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Colonial elections were held in South Australia from 19 March to 21 April 1887. All 52 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. Since the inaugural 1857 election, no parties or solid groupings had been formed, which resulted in frequent changes of the Premier. If for any reason the incumbent Premier of South Australia lost sufficient support through a successful motion of no confidence at any time on the floor of the house, he would tender his resignation to the Governor of South Australia, which would result in another member deemed to have the support of the House of Assembly being sworn in by the Governor as the next Premier.

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rdfs:label	1887 South Australian colonial election (en)
rdfs:comment	Colonial elections were held in South Australia from 19 March to 21 April 1887. All 52 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. Since the inaugural 1857 election, no parties or solid groupings had been formed, which resulted in frequent changes of the Premier. If for any reason the incumbent Premier of South Australia lost sufficient support through a successful motion of no confidence at any time on the floor of the house, he would tender his resignation to the Governor of South Australia, which would result in another member deemed to have the support of the House of Assembly being sworn in by the Governor as the next Premier. (en)
dct:subject	1880s in South Australia 1887 elections in Australia April 1887 events Elections in South Australia March 1887 events
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Premier of South Australia 1857 South Australian colonial election Governor of South Australia Thomas Playford II 1880s in South Australia 1887 elections in Australia April 1887 events Elections in South Australia March 1887 events Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch) John Cockburn (Australian politician) John Colton (politician) John Cox Bray South Australia South Australian House of Assembly National Defence League Motion of no confidence John William Downer Floor of the house
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	https://web.archive.org/web/20110312023915/http:/www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20140302093736/http:/www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/publications%3Fview=document&id=480
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country	South Australia (en)
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election name	1887 (xsd:integer)
next election	1890 (xsd:integer)
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previous election	1884 (xsd:integer)
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seats for election	All seats in the South Australian House of Assembly (en)
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has abstract	Colonial elections were held in South Australia from 19 March to 21 April 1887. All 52 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. Since the inaugural 1857 election, no parties or solid groupings had been formed, which resulted in frequent changes of the Premier. If for any reason the incumbent Premier of South Australia lost sufficient support through a successful motion of no confidence at any time on the floor of the house, he would tender his resignation to the Governor of South Australia, which would result in another member deemed to have the support of the House of Assembly being sworn in by the Governor as the next Premier. However, from this election there began a growing informal division between groups of members who were loosely described as ‘conservative’ and ‘radical’ by the press. The ‘conservatives’ found their leaders in John Cox Bray and John William Downer, while the ‘radicals’ were led by John Colton, Thomas Playford and John Cockburn. The leaders often contested government against their reported allies in loose alliances, producing an element of political ‘structure’ which continued the previous term's trend toward increased government stability. The United Labor Party would be formed in 1891, while the National Defence League would be formed later in the same year. John Colton defeated the Bray government in June 1884, in the early days of the new parliament. He was replaced by Downer one year later, who took the parliament into the 1887 election. (en)
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start date	1887-04-21 (xsd:date)
title	1887 South Australian colonial election (en)
country	South Australia
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	Premier of South Australia List of elections in South Australia Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1887–1890 Timeline of Australian elections 1890 South Australian colonial election 1857 South Australian colonial election 1860 South Australian colonial election 1862 South Australian colonial election 1865 South Australian colonial election 1868 South Australian colonial election 1870 South Australian colonial election 1871 South Australian colonial election 1875 South Australian colonial election 1878 South Australian colonial election 1881 South Australian colonial election 1884 South Australian colonial election Thomas Playford II John Downer South Australian colonial election, 1887
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