# Results of the 1933 South Australian state election (House of Assembly)

South Australian state election, 8 April 1933 House of Assembly
<< 1930–1938 >> :
| Enrolled voters | Enrolled voters | 338,576 | | | | |
| Votes cast | Votes cast | 182,693 | | Turnout | 59.45% | –11.91% |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | 8,904 | | Informal | 4.87% | -0.84% |
| Summary of votes by party |||||||
| Party | Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Liberal and Country | 60,159 | 34.62% | * | 29 | * |
| | Labor | 48,273 | 27.78% | –20.86% | 6 | – 24 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | 28,319 | 16.30% | * | 4 | * |
| | Lang Labor | 6,398 | 3.68% | * | 3 | * |
| | Single Tax League | 5,429 | 3.12% | +1.80% | 1 | ± 0 |
| | Communist | 1,908 | 1.10% | +0.77% | 0 | ± 0 |
| | Independent | 23,303 | 13.41% | +11.09% | 3 | + 3 |
| Total | Total | 173,789 | | | 46 | |
This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1933 South Australian state election. Each district elected multiple members.

## Results by electoral district
### Adelaide

1933 South Australian state election: Adelaide :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Lang Labor | Doug Bardolph (elected 1) | 2,669 | 35.4 | +35.4 |
| | Lang Labor | Bob Dale (elected 2) | 153 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| | Lang Labor | Tom Howard (elected 3) | 30 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| | Labor | Martin Collaton | 1,516 | 20.1 | +20.1 |
| | Labor | Herbert George | 240 | 3.2 | -0.2 |
| | Labor | Edward McDonnell | 181 | 2.4 | +2.4 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | Bill Denny | 1,072 | 14.2 | -67.5 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | Clement Wells | 180 | 2.4 | +2.4 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | Martin Dwyer | 25 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
| | Liberal and Country | Kingsley Hilton | 1,073 | 14.2 | +14.2 |
| | Liberal and Country | Duncan Menzies | 64 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| | Liberal and Country | J Trego-Williams | 39 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| | Communist | Tom Garland | 307 | 4.1 | +4.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 7,549 | 91.4 | −0.8 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 713 | 8.6 | +0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,262 | 61.2 | +2.3 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Lang Labor | | 2,847 | 37.7 | +37.7 |
| | Labor | | 1,937 | 25.7 | -63.9 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | | 1,277 | 16.9 | +16.9 |
| | Liberal and Country | | 1,176 | 15.6 | +15.6 |
| | Communist | | 307 | 4.1 | -0.7 |

### Albert

1933 South Australian state election: Albert :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal and Country | Malcolm McIntosh (elected 1) | 3,695 | 40.7 | +4.0 |
| | Liberal and Country | Frederick McMillan | 187 | 2.1 | -0.5 |
| | Independent | Tom Stott (elected 2) | 3,013 | 33.2 | +33.2 |
| | Single Tax League | Jacob Groth | 1,908 | 21.0 | +21.0 |
| | Single Tax League | Oscar Kunoth | 277 | 3.1 | +3.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 9,080 | 94.1 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 365 | 3.9 | 0.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,445 | 61.1 | −12.9 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Liberal and Country | | 3,882 | 42.8 | +3.5 |
| | Independent | Tom Stott | 3,013 | 33.2 | +33.2 |
| | Single Tax League | | 2,185 | 24.1 | +24.1 |

### Alexandra

1933 South Australian state election: Alexandra :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal and Country | George Laffer (elected 1) | unopposed |
| Liberal and Country | Herbert Hudd (elected 2) | unopposed |
| Liberal and Country | Percy Heggaton (elected 3) | unopposed |

### Barossa

1933 South Australian state election: Barossa :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal and Country | Henry Crosby (elected 1) | 3,522 | 39.5 | +5.3 |
| | Liberal and Country | Reginald Rudall | 184 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
| | Liberal and Country | Herbert Lyons (elected 3) | 124 | 1.4 | -1.7 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | Thomas Edwards | 2,007 | 22.5 | +20.0 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | Harold Zadow | 54 | 0.6 | +0.6 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | Arthur McArthur | 47 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| | Independent | Herbert Basedow (elected 2) | 1,672 | 18.8 | -4.3 |
| | Independent | Lindsay Yelland | 64 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| | Labor | Leslie McMullin | 1,135 | 12.7 | +12.7 |
| | Labor | John Whitfield | 64 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| | Labor | Sid O'Flaherty | 38 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,911 | 94.9 | +1.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 474 | 5.1 | −1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,385 | 66.6 | −11.9 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Liberal and Country | | 3,830 | 43.0 | +5.6 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | | 2,108 | 23.7 | +23.7 |
| | Independent | | 1,736 | 19.5 | +5.0 |
| | Labor | | 1,237 | 13.9 | -32.8 |

