South Australian legislative election, 1993
| 1993 South Australian state election major party leaders |
|---|
| Labor | Liberal |
|---|
| | |
Lynn Arnold
Premier of South Australia | Dean Brown
Opposition Leader |
| Parliament | 14 years | Parliament | 14 years |
| Leader since | 1992 | Leader since | 1992 |
| District | Ramsay | District | Finniss |
December 11,
1993 saw
Dean Brown and the
Liberal Party of Australia win
South Australian elections, obtaining government from
Lynn Arnold and the
Australian Labor Party.
The campaign was dominated by the issue of the collapse of the
State Bank of South Australia in
1992. The State Bank's deposits were legally underwritten by the
Government of South Australia, putting South Australia into billions of dollars of debt. Labor premier
John Bannon had resigned over the issue, being replaced by
Lynn Arnold, but this did not appease voter anger.
Under its state constitution, South Australia holds legislative elections approximately every four years. The Electoral Act stipulates that the election campaign must run for a minimum of 25 days and a maximum of 55 days.
In accordance with electoral regulations, the Electoral Commissioner then advertised key dates for this election of all 47 members of the House of Assembly and eleven members of the Legislative Council:
* Close of rolls
* Nominations
* Polling Day
* Return of Writs
The Liberals won a landslide victory, winning 37 of 47 seats in the
Legislative Assembly. Labor lost 12 seats and were left with
Napier,
Whyalla,
Playford,
Elizabeth,
Ross Smith,
Ramsay,
Taylor,
Hart,
Spence, and
Price. A
by-election in
1994 saw
Torrens fall to Labor.
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Metro SA: ALP in red, Liberal in blue. Please note that these boundaries are based on the latest electoral redistribution. |
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Rural SA: ALP in red, Liberal in blue. Please note that these boundaries are based on the latest electoral redistribution. |
In the
Legislative Council, Liberal won 6 seats, Labor 4, and the
Australian Democrats 1. This left the total upper house numbers at Liberals 11, Labor 9, Democrats 2.
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Australian Greens*
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