A by-election may be held when a member's seat becomes vacant through resignation, death or some other reasons. These vacancies are called casual vacancies.
Gains for Labor are highlighted in red; for Liberal and its predecessors in blue; and others in grey.
History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN978-0-9750486-3-4
House of Assembly Chronological List of By-elections (from 1993 Statistical Returns, State Electoral Office, p. 178-179)
April 15, 2024
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This is a list of by elections and scheduled by elections for the South Australian House of Assembly A by election may be held when a member s seat becomes vacant through resignation death or some other reasons These vacancies are called casual vacancies Gains for Labor are highlighted in red for Liberal and its predecessors in blue and others in grey Contents 1 2020 2029 2 2010 2019 3 2000 2009 4 1990 1999 5 1980 1989 6 1970 1979 7 1960 1969 8 1950 1959 9 1940 1949 10 1930 1939 11 1920 1929 12 1910 1919 13 1900 1909 14 1890 1899 15 1880 1889 16 1870 1879 17 1857 1869 18 See also 19 References2020 2029 editParl By election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Retained55th Dunstan 23 March 2024 Steven Marshall Liberal Cressida O Hanlon Labor Resignation No55th Bragg 2 July 2022 Vickie Chapman Liberal Jack Batty Liberal Resignation Yes2010 2019 editParl By election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Retained54th Cheltenham 9 February 2019 Jay Weatherill Labor Joe Szakacs Labor Resignation Yes54th Enfield 9 February 2019 John Rau Labor Andrea Michaels Labor Resignation Yes53rd Davenport 31 January 2015 Iain Evans Liberal Sam Duluk Liberal Resignation Yes53rd Fisher 6 December 2014 Bob Such Independent Nat Cook Labor Death No52nd Ramsay 11 February 2012 Mike Rann Labor Zoe Bettison Labor Resignation Yes52nd Port Adelaide 11 February 2012 Kevin Foley Labor Susan Close Labor Resignation Yes2000 2009 editParl By election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Retained51st Frome 17 January 2009 Rob Kerin Liberal Geoff Brock Independent Resignation No1990 1999 editParl By election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Retained48th Taylor 5 November 1994 Lynn Arnold Labor Trish White Labor Resignation Yes48th Torrens 7 May 1994 Joe Tiernan Liberal Robyn Geraghty Labor Death No48th Elizabeth 9 April 1994 Martyn Evans Labor Lea Stevens Labor Resignation entered HoR Yes47th Kavel 9 May 1992 Roger Goldsworthy Liberal John Olsen Liberal Resignation to provide Olsen a seat Yes47th Alexandra 9 May 1992 Ted Chapman Liberal Dean Brown Liberal Resignation to provide Brown a seat Yes47th Custance 23 June 1990 John Olsen Liberal Ivan Venning Liberal Resignation entered Senate Yes1980 1989 editParl By election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Retained45th Elizabeth 1 December 1984 Peter Duncan Labor Martyn Evans Independent Labor Resignation entered HoR No45th Bragg 14 May 1983 David Tonkin Liberal Graham Ingerson Liberal Resignation Yes44th Florey 4 September 1982 Harold O Neill Labor Bob Gregory Labor Resignation ill health Yes44th Mitcham 8 May 1982 Robin Millhouse Democrats Heather Southcott Democrats Resignation Appointed to SA Supreme Court Yes44th Norwood 16 February 1980 Frank Webster Liberal Greg Crafter Labor Unseated No1970 1979 editParl By election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Retained43rd Norwood 10 March 1979 Don Dunstan Labor Greg Crafter Labor Resignation ill health Yes41st