### Burra Burra

1933 South Australian state election: Burra Burra :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal and Country | George Jenkins (elected 1) | 3,464 | 39.0 | +1.9 |
| | Liberal and Country | Alexander Melrose (elected 2) | 199 | 2.2 | +2.2 |
| | Liberal and Country | Archibald McDonald (elected 3) | 172 | 1.9 | +1.9 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | Jack Critchley | 1,940 | 21.8 | -19.2 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | Sydney McHugh | 467 | 5.3 | -4.9 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | Even George | 224 | 2.5 | +1.0 |
| | Labor | Thomas Canny | 2,208 | 24.8 | +24.8 |
| | Labor | Leonard Wilcott | 160 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
| | Labor | James Marner | 63 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,897 | 96.0 | +2.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 375 | 4.0 | −2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,272 | 71.2 | −7.1 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Liberal and Country | | 3,835 | 43.1 | -4.2 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | | 2,631 | 29.6 | +29.6 |
| | Labor | | 2,431 | 27.3 | -25.1 |

### East Torrens

1933 South Australian state election: East Torrens :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal and Country | Charles Abbott (elected 1) | 8,207 | 40.3 | +40.3 |
| | Liberal and Country | Walter Hamilton (elected 2) | 470 | 2.3 | -3.8 |
| | Liberal and Country | Frank Perry (elected 3) | 460 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
| | Labor | Loftus Fenwick | 6,179 | 30.3 | +30.3 |
| | Labor | Beasley Kearney | 496 | 2.4 | -42.4 |
| | Labor | Cecil Nicholls | 222 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | Herbert Byrne | 3,663 | 18.0 | +18.0 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | Herman Dankel | 521 | 2.6 | +2.6 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | Clarence Cooke | 144 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 20,362 | 94.9 | +0.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,097 | 5.1 | −0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,459 | 55.7 | −14.2 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Liberal and Country | | 9,137 | 44.9 | -5.0 |
| | Labor | | 6,897 | 33.9 | -16.2 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | | 4,328 | 21.3 | +21.3 |

### Flinders

1933 South Australian state election: Flinders :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Single Tax League | Edward Craigie (elected 1) | 3,190 | 41.0 | +7.0 |
| | Single Tax League | James Moore | 54 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| | Liberal and Country | Arthur Christian (elected 2) | 2,186 | 28.1 | +28.1 |
| | Liberal and Country | James McDonald | 358 | 4.6 | +4.6 |
| | Labor | Leo Cash | 1,419 | 18.2 | +18.2 |
| | Labor | Thomas Cash | 172 | 2.2 | +2.2 |
| | Independent | Albert Pfitzner | 411 | 5.3 | +5.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 7,790 | 95.7 | +0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 353 | 4.3 | −0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,143 | 64.1 | −6.5 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Single Tax League | | 3,244 | 41.7 | +7.7 |
| | Liberal and Country | | 2,544 | 32.7 | +2.7 |
| | Labor | | 1,591 | 20.4 | +3.8 |
| | Independent | Albert Pfitzner | 411 | 5.3 | +5.3 |

### Murray

1933 South Australian state election: Murray :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal and Country | George Morphett (elected 1) | 3,304 | 41.3 | +30.0 |
| | Liberal and Country | Thomas Playford (elected 2) | 341 | 4.3 | +4.3 |
| | Liberal and Country | Howard Shannon (elected 3) | 233 | 2.9 | +2.9 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | Clement Collins | 1,800 | 22.5 | -7.3 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | Frank Staniford | 1,009 | 12.6 | +5.9 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | Robert Hunter | 46 | 0.6 | -0.3 |
| | Labor | John Cassidy | 1,124 | 14.1 | +14.1 |
| | Labor | Davis Fraser | 88 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
| | Labor | Herbert Gersch | 56 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,001 | 95.1 | +3.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 411 | 4.9 | −3.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,412 | 59.1 | −16.2 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Liberal and Country | | 3,878 | 48.5 | -1.2 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | | 2,855 | 35.7 | +35.7 |
| | Labor | | 1,268 | 15.8 | -31.6 |

