Results of the 1953 South Australian state election (House of Assembly)

Last updated December 29, 2024

South Australian state election, 7 March 1953^[1] House of Assembly << 1950–1956 >> Contents Results by electoral district Adelaide Albert Alexandra Angas Burnside Burra Chaffey Eyre Flinders Frome Gawler Glenelg Goodwood Gouger Gumeracha Hindmarsh Light Mitcham Mount Gambier Murray Newcastle Norwood Onkaparinga Port Adelaide Port Pirie Prospect Ridley Rocky River Semaphore Stanley Stirling Stuart Thebarton Torrens Unley Victoria Wallaroo Yorke Peninsula Young See also References
Enrolled voters		354,273
Votes cast		336,592		Turnout	95.01%	+1.86%
Informal votes		9,871		Informal	2.93%	–0.40%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	166,517	50.97%	+2.88%	14	+ 2
	Liberal and Country	119,106	36.45%	–4.05%	21	– 2
	Communist	4,827	1.48%	+0.14%	0	± 0
	Independent	36,271	11.10%	+1.03%	4	± 0
Total		326,721			39
Two-party-preferred
	Liberal and Country		47.00%	–4.30%
	Labor		53.00%	+4.30%

This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1953 South Australian state election.

Results by electoral district

Adelaide

1953 South Australian state election: Adelaide ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sam Lawn	9,271	89.5	+51.2
	Communist	Edward Robertson	1,093	10.5	+10.5
Total formal votes			10,364	93.1	+0.8
Informal votes			770	6.9	−0.8
Turnout			11,134	92.4	+1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Albert

1953 South Australian state election: Albert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Malcolm McIntosh	4,225	74.6	−25.4
	Independent	Robert Upton	999	17.7	+17.7
	Independent	Carl Muller	436	7.7	+7.7
Total formal votes			5,660	96.6
Informal votes			200	3.4
Turnout			5,860	95.7
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Alexandra

1953 South Australian state election: Alexandra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	David Brookman	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Angas

1953 South Australian state election: Angas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Berthold Teusner	4,088	68.1	−7.8
	Independent	Henry Schneider	1,914	31.9	+7.8
Total formal votes			6,002	97.1	−0.9
Informal votes			176	2.9	+0.9
Turnout			6,178	96.7	+0.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−7.8

Burnside

1953 South Australian state election: Burnside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Geoffrey Clarke	11,791	61.5	−38.5
	Labor	Frederick Hansford	5,601	29.2	+29.2
	Independent	John Parkinson	1,770	9.2	+9.2
Total formal votes			19,162	97.6
Informal votes			475	2.4
Turnout			19,637	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Geoffrey Clarke		66.1	−33.9
	Labor	Frederick Hansford		33.9	+33.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Burra

1953 South Australian state election: Burra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	George Hawker	2,478	59.4	−1.9
	Labor	Even George	1,697	40.6	+1.9
Total formal votes			4,175	99.0	0.0
Informal votes			41	1.0	0.0
Turnout			4,216	97.2	+2.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−1.9

Chaffey

1953 South Australian state election: Chaffey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Macgillivray	4,731	69.1	+28.8
	Liberal and Country	Ross Story	2,111	30.9	−4.2
Total formal votes			6,842	97.5	+0.2
Informal votes			174	2.5	−0.2
Turnout			7,016	95.3	−0.1
	Independent hold		Swing	+8.4

Eyre

1953 South Australian state election: Eyre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Arthur Christian	3,194	67.8	−32.2
	Independent	Herbert Hogan	1,519	32.2	+32.2
Total formal votes			4,713	97.9
Informal votes			102	2.1
Turnout			4,815	94.7
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Flinders

1953 South Australian state election: Flinders
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Glen Pearson	4,129	58.4	−41.6
	Labor	Percy Baillie	2,936	41.6	+41.6
Total formal votes			7,065	98.7
Informal votes			94	1.3
Turnout			7,159	96.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Frome

1953 South Australian state election: Frome
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick O'Halloran	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Gawler

