Candidates of the 1962 South Australian state election

The 1962 South Australian state election was held on 3 March 1962.

Retiring Members

Labor

Jim Corcoran, MHA (Millicent)

Liberal and Country

Leslie Nicholson, MHA (Light)
Walter Duncan, MLC (Midland District)
Harry Edmonds, 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.^[1]

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	LCL candidate	DLP candidate	Other candidates

Adelaide	Labor	Sam Lawn		William Ahem	Elliott Johnston (Comm)
Albert	LCL		Bill Nankivell
Alexandra	LCL	Ralph Dettman	David Brookman		Frank Halleday (Ind.)
Angas	LCL		Berthold Teusner
Barossa	LCL		Condor Laucke		Fred Slater (Comm)
Burnside	LCL	Henry McMaster	Joyce Steele	Gordon Kimpton	Frank Rieck (Ind.)
Burra	Independent		John Bailey		Percy Quirke (Ind.)
Chaffey	LCL	Reg Curren	Harold King
Edwardstown	Labor	Frank Walsh		Daniel Faulkner
Enfield	Labor	Jack Jennings		Keith Cornell
Eyre	LCL		George Bockelberg
Flinders	LCL	James Hudson	Glen Pearson
Frome	Labor	Tom Casey	Maxwell Hams	John McMahon
Gawler	Labor	John Clark	Kevin Breen	Eduard Smulders
Glenelg	LCL	Ian Charles	Baden Pattinson	Nathaniel Bishop
Gouger	LCL		Steele Hall
Gumeracha	LCL		Thomas Playford	Patrick Coffey
Hindmarsh	Labor	Cyril Hutchens
Light	LCL	Colin Wurst	John Freebairn		Eli Hambour (Ind.)
Millicent	Labor	Des Corcoran	Ren DeGaris	Neil Henderson
Mitcham	LCL	Eric Thorp	Robin Millhouse	Edward Farrell
Mount Gambier	Labor	Ron Ralston	Frank Haines
Murray	Labor	Gabe Bywaters	Clement Wilkin
Norwood	Labor	Don Dunstan	Richard Wegener	Francis Dempsey
Onkaparinga	LCL	Peter Staniford	Howard Shannon
Port Adelaide	Labor	John Ryan		George Basivovs	James Moss (Comm)
Port Pirie	Labor	Dave McKee			Ralph Rinaldi (Ind.)
Ridley	Independent	Darcy Nielsen	Jack Andrew		Tom Stott (Ind.)
Rocky River	LCL		James Heaslip
Semaphore	Labor	Harold Tapping
Stirling	LCL		William Jenkins		Clifford Thorpe (Ind.)
Stuart	Labor	Lindsay Riches			James Yates (Ind.)
Torrens	LCL	Chris Hurford	John Coumbe	Ursula Cock
Unley	LCL	Gil Langley	Colin Dunnage		William Dempsey (Ind.)
Victoria	LCL	Alfred Donnelly	Leslie Harding
Wallaroo	Labor	Lloyd Hughes	Arthur Philbey
West Torrens	Labor	Fred Walsh	Parker Morton	Thomas Keain
Whyalla	Labor	Ron Loveday			Allan Mossop (Ind.)
Yorke Peninsula	LCL		Cecil Hincks

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	Alfred Kneebone* Bert Shard*
Central No. 2	2 LCL	Margaret Scott Robert Millar	Frank Perry* Arthur Rymill*	Brian Nash (DLP)
Midland	2 LCL	Donald MacLeod Cec Creedon	Ross Story* Boyd Dawkins*
Northern	2 LCL	Hedley Clutterbuck Bernard Threadgold	Lyell McEwin* Gordon Gilfillan*
Southern	2 LCL		Leslie Densley* Norman Jude*

References

^ Jaensch, Dean. "History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006". State Electoral Office South Australia. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[1] Jaensch, Dean. "History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006". State Electoral Office South Australia. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

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