Goyder 8 June 1974 Steele Hall Liberal Movement David Boundy Liberal Movement Resignation entered Senate Yes41st Semaphore 2 June 1973 Reg Hurst Labor Jack Olson Labor Death Yes40th Adelaide 3 July 1971 Sam Lawn Labor Jack Wright Labor Death Yes1960 1969 editParl By election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Retained39th Millicent 22 June 1968 Des Corcoran Labor Des Corcoran Labor Unseated Yes37th Semaphore 3 October 1964 Harold Tapping Labor Reg Hurst Labor Death Yes37th Stirling 28 September 1963 William Jenkins LCL William McAnaney LCL Death Yes37th Yorke Peninsula 9 February 1963 Cecil Hincks LCL James Ferguson LCL Death Yes37th Mount Gambier 15 December 1962 Ron Ralston Labor Allan Burdon Labor Death Yes36th Frome 5 November 1960 Mick O Halloran Labor Tom Casey Labor Death Yes36th Light 23 April 1960 George Hambour LCL Leslie Nicholson LCL Death Yes1950 1959 editParl By election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Retained35th Mount Gambier 12 July 1958 John Fletcher Independent Ron Ralston Labor Death No35th Wallaroo 3 August 1957 Leslie Heath LCL Lloyd Hughes Labor Death No34th Mitcham 7 May 1955 Henry Dunks LCL Robin Millhouse LCL Death Yes33rd Stirling 18 October 1952 Herbert Dunn LCL William Jenkins LCL Death Yes33rd Gawler 19 April 1952 Leslie Duncan Labor John Clark Labor Death Yes33rd Flinders 2 June 1951 Rex Pearson LCL Glen Pearson LCL Resignation entered Senate Yes1940 1949 editParl By election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Retained32nd Rocky River 26 February 1949 John Lyons LCL James Heaslip LCL Death Yes32nd Alexandra 19 June 1948 Herbert Hudd LCL David Brookman LCL Death Yes31st Port Pirie 19 October 1946 Andrew Lacey Labor Charles Davis Labor Death Yes31st Semaphore 5 October 1946 Albert Thompson Labor Harold Tapping Labor Resignation entered HoR Yes31st Burnside 22 June 1946 Charles Abbott LCL Geoffrey Clarke LCL Resignation Yes31st Victoria 29 September 1945 Vernon Petherick LCL Jim Corcoran Labor Death No30th Gouger 10 July 1943 Albert Robinson Independent Horace Bowden Labor Death No30th Thebarton 12 December 1942 Jules Langdon Independent Fred Walsh Labor Death No1930 1939 editParl By election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Retained29th Light 21 January 1939 Richard Layton Butler LCL Herbert Michael LCL Resignation contested HoR Yes28th Port Pirie 3 March 1937 John Fitzgerald Labor William Threadgold Labor Death Yes28th Wooroora 29 September 1934 Archie Cameron LCL Albert Robinson Independent Resignation entered HoR No28th Alexandra 10 February 1934 George Laffer LCL George Connor Independent Death No28th Barossa 8 July 1933 Herbert Basedow Independent Reginald Rudall LCL Death No27th Victoria 5 March 1932 Peter Reidy Liberal Vernon Petherick Liberal Death Yes27th Adelaide 25 July 1931 Bert Edwards Labor Martin Collaton Lang Labor Absent without leave No1920 1929 editParl By election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Retained26th Port Adelaide 2 July 1927 Thomas Thompson Protestant Labor Thomas Thompson Protestant Labor Unseated Yes25th Adelaide 21 September 1926 John Gunn Labor Herbert George Labor Resignation Yes25th Stanley 16 March 1926 Henry Barwell Liberal John Lyons Liberal Resignation Yes25th Yorke Peninsula 20 January 1926 Peter Allen Liberal Edward Giles Liberal Death Yes25th East Torrens 28 November 1925 Harry Kneebone Labor Walter Hamilton Liberal Resignation contested HoR No25th Port Adelaide 20 June 1925 John Price Labor John Stanley Verran Labor Resignation