Candidates of the 1965 South Australian state election

This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1965 South Australian state election, 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.^[1]

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	LCL candidate	Other candidates

Adelaide	Labor	Sam Lawn		Elliott Johnston (Comm) George Basivovs (DLP) Thomas Ellis (Soc. Credit)
Albert	LCL		Bill Nankivell
Alexandra	LCL	Desmond Merton	David Brookman
Angas	LCL		Berthold Teusner
Barossa	LCL	Molly Byrne	Condor Laucke	David Wood (Soc. Credit) Andrew Shore (DLP)
Burnside	LCL	Joyce Henriott	Joyce Steele	William Carruthers (Soc. Credit)
Burra	Independent	John Phelan	Percy Quirke
Chaffey	Labor	Reg Curren	Harold King	Herbert Wilson (Ind.) William Ahern (DLP)
Edwardstown	Labor	Frank Walsh	Laurence Daly	Brian Waters (Ind.) Allan Anderson (DLP)
Enfield	Labor	Jack Jennings	Allan Stock	Alan Miller (Comm) Desmond Timlin (DLP) David Beavan (Soc. Credit)
Eyre	LCL	Isaac Rayson	George Bockelberg	Harold Schiller (CP)
Flinders	LCL	James Hudson	Glen Pearson	Douglas Barnes (DLP)
Frome	Labor	Tom Casey	Maxwell Hams	John McMahon (DLP)
Gawler	Labor	John Clark	Phillip Hockey	Desmond Clark (Ind.) John Fielder (Ind.)
Glenelg	LCL	Hugh Hudson	Baden Pattinson	Mark Posa (DLP)
Gouger	LCL	Robert Thredgold	Steele Hall
Gumeracha	LCL	Ernie Crimes	Thomas Playford	Patrick Coffey (DLP) Marcus Dodd (Soc. Credit) Brian Rooney (Comm)
Hindmarsh	Labor	Cyril Hutchens		Cyril Holasek (DLP)
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		Peter Symon (Comm) Donald Boys (DLP)
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 (DLP) 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 (DLP) Russell Sellars (Soc. Credit)
Unley	Labor	Gil Langley	John McLeay	Mary Dempsey (DLP) 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 (DLP) 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*

References

^ Jaensch, Dean. "History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006". State Electoral Office South Australia. Archived from the original on 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2019-10-19.

[1] Jaensch, Dean. "History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006". State Electoral Office South Australia. Archived from the original on 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2019-10-19.

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