1953 South Australian state election: Gawler
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Clark	4,432	77.1	+22.9
	Independent	Frank Rieck	1,320	22.9	+22.9
Total formal votes			5,752	96.2	−2.7
Informal votes			230	3.8	+2.7
Turnout			5,982	96.1	+0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Glenelg

1953 South Australian state election: Glenelg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Baden Pattinson	12,927	50.7	−11.6
	Labor	Loftus Fenwick	12,562	49.3	+11.6
Total formal votes			25,489	97.5	+0.2
Informal votes			617	2.5	−0.2
Turnout			26,128	95.6	+1.7
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−11.6

Goodwood

1953 South Australian state election: Goodwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Walsh	15,057	63.1	+8.6
	Liberal and Country	Howard Zelling	8,795	36.9	−8.6
Total formal votes			23,852	97.6	−0.8
Informal votes			577	2.4	+0.8
Turnout			24,429	94.7	+1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.6

Gouger

1953 South Australian state election: Gouger
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Rufus Goldney	3,560	56.1	−14.4
	Labor	Bernard McEwen	2,784	43.9	+14.4
Total formal votes			6,344	98.6	+0.8
Informal votes			89	1.4	−0.8
Turnout			6,433	96.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−14.4

Gumeracha

1953 South Australian state election: Gumeracha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Playford	5,315	90.4	−9.6
	Communist	Alan Finger	566	9.6	+9.6
Total formal votes			5,881	95.1
Informal votes			302	4.9
Turnout			6,183	96.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Hindmarsh

1953 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cyril Hutchens	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Light

1953 South Australian state election: Light
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Herbert Michael	3,079	59.5	−40.5
	Labor	Donald MacLeod	2,092	40.5	+40.5
Total formal votes			5,171	98.5
Informal votes			80	1.5
Turnout			5,251	96.7
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Mitcham

1953 South Australian state election: Mitcham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Henry Dunks	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Mount Gambier

1953 South Australian state election: Mount Gambier
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Fletcher	4,577	54.3	−10.1
	Labor	Raphael Mahony	3,848	45.7	+10.1
Total formal votes			8,425	98.8	+0.4
Informal votes			101	1.2	−0.4
Turnout			8,526	96.0	+2.3
	Independent hold		Swing	−10.1

Murray

1953 South Australian state election: Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Hector White	3,026	45.1	−4.1
	Labor	Robert Moroney	2,220	33.1	−17.7
	Independent	Lawrence McKenzie	773	11.5	+11.5
	Independent	Albert Denman	685	10.2	+10.2
Total formal votes			6,704	97.2	−1.1
Informal votes			194	2.8	+1.1
Turnout			6,898	96.8	+1.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Hector White	3,385	50.5	+1.3
	Labor	Robert Moroney	3,319	49.5	−1.3
	Liberal and Country gain from Labor		Swing	+1.3

Newcastle

1953 South Australian state election: Newcastle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	George Jenkins	2,275	63.7	−7.6
	Labor	Gerald Travers	1,298	36.3	+7.6
Total formal votes			3,573	97.4	−1.5
Informal votes			96	2.6	+1.5
Turnout			3,669	92.0	+5.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−7.6

Norwood

1953 South Australian state election: Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Dunstan	9,189	56.3	+12.4
	Liberal and Country	Roy Moir	7,122	43.7	−0.2
Total formal votes			16,311	97.8	+2.9
Informal votes			367	2.2	−2.9
Turnout			16,678	95.1	+1.4
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+10.8

Onkaparinga

1953 South Australian state election: Onkaparinga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Howard Shannon	4,266	57.0	−4.1
	Labor	Frank Staniford	3,223	43.0	+4.1
Total formal votes			7,489	97.9	−0.7
Informal votes			160	2.1	+0.7
Turnout			7,649	95.7	+0.8
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−4.1

Port Adelaide

1953 South Australian state election: Port Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Stephens	25,131	91.9	+1.7
	Communist	Peter Symon	2,212	8.1	−1.7
Total formal votes			27,343	94.6	0.0
Informal votes			1,559	5.4	0.0
Turnout			28,902	95.1	+2.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.7

