Results of the 1918 South Australian state election (House of Assembly)
South Australian state election, 6 April 1918 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Enrolled voters | 258,712 | |||||
Votes cast | 132,321 | Turnout | 51.89% | – 23.06% | ||
Informal votes | 1,922 | Informal | 1.45% | +0.38% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 144,204 | 44.54% | – 1.36% | 17 | – 9 | |
Liberal Union | 90,453 | 27.94% | – 23.64% | 22 | + 2 | |
National Party | 60,417 | 18.66% | * | 6 | + 6 | |
Farmers and Settlers | 13,844 | 4.28% | * | 1 | + 1 | |
Single Tax League | 1,398 | 0.43% | * | 0 | ± 0 | |
Farmers and Producers | 1,033 | 0.32% | * | 0 | ± 0 | |
Independent | 12,432 | 3.84% | + 1.32% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Total | 323,781 | 46 |
This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1918 South Australian state election. Each district elected multiple members.
Every voter would receive a ballot paper where they would cast 2 or 3 votes for different candidates. In electorates that were not unopposed, the 2 or 3 candidates with the most votes would be elected.
Results by electoral district[]
Adelaide[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Denny (elected) | 6,768 | 30.2 | N/A | |
Labor | John Gunn (elected) | 5,526 | 24.7 | N/A | |
Labor | Bert Edwards (elected) | 5,511 | 24.6 | N/A | |
National Party | Reginald Blundell | 2,215 | 9.9 | N/A | |
National Party | William Stephens | 1,930 | 8.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Selina Siggins | 461 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Total formal votes | 22,411 7,750 ballots |
98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 90 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 7,840 | 36.1 | |||
Party total votes | |||||
Labor | 17,805 | 79.4 | N/A | ||
National Party | 4,145 | 18.5 | N/A | ||
Independent | Selina Siggins | 461 | 2.1 | N/A |
Albert[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Union | R. A. O'Connor (elected) | 1,426 | 19.2 | -11.9 | |
Liberal Union | William Angus (elected) | 1,290 | 17.4 | -14.6 | |
Farmers and Settlers | William Cowley | 1,269 | 17.1 | +17.1 | |
Farmers and Settlers | Ernest Butler | 1,260 | 17.0 | +17.0 | |
Labor | Robert Downie | 1,107 | 14.9 | +14.9 | |
Labor | Charles Benson | 1,062 | 14.3 | +14.3 | |
Total formal votes | 7,414 3,730 ballots |
98.0 | -0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 76 | 2.0 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,806 | 54.0 | -11.9 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Liberal Union | 2,716 | 36.6 | -26.5 | ||
Farmers and Settlers | 2,529 | 34.1 | +34.1 | ||
Labor | 2,169 | 29.3 | +6.7 |
Alexandra[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Union | George Laffer (elected) | 3,688 | 22.0 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Union | George Ritchie (elected) | 3,651 | 21.8 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Union | Archibald Peake (elected) | 3,376 | 20.1 | +20.1 | |
Labor | Mathew Hunt | 1,876 | 11.2 | +11.2 | |
Labor | William Nicholls | 1,799 | 10.7 | +10.7 | |
Labor | Walter Lodge | 1,735 | 10.4 | +10.4 | |
Independent | Walter Furler | 642 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Total formal votes | 16,767 5,755 ballots |
98.4 | -0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 92 | 1.6 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,847 | 52.6 | -22.6 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Liberal Union | 10,715 | 63.9 | +5.1 | ||
Labor | 5,410 | 32.3 | -8.9 | ||
Independent | Walter Furler | 642 | 3.8 | +3.8 |
Barossa[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Union | William Hague (elected) | 3,577 | 16.3 | -1.7 | |
Liberal Union | Henry Crosby (elected) | 3,510 | 16.0 | +16.0 | |
Liberal Union | Richard Butler (elected) | 3,488 | 15.9 | -2.4 | |
Labor | Moses Gabb | 3,437 | 15.7 | +15.7 | |
Labor | Tom Edwards | 3,404 | 15.6 | +15.6 | |
Labor | George Cooke | 3,346 | 15.3 | +15.3 | |
Farmers and Producers | Edmund Craig | 526 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Farmers and Producers | Thomas Martin | 278 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Farmers and Producers | Horace Crittenden | 229 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Independent | James Scott | 95 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 21,890 7,383 ballots |