Yes25th Barossa 22 November 1924 William Hague Liberal Henry Crosby Liberal Death Yes24th Alexandra 20 January 1923 George Ritchie Liberal Percy Heggaton Liberal Resignation Yes23rd Alexandra 12 June 1920 Archibald Peake Liberal Herbert Hudd Liberal Death Yes1910 1919 editParl By election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Retained22nd Barossa 2 June 1917 Ephraim Coombe Labor Henry Crosby Liberal Death No22nd East Torrens 12 May 1917 Lionel Hill Labor William Hamilton Liberal Resignation contested Senate No22nd Adelaide 12 May 1917 John Gunn Labor Bert Edwards Labor Resignation contested HoR Yes22nd Newcastle 12 May 1917 Thomas Butterfield Labor Edward Twopeny Liberal Resignation contested Senate No22nd Alexandra 19 June 1915 Alexander McDonald Liberal Archibald Peake Liberal Resignation Yes21st Alexandra 20 December 1913 William Blacker Liberal George Laffer Liberal Death Yes21st Murray 23 November 1912 William Jamieson Liberal Harry Dove Young Liberal Death Yes1900 1909 editParl By election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Retained19th Torrens 3 July 1909 Thomas Price Labor Thomas Ryan Labor Death Yes19th Wooroora 13 February 1909 Friedrich Wilhelm Paech ANL Frederick William Young FPPU Death No19th Northern Territory 5 December 1908 Vaiben Louis Solomon ANL Thomas Crush Labor Death No19th Adelaide 20 June 1908 Ernest Roberts Labor Edward Alfred Anstey Labor Resignation Yes19th Flinders 18 May 1907 Arthur Hugh Inkster LDU Edgar Hampton Warren FPPU Death No19th Stanley 13 April 1907 William Patrick Cummins LDU Kossuth William Duncan FPPU Death No19th Adelaide 26 January 1907 James Zimri Sellar Labor Reginald Blundell Labor Death Yes18th Murray 23 June 1906 Walter Hughes Duncan ANL Hermann Homburg ANL Death Yes17th Victoria and Albert 25 June 1904 Andrew Dods Handyside ANL William Senior Labor Death No16th Wallaroo 22 June 1901 Henry Allerdale Grainger John Verran Labor Resignation16th Northern Territory 15 June 1901 Vaiben Louis Solomon Samuel James Mitchell Resignation entered HoR 16th Gumeracha 8 June 1901 Thomas Playford II William Jamieson ANL Resignation entered Senate 16th Flinders 8 June 1901 Alexander Poynton William Tennant Mortlock Resignation entered HoR 16th Burra 8 June 1901 Frederick Holder William Russell Resignation entered HoR 16th Barossa 8 June 1901 John Downer ANL E H Coombe Resignation entered Senate 16th North Adelaide 1 June 1901 Paddy Glynn Hugh Robert Dixson Resignation entered HoR 16th West Adelaide 1 June 1901 Lee Batchelor Labor Francis Bernard Keogh Resignation entered HoR 16th Northern Territory 20 October 1900 Walter Griffiths Charles Edward Herbert ANL Death16th West Adelaide 17 March 1900 Charles Kingston Bill Denny Resignation1890 1899 editParl By election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause16th Encounter Bay 29 July 1899 Charles Tucker Charles Tucker Unseated15th Mount Barker 14 May 1898 John Cockburn Charles Dumas ANL Resignation15th East Adelaide 22 January 1898 John McPherson Labor James Hutchison Labor Death15th Albert 31 July 1897 Archibald Peake Archibald Peake Unseated15th Albert 22 May 1897 George Ash ANL Archibald Peake Death15th North Adelaide 22 May 1897 Arthur Harrold ANL Paddy Glynn ANL Resignation15th Stanley 17 October 1896 Peter Paul Gillen William Patrick Cummins Death15th Gumeracha 10 July 1896 Charles Willcox ANL William Richard Randell Resignation14th North Adelaide 8 June 1895 George Charles Hawker Paddy Glynn NDL Death14th East Torrens 19 May 1894 Thomas Playford II David