South Australian House Of Assembly
The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. The other is the Legislative Council. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Adelaide.
As of the 2010 election, the lower house consists of 26 Labor, 18 Liberal and 3 independent.
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