South Australian state election, 2002



=Legislative Council Results=

In the Legislative Council, Liberal won 5 seats (Robert Lawson, Caroline Schaefer, Angus Redford, David Ridgway, Terry Stephens), Labor won 4 seats (Gail Gago, Paul Holloway, Terry Roberts, John Gazzola), Australian Democrats won 1 seat (Sandra Kanck), and the recently formed Family First party won their first ever seat in an Australian parliament (Andrew Evans). [http://www.seo.sa.gov.au/archive/2002/legislative_council.phtml]

This left the overall numbers in the Legislative Council at: Labor 7, Liberal 9, Democrats 3, Family First 1, and 2 independents (Terry Cameron and Nick Xenophon).

ee also

* South Australian legislative elections
* South Australian Legislative Council
* South Australian House of Assembly

References

* [http://www.seo.sa.gov.au/archive/2002/results.phtml State Electoral Office - 2002 results]
*cite web |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20040822011655/www.crikey.com.au/politics/2001/10/21-olsen.html |archivedate=2005-12-13 |title=Background leading up to the election/Liberals in power |publisher=Crikey |url=http://www.crikey.com.au/politics/2001/10/21-olsen.html
*cite web |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20040822011655/www.crikey.com.au/politics/2001/12/30-saelection.html |archivedate=2005-12-13 |title=SA Election - The last domino |publisher=Crikey |url=http://www.crikey.com.au//politics/2001/12/30-saelection.html
*cite web |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20040822011655/www.crikey.com.au/politics/2002/02/03-saelectiontips.html |archivedate=2005-12-13 |title=Labor still a chance to take the final state |publisher=Crikey |url=http://www.crikey.com.au/politics/2002/02/03-saelectiontips.html

External links

;General information
* [http://www.abc.net.au/news/indepth/saelection2002/ ABC Election Guide - South Australia 2002 Election]

;Political Parties
* [http://www.sa.alp.org.au Australian Labor Party]
* [http://sa.liberal.org.au/content/default.asp Liberal Party of Australia]
* [http://www.sa.greens.org.au/ SA Greens]
* [http://sa.democrats.org.au/html/ Australian Democrats]
* [http://www.familyfirst.org.au/sa/index.php Family First Party]
* [http://www.sa.nationals.org.au/ The Nationals]


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