# Candidates of the 1947 South Australian state election

The 1947 South Australian state election was held on 8 March 1947.

## Retiring Members
### Labor

* Bob Dale, MHA (Adelaide)

### LCL

* Archibald McDonald, MHA (Burra)
* Frank Smith, MHA (Glenelg)

## House of Assembly

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.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | LCL candidate | Other candidates |
| Adelaide | Labor | Herbert George | | Doug Bardolph (Ind.) Alfred Watt (Comm) |
| Albert | LCL | | Malcolm McIntosh | |
| Alexandra | LCL | Albert Taverner | Herbert Hudd | Ethel Wache (Ind.) |
| Angas | LCL | | Berthold Teusner | Frank Rieck (Ind) |
| Burnside | LCL | | Geoffrey Clarke | |
| Burra | LCL | Michael Cronin | George Hawker | |
| Chaffey | Independent | Robert Lambert | | William MacGillivray (Ind) |
| Eyre | LCL | | Arthur Christian | |
| Flinders | LCL | | Rex Pearson | |
| Frome | Labor | Mick O'Halloran | | |
| Gawler | Labor | Leslie Duncan | Thomas Shanahan | |
| Glenelg | LCL | Ralph Wells | Baden Pattinson | Andrew Low (Ind) |
| Goodwood | Labor | Frank Walsh | Herbert Kemp | |
| Gouger | LCL | John Brown | Rufus Goldney | |
| Gumeracha | LCL | | Thomas Playford | |
| Hindmarsh | Labor | John McInnes | | James Moss (Comm) |
| Light | LCL | John Power | Herbert Michael | Henry Schneider (Ind) |
| Mitcham | LCL | John Borthwick | Henry Dunks | |
| Mount Gambier | Independent | John Shepherdson | | John Fletcher (Ind) |
| Murray | Labor | Richard McKenzie | Maurice Parish | |
| Newcastle | LCL | | George Jenkins | |
| Norwood | Labor | Frank Nieass | Roy Moir | |
| Onkaparinga | LCL | Herbert Burnley | Howard Shannon | Frank Halleday (Ind) |
| Port Adelaide | Labor | James Stephens | | Alan Finger (Comm) |
| Port Pirie | Labor | Charles Davis | | |
| Prospect | Labor | Bert Shard | Elder Whittle | |
| Ridley | Independent | John Lloyd | | Tom Stott (Ind.) |
| Rocky River | LCL | | John Lyons | |
| Semaphore | Labor | Harold Tapping | | |
| Stanley | Labor | Percy Quirke | Gordon Bails Clive Hannaford | |
| Stirling | LCL | | Herbert Dunn | |
| Stuart | Labor | Lindsay Riches | | Edward Robertson (Comm) |
| Thebarton | Labor | Fred Walsh | | |
| Torrens | Labor | Herbert Baldock | Shirley Jeffries | |
| Unley | LCL | Douglas Finlayson | Colin Dunnage | |
| Victoria | Labor | Jim Corcoran | Roy McLachlan | |
| Wallaroo | Labor | Robert Richards | Leslie Heath | |
| Yorke Peninsula | LCL | | Cecil Hincks | |
| Young | LCL | | Robert Nicholls | |

## Legislative Council

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 | Ken Bardolph* Oscar Oates* | | George Yates (Ind.) |
| Central No. 2 | 2 LCL | Michael Smedley Colin Evans William Ahern | Collier Cudmore* Ernest Anthoney* Frank Perry |
| Midland | 2 LCL | | Alexander Melrose* Douglas Gordon* | Ernest Castine (Ind.) |
| Northern | 1 Labor 1 LCL | James Beerworth Ron Loveday | Percy Blesing* William Robinson* | |
| Southern | 2 LCL | Charles Lloyd Frank Staniford | Norman Brookman* Jack Bice* | |