98.6 | -0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 104 | 1.4 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 7,487 | 63.5 | -17.5 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Liberal Union | 10,575 | 48.3 | -5.3 | ||
Labor | 10,187 | 46.5 | 0.0 | ||
Farmers and Producers | 1,033 | 4.7 | +4.7 | ||
Independent | James Scott | 95 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
Burra Burra[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Harry Buxton (elected) | 2,742 | 12.2 | +12.2 | |
Labor | Mick O'Halloran (elected) | 2,718 | 12.1 | +12.1 | |
Liberal Union | George Jenkins (elected) | 2,699 | 12.0 | +12.0 | |
Labor | Len Wilcot | 2,695 | 12.0 | +12.0 | |
Liberal Union | Samuel Dickson | 2,639 | 11.8 | +11.8 | |
National Party | Edward Pearce | 2,629 | 11.7 | +11.7 | |
Farmers and Settlers | William Miller | 2,179 | 9.7 | +9.7 | |
Farmers and Settlers | John Pick | 2,118 | 9.4 | +9.4 | |
Farmers and Settlers | Laurence O'Loughlin | 2,026 | 9.0 | +9.0 | |
Total formal votes | 22,445 7,557 ballots |
99.2 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 62 | 0.8 | -0.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,619 | 62.1 | -14.7 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Labor | 8,155 | 36.3 | -5.7 | ||
Farmers and Settlers | 6,323 | 28.2 | +28.2 | ||
Liberal Union | 5,338 | 23.8 | -34.2 | ||
National Party | 2,629 | 11.7 | +11.7 |
East Torrens[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Party | Frederick Coneybeer (elected) | 7,609 | 18.7 | +18.7 | |
Liberal Union | Walter Hamilton (elected) | 6,802 | 16.8 | +16.8 | |
National Party | J. A. Southwood (elected) | 6,564 | 16.2 | +16.2 | |
Labor | Thomas Grealy | 5,745 | 14.1 | +14.1 | |
Labor | Herbert George | 5,569 | 13.7 | +13.7 | |
Labor | Martin Collaton | 5,483 | 13.5 | +13.5 | |
Independent | Reginald Wilson | 1,878 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Independent | Robert Hawkes | 489 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Independent | Andrew Calder | 483 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 40,622 13,946 ballots |
98.5 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 213 | 1.5 | -0.6 | ||
Turnout | 14,159 | 46.4 | -25.2 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Labor | 16,797 | 41.3 | -24.5 | ||
National Party | 14,173 | 34.9 | +34.9 | ||
Liberal Union | 6,802 | 16.8 | -12.3 | ||
Independent | Reginald Wilson | 1,878 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Independent | Robert Hawkes | 489 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Independent | Andrew Calder | 483 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
Flinders[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Union | James Moseley (elected) | 2,152 | 33.3 | 0.0 | |
Farmers and Settlers | John Chapman (elected) | 1,686 | 26.1 | +26.1 | |
Single Tax League | Samuel Lindsay | 1,398 | 21.7 | +21.7 | |
Independent Liberal | John Travers | 1,221 | 18.9 | -13.8 | |
Total formal votes | 6,457 3,567 ballots |
98.3 | -0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 63 | 1.7 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,630 | 50.5 | -20.3 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Liberal Union | 2,152 | 33.3 | -32.7 | ||
Farmers and Settlers | 1,686 | 26.1 | +26.1 | ||
Single Tax League | 1,398 | 21.7 | +21.7 | ||
Independent Liberal | John Travers | 1,221 | 18.9 | +18.9 |
Murray[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Union | Harry Young (elected) | 2,964 | 16.5 | -2.8 | |
Liberal Union | Angas Parsons (elected) | 2,846 | 15.9 | +15.9 | |
Labor | Sid O'Flaherty (elected) | 2,668 | 14.9 | +14.9 | |
National Party | George Dunn | 2,486 | 13.9 | -3.4 | |
Labor | Frank Staniford | 2,430 | 13.5 | +13.5 | |
Labor | Samuel Willsmore | 2,350 | 13.1 | +13.1 | |
Independent Labor | Maurice Parish | 1,261 | 7.0 | -11.2 | |
Independent | John Kelly | 528 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Independent | James Atkinson | 413 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Total formal votes | 17,946 6,213 ballots |
99.0 | -0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 63 | 1.0 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,276 | 56.9 | -21.4 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Labor | 7,448 | 41.5 | +6.0 | ||
