Candidates of the 1953 South Australian state election

The 1953 South Australian state election was held on 7 March 1953.

Retiring Members

Labor

• Richard McKenzie, MHA (Murray)

Liberal and Country

• Shirley Jeffries, MHA (Torrens)

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	Other candidates
Adelaide	Labor	Sam Lawn		Edward Robertson (Comm)
Albert	LCL		Malcolm McIntosh	Robert Upton (Ind) Carl Muller (Ind)
Alexandra	LCL		David Brookman
Angas	LCL		Berthold Teusner	Henry Schneider (Ind)
Burnside	LCL	Frederick Hansford	Geoffrey Clarke	John Parkinson (Ind)
Burra	LCL	Even George	George Hawker
Chaffey	Independent		Ross Story	William MacGillivray (Ind)
Eyre	LCL		Arthur Christian	Herbert Hogan (Ind)
Flinders	LCL	Percy Baillie	Glen Pearson
Frome	Labor	Mick O'Halloran
Gawler	Labor	John Clark		Frank Rieck (Ind)
Glenelg	LCL	Loftus Fenwick	Baden Pattinson
Goodwood	Labor	Frank Walsh	Howard Zelling
Gouger	LCL	Bernard McEwen	Rufus Goldney
Gumeracha	LCL		Thomas Playford	Alan Finger (Comm)
Hindmarsh	Labor	Cyril Hutchens
Light	LCL	Donald MacLeod	Herbert Michael
Mitcham	LCL		Henry Dunks
Mount Gambier	Independent	Raphael Mahony		John Fletcher (Ind)
Murray	Labor	Robert Moroney	Hector White	Lawrence McKenzie (Ind) Albert Denman (Ind)
Newcastle	LCL	Gerald Travers	George Jenkins
Norwood	LCL	Don Dunstan	Roy Moir
Onkaparinga	LCL	Frank Staniford	Howard Shannon
Port Adelaide	Labor	James Stephens		Peter Symon (Comm)
Port Pirie	Labor	Charles Davis		Arthur Pickering (Ind) Thomas Madigan (Ind)
Prospect	LCL	Jack Jennings	Elder Whittle
Ridley	Independent			Tom Stott (Ind.) Henry Schneider (Ind.)
Rocky River	LCL		James Heaslip
Semaphore	Labor	Harold Tapping		Roy Luckman (Ind.)
Stanley	Independent		Elliot Parker	Percy Quirke
Stirling	LCL		William Jenkins	William McAnaney (Ind.) Orlando Hutchinson (Ind.)
Stuart	Labor	Lindsay Riches		Elliott Johnston (Comm)
Thebarton	Labor	Fred Walsh
Torrens	LCL	Thomas Sexton	Leo Travers
Unley	LCL	Arthur Savage	Colin Dunnage
Victoria	LCL	Jim Corcoran	Roy McLachlan
Wallaroo	Labor	Hughie McAlees
Yorke Peninsula	LCL		Cecil Hincks
Young	LCL		Robert Nicholls

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
Central No. 1	2 Labor	Ken Bardolph* Stan Bevan*
Central No. 2	2 LCL	Patience Howard Leslie Wright	Collier Cudmore* Ernest Anthoney*
Midland	2 LCL		Alexander Melrose* Colin Rowe*
Northern	2 LCL	C R Hannan G L O'Brien	William Robinson* Robert Wilson*
Southern	2 LCL		Jack Bice* John Cowan*	Frank Halleday (Ind.)

References

1. Jaensch, Dean. "History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006". State Electoral Office South Australia. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2022.