### Newcastle

1933 South Australian state election: Newcastle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | James Beerworth (elected 1) | 1,639 | 40.5 |
| | Labor | Lindsay Riches (elected 2) | 168 | 4.2 |
| | Liberal and Country | Corba Sunman | 1,059 | 26.2 |
| | Liberal and Country | Robert McEwin | 163 | 4.0 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | Thomas Butterfield | 886 | 21.9 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | William Harvey | 131 | 3.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,046 | 96.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 163 | 3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,209 | 68.9 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labor | | 1,807 | 44.7 |
| | Liberal and Country | | 1,222 | 30.2 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | | 1,017 | 25.1 |

### North Adelaide

1933 South Australian state election: North Adelaide :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal and Country | Shirley Jeffries (elected 1) | 4,904 | 40.7 | +1.4 |
| | Liberal and Country | Victor Newland (elected 2) | 467 | 3.9 | -4.5 |
| | Labor | Walter Warne | 3,436 | 28.5 | +22.0 |
| | Labor | Frank Wilton | 175 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | A S Horne | 2,940 | 24.4 | +24.4 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | C G Johnson | 129 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 12,051 | 95.8 | −1.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 528 | 4.2 | +1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,579 | 57.2 | −15.2 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Liberal and Country | | 5,371 | 44.6 | -3.0 |
| | Labor | | 3,611 | 30.0 | -22.3 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | | 3,069 | 25.4 | +25.4 |

### Port Adelaide

1933 South Australian state election: Port Adelaide :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | James Stephens (elected 1) | 5,562 | 34.0 | +34.0 |
| | Labor | Albert Thompson (elected 2) | 2,416 | 14.8 | +4.5 |
| | Independent | Ernest Evans | 3,046 | 18.6 | +18.6 |
| | Independent | Arthur Lewis | 1,411 | 8.6 | +8.6 |
| | Lang Labor | Arthur Dadleff | 2,223 | 13.6 | +13.6 |
| | Lang Labor | Frederick Hearne | 192 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| | Communist | John Zwolsman | 897 | 5.5 | +5.5 |
| | Independent | Charles Hayter | 619 | 3.8 | +3.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 16,366 | 94.6 | −0.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 927 | 5.4 | +0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,293 | 58.5 | −12.3 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labor | | 7,978 | 48.7 | -30.3 |
| | Independent | | 4,457 | 27.2 | +27.2 |
| | Lang Labor | | 2,415 | 14.8 | +14.8 |
| | Communist | | 897 | 5.5 | +5.5 |
| | Independent | Charles Hayter | 619 | 3.8 | +3.8 |

### Port Pirie

1933 South Australian state election: Port Pirie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Andrew Lacey (elected 1) | unopposed | | |
| | Labor | John Fitzgerald (elected 2) | unopposed | | |

### Stanley

1933 South Australian state election: Stanley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal and Country | Robert Nicholls (elected 1) | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal and Country | John Lyons (elected 2) | unopposed | | |

### Sturt

1933 South Australian state election: Sturt :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal and Country | Ernest Anthoney (elected 1) | 13,423 | 50.7 | +12.6 |
| | Liberal and Country | Henry Dunks (elected 2) | 620 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
| | Liberal and Country | Horace Hogben (elected 3) | 512 | 1.9 | +1.9 |
| | Labor | Edgar Dawes | 10,975 | 41.4 | +39.9 |
| | Labor | Thomas Grealy | 673 | 2.5 | -1.1 |
| | Labor | James Hawke | 293 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 26,496 | 95.2 | +1.8 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,335 | 4.8 | −1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,831 | 51.2 | −18.3 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Liberal and Country | | 14,555 | 54.9 | +10.8 |
| | Labor | | 11,941 | 45.1 | -7.1 |

