Candidates of the 1956 South Australian state election explained

The 1956 South Australian state election was held on 3 March 1956.

Retiring Members

Labor

• Hughie McAlees, MHA (Wallaroo)
• Bert Hoare, MLC (Central No.1)

Liberal and Country

• Herbert Michael, MHA (Light)
• George Jenkins, MHA (Newcastle)
• John Travers, MHA (Torrens)
• Robert Nicholls, MHA (Young)
• James Sandford, MLC (Central No.2)

House of Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.^[1]

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	LCL candidate	Labor (A-C) candidate	Other candidates
			Sam Lawn		James O'Sullivan	Edward Robertson (Comm)
				Malcolm McIntosh
				David Brookman
				Berthold Teusner		William Viney (Ind.)
				Geoffrey Clarke
			George Hawker			Percy Quirke
		Robert Curren				William MacGillivray (Ind.) William Napier (Ind.)
			Frank Walsh		Patrick Tippins
			Jack Jennings	Betty Preston	Charles Matthews
						Herbert Hogan (Ind.) George Simpson (Ind.)
				Glen Pearson
			Mick O'Halloran	Raymond McAuley	Michael Hoare
			John Clark
		Loftus Fenwick		Baden Pattinson	Peter Lasarewitch
				Rufus Goldney		Hector Henstridge (Ind.)
				Thomas Playford		Fred Slater (Comm)
			Cyril Hutchens
			Jim Corcoran	William Gordon
				Robin Millhouse
						John Fletcher (Ind.)
				Hector White
			Don Dunstan		John Parkinson
		Cyril Hasse		Howard Shannon		Frank Rieck (Ind.)
			James Stephens		Brian Crowe	Alan Finger (Comm)
			Charles Davis
		Arnold Busbridge	Cyril Tunbridge			Tom Stott (Ind.)
				James Heaslip
			Harold Tapping
				William Jenkins
			Lindsay Riches
		George Seager			Olaf Alland
		Cyril Hasse		Colin Dunnage	Francis Ryan
		Victor Sparrow		Leslie Harding
		Robert Butler				Arthur Clarke (Ind.)
			Fred Walsh		Patrick McEwen
			Ron Loveday
				Cecil Hincks

Legislative Council

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour and identified by an asterisk (*).

District	Held by	Labor candidates	LCL candidates	Other candidates
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Central No. 1			Frank Condon Bert Shard*
Central No. 2				Frank Perry Arthur Rymill*
Midland				Walter Duncan Ross Story*
Northern		Percy Baillie A Hearne		Lyell McEwin Harry Edmonds*	D Smith (Labor (A-C)) L J Redden (Labor (A-C))
Southern				Leslie Densley Norman Jude*

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jaensch. Dean. History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006. State Electoral Office South Australia. 2022-04-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20140302093736/http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/publications?view=document&id=480. 2014-03-02. dead.