South Australian legislative election, 1993

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1993 South Australian state election major party leaders
Labor		Liberal
Lynn Arnold Premier of South Australia		Dean Brown Opposition Leader
Parliament	14 years	Parliament	14 years
Leader since	1992	Leader since	1992
District	Ramsay	District	Finniss

11 December 1993 saw Dean Brown and the Liberal Party of Australia win South Australian elections, obtaining government from Lynn Arnold and the Australian Labor Party.

[edit] Background

The campaign was dominated by the issue of the collapse of the State Bank of South Australia in 1992. The State Bank's deposits were legally underwritten by the Government of South Australia, putting South Australia into billions of dollars of debt. Labor premier John Bannon had resigned over the issue, being replaced by Lynn Arnold, but this did not appease voter anger.

[edit] Election Procedure

Under its state constitution, South Australia holds legislative elections approximately every four years. The Electoral Act stipulates that the election campaign must run for a minimum of 25 days and a maximum of 55 days.

In accordance with electoral regulations, the Electoral Commissioner then advertised key dates for this election of all 47 members of the House of Assembly and eleven members of the Legislative Council:

• Close of rolls
• Nominations
• Polling Day
• Return of Writs

[edit] House of Assembly Results

The Liberals won a landslide victory, winning 37 of 47 seats in the Legislative Assembly. Labor lost 12 seats and were left with Napier, Whyalla, Playford, Elizabeth, Ross Smith, Ramsay, Taylor, Hart, Spence, and Price. A by-election in 1994 saw Torrens fall to Labor.

[edit] Post-election pendulum

For pendulums and maps, see South Australian legislative elections.

LABOR SEATS (10)
Napier	ALP
Whyalla	ALP
Playford	ALP
Elizabeth	ALP
Ross Smith	ALP
Ramsay	ALP
Taylor	ALP
Hart	ALP
Spence	ALP
Price	ALP

LIBERAL SEATS (37)
Norwood	LIB
Mitchell	LIB
Florey	LIB
Elder	LIB
Wright	LIB
Reynell	LIB
Hanson	LIB
Kaurna	LIB
Peake	LIB
Lee	LIB
Torrens	LIB
Gordon	LIB
Hartley	LIB
Stuart	LIB
Heysen	LIB
Chaffey	LIB
Frome	LIB
Colton	LIB
Davenport	LIB
Unley	LIB
Mawson	LIB
Adelaide	LIB
Waite	LIB
Bright	LIB
Light	LIB
Kavel	LIB
Finniss	LIB
Coles	LIB
MacKillop	LIB
Newland	LIB
Schubert	LIB
Fisher	LIB
Flinders	LIB
Morphett	LIB
Hammond	LIB
Goyder	LIB
Bragg	LIB

Metro SA: ALP in red, Liberal in blue. Please note that these boundaries are based on the latest electoral redistribution. Click here for boundary lines as of 1997.

Rural SA: ALP in red, Liberal in blue. Please note that these boundaries are based on the latest electoral redistribution. Click here for boundary lines as of 1997.

[edit] Legislative Council Results

In the Legislative Council, Liberal won 6 seats, Labor 4, and the Australian Democrats 1. This left the total upper house numbers at Liberals 11, Labor 9, Democrats 2.

[edit] See also

• South Australian legislative elections
• South Australian Legislative Council
• South Australian House of Assembly

[edit] External links

• Background leading up to the election/Liberals in power. Crikey. Archived from the original on 2005-12-13.

Political Parties

• Australian Labor Party
• Liberal Party of Australia
• Australian Greens
• Australian Democrats
• The Nationals