▁Lion el ▁Hill , ▁on ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁promised ▁a ▁golden ▁future . ▁Not ▁surprising ly , ▁the ▁Liberal ▁Federation ▁was ▁reduced ▁to ▁ 1 3 ▁seats ▁and ▁the ▁Country ▁Party ▁two ▁as ▁Labor ▁swe pt ▁to ▁power ▁and ▁Butler ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁opposition ▁ben ches . ▁ ▁The ▁loss ▁turned ▁out ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁bless ing ▁in ▁dis gu ise ▁to ▁Butler , ▁as ▁Labor ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁deal ▁with ▁the ▁De pression . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁Hill ▁government ▁gave ▁its ▁support ▁to ▁the ▁Prem iers ' ▁Plan , ▁the ▁state ▁executive ▁exp elled ▁the ▁cabinet ▁and ▁its ▁supp or ters . ▁The ▁Hill ▁cabinet ▁formed ▁the ▁Parliament ary ▁Labor ▁Party , ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁Prem iers ' ▁Plan ▁Labor , ▁which ▁had ▁to ▁rely ▁on ▁support ▁from ▁Butler ' s ▁O pp osition ▁to ▁stay ▁in ▁office . ▁ ▁Meanwhile , ▁Butler ▁set ▁to ▁work ▁on ▁his ▁pet ▁project : ▁namely , ▁the ▁am alg am ation ▁of ▁the ▁Liberal ▁Federation ▁and ▁the ▁Country ▁Party . ▁The ▁drive ▁to ▁merge ▁South ▁Australia ' s ▁conserv ative ▁forces ▁gained ▁further ▁momentum ▁when ▁the ▁state ' s ▁non - L abor ▁candidates ▁ran ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 1 ▁federal ▁election ▁as ▁the ▁Emer gency ▁Committee ▁of ▁South ▁Australia , ▁which ▁took ▁all ▁but ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁state ' s ▁lower ▁house ▁seats ▁and ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁state ' s ▁available ▁Senate ▁seats . ▁A ▁year ▁later , ▁the ▁am alg am ation ▁was ▁made ▁final , ▁resulting ▁in ▁the ▁Liberal