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1977 South Australian State Election
State elections were held in South Australia on 17 September 1977. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch), Australian Labor Party led by Premiers of South Australia, Premier of South Australia Don Dunstan won a fourth term in government, defeating the Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division), Liberal Party of Australia led by Leader of the Opposition (South Australia), Leader of the Opposition David Tonkin. Background Parliamentary elections for the lower house of the Parliament of South Australia were held in South Australia in 1977. There was no election for South Australian Legislative Council, Legislative Council; and as of 2020, this is the most recent South Australian election which has not been for both houses. The Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch), Labor Party led by Don Dunstan, which had won the previous three elections in 1970, 1973 and 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Australian House Of Assembly
The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. The other is the Legislative Council. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Adelaide. Overview The House of Assembly was created in 1857, when South Australia attained self-government. The development of an elected legislature — although only men could vote — marked a significant change from the prior system, where legislative power was in the hands of the Governor and the Legislative Council, which was appointed by the Governor. In 1895, the House of Assembly granted women the right to vote and stand for election to the legislature. South Australia was the second place in the world to do so after New Zealand in 1893, and the first to allow women to stand for election. (The first woman candidates for the South Australia Assembly ran in 1918 general election, in Adelaide and Sturt.) From 1857 to 1933, the House of Assembly was elected from multi-member dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Democrats
The Australian Democrats is a centrist political party in Australia. Founded in 1977 from a merger of the Australia Party and the New Liberal Movement, both of which were descended from Liberal Party dissenting splinter groups, it was Australia's largest minor party from its formation in 1977 through to 2004 and frequently held the balance of power in the Senate during that time. The Democrats' inaugural leader was Don Chipp, a former Liberal cabinet minister, who famously promised to "keep the bastards honest". At the 1977 federal election, the Democrats polled 11.1 percent of the Senate vote and secured two seats. The party would retain a presence in the Senate for the next 30 years, at its peak (between 1999 and 2002) holding nine out of 76 seats, though never securing a seat in the lower house. Due to the party's numbers in the Senate, both Liberal and Labor governments required the assistance of the Democrats to pass contentious legislation. Ideologically, the Democrats w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Hartley
Hartley is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It is named after John Anderson Hartley, the public servant responsible for creating much of South Australia's public education system. It is a 15.65 km² suburban electorate in Adelaide's northeast, taking in the suburbs of Campbelltown, Hectorville, Magill, Newton, Paradise and Tranmere. Hartley was created at the electoral redistribution of 1976 as a marginal Labor seat, and was first contested at the 1977 state election by then Deputy Premier Des Corcoran, who had moved from the more marginal seat of Coles after a redistribution erased Labor's majority there. He was succeeded by Terry Groom. The 1991 redistribution erased Groom's majority and made the seat marginally Liberal. Believing this made Hartley unwinnable, Groom tried to gain preselection for a safer seat, only to be turned down. He resigned from the Labor Party and served out the rest of his term as an independent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Boundy
Leslie David Boundy (12 August 1932 – 18 July 2003) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Goyder from 1974 to 1977 for the Liberal Movement and Liberal Party. See also *1974 Goyder state by-election The Goyder state by-election, 1974 was a by-election held on 8 June 1974 for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Goyder. This was triggered by the resignation of former Premier and Liberal and Country League/ Liberal Movement MHA Steel ... References 1932 births 2003 deaths Members of the South Australian House of Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Goyder
Goyder was an electoral district of the South Australian House of Assembly. It was a 9,258 km² rural electorate located on the Yorke Peninsula and taking in the towns of Ardrossan, Bute, Edithburgh, Kadina, Maitland, Minlaton, Moonta, Port Wakefield, Wallaroo and Yorketown. The electorate was named after George Goyder, a former state Surveyor-General famous for developing Goyder's Line, which indicated the area of the state that had enough rainfall to be suitable for agriculture. From the 2018 election, Goyder was renamed to Narungga. History The abolished seat of Yorke Peninsula formed part of the newly created seat of Goyder at the 1970 election. Goyder has been in non-Labor hands for the entire time from its creation at the electoral redistribution of 1969 until it was abolished in 2018. Much of the seat's territory had been represented by non-Labor MPs without interruption since the change to single-member seats in 1938. Even during Labor's landslide victory of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Gouger