Liberal Union | 5,810 | 32.4 | -19.5 | ||
National Party | 2,486 | 13.9 | +13.9 | ||
Independent Labor | Maurice Parish | 1,261 | 7.0 | +7.0 | |
Independent | John Kelly | 528 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Independent | James Atkinson | 413 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
Newcastle[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Thomas Butterfield (elected) | 2,092 | 30.9 | +2.5 | |
Labor | William Harvey (elected) | 1,901 | 28.1 | +28.1 | |
Liberal Union | Edward Twopeny | 1,506 | 22.2 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Union | Robert Thompson | 1,275 | 18.8 | +18.8 | |
Total formal votes | 6,774 3,464 ballots |
99.1 | -0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 30 | 0.9 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,494 | 53.7 | -19.0 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Labor | 3,993 | 58.9 | +2.3 | ||
Liberal Union | 2,781 | 41.1 | -2.3 |
North Adelaide[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Party | Edward Anstey (elected) | 4,383 | 30.2 | +1.5 | |
National Party | William Ponder (elected) | 4,265 | 29.4 | +1.6 | |
Labor | Clarence Bennett | 2,948 | 20.3 | +20.3 | |
Labor | Frederick Martin | 2,909 | 20.1 | +20.1 | |
Total formal votes | 14,505 7,304 ballots |
98.5 | -0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 112 | 1.5 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,416 | 46.8 | -26.2 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
National Party | 8,648 | 59.6 | +59.6 | ||
Labor | 5,857 | 40.4 | -16.1 |
Port Adelaide[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Price (elected) | 5,879 | 32.7 | N/A | |
Labor | John Verran (elected) | 5,597 | 31.1 | N/A | |
National Party | Ivor MacGillivray | 3,123 | 17.4 | N/A | |
National Party | Richard Gully | 2,633 | 14.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Allen Martin | 571 | 3.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Alfred Formby | 192 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Total formal votes | 17,995 9,076 ballots |
97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 283 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 9,359 | 48.0 | |||
Party total votes | |||||
Labor | 11,476 | 63.8 | N/A | ||
National Party | 5,756 | 32.0 | N/A | ||
Independent | Allen Martin | 571 | 3.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Alfred Formby | 192 | 1.1 | N/A |
Port Pirie[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Lionel Hill (elected) | 2,756 | 33.0 | N/A | |
Labor | John Fitzgerald (elected) | 2,708 | 32.4 | N/A | |
National Party | Harry Jackson | 1,479 | 17.7 | N/A | |
National Party | William Cole | 1,414 | 16.9 | N/A | |
Total formal votes | 8,357 4,263 ballots |
99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 33 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 4,296 | 58.5 | |||
Party total votes | |||||
Labor | 5,464 | 65.4 | N/A | ||
National Party | 2,893 | 34.6 | N/A |
Stanley[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Union | Robert Nicholls (elected) | 3,262 | 34.4 | -4.0 | |
Liberal Union | Henry Barwell (elected) | 3,191 | 33.7 | -3.9 | |
Labor | James Scales | 1,663 | 17.5 | +17.5 | |
Farmers and Settlers | Michael McCormack | 1,368 | 14.4 | +14.4 | |
Total formal votes | 9,484 5,285 ballots |
98.9 | -0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 57 | 1.1 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,342 | 63.0 | -16.4 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Liberal Union | 6,453 | 68.0 | -8.0 | ||
Labor | 1,663 | 17.5 | -6.5 | ||
Farmers and Settlers | 1,368 | 14.4 | +14.4 |
Sturt[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Party | Arthur Blackburn (elected) | 7,449 | 19.2 | +19.2 | |
National Party | Thomas Smeaton (elected) | 6,970 | 18.0 | -0.5 | |
Liberal Union | Edward Vardon (elected) | 6,605 | 17.0 | +17.0 | |
Labor | Frank McCabe | 4,637 | 11.9 | +11.9 | |
Labor | Alexander Rankin | 4,614 | 11.9 | +11.9 | |
Labor | Tom Howard | 4,521 | 11.6 | +11.6 | |
Independent Labor | Crawford Vaughan | 2,014 | 5.2 | -13.3 | |
Independent | George Illingworth | 786 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Independent | Jeanne Young | 761 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Independent | Charles Nowling | 482 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 38,839 13,353 ballots |
