1918 South Australian state election

State elections were held in South Australia on 6 April 1918. All 46 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Union government led by Premier of South Australia Archibald Peake defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Andrew Kirkpatrick. Each district elected multiple members, with voters casting multiple votes.

1918 South Australian state election
6 April 1918 (1918-04-06)
All 46 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly
24 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Archibald Peake Andrew Kirkpatrick Crawford Vaughan
Party Liberal Union Labor National Labor
Leader since 5 June 1909 14 July 1917
Leader's seat Alexandra Upper house Sturt
Last election 20 seats 26 seats
Seats won 22 seats 17 seats 6 seats
Seat change 2 9
Percentage 27.94% 44.54% 18.66%
Swing 23.64 1.36
Premier before election

Archibald Peake
Liberal Union

 Elected Premier

Archibald Peake
Liberal Union

The 1918 election was the first at which any women stood as candidates. Selina Siggins (Adelaide) and Jeanne Young (Sturt) both ran unsuccessfully as independents.

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