1896 South Australian colonial election
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The 1896 South Australian colonial election was held on 25 April 1896 to elect all 54 seats in the
Background
The period after the 1893 election saw an increasing competition between the two new political parties – the ULP and the conservative National Defence League (NDL). It also reflected a trend for the conservative members to gravitate to the NDL, and the progressive members to support Kingston, a strong advocate of progressive social policy and reform of the Legislative Council. There was no formal "Liberal" or "Kingston" party, but there was a relatively cohesive Kingston group among both independent members and candidates. The Liberal and Democratic Union would not be formed until the 1906 election.
The election was held concurrently with the first referendum in Australia.[2]
Results
Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
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Conservative | 50,127 | 31.14 | +9.27 | 21 | |||
United Labor
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39,107 | 24.29 | +5.53 | 12 | 2 | ||
Liberal | 33,002 | 20.50 | −10.24 | 15 | 8 | ||
Independent | 9,238 | 5.74 | +2.15 | 2 | 2 | ||
Independent Liberal | 5,855 | 3.64 | +3.64 | 4 | 4 | ||
Other | 23,654 | 14.69 | −10.35 | 0 | |||
Formal votes | 160,983 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,436 | ||||||
Total | 162,419 | 54 | |||||
Registered voters / turnout | 137,781 | 66.30 | −0.80 |
References
- ^ "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836-2009" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ "South Australian Referenda" (PDF). State Electoral Office - South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
- ^ "Women's Suffrage Petition 1894: parliament.sa.gov.au" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ^ "Election of 25 April 1896". The University of Western Australia.