### Victoria

1933 South Australian state election: Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal and Country | Vernon Petherick (elected 1) | 3,315 | 35.7 | +25.3 |
| | Liberal and Country | Ronald Hunt (elected 2) | 713 | 7.7 | +7.7 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | Eric Shepherd | 1,949 | 21.0 | -24.1 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | Jim Corcoran | 1,641 | 17.7 | +17.7 |
| | Independent | Anthony Sutton | 1,225 | 13.2 | +13.2 |
| | Independent | Peter Crafter | 453 | 4.9 | +4.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 9,296 | 96.2 | +1.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 364 | 3.8 | −1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,660 | 68.3 | −16.3 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Liberal and Country | | 4,028 | 43.3 | -8.4 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | | 3,590 | 38.6 | +38.6 |
| | Independent | Anthony Sutton | 1,225 | 13.2 | +13.2 |
| | Independent | Peter Crafter | 453 | 4.9 | +4.9 |

### Wallaroo

1933 South Australian state election: Wallaroo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Parliamentary Labor | Robert Richards (elected 1) | 2,197 | 42.9 | +33.5 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | John Pedler (elected 2) | 161 | 3.2 | -46.9 |
| | Independent | Cecil Chapman | 1,293 | 25.8 | +25.8 |
| | Independent | Frank Filmer | 294 | 5.9 | -17.1 |
| | Labor | Percival Chynoweth | 993 | 19.8 | +19.8 |
| | Labor | John Phillips | 70 | 1.4 | +1.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,008 | 97.0 | +0.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 156 | 3.0 | −0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,164 | 84.5 | +0.8 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Parliamentary Labor | | 2,358 | 47.1 | +47.1 |
| | Independent | | 1,587 | 31.7 | -3.5 |
| | Labor | | 1,063 | 21.2 | -38.3 |

### West Torrens

1933 South Australian state election: West Torrens :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Horace Barnes | 5,534 | 31.5 | +31.5 |
| | Labor | Harry Kneebone | 978 | 5.6 | +5.6 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | John McInnes (elected 1) | 3,438 | 19.5 | -14.2 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | Alfred Blackwell (elected 2) | 1,648 | 9.4 | -60.3 |
| | Independent | Jules Langdon | 3,699 | 21.0 | +21.0 |
| | Independent | Charles Lloyd | 460 | 2.6 | +2.6 |
| | Lang Labor | Joseph Naylon | 1,064 | 6.1 | +6.1 |
| | Lang Labor | Arthur Sonnemann | 67 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| | Communist | Thomas McGillick | 704 | 4.0 | +2.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 17,592 | 94.0 | −0.8 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,113 | 6.0 | +0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,705 | 53.9 | −11.4 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labor | | 6,512 | 37.0 | -38.0 |
| | Parliamentary Labor | | 5,086 | 28.9 | +28.9 |
| | Independent | | 4,159 | 23.6 | +23.6 |
| | Lang Labor | | 1,131 | 6.4 | +6.4 |
| | Communist | | 704 | 4.0 | +2.2 |

### Wooroora

1933 South Australian state election: Wooroora :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal and Country | Richard Butler (elected 1) | 3,256 | 46.3 | +0.7 |
| | Liberal and Country | Archie Cameron (elected 2) | 481 | 6.8 | -42.0 |
| | Liberal and Country | Samuel Dennison (elected 3) | 278 | 4.0 | +2.8 |
| | Independent | Maurice Collins | 2,024 | 28.8 | +28.8 |
| | Independent | Alfred Parker | 833 | 11.8 | +11.8 |
| | Independent | Edgar Wills | 165 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 7,037 | 95.1 | +0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 366 | 4.9 | −0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,403 | 67.0 | −14.2 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Liberal and Country | | 4,015 | 57.1 | +8.3 |
| | Independent | Maurice Collins | 2,024 | 28.8 | +28.8 |
| | Independent | Alfred Parker | 833 | 11.8 | +11.8 |
| | Independent | Edgar Wills | 165 | 2.3 | +2.3 |

### Yorke Peninsula

1933 South Australian state election: Yorke Peninsula :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal and Country | Baden Pattinson (elected 2) | 2,254 | 42.5 | +15.7 |
| | Liberal and Country | Edward Giles | 432 | 8.1 | +31.1 |
| | Independent | Daniel Davies (elected 1) | 2,263 | 42.6 | +42.6 |
| | Independent | Hugh Hudson | 358 | 6.8 | +6.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,307 | 97.0 | +1.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 164 | 3.0 | −1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,471 | 71.8 | −1.7 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Liberal and Country | | 2,686 | 50.6 | -15.4 |
| | Independent | | 2,621 | 49.6 | +49.6 |