Packham NDL Appointment as Agent General13th Noarlunga 26 March 1892 Charles Dashwood William Blacker Death13th East Adelaide 23 January 1892 John Cox Bray John McPherson Labor Resignation13th Northern Territory 23 May 1891 Vaiben Louis Solomon Vaiben Louis Solomon Resignation13th Wallaroo 23 May 1891 David Bews Richard Hooper Independent Labor Death13th Wooroora 25 February 1891 Hugh Craine Kelly Robert Kelly Death13th Yatala 13 August 1890 James Cowan Richard Butler Death1880 1889 editParl By election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause12th Stanley 25 June 1889 Edward William Hawker Peter Paul Gillen Resignation12th Victoria 1 November 1888 Daniel Livingston John James Osman Death12th Gumeracha 12 May 1888 Robert Dalrymple Ross Lancelot Stirling Death11th East Adelaide 31 May 1886 George Dutton Green Theodor Scherk Resignation11th Albert 8 February 1886 Arthur Hardy Arthur Hardy Resignation11th Sturt 17 July 1885 Thomas King Samuel Dening Glyde Resignation11th Stanley 15 May 1885 John Miller John Darling senior Resignation11th Wallaroo 16 February 1885 Henry Allerdale Grainger David Bews Resignation11th Albert 5 January 1885 Rudolph Henning Andrew Dods Handyside Death10th Victoria 15 June 1883 George Charles Hawker William Whinham Resignation10th Flinders 1 December 1882 Ebenezer Cooke Patrick Boyce Coglin Resignation10th Sturt 13 November 1882 William Townsend Thomas King Resignation10th Onkaparinga 15 June 1882 Friedrich Krichauff Rowland Rees Resignation10th Yatala 6 September 1881 David Murray Josiah Howell Bagster Resignation10th Yatala 13 July 1881 David Murray David Murray Unseated10th East Adelaide 17 June 1881 George Fowler Thomas Johnson Resignation9th Port Adelaide 27 July 1880 William Quin John Hart Jr Resignation9th Gumeracha 24 April 1880 Ebenezer Ward John Rounsevell Resignation9th Noarlunga 6 January 1880 John Carr John Colton Resignation1870 1879 editParl By election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause9th North Adelaide 16 December 1878 Neville Blyth Caleb Peacock ResignationEncounter Bay 10 October 1878 James Boucaut William West Erskine ResignationNoarlunga 14 September 1878 John Colton Thomas Atkinson ResignationLight 12 June 1878 Frank Skeffington Carroll David Moody Resignation8th Victoria 17 May 1877 John Ingleby Lavington Glyde ResignationEast Torrens 27 March 1877 Edwin Thomas Smith David Murray ResignationNorth Adelaide 14 March 1877 Arthur Blyth Neville Blyth Accepted office outside parliamentWest Torrens 27 September 1876 Benjamin Taylor John Mitchell Sinclair ResignationWest Adelaide 21 June 1876 William Knox Simms John Darling Sr ResignationBarossa 20 May 1876 John Howard Angas M P F Basedow ResignationMount Barker 1 May 1876 William West Erskine ResignationSturt 14 April 1876 Samuel Way Thomas King ResignationWooroora 7 August 1875 James Pearce John Bosworth ResignationAlbert 12 July 1875 Mountifort Conner William Wigley ResignationBarossa 9 June 1875 Johann Sudholz John Dunn Jr UnseatedWallaroo 4 June 1875 Matthew Madge Robert Dalrymple Ross UnseatedYatala 17 May 1875 Lavington Glyde Thomas Cowan ResignationWentworth Cavenagh Wentworth Cavenagh ResignationLight 17 May 1875 Randolph Isham Stow Jenkin Coles Resignation7th The Sturt 7 September 1874 John Henry Barrow William Mair DeathLight 18 September 1873 Mountifort Conner Randolph Isham Stow ResignationEncounter Bay 5 September 1873 Thomas Reynolds Arthur Fydell Lindsay ResignationVictoria 17 June 1873 Edwin Derrington Thomas Boothby ResignationVictoria 29 May 