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1959

This is a list of members of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1956 to 1959, as elected at the 1956 state election:

Name Party Electorate Term of office
George Bockelberg LCL Eyre 1956–1968
Hon David Brookman LCL Alexandra 1948–1973
Gabe Bywaters Labor Murray 1956–1968
John Clark Labor Gawler 1952–1973
Geoffrey Clarke LCL Burnside 1946–1959
Jim Corcoran Labor Millicent 1945–1947, 1953–1962
John Coumbe LCL Torrens 1956–1977
Charles Davis [3] Labor Port Pirie 1946–1959
Colin Dunnage LCL Unley 1941–1962
Don Dunstan Labor Norwood 1953–1979
John Fletcher [2] Independent Mount Gambier 1938–1958
Rufus Goldney LCL Gouger 1944–1959
George Hambour LCL Light 1956–1960
Leslie Harding LCL Victoria 1956–1965
James Heaslip LCL Rocky River 1949–1968
Leslie Heath [1] LCL Wallaroo 1956–1957
Hon Cecil Hincks LCL Yorke Peninsula 1941–1963
Lloyd Hughes [1] Labor Wallaroo 1957–1970
Cyril Hutchens Labor Hindmarsh 1950–1970
William Jenkins LCL Stirling 1952–1963
Joe Jennings Labor Enfield 1953–1977
Harold King LCL Chaffey 1956–1962
Condor Laucke LCL Barossa 1956–1965
Sam Lawn Labor Adelaide 1950–1971
Ron Loveday Labor Whyalla 1956–1970
Hon Sir Malcolm McIntosh LCL Albert 1921–1959
Robin Millhouse LCL Mitcham 1955–1982
Mick O'Halloran Labor Frome 1918–1921, 1924–1927, 1938–1960
Hon Baden Pattinson LCL Glenelg 1930–1938, 1947–1965
Glen Pearson LCL Flinders 1951–1970
Hon Thomas Playford LCL Gumeracha 1933–1968
Percy Quirke Independent Burra 1941–1968
Ron Ralston [2] Labor Mount Gambier 1958–1962
Lindsay Riches Labor Stuart 1933–1970
Howard Shannon LCL Onkaparinga 1933–1968
James Stephens Labor Port Adelaide 1933–1959
Tom Stott Independent Ridley 1933–1970
Harold Tapping Labor Semaphore 1946–1964
Berthold Teusner LCL Angas 1944–1970
Frank Walsh Labor Edwardstown 1941–1968
Fred Walsh Labor West Torrens 1942–1965
1 The LCL member for Wallaroo, Leslie Heath, died on 16 July 1957. Labor candidate Lloyd Hughes won the resulting by-election on 3 August 1957.
2 The Independent member for Mount Gambier, John Fletcher, died on 5 June 1958. Labor candidate Ron Ralston won the resulting by-election on 12 July 1958.
3 The Labor member for Port Pirie, Charles Davis, died on 27 January 1959. No by-election was held due to the imminent 1959 state election.