The Playmander was a pro-rural electoral malapportionment in the Australian state of South Australia, which was introduced by the incumbent Liberal and...

mainly due to an electoral malapportionment scheme known as the Playmander. The Playmander was named after LCL leader Sir Tom Playford, who was the Premier...

distinctive aspect of the history of the South Australian Parliament was the "Playmander", a gerrymandering system that instituted a pro-rural electoral malapportionment...

distinctive aspect of the history of the South Australian parliament was the "Playmander", a gerrymandering system that instituted a pro-rural electoral malapportionment...

attacks on the Playmander, convincing the LCL into watering down the malapportionment. With little change in Labor's vote but with the Playmander removed, Labor...

and ending decades of pro-rural electoral malapportionment known as the Playmander, Labor have won 11 of the 15 elections. Spanning 16 years and 4 terms...

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gerrymander has itself contributed to portmanteau terms bjelkemander and playmander. Oxbridge is a common portmanteau for the UK's two oldest universities...

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"Liberal (post-1979)" only. The grey area represents the duration of Playmander electoral malapportionment, beginning in 1936, in effect until the 1970...

metropolitan seats. Labor had spent all but 16 years since the end of the Playmander in government due to its traditional dominance of Adelaide. South Australia...

wins was supported by a system of malapportionment later dubbed the "Playmander". Born into the Playford family, an old political family, he was the fifth...

vote, however the LCL retained government with the assistance of the Playmander − an electoral malapportionment in which there were two country seats...

Premier from 1968 to 1970. He introduced electoral reform, removing the Playmander which favoured the Liberal and Country League, which contributed to his...

assistance from an electoral malapportionment, or gerrymander, known as the Playmander. The LCL's Steele Hall governed for one term from the 1968 election to...

Country League (LCL), the electoral rural overweighting known as the Playmander since 1936 consisted of rural districts enjoying a 2-to-1 advantage in...

lost an election to the Labor Party, who removed the malapportionment. Playmander – malapportionment existed in South Australia from 1938 to 1968. It was...

Labor finally overcame the Playmander in the 1965 election, taking 55 percent of the primary vote. However, the Playmander was strong enough that Labor...

and the second longest-serving South Australian government behind the Playmander-assisted Liberal and Country League government of 1933-1965, which served...

as a result of a system of malapportionment, which became known as the Playmander, despite it not strictly speaking involving a gerrymander. In the state...

party in an effort to improve unequal electoral arrangements dubbed the Playmander. Northern Territory Country Party MP Sam Calder supported the Territory...

the LCL only 46.8. This result was due to what had become known as the Playmander − an electoral malapportionment that had previously resulted in the LCL...

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Controversy "name" Date State Administration People involved Summary Source Playmander 1936–1968 South Australia Playford South Australian Electoral "gerrymander"...

two-party vote but the LCL retained government with the assistance of the Playmander − an electoral malapportionment that also saw a clear majority of the...

because Playford was the main beneficiary, the setup was called "the Playmander", although it was not strictly speaking a gerrymander. The gross inequities...

portal Australian electoral system#Gerrymandering and malapportionment Playmander, a similar malapportionment in South Australia, named after Thomas Playford...

election, making South Australia the only state to do so. One element of the Playmander remains to this day which contributes to the above: the change from multi-member...

the malapportionment of electoral districts in the state, known as the Playmander. When the ALP won government in South Australia for the first time since...

supported by a system of malapportionment later dubbed erroneously, the "Playmander". Delineating the various Thomas Playfords with a generation number is...