with the most populous metropolitan seats still containing double the number of voters than the least populous rural seats. However, while there was still rural overweighting, Adelaide now elected a majority of the legislature, making it a near-certainty that Labor would win the next election. Conventional wisdom was that Hall was effectively handing the premiership to Dunstan at the next election. A 1968 Millicent by-election was triggered by the Court of Disputed Returns where Labor had won the seat by a single vote at the 1968 election. Labor increased their margin. Notably, turnout increased at the by-election. In early 1970, Hall and Stott fell out over the location of a dam. Stott wanted the dam built in his electorate while Hall thought it more use to locate it elsewhere. Constituent anger forced Stott to vote against the Hall government, leading to an early election and the expected loss to Labor. Stott did not contest the 1970 election. Hall remained Leader of the Opposition for two years before resigning from the LCL, claiming that the Party had 'lost its idealism [and] forgotten...its purpose for existence'. He founded the Liberal Movement, a progressive Liberal party that included about 200 former LCL members. Hall won a Federal Senate seat for the Liberal Movement in 1974 (and was re-elected in 1975), serving in the Senate for three years before resigning his position. His replacement as the Liberal Movement Senator for South Australia was Janine Haines, who would subsequently become the initial Australian Democrats Senator. A 1971 Adelaide by-election was triggered as a result of the death of the incumbent MP. Labor easily retained the seat. Key dates Results |} Post-election pendulum Legislative Council results There was no upper house vote at this election, so the numbers in the Council remained as before. See also Results of the South Australian state election, 1970 (House of Assembly) Candidates of the 1970 South Australian state election Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1970-1973 Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1970-1973 References History of South Australian elections 1857-2006, volume 1: ECSA Historical lower house results Historical upper house results Specific Elections in South Australia 1970 elections in Australia 1970s in South Australia May 1970 events in Australia