[South Australia]: 2006 South Australian state election

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18 March 2006​

All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly 11 of the 22 seats in the South Australian Legislative Council 24 Assembly seats needed for a majority​

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Leader:	Mike Rann (WON)	Isobel Redmond
Party:	Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch)	Coalition: Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division) National Party of Australia (SA)
Policies:	Social Democracy Democratic Socialism	Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division): Liberal Conservatism Conservative Liberalism Classical Liberalism National Party of Australia (SA): Conservatism Agrarianism
Leader since:	5 November 1994	30 March 2002
Leader's seat:	Ramsay	Heysen
Last election (seats):	28	16
Last election (TPP percentage):	56.8%	43.2%
Seats won:	24	21
Seat change:	-4	+5
Popular vote:	469,581	469,580
TPP Percentage:	50.0%	50.0%
TPP Swing:	-6.8%	+6.8%

Pre-Election Pendulum (House of Assembly, Labor)​

Seat:	Member:	Party:	Percentage:
Light	Tony Piccolo	Australian Labor Party	2.1%
Mawson	Leon Bignell	Australian Labor Party	2.2%
Norwood	Vini Ciccarello	Australian Labor Party	4.2%
Hartley	Grace Portolesi	Australian Labor Party	4.6%
Newland	Tom Kenyon	Australian Labor Party	6.8%
Morialta	Lindsay Simmons	Australian Labor Party	7.9%
Bright	Chloë Fox	Australian Labor Party	9.4%
Adelaide	Jane Lomax-Smith	Australian Labor Party	10.2%
Florey	Frances Bedford	Australian Labor Party	12.1%
Giles	Lyn Breuer	Australian Labor Party	14.4%
Elder	Pat Conlon	Australian Labor Party	14.9%
Wright	Jennifer Rankine	Australian Labor Party	15.3%
Ashford	Steph Key	Australian Labor Party	16.1%
Colton	Paul Caica	Australian Labor Party	16.3%
Little Para	Lea Stevens	Australian Labor Party	16.7%
Reynell	Gay Thompson	Australian Labor Party	17.6%
West Torrens	Tom Koutsantonis	Australian Labor Party	18.3%
Torrens	Robyn Geraghty	Australian Labor Party	19.1%
Lee	Michael Wright	Australian Labor Party	19.3%
Kaurna	John Hill	Australian Labor Party	22.0%
Napier	Michael O'Brien	Australian Labor Party	24.3%
Enfield	John Rau	Australian Labor Party	24.5%
Cheltenham	Jay Weatherill	Australian Labor Party	25.4%
Port Adelaide	Kevin Foley	Australian Labor Party	25.7%
Playford	Jack Snelling	Australian Labor Party	25.8%
Croydon	Michael Atkinson	Australian Labor Party	26.0%
Taylor	Trish White	Australian Labor Party	27.4%
Ramsay	Mike Rann	Australian Labor Party	28.5%

Pre-Election Pendulum (House of Assembly, Coalition)​

Seat:	Member:	Party:	Percentage:
Stuart	Graham Gunn	Liberal Party of Australia	0.6%
Unley	David Pisoni	Liberal Party of Australia	1.1%
Heysen	Isobel Redmond	Liberal Party of Australia	3.0%
Frome	Rob Kerin	Liberal Party of Australia	3.4%
Waite	Martin Hamilton-Smith	Liberal Party of Australia	4.0%
Morphett	Duncan McFetridge	Liberal Party of Australia	5.4%
Schubert	Ivan Venning	Liberal Party of Australia	6.4%
Davenport	Iain Evans	Liberal Party of Australia	6.4%
Finniss	Michael Pengilly	Liberal Party of Australia	6.5%
Goyder	Steven Griffiths	Liberal Party of Australia	9.1%
Kavel	Mark Goldsworthy	Liberal Party of Australia	9.4%
Flinders	Liz Penfold	Liberal Party of Australia	10.1% v. NAT
Hammond	Adran Pederick	Liberal Party of Australia	12.0%
Bragg	Vickie Chapman	Liberal Party of Australia	12.8%
Chaffey	Karlene Maywald	National Party of Australia	17.2% v. LIB
MacKillop	Mitch Williams	Liberal Party of Australia	22.2%

Pre-Election Pendulum (House of Assembly, Crossbench)​

Seat:	Member:	Party:	Percentage:
Mitchell	Kris Hanna	Independent	0.6% v. ALP
Mount Gambier	Rory McEwen	Independent	6.2% v. LIB
Fisher	Bob Such	Independent	16.7% v. ALP

Pre-Election Pendulum (Legislative Council)​

Party:	Elected 1997:	Elected 2002:	TOTAL:
Liberal Party of Australia	David Ridgway Caroline Schaefer Terry Stephens Stephen Wade Robert Lawson	John Dawkins Michelle Lensink Rob Lucas	8
Australian Labor Party	Gail Gago John Gazzola Paul Holloway Bernard Finnigan	Ian Hunter Bob Sneath Carmel Zollo Russell Wortley	8
Independent	None	Nick Xenophon Ann Bressington	2
Family First Party	Andrew Evans	Dennis Hood	2
Australian Greens	None	Mark Parnell	1
Australian Democrats	Sandra Kanck	None	1

