labor	Terry McRae	Lloyd Duffield
Price	Labor	John Ryan	Jean Lawrie	Julie Dearing (Ind)
Rocky River	LCL	Nathan Smith	Howard Venning	Peter Longmire (CP)
Ross Smith	Labor	Jack Jennings		John Lynch (Ind)
Salisbury	Labor	Reg Groth		Robert Maczkowiack (Ind)
Semaphore	Labor	Reg Hurst	John Howarth	Keith Waye (SPA)
Spence	Labor	Ernie Crimes		James Sheridan (Ind)
Stuart	Labor	Gavin Keneally		George Rogers (Ind)
Tea Tree Gully	Labor	Molly Byrne	William Brassington	Leo Davis (Ind)
Torrens	LCL	Chris Sumner	John Coumbe
Unley	Labor	Gil Langley	Johnny Mac	Susie Creamcheese (HBP)
Victoria	LCL		Allan Rodda	Graham Carrick (CP)
Whyalla	Labor	Max Brown	Jason Reid

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	Don Banfield * Tom Casey *	Lois Bell Iris MacDonald
Central No. 2	2 LCL	Mary Brannigan Ronald Lock	Jessie Cooper * Frank Potter *	Richard Grove (AP) Colin Miller (AP)
Midland	2 LCL	Brian Chatterton* Cec Creedon*	John Freebairn Les Hart
Northern	2 LCL	Frank Blevins John Phelan	Richard Geddes * Arthur Whyte *
Southern	2 LCL	Dennis Beager James Hennessy	Ren DeGaris * Henry Kemp *	John Gartner (Ind)

References

↑ Jaensch, Dean. "History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006". State Electoral Office South Australia. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2018.

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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 29 September 2018.

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