98.6 | -0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 185 | 1.4 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 13,538 | 44.0 | -29.3 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
National Party | 14,419 | 37.1 | +37.1 | ||
Labor | 13,772 | 35.5 | -19.7 | ||
Liberal Union | 6,605 | 17.0 | -27.7 | ||
Independent Labor | Crawford Vaughan | 2,014 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
Independent | George Illingworth | 786 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Independent | Jeanne Young | 761 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Independent | Charles Nowling | 482 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
Victoria[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Union | Vernon Petherick (elected) | 3,762 | 25.0 | +25.0 | |
National Party | Peter Reidy (elected) | 3,707 | 24.6 | -1.7 | |
Labor | Charles McHugh | 3,259 | 21.7 | +21.7 | |
Labor | Stanley Whitford | 3,242 | 21.6 | +21.6 | |
Independent | Henry Kennedy | 1,081 | 7.2 | +7.2 | |
Total formal votes | 15,051 7,777 ballots |
98.4 | -0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 127 | 1.6 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 7,904 | 64.5 | -16.3 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Labor | 6,501 | 43.2 | -9.1 | ||
Liberal Union | 3,762 | 25.0 | -22.7 | ||
National Party | 3,707 | 24.6 | +24.6 | ||
Independent | Henry Kennedy | 1,081 | 7.2 | +7.2 |
Wallaroo[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Robert Richards (elected) | 3,987 | 33.3 | N/A | |
Labor | John Pedler (elected) | 3,939 | 32.9 | N/A | |
National Party | John Verran | 2,121 | 17.7 | N/A | |
National Party | John Herbert | 1,943 | 16.2 | N/A | |
Total formal votes | 11,990 6,004 ballots |
99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 41 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 6,045 | 75.8 | |||
Party total votes | |||||
Labor | 7,926 | 66.1 | N/A | ||
National Party | 4,064 | 33.9 | N/A |
West Torrens[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Alfred Blackwell (elected) | 6,139 | 32.2 | N/A | |
Labor | John McInnes (elected) | 5,830 | 30.6 | N/A | |
National Party | Henry Chesson | 3,539 | 18.6 | N/A | |
National Party | Thompson Green | 3,538 | 18.6 | N/A | |
Total formal votes | 19,046 9,602 ballots |
98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 195 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 9,797 | 48.3 | |||
Party total votes | |||||
Labor | 11,969 | 62.8 | N/A | ||
National Party | 7,077 | 37.2 | N/A |
Wooroora[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Union | James McLachlan (elected) | 3,482 | 17.8 | +17.8 | |
Labor | Allan Robertson (elected) | 3,045 | 15.6 | +15.6 | |
Liberal Union | Albert Robinson (elected) | 2,887 | 14.8 | -10.5 | |
Labor | William Milne | 2,777 | 14.2 | +14.2 | |
Liberal Union | Richard Butler | 2,752 | 14.1 | -12.3 | |
Labor | Frank Nieass | 2,679 | 13.7 | +13.7 | |
Farmers and Settlers | Samuel Dennison | 1,938 | 9.9 | +9.9 | |
Total formal votes | 19,560 6,710 ballots |
99.1 | -0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 62 | 0.9 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,772 | 65.2 | -14.4 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Liberal Union | 9,121 | 46.6 | -30.9 | ||
Labor | 8,501 | 43.5 | +28.5 | ||
Farmers and Settlers | 1,938 | 9.9 | +9.9 |
Yorke Peninsula[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Union | Henry Tossell (elected) | 2,468 | 34.8 | -7.4 | |
Liberal Union | Peter Allen (elected) | 2,340 | 33.0 | -9.1 | |
Independent | Robert Hogarth | 1,145 | 16.1 | +16.1 | |
Independent | Robert Ford | 1,141 | 16.1 | +16.1 | |
Total formal votes | 7,094 3,582 ballots |
99.1 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 34 | 0.9 | -0.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,616 | 54.8 | -22.8 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Liberal Union | 4,808 | 67.8 | -16.5 | ||
Independent | Robert Hogarth | 1,145 | 16.1 | +16.1 | |
Independent | Robert Ford | 1,141 | 16.1 | +16.1 |
See also[]
- Candidates of the 1918 South Australian state election
- Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1918–1921
References[]
Categories:
- Results of South Australian elections
- 1918 elections in Australia
- 1910s in South Australia