South Australian state election, 1918

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6 April 1918 (1918-04-06)

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All 46 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly
24 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Archibald Peake	Andrew Kirkpatrick	John Chapman
Party	Liberal Union	Labor	Farmers and Settlers
Leader since	5 June 1909	14 July 1917
Leader's seat	Alexandra	Upper house
Last election	-	26 seats
Seats won	28 seats	17 seats	1
Seat change	-	9	1
Percentage	45.85%	44.69%	4.26%
Swing	-	1.20	4.26

Premier before election

Archibald Peake
Liberal Union

Elected Premier

Archibald Peake
Liberal Union

State elections were held in South Australia on 6 April 1918. All 46 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Union government led by Premier of South Australia Archibald Peake defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Andrew Kirkpatrick. Each district elected multiple members, with voters casting multiple votes.

The Crawford Vaughan Labor government fell in July 1917 due to the Australian Labor Party split of 1916 on conscription, and was replaced by a Peake Liberal minority government. This was replaced by the Peake Liberal-National Labor coalition government in August 1917. Peake initially formed a ministry of liberals, but after complaints from National Labor who had supported him in the confidence motion, he included three National Labor members. Crawford Vaughan, National Labor leader, did not take a place in the ministry. Prior to the 1918 election, three more parties emerged. The Farmers and Settlers Association (F&S), Single Tax (ST) and the Farmers and Producers Country Party (FPCP). The Liberal and National Labor parties went to the election in coalition.

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