South Australian state election, 1956

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3 March 1956 (1956-03-03)

1959 →

All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly
20 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Thomas Playford	Mick O'Halloran
Party	Liberal and Country League	Labor
Leader since	5 November 1938	10 October 1949
Leader's seat	Gumeracha	Frome
Last election	21 seats	14 seats
Seats won	21 seats	15 seats
Seat change	0	1
Percentage	51.3%	48.7%
Swing	4.3	4.3

Premier before election

Thomas Playford
Liberal and Country League

Elected Premier

Thomas Playford
Liberal and Country League

State elections were held in South Australia on 3 March 1956. 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.

A redistribution occurred in 1955 based upon the results of the census held in June 1954.

Labor won one seat, rural Murray from the LCL. The LCL won two seats, rural Wallaroo from Labor and rural Chaffey from an independent. An independent won one seat, rural Burra from the LCL.

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