# Candidates of the 1965 South Australian state election

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

## Retiring Members
### Labor

* Fred Walsh, MHA (West Torrens)

### Liberal and Country

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

## 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 | 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

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* | |