1959 South Australian state election


State elections were held in South Australia on 7 March 1959. All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal and Country League led by Premier of South Australia Thomas Playford IV defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Mick O'Halloran.

Background

Labor won two seats at this election, rural Mount Gambier from an Independent and rural Wallaroo from the LCL. Both of these seats had been previously won in by-elections in 1957 and 1958, and Labor retained them.

Results

Post-election pendulum

LCL SEATS ---
Marginal---
Fairly Safe---
UnleyColin DunnageLCL7.0%
ChaffeyHarold KingLCL8.2%
TorrensJohn CoumbeLCL9.6%
Safe---
FlindersGlen PearsonLCL10.1%
VictoriaLeslie HardingLCL11.4%
GlenelgBaden PattinsonLCL12.4%
OnkaparingaHoward ShannonLCL13.3%
AngasBerthold TeusnerLCL14.7%
MitchamRobin MillhouseLCL20.2%
LightGeorge HambourLCL21.8%
GumerachaThomas PlayfordLCL26.4%
BurnsideJoyce SteeleLCLundistributed
GougerSteele HallLCLundistributed
AlbertBill NankivellLCLunopposed
AlexandraDavid BrookmanLCLunopposed
BarossaCondor LauckeLCLunopposed
EyreGeorge BockelbergLCLunopposed
Rocky RiverJames HeaslipLCLunopposed
StirlingWilliam JenkinsLCLunopposed
Yorke PeninsulaCecil HincksLCLunopposed