# Candidates of the 1953 South Australian state election

The 1953 South Australian state election was held on 7 March 1953.

## Retiring Members
### Labor

* Richard McKenzie, MHA (Murray)

### Liberal and Country

* Shirley Jeffries, MHA (Torrens)

## 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 | Sam Lawn | | Edward Robertson (Comm) |
| Albert | LCL | | Malcolm McIntosh | Robert Upton (Ind) Carl Muller (Ind) |
| Alexandra | LCL | | David Brookman | |
| Angas | LCL | | Berthold Teusner | Henry Schneider (Ind) |
| Burnside | LCL | Frederick Hansford | Geoffrey Clarke | John Parkinson (Ind) |
| Burra | LCL | Even George | George Hawker | |
| Chaffey | Independent | | Ross Story | William MacGillivray (Ind) |
| Eyre | LCL | | Arthur Christian | Herbert Hogan (Ind) |
| Flinders | LCL | Percy Baillie | Glen Pearson | |
| Frome | Labor | Mick O'Halloran | | |
| Gawler | Labor | John Clark | | Frank Rieck (Ind) |
| Glenelg | LCL | Loftus Fenwick | Baden Pattinson | |
| Goodwood | Labor | Frank Walsh | Howard Zelling | |
| Gouger | LCL | Bernard McEwen | Rufus Goldney | |
| Gumeracha | LCL | | Thomas Playford | Alan Finger (Comm) |
| Hindmarsh | Labor | Cyril Hutchens | | |
| Light | LCL | Donald MacLeod | Herbert Michael | |
| Mitcham | LCL | | Henry Dunks | |
| Mount Gambier | Independent | Raphael Mahony | | John Fletcher (Ind) |
| Murray | Labor | Robert Moroney | Hector White | Lawrence McKenzie (Ind) Albert Denman (Ind) |
| Newcastle | LCL | Gerald Travers | George Jenkins | |
| Norwood | LCL | Don Dunstan | Roy Moir | |
| Onkaparinga | LCL | Frank Staniford | Howard Shannon | |
| Port Adelaide | Labor | James Stephens | | Peter Symon (Comm) |
| Port Pirie | Labor | Charles Davis | | Arthur Pickering (Ind) Thomas Madigan (Ind) |
| Prospect | LCL | Jack Jennings | Elder Whittle | |
| Ridley | Independent | | | Tom Stott (Ind.) Henry Schneider (Ind.) |
| Rocky River | LCL | | James Heaslip | |
| Semaphore | Labor | Harold Tapping | | Roy Luckman (Ind.) |
| Stanley | Independent | | Elliot Parker | Percy Quirke |
| Stirling | LCL | | William Jenkins | William McAnaney (Ind.) Orlando Hutchinson (Ind.) |
| Stuart | Labor | Lindsay Riches | | Elliott Johnston (Comm) |
| Thebarton | Labor | Fred Walsh | | |
| Torrens | LCL | Thomas Sexton | Leo Travers | |
| Unley | LCL | Arthur Savage | Colin Dunnage | |
| Victoria | LCL | Jim Corcoran | Roy McLachlan | |
| Wallaroo | Labor | Hughie McAlees | | |
| 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* Stan Bevan* | | |
| Central No. 2 | 2 LCL | Patience Howard Leslie Wright | Collier Cudmore* Ernest Anthoney* | |
| Midland | 2 LCL | | Alexander Melrose* Colin Rowe* | |
| Northern | 2 LCL | C R Hannan G L O'Brien | William Robinson* Robert Wilson* | |
| Southern | 2 LCL | | Jack Bice* John Cowan* | Frank Halleday (Ind.) |