The 2018 South Australian state election to elect members to the 54th Parliament of South Australia was held on 17 March 2018. All 47 seats in the House of Assembly or lower house, whose members were
Premier Marshall 2018
Jay Weatherill 2018
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Labor candidate Nat Cook won the traditionally Liberal seat of Fisher at the December 2014 by-election by just 9 votes (Lib 10,275 LAB 10,284) after preferences from a 7.3 percent Liberal to Labor two-party swing, taking Labor from minority to majority government.
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SA Best is a political party in South Australia. Founded in March 2017 by Australian senator Nick Xenophon as Nick Xenophon's SA-BEST, the party hoped to gain the balance of power at the 2018 South Au
2018 South Australian state election
…was seeking a fifth four-year term, but was defeated by the opposition Liberal Party, led by opposition leader Steven Marshall. Nick Xenophon's new SA Best party unsuccessfully sought to obtain the balance of power in the Lower House. The party came second on primary votes in ten seats; the strongest results…
Nick Xenophon, founder of the party.
A key SA Best policy was to reduce the number of poker machines in South Australia.
Connie Bonaros was SA Best's last remaining MP, and lost her seat at the 2026 election.