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1941 South Australian state election

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Turnout crashed to a record-low 50 percent, triggering the government to institute
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Results of the South Australian state election, 1941 (House of Assembly)
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South Australian House of Assembly


Thomas Playford
Robert Richards
Liberal and Country League
Labor
Gumeracha
Wallaroo
Premier
Thomas Playford
Liberal and Country League
Premier
Thomas Playford
Liberal and Country League
South Australia
South Australian House of Assembly
Liberal and Country League
Premier
Thomas Playford IV
Australian Labor Party
Leader of the Opposition
Robert Richards
minority government
1938 election
majority government
compulsory voting
1944 election

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