[1][2] While O'Halloran had despaired of ever becoming Premier, Walsh made a concerted effort to end the LCL's three-decade grip on government.

Knowing that the Playmander made a statewide campaign pointless, Walsh instead decided to target marginal LCL seats.

Both Stott and Quirke later announced confidence and supply support for an LCL minority government with a bare one-seat parliamentary majority.

Stott became Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly following the election, while Quirke joined the LCL and entered the ministry in 1963.

During these negotiations, Walsh spoke directly with Governor Edric Bastyan and lobbied him not to reappoint Playford, pointing to the overwhelming result in Labor's favour, but to no avail.