The 1973 Semaphore state by-election was a

by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...

held on 2 June 1973 for the

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

House of Assembly House of Assembly is a name given to the legislature or lower house of a bicameral parliament. In some countries this may be at a subnational level. Historically, in British Crown colonies as the colony gained more internal responsible gove ...

seat of Semaphore. This was triggered by the death of state

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MHA

Reg Hurst Reginald Edwin Hurst (6 June 1917 – 31 March 1973) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Semaphore for the Labor Party from 1964 to 1973. He was Speaker of the South Australian House o ...

. The seat had been retained by Labor since it was created and first contested at the 1970 state election.

Results

The Socialist Party, who contested the previous election on 3.7 percent of the vote, did not contest the by-election. Labor easily retained the seat.

References

{{reflist South Australian state by-elections 1973 elections in Australia 1970s in South Australia June 1973 events in Australia

Results

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