1927 South Australian state election

1927 South Australian state election
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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 Richard L. Butler Lionel Hill Archie Cameron
Party Liberal Federation Labor Country
Leader since 17 December 1925 28 August 1926 26 March 1927
Leader's seat Wooroora Port Pirie Wooroora
Last election 17 seats 27 seats 2 seats
Seats won 23 seats 16 seats 5 seats
Seat change Increase6 Decrease11 Increase3
Percentage 40.02% 47.99% 5.44%
Swing Decrease1.68% Decrease0.37 Decrease3.56
Premier before election

Lionel Hill
Labor

Elected Premier

Richard L. Butler
Liberal Federation

State elections were held in South Australia on 26 March 1927. All 46 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party government led by Premier of South Australia Lionel Hill was defeated by the opposition Liberal Federation led by Leader of the Opposition Richard L. Butler, and the Country Party (SA) led by Archie Cameron. Each district elected multiple members, with voters casting multiple votes.

Before the election, the Liberal Federation attempted to enter in to a formal coalition with the Country Party, but when this was rejected, Country Party candidates were given no Liberal opposition in six seats in five rural electorates.[1]

  1. ^ "History of South Australian elections 1857-2006, volume 1: ECSA". Dean Jaensch. ECSA. 1 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2016.