 

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Post-Election Pendulum (House of Assembly, Labor)​

Seat:	Member:	Party:	Percentage:
Newland	Tom Kenyon	Australian Labor Party	0.01% (9 votes)
Morialta	Lindsay Simmons	Australian Labor Party	1.1%
Bright	Chloë Fox	Australian Labor Party	2.6%
Adelaide	Jane Lomax-Smith	Australian Labor Party	3.4%
Florey	Frances Bedford	Australian Labor Party	5.3%
Giles	Lyn Breuer	Australian Labor Party	7.6%
Elder	Pat Conlon	Australian Labor Party	8.1%
Wright	Jennifer Rankine	Australian Labor Party	8.5%
Ashford	Steph Key	Australian Labor Party	9.3%
Colton	Paul Caica	Australian Labor Party	9.5%
Little Para	Lea Stevens	Australian Labor Party	9.9%
Chaffey	Karlene Maywald	National Party of Australia	10.4% v. LIB
Reynell	Gay Thompson	Australian Labor Party	10.8%
West Torrens	Tom Koutsantonis	Australian Labor Party	11.5%
Torrens	Robyn Geraghty	Australian Labor Party	12.3%
Lee	Michael Wright	Australian Labor Party	12.5%
Kaurna	John Hill	Australian Labor Party	15.2%
Napier	Michael O'Brien	Australian Labor Party	17.5%
Enfield	John Rau	Australian Labor Party	17.7%
Cheltenham	Jay Weatherill	Australian Labor Party	18.6%
Port Adelaide	Kevin Foley	Australian Labor Party	18.9%
Playford	Jack Snelling	Australian Labor Party	19.0%
Croydon	Michael Atkinson	Australian Labor Party	19.2%
Taylor	Trish White	Australian Labor Party	20.6%
Ramsay	Mike Rann	Australian Labor Party	21.7%

Post-Election Pendulum (House of Assembly, Liberal)​

Seat:	Member:	Party:	Percentage:
Mount Gambier	Peter Gandolfi	Liberal Party of Australia	0.6% v. IND
Hartley	Joe Scalzi	Liberal Party of Australia	2.2%
Norwood	Steven Marshall	Liberal Party of Australia	2.6%
Mawson	Robert Brokenshire	Liberal Party of Australia	4.6%
Light	Malcolm Buckby	Liberal Party of Australia	4.7%
Stuart	Graham Gunn	Liberal Party of Australia	7.4%
Unley	David Pisoni	Liberal Party of Australia	7.9%
Heysen	Isobel Redmond	Liberal Party of Australia	9.8%
Frome	Rob Kerin	Liberal Party of Australia	10.2%
Waite	Martin Hamilton-Smith	Liberal Party of Australia	10.8%
Morphett	Duncan McFetridge	Liberal Party of Australia	12.2%
Schubert	Ivan Venning	Liberal Party of Australia	13.2%
Davenport	Iain Evans	Liberal Party of Australia	13.2%
Finniss	Michael Pengilly	Liberal Party of Australia	13.3%
Goyder	Steven Griffiths	Liberal Party of Australia	15.9%
Kavel	Mark Goldsworthy	Liberal Party of Australia	16.2%
Flinders	Liz Penfold	Liberal Party of Australia	16.9% v. NAT
Hammond	Adran Pederick	Liberal Party of Australia	18.8%
Bragg	Vickie Chapman	Liberal Party of Australia	19.6%
MacKillop	Mitch Williams	Liberal Party of Australia	29.0%

Post-Election Pendulum (House of Assembly, Crossbench)​

Seat:	Member:	Party:	Percentage:
Mitchell	Kris Hanna	Independent	7.4% v. ALP
Fisher	Bob Such	Independent	23.5% v. ALP

Post-Election Pendulum (Legislative Council)​

Party:	Elected 2002:	Elected 2006:	TOTAL:
Liberal Party of Australia	John Dawkins Michelle Lensink Rob Lucas	David Ridgway Stephen Wade Terry Stephens Jing Lee	7
Australian Labor Party	Ian Hunter Bob Sneath Carmel Zollo Russell Wortley	Gail Gago John Gazzola Paul Holloway Bernard Finnigan	8
Independent	Nick Xenophon Ann Bressington	None	2
Family First Party	Dennis Hood	Bob Randall	2
Australian Greens	Mark Parnell	Tammy Franks	2
Dignity for Disability	None	Kelly Vincent	1

 

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Whilst Labor was still able to retain government with the slimest of majorities after a moderate swing against the Government, the near possibility of minority government or even defeat if both Independents supported the Liberals has made Mike Rann's leadership untenable. After winning the election, Premier Rann made the announcement he would resign from the Premiership after being told by many in his own party he no longer had their support. A leadership ballot was held for Leader and Deputy Leader after a few days and Jay Weatherill, the Minister for Education, was elected Leader and Premier unopposed with John Rau as Deputy Leader and Deputy Premier. Karlene Maywald, the sole National member of Parliament decided to break ranks with the Liberals and give Labor confidence and supply in Parliament in exchange for her to take on position of Minister for the River Murray and Minister for Water Security in Cabinet.

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