Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1947–1950

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This is a list of members of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1947 to 1950, as elected at the 1947 state election:

Name	Party	Electorate	Term of office
David Brookman ^[1]	LCL	Alexandra	1948–1973
Arthur Christian	LCL	Eyre	1933–1956
Geoffrey Clarke	LCL	Burnside	1946–1959
Charles Davis	Labor	Port Pirie	1946–1959
Leslie Duncan	Labor	Gawler	1938–1952
Henry Dunks	LCL	Mitcham	1933–1955
Herbert Dunn	LCL	Stirling	1938–1952
Colin Dunnage	LCL	Unley	1941–1962
John Fletcher	Independent	Mount Gambier	1938–1958
Herbert George	Labor	Adelaide	1926–1933, 1947–1950
Rufus Goldney	LCL	Gouger	1944–1959
George Hawker	LCL	Burra	1947–1956
James Heaslip ^[2]	LCL	Rocky River	1949–1968
Hon Cecil Hincks	LCL	Yorke Peninsula	1941–1963
Hon Sir Herbert Hudd ^[1]	LCL	Alexandra	1912–1915, 1920–1938, 1941–1948
Hon Shirley Jeffries	LCL	Torrens	1927–1930, 1933–1944, 1947–1953
Hon Sir George Jenkins	LCL	Newcastle	1918–1924, 1927–1930, 1933–1956
John Lyons ^[2]	LCL	Rocky River	1926–1948
William Macgillivray	Independent	Chaffey	1938–1956
Hon John McInnes	Labor	Hindmarsh	1918–1950
Hon Malcolm McIntosh	LCL	Albert	1921–1959
Richard McKenzie	Labor	Murray	1938–1953
Roy McLachlan	LCL	Victoria	1947–1953
Herbert Michael	LCL	Light	1939–1941, 1944–1956
Roy Moir	LCL	Norwood	1941–1944, 1947–1953
Hon Sir Robert Nicholls	LCL	Young	1915–1956
Mick O'Halloran	Labor	Frome	1918–1921, 1924–1927, 1938–1960
Baden Pattinson	LCL	Glenelg	1930–1938, 1947–1965
Rex Pearson	LCL	Flinders	1941–1951
Hon Thomas Playford	LCL	Gumeracha	1933–1968
Percy Quirke	Labor/Independent ^[4]	Stanley	1941–1968
Hon Robert Richards ^[3]	Labor	Wallaroo	1918–1949
Lindsay Riches	Labor	Stuart	1933–1970
Howard Shannon	LCL	Onkaparinga	1933–1968
James Stephens	Labor	Port Adelaide	1933–1959
Tom Stott	Independent	Ridley	1933–1970
Harold Tapping	Labor	Semaphore	1946–1964
Berthold Teusner	LCL	Angas	1944–1970
Frank Walsh	Labor	Goodwood	1941–1968
Fred Walsh	Labor	Thebarton	1942–1965
Elder Whittle	LCL	Prospect	1938–1944, 1947–1953

¹ Alexandra LCL MHA Sir Herbert Hudd died on 30 April 1948. LCL candidate David Brookman won the resulting by-election on 19 June.

² Rocky River LCL MHA John Lyons died on 19 December 1948. LCL candidate James Heaslip won the resulting by-election on 26 February.

³ Wallaroo Labor MHA Robert Richards resigned on 22 November 1949 to take up a position as the Commonwealth's Administrator of Nauru. No by-election was held due to the imminent 1950 state election.

⁴ Stanley MHA Percy Quirke was elected as a representative of the Labor Party, but resigned from the party in August 1948 and sat as an independent.

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