Legislative elections for State Parliament were held in South Australia on 9 February 2002. As South Australia uses the Westminster system, this election also decided the party or coalition that formed South Australia's executive government. Motto: United for the Common Wealth Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Governor Premier Const. ... February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Westminster System - also called Parliamentary System is a democratic system of government modelled after that of the United Kingdom system, as used in the Palace of Westminster, the location of the British parliament. ... Under the doctrine of the separation of powers, the executive is the branch of a government charged with implementing, or executing, the law. ...

Coming into the 2002 election, the Liberal Government had faced a number of scandals including the Motorola affair, over which Premier John Olsen was forced to resign. However, the new Liberal Premier Rob Kerin was successful in communicating a more positive message to voters and presented a more down to earth image than either his predecessor or Australian Labor Party leader Mike Rann. Categories: Stub | Liberal Party of Australia politicians | Premiers of South Australia ... The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ... Robert Gerard Kerin was the Liberal Premier of South Australia between 22 October 2001 and March 5, 2002. ... The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... Hon. ...

At the election, Labor won two seats from the Liberals, the districts of Adelaide (Jane Lomax-Smith) and Colton (Paul Caica). This gave Labor 23 seats, the Liberals 20 seats with one National (Karlene Maywald) and three conservative independents (Peter Lewis, Bob Such and Rory McEwen). In order to form majority government, a party needed 24 seats out of 47. Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a population of almost 1. ... Colton is the name of several places. ... Peter Lewis, Australian politician, is the current Independent member for the South Australian House of Assembly electorate of Hammond. ...

Most analysts expected Rob Kerin to form a minority government with the support of all the independents. However, on 13 February, independent Peter Lewis announced that he had signed an agreement to support a Labor Government with a number of conditions including support for parliamentary reform and concessions for his electorate. Following parliamentary precedent established by Don Dunstan following the 1968 election, the Kerin Government refused to resign until after Rann and Labor demonstrated that they had majority support on the floor of the House of Assembly. The Liberal Government was defeated on the floor of the House of Assembly on March 5, 2002 and Labor took office promptly after. February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Donald Allan Dunstan AC QC (September 21, 1926 - 6 February 1999), Australian politician, was Premier of South Australia between June 1, 1967 and April 17, 1968 and then subsequently between June 2, 1970 and February 15, 1979. ... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The 2006 state election is to be held on March 18, 2006. March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...