1896 South Australian colonial election
25 April – 2 May 1896
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All 54 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly (28 seats needed for a majority) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 137,747 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 66.3% ( 1.3 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1896 South Australian colonial election was held between 25 April and 2 May 1896 to elect members to the 15th Parliament of South Australia. All 54 seats in the House of Assembly (the lower house, whose members were elected at the 1893 election) were up for re-election. It was the first election in Australia in which women could vote, following the passing of the Constitutional Amendment (Adult Suffrage) Act 1894 two years prior.
The election used non-compulsory plurality block voting, in which electors voted for as many candidates as they wished. Members of the House of Assembly were elected to 27 multi-member districts consisting of two seats each. Suffrage extended to all persons (including Aboriginals) over 21 years of age, unless they were "attainted or convicted of treason or felony".