1873 John Riddoch Park Laurie ResignationThe Burra 3 April 1873 John Hart Rowland Rees DeathEncounter Bay 29 February 1872 William Everard William Rogers UnseatedEncounter Bay 29 February 1872 Thomas Reynolds Thomas Reynolds Unseated6th Victoria 24 August 1871 William Paltridge Neville Blyth ResignationLight 12 August 1871 Edward Hamilton James White ResignationWest Torrens 10 August 1871 Henry Strangways James Boucaut Resignation5th West Torrens 10 February 1870 George Bean John Pickering Declared VacantThe Sturt 10 February 1870 Richard Bullock Andrews Frederick Spicer Resignation1857 1869 editParl By election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause5th Mount Barker 5 November 1868 John Dunn William Rogers Unseated5th Mount Barker 3 September 1868 William Rogers John Dunn Unseated5th Mount Barker 3 September 1868 John Cheriton John Cheriton Unseated4th The Sturt 14 August 1867 Joseph Peacock Alexander Murray Death4th East Torrens 22 July 1867 Neville Blyth Daniel Fisher Resignation4th Gumeracha 15 July 1867 Alexander Borthwick Murray Alexander Hay Resignation4th Victoria 13 December 1866 Adam Lindsay Gordon James Umpherston Resignation4th East Torrens 3 December 1866 Charles Goode Randolph Isham Stow Resignation4th Flinders 20 October 1866 Alfred Watts Augustine Stow Resignation4th The Burra 15 October 1866 George Cole Alexander McCulloch Resignation4th Port Adelaide 29 June 1866 John Hart Jacob Smith Resignation4th Light 27 November 1865 John Rounsevell John Rounsevell Unseated4th Light 12 October 1865 Francis Dutton John Rounsevell Accepted office3rd East Adelaide 5 November 1864 William Bakewell Thomas Reynolds Resignation3rd Mount Barker 8 June 1864 Allan McFarlane William Rogers Death3rd Barossa 8 June 1864 Joseph Barritt John Williams Resignation2nd Light 8 May 1862 Francis Dutton John Rowe Resignation2nd The Burra and Clare 8 May 1862 William Dale John Bentham Neales Resignation2nd Port Adelaide 8 May 1862 William Owen John Hart Resignation2nd The Murray 8 May 1862 David Wark Allan McFarlane Death2nd Gumeracha 8 May 1862 Alexander Hay Alexander Murray Resignation2nd City of Adelaide 2 May 1862 Thomas Reynolds Thomas Reynolds Resignation2nd City of Adelaide 9 December 1861 Richard Hanson James Boucaut Resignation2nd The Burra and Clare 6 May 1861 William Lennon George Kingston Insolvent2nd West Torrens 30 April 1861 George Morphett Randolph Isham Stow Resignation1st City of Adelaide 13 May 1859 William Henville Burford William Owen Resignation1st Port Adelaide 11 October 1858 John Hughes Edward Collinson Resignation1st Mount Barker 16 September 1858 Friedrich Krichauff William Rogers Resignation1st City of Adelaide 16 September 1858 Robert Torrens Judah Solomon Resignation1st The Burra and Clare 9 September 1858 Morris Marks Edward McEllister Resignation1st Light 9 September 1858 William Maturin David Shannon Resignation1st East Torrens 6 April 1858 Charles Bonney John Henry Barrow Resignation1st Light 8 February 1858 Carrington Smedley William Maturin Resignation1st Encounter Bay 15 January 1858 Benjamin Babbage Henry Strangways Resignation1st Victoria 5 January 1858 Robert Leake George Charles Hawker Resignation1st Onkaparinga 23 December 1857 William Dawes William Townsend Resignation1st East Torrens 6 October 1857 George Waterhouse Lavington Glyde Resignation1st Yatala 5 June 1857 Charles Simeon Hare Richard Andrews Resignation1st Barossa 1 June 1857 Horace Dean William Bakewell UnseatedSee also editList of 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