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State elections were held in South Australia on 3 March 1956. All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal and Country League led by Premier of South Australia Thomas Playford IV defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Mick O'Halloran. A redistribution occurred in 1955 based upon the results of the census held in June 1954.

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  • State elections were held in South Australia on 3 March 1956. All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal and Country League led by Premier of South Australia Thomas Playford IV defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Mick O'Halloran. A redistribution occurred in 1955 based upon the results of the census held in June 1954. (en)
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  • 1956 South Australian state election (en)
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  • 51.3
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  • Liberal and Country League (en)
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  • Australian Labor Party (en)
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  • Labor (en)
  • Independent (en)
  • Communist (en)
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  • State elections were held in South Australia on 3 March 1956. All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal and Country League led by Premier of South Australia Thomas Playford IV defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Mick O'Halloran. A redistribution occurred in 1955 based upon the results of the census held in June 1954. (en)
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