Candidates of the 1965 South Australian state election

The 1965 South Australian state election was held on 6 March 1965.

Retiring Members[edit]

Labor[edit]

Fred Walsh, MHA (West Torrens)

Liberal and Country[edit]

Leslie Harding, MHA (Victoria)
Robert Wilson, MLC (Northern District)
William Robinson, MLC (Northern District)

House of Assembly[edit]

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	DLP candidate	Other candidates

Adelaide	Labor	Sam Lawn		George Basivovs	Elliott Johnston (Comm) Thomas Ellis (Soc. Credit)
Albert	LCL		Bill Nankivell
Alexandra	LCL	Desmond Merton	David Brookman
Angas	LCL		Berthold Teusner
Barossa	LCL	Molly Byrne	Condor Laucke	Andrew Shore	David Wood (Soc. Credit)
Burnside	LCL	Joyce Henriott	Joyce Steele		William Carruthers (Soc. Credit)
Burra	Independent	John Phelan	Percy Quirke
Chaffey	Labor	Reg Curren	Harold King	William Ahern	Herbert Wilson (Ind.)
Edwardstown	Labor	Frank Walsh	Laurence Daly	Allan Anderson	Brian Waters (Ind.)
Enfield	Labor	Jack Jennings	Allan Stock	Desmond Timlin	Alan Miller (Comm) David Beavan (Soc. Credit)
Eyre	LCL	Isaac Rayson	George Bockelberg		Harold Schiller (CP)
Flinders	LCL	James Hudson	Glen Pearson	Douglas Barnes
Frome	Labor	Tom Casey	Maxwell Hams	John McMahon
Gawler	Labor	John Clark	Phillip Hockey		Desmond Clark (Ind.) John Fielder (Ind.)
Glenelg	LCL	Hugh Hudson	Baden Pattinson	Mark Posa
Gouger	LCL	Robert Thredgold	Steele Hall
Gumeracha	LCL	Ernie Crimes	Thomas Playford	Patrick Coffey	Marcus Dodd (Soc. Credit) Brian Rooney (Comm)
Hindmarsh	Labor	Cyril Hutchens		Cyril Holasek
Light	LCL		John Freebairn
Millicent	Labor	Des Corcoran	John Osborne
Mitcham	LCL	Murty Conlon	Robin Millhouse		Ernst Hergstrom (Soc. Credit)
Mount Gambier	Labor	Allan Burdon	Mary Hill
Murray	Labor	Gabe Bywaters	Eric Doecke
Norwood	Labor	Don Dunstan	Sidney Daws
Onkaparinga	LCL	Frank Staniford	Howard Shannon		Harvey Burns (Soc. Credit)
Port Adelaide	Labor	John Ryan		Donald Boys	Peter Symon (Comm)
Port Pirie	Labor	Dave McKee			Allan Mossop (Ind.)
Ridley	Independent	Arnold Busbridge			Tom Stott (Ind.)
Rocky River	LCL	George Smart	James Heaslip
Semaphore	Labor	Reg Hurst		Charles Coffey	George Heritage (Soc. Credit)
Stirling	LCL	Allan Stevens	William McAnaney
Stuart	Labor	Lindsay Riches			William Young (Ind.)
Torrens	LCL	Chris Hurford	John Coumbe	Charles Bradley	Russell Sellars (Soc. Credit)
Unley	Labor	Gil Langley	John McLeay	Mary Dempsey	John Hennessey (Ind.) William Wallace (Ind.)
Victoria	LCL	David Walker	Allan Rodda		James McLachlan (CP) John Gartner (Ind.)
Wallaroo	Labor	Lloyd Hughes	Clarence Green
West Torrens	Labor	Glen Broomhill	Parker Morton
Whyalla	Labor	Ron Loveday		Gordon Kimpton	Clarence Young (Ind.) James Yates (Ind.)
Yorke Peninsula	LCL	Michael Kennedy	James Ferguson

Legislative Council[edit]

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	Stan Bevan* Don Banfield*		Edward Timlin (DLP) William Gold (Ind.) Edwin Burnett-Read (Ind.)
Central No. 2	2 LCL	Robert Millar Eric Thorp	Jessie Cooper* Frank Potter*
Midland	2 LCL	Donald MacLeod Leonard Krieg	Les Hart* Colin Rowe*
Northern	2 LCL	Hugh James Miah O'Callaghan	Richard Geddes* Dudley Octoman*
Southern	2 LCL		Ren DeGaris* Henry Kemp*

References[edit]

^ Jaensch, Dean. "History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006". State Electoral Office South Australia. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[1] Jaensch, Dean. "History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006". State Electoral Office South Australia. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

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