Electoral results for the district of Gouger
Appearance
This is a list of election results for the electoral district of Gouger in South Australian elections.
Members for Gouger
[edit]Member | Party | Term | |
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Albert Robinson | Independent | 1938–1943 | |
Horace Bowden | Labor | 1943–1944 | |
Rufus Goldney | Liberal and Country | 1944–1959 | |
Steele Hall | Liberal and Country | 1959–1973 | |
Keith Russack | Liberal and Country | 1973–1974 | |
Liberal | 1974–1977 |
Russack went to represent the Electoral district of Goyder from September 1977.
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Keith Russack | 4,580 | 46.5 | -1.8 | |
Labor | Peter Dewhurst | 3,055 | 31.0 | 0.0 | |
Liberal Movement | Desmond Ross | 1,750 | 17.8 | +17.8 | |
National | Donald Herriman | 465 | 4.7 | -10.7 | |
Total formal votes | 9,850 | 98.1 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 189 | 1.9 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 10,039 | 94.8 | −0.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Keith Russack | 6,560 | 66.6 | +2.7 | |
Labor | Peter Dewhurst | 3,290 | 33.4 | -2.7 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Keith Russack | 4,502 | 48.3 | -3.3 | |
Labor | Peter Dewhurst | 2,892 | 31.0 | -9.5 | |
Land | Ronald Crosby | 1,439 | 15.4 | +7.5 | |
Independent | Patrick Carlin | 489 | 5.3 | +5.3 | |
Total formal votes | 9,322 | 97.9 | −1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 204 | 2.1 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 9,526 | 95.3 | −0.8 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Keith Russack | 5,957 | 63.9 | +5.2 | |
Labor | Peter Dewhurst | 3,365 | 36.1 | -5.2 | |
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | +5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Steele Hall | 4,758 | 51.6 | ||
Labor | Lloyd Hughes | 3,736 | 40.5 | ||
National | Ronald Crosby | 731 | 7.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 9,225 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 102 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 9,327 | 96.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Steele Hall | 5,416 | 58.7 | ||
Labor | Lloyd Hughes | 3,809 | 41.3 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Steele Hall | 6,557 | 56.8 | -6.7 | |
Labor | Edward Eaton | 4,139 | 35.9 | -0.6 | |
Social Credit | Albert Apponyi | 579 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Peter Meredith | 261 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Total formal votes | 11,536 | 97.4 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 305 | 2.6 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 11,841 | 94.6 | −0.8 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Steele Hall | 7,069 | 61.3 | -2.2 | |
Labor | Edward Eaton | 4,467 | 38.7 | +2.2 | |
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | -2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Steele Hall | 5,384 | 63.5 | -36.5 | |
Labor | Robert Thredgold | 3,094 | 36.5 | +36.5 | |
Total formal votes | 8,478 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 223 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 8,701 | 95.4 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | K.A. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Steele Hall | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Steele Hall | 4,376 | 72.3 | +1.8 | |
Independent | Thomas Freebairn | 854 | 14.1 | +14.1 | |
Independent | Hector Henstridge | 824 | 13.6 | -15.9 | |
Total formal votes | 6,054 | 96.6 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 212 | 3.4 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,266 | 96.6 | +1.4 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | K.A. |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Rufus Goldney | 4,330 | 70.5 | ||
Independent | Hector Henstridge | 1,813 | 29.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,143 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 205 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 6,348 | 95.2 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Rufus Goldney | 3,560 | 56.1 | -14.4 | |
Labor | Bernard McEwen | 2,784 | 43.9 | +14.4 | |
Total formal votes | 6,344 | 98.6 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 89 | 1.4 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,433 | 96.9 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | -14.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Rufus Goldney | 4,036 | 70.5 | +6.5 | |
Labor | Archibald Riddoch | 1,685 | 29.5 | -6.5 | |
Total formal votes | 5,721 | 97.8 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 127 | 2.2 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,848 | 95.6 | +0.6 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | +6.5 |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Rufus Goldney | 3,537 | 64.0 | +13.0 | |
Labor | John Brown | 1,991 | 36.0 | -13.0 | |
Total formal votes | 5,528 | 98.0 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 110 | 2.0 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,638 | 95.0 | +4.8 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | +13.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Rufus Goldney | 2,700 | 51.0 | +3.0 | |
Labor | Horace Bowden | 2,595 | 49.0 | +49.0 | |
Total formal votes | 5,295 | 97.9 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 113 | 2.1 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,408 | 90.2 | +25.4 | ||
Liberal and Country gain from Independent | Swing | K.A. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Albert Robinson | 1,728 | 52.0 | -2.8 | |
Liberal and Country | Hedley Chapman | 1,593 | 48.0 | +2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 3,321 | 98.4 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 54 | 1.6 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,375 | 64.8 | −10.0 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | -2.8 |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Albert Robinson | 2,123 | 54.8 | ||
Liberal and Country | Henry Crosby | 1,751 | 45.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,874 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 64 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,938 | 74.8 | |||
Independent gain from Liberal and Country | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4