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Blend of Playford + gerrymander. Thomas Playford IV governed for most of the period that the Playmander was in place.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Playmander
Play·man·derToday it means: A system of electoral overrepresentation of rural areas in South Australia from 1936 to 1968, benefiting the Liberal and Country League. Full definition →