Gouger was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1938 to 1977 and which was associated with the town of Balaklava. Gouger was abolished in a boundary redistribution in 1977. Members Russack went to represent the Electoral district of Goyder Goyder was an electoral district of the South Australian House of Assembly. It was a 9,258 km² rural electorate located on the Yorke Peninsula and taking in the towns of Ardrossan, Bute, Edithburgh, Kadina, Maitland, Minlaton, Moonta, ... from September 1977. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gouger Former electoral districts of South Australia 1938 establishments in Australia 1977 disestablishments in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Allen (Australian Politician)
Ernest Claude Allen (24 October 1910 – 8 June 1984) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seats of Burra from 1968 to 1970 and Frome from 1970 to 1977 for the Liberal and Country League and Liberal Party. Allen was previously chairman of the District Council of Spalding The District Council of Spalding was a local government area in South Australia, centred on the town of Spalding. It was proclaimed on 30 July 1885 by Governor William C. F. Robinson, comprising the Hundreds of Reynolds and Andrews as far sou ... from 1956 to 1964. References 1910 births 1984 deaths Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of South Australia Liberal and Country League politicians 20th-century Australian politicians Mayors of places in South Australia {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Frome
Frome is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It is named after Edward Charles Frome, the third surveyor-general of South Australia. The electorate stretches north-eastwards from the Gawler River and Gulf St Vincent in the south, and includes many of the agricultural areas of the Clare and Gilbert Valleys. It covers a total of and takes in the towns of Auburn, Clare, Mintaro, Port Broughton, Saddleworth, Snowtown and Riverton. Prior to the 2020 redistribution, its main population centre was Port Pirie, since transferred to the Stuart. Frome has existed in three incarnations throughout the history of the House of Assembly: as a two-seat multi-member marginal electorate from 1884 to 1902, as a single-member electorate from 1938 to 1977, and as a marginal to moderately safe single-member electorate for the Liberal Party since 1993. The electoral districts of Pirie and Port Pirie have also historically existed. The first incarna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Hopgood
Donald Jack Hopgood (born 5 September 1938) is a former South Australian politician who was the 5th Deputy Premier of South Australia from 1985 to 1992. Hopgood represented the House of Assembly seats of Mawson from 1970 to 1977 and Baudin from 1977 to 1993 for the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party, and was promoted to the Labor frontbench in 1973. Hopgood was moderator of the Synod of South Australia of the Uniting Church in Australia from 1997 to 1999. Early life Hopgood was born in 1938 at Prospect, an inner northern suburb of Adelaide. His father worked at Berger Paints. His maternal grandfather worked at Islington Railway Workshops. His paternal grandfather was a retired typesetter. Hopgood grew up in Prospect and was a member of the Prospect North Methodist Church Sunday school. He went to Prospect Primary School and Adelaide Boys' High School. Hopgood started learning to play jazz trumpet at age 18. He played in jazz bands at church and universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Baudin
Baudin was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1977 to 1993. It was in the southern suburbs of Adelaide. In 1977, the polling places were: Christie Downs, Christies Beach, Hackham, Hackham East, Hallett Cove, Moana, Noarlunga, O'Sullivan Beach, Port Noarlunga and Seaford. Most of the suburbs went to the newly created seat of Kaurna The Kaurna people (, ; also Coorna, Kaura, Gaurna and other variations) are a group of Aboriginal people whose traditional lands include the Adelaide Plains of South Australia. They were known as the Adelaide tribe by the early settlers. Kaurn ... at the 1993 election. Member References Former Members of the Parliament of South Australia External links1985 & 1989 election boundaries, page 18 & 19 {{DEFAULTSORT:Baudin Former electoral districts of South Australia 1977 establishments in Australia 1993 disestablishments in Australia Constituencies established in 1977 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Party Of Australia (SA)
The National Party of Australia (S.A.) Inc. is a political party in South Australia, and an affiliated state party of the National Party of Australia. Like the National Party of Western Australia, it is an independent party and not part of the Liberal/National Coalition. First contesting the 1965 state election, the party has held two South Australian House of Assembly seats at alternating periods; Peter Blacker (1973–1993) in Flinders and Karlene Maywald (1997–2010) in Chaffey. History The Country Party had previously been affiliated in South Australia from 1917 to 1932, when it merged with the Liberal Federation to form the Liberal and Country League (LCL). The merged party affiliated with the new Liberal Party of Australia but retained the LCL name until 1974, when it adopted the name "Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division)". In August 1964, T. G. Clark announced the formation of the "South Australian Country Party" as a fully autonomous organisation. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Norwood State By-election
The Norwood state by-election, 1979 was a by-election held on 10 March 1979 for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Norwood. This was triggered by the resignation of Premier and Labor MHA Don Dunstan. Created and first contested at the 1938 state election, the seat had been held by Dunstan since the 1953 state election. Results Labor Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ... retained the seat on a considerably reduced majority. See also *List of South Australian state by-elections References {{reflist South Australian state by-elections 1979 elections in Australia 1970s in South Australia March 1979 events in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
