Electoral results for the district of Hindmarsh
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This is a list of election results for the electoral district of Hindmarsh in South Australian elections.
Members for Hindmarsh
Legislative Council
Hindmarsh had earlier been the name of a different electoral district for the unicameral South Australian Legislative Council from 1851 until its abolition in 1857, Robert Davenport, then John Rankine being the members. That electorate had been for an area south of Adelaide including Strathalbyn.[1]
Member | Term |
---|---|
Robert Davenport | 1851–1854 |
John Rankine | 1854–1857 |
House of Assembly
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
John McInnes | Labor | 1938–1950 | |
Cyril Hutchens | Labor | 1950–1970 |
Election results
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Cyril Hutchens | 14,874 | 72.2 | -7.9 | |
Liberal and Country | Richard Leeton | 5,741 | 27.8 | +27.8 | |
Total formal votes | 20,615 | 96.3 | +1.6 | ||
Informal votes | 796 | 3.7 | -1.6 | ||
Turnout | 21,411 | 95.1 | +0.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Cyril Hutchens | 16,241 | 80.1 | -19.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Cyril Holasek | 4,024 | 19.9 | +19.9 | |
Total formal votes | 20,265 | 94.7 | |||
Informal votes | 1,136 | 5.3 | |||
Turnout | 21,401 | 94.2 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Cyril Hutchens | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Cyril Hutchens | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Cyril Hutchens | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Cyril Hutchens | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Cyril Hutchens | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John McInnes | 16,719 | 87.9 | -12.1 | |
Communist | James Moss | 2,306 | 12.1 | +12.1 | |
Total formal votes | 19,025 | 90.9 | |||
Informal votes | 1,911 | 9.1 | |||
Turnout | 20,936 | 92.1 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John McInnes | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John McInnes | 5,030 | 59.9 | +7.2 | |
Independent | William Stratton | 2,047 | 24.4 | +24.4 | |
Independent | Bessie Mountford | 1,318 | 15.7 | +15.7 | |
Total formal votes | 8,395 | 97.4 | -0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 228 | 2.6 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 8,623 | 45.7 | -8.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John McInnes | 4,920 | 52.7 | ||
Independent | James Treloar | 4,424 | 47.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 9,344 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 188 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 9,532 | 54.2 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
References
- ^ "ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF HINDMARSH". South Australian Register. Vol. XVIII, no. 2449. South Australia. 27 July 1854. p. 2. Retrieved 12 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4