Thomas Playford Liberal and Country League Frank Walsh Labor State elections were held in South Australia on 6 March 1965.

Labor's statewide two-party at the 1965 election remained unchanged at 54.3 percent, which would have been enough for a strong majority government in most of the rest of Australia.

However, due to the rural overweighting, Labor scraped into office by just two seats, the only time it won government during the Playmander.

A master of malapropisms, Walsh regularly had journalists, Hansard reporters, and political ally and foe alike bewildered by his statements.

Walsh's awkwardness with the media was further highlighted after 1966, when Playford retired as Opposition Leader[6] and was succeeded by 37-year-old Steele Hall.

[8] After initially digging in his heels, Walsh eventually announced his retirement two weeks later, but not before attempting (without success) to manoeuvre his protégé Des Corcoran into the Premiership ahead of Dunstan.

Dunstan spearheaded a public outcry which led Hall to finally scrap the Playmander soon after taking office.

Upper house elections since 1941 have held 16 LCL and 4 ALP; voting rights were limited to the wealthier classes; suffrage was dependent on certain property and wage requirements.