Port Pirie

1953 South Australian state election: Port Pirie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Davis	5,137	65.8	−3.7
	Independent	Arthur Pickering	1,585	20.3	+20.3
	Independent	Thomas Madigan	1,089	13.9	+13.9
Total formal votes			7,811	95.2	+4.3
Informal votes			390	4.8	−4.3
Turnout			8,201	96.2	+1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Prospect

1953 South Australian state election: Prospect
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Jennings	11,728	53.4	+12.2
	Liberal and Country	Elder Whittle	10,228	46.6	−8.9
Total formal votes			21,956	97.9	+2.4
Informal votes			468	2.1	−2.4
Turnout			22,424	94.9	+0.4
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+9.2

Ridley

1953 South Australian state election: Ridley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tom Stott	4,531	77.8	−22.2
	Independent	Henry Schneider	1,291	22.2	+22.2
Total formal votes			5,822	98.2
Informal votes			107	1.8
Turnout			5,929	97.0
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Rocky River

1953 South Australian state election: Rocky River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	James Heaslip	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Semaphore

1953 South Australian state election: Semaphore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harold Tapping	19,043	87.6	+7.1
	Independent	Roy Luckman	2,693	12.4	+12.4
Total formal votes			21,736	95.4	+1.2
Informal votes			1,037	4.6	−1.2
Turnout			22,773	93.9	+1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Stanley

1953 South Australian state election: Stanley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Percy Quirke	2,954	61.9	+14.7
	Liberal and Country	Elliot Parker	1,817	38.1	+2.6
Total formal votes			4,771	98.0	−0.8
Informal votes			98	2.0	+0.8
Turnout			4,869	96.8	−0.1
	Independent hold		Swing	+1.9

Stirling

1953 South Australian state election: Stirling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	William Jenkins	3,507	52.9	−3.7
	Independent	William McAnaney	2,141	32.3	32.3
	Independent	Orlando Hutchinson	985	14.8	+14.8
Total formal votes			6,633	97.6	−0.7
Informal votes			161	2.4	+0.7
Turnout			6,794	97.0	+1.8
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Stuart

1953 South Australian state election: Stuart
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lindsay Riches	8,444	89.8	−3.0
	Communist	Elliott Johnston	956	10.2	+3.0
Total formal votes			9,400	96.3	+0.1
Informal votes			363	3.7	−0.1
Turnout			9,763	90.1	+0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.0

Thebarton

1953 South Australian state election: Thebarton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Walsh	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Torrens

1953 South Australian state election: Torrens
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Leo Travers	8,469	51.3	−3.2
	Labor	Thomas Sexton	8,055	48.7	+3.2
Total formal votes			16,524	97.9	−0.3
Informal votes			359	2.1	+0.3
Turnout			16,883	94.1	+1.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−3.2

Unley

1953 South Australian state election: Unley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Colin Dunnage	8,065	50.3	−7.5
	Labor	Arthur Savage	7,974	49.7	+7.5
Total formal votes			16,039	97.9	−0.1
Informal votes			336	2.1	+0.1
Turnout			16,375	94.5	+2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.5

Victoria

1953 South Australian state election: Victoria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Corcoran	4,795	49.4	+2.1
	Liberal and Country	Roy McLachlan	4,639	47.8	−4.9
	Independent	John Gartner	278	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			9,712	98.7	−0.3
Informal votes			126	1.3	+0.3
Turnout			9,838	95.5	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Corcoran		50.8	+3.5
	Liberal and Country	Roy McLachlan		49.2	−3.5
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+3.5

Wallaroo

1953 South Australian state election: Wallaroo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hughie McAlees	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Yorke Peninsula

1953 South Australian state election: Yorke Peninsula
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Cecil Hincks	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Young

1953 South Australian state election: Young
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Robert Nicholls	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

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References

↑ "Summary of 1953 Election". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
↑ "History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

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[1] "Summary of 1953 Election". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 7 July 2015.

[2] "History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

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