Electoral results for the district of Finniss

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Finniss in South Australian state elections.

Members for Finniss

Member		Party	Term
	Dean Brown	Liberal	1993–2006
	Michael Pengilly	Liberal	2006–2018
	David Basham	Liberal	2018–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 South Australian state election (House of Assembly) § Finniss.[ edit ]

2022 South Australian state election: Finniss

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Basham	10,424	43.1	−0.4
	Labor	Amy Hueppauff	5,532	22.9	+6.1
	Independent	Lou Nicholson	4,728	19.6	+19.6
	Greens	Anne Bourne	1,647	6.8	−0.9
	One Nation	Carlos Quaremba	1,146	4.7	+4.7
	Family First	Dominic Carli	614	2.5	+2.5
	National	Joe Ienco	82	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			24,173	96.9
Informal votes			778	3.1
Turnout			24,951	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Basham		56.6	−12.1
	Labor	Amy Hueppauff		43.4	+12.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	David Basham	12,258	50.7	−13.7
	Independent	Lou Nicholson	11,915	49.3	+49.3
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 2010s

2018 South Australian state election: Finniss ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Basham	9,319	43.6	−8.6
	SA-Best	Joe Hill	5,515	25.8	+25.8
	Labor	Russell Skinner	3,648	17.1	−7.5
	Greens	Marc Mullette	1,670	7.8	−4.3
	Conservatives	Bruce Hicks	1,207	5.7	−4.9
Total formal votes			21,359	97.2	+0.1
Informal votes			626	2.8	−0.1
Turnout			21,985	92.3	+2.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Basham	13,718	64.2	+1.1
	Labor	Russell Skinner	7,641	35.8	−1.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	David Basham	11,669	54.6	−8.5
	SA-Best	Joe Hill	9,690	45.4	+45.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

2014 South Australian state election: Finniss ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Pengilly	11,674	52.9	+1.4
	Labor	Melanie Smart	5,166	23.4	−6.8
	Greens	Moira Jenkins	2,883	13.1	+4.5
	Family First	Bruce Hicks	2,361	10.7	+2.1
Total formal votes			22,084	97.1	−0.6
Informal votes			648	2.9	+0.6
Turnout			22,732	92.6	−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Michael Pengilly	14,086	63.8	+2.6
	Labor	Melanie Smart	7,998	36.2	−2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.6

2010 South Australian state election: Finniss

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Pengilly	10,450	51.5	+13.3
	Labor	Mary-Louise Corcoran	6,134	30.2	-0.7
	Family First	Bruce Hicks	1,736	8.6	+2.6
	Greens	Diane Atkinson	1,733	8.5	+0.6
	Independent	Maris Zalups	246	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			20,299	97.4
Informal votes			472	2.6
Turnout			20,771	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Michael Pengilly	12,421	61.2	+5.8
	Labor	Mary-Louise Corcoran	7,878	38.8	-5.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.8

Elections in the 2000s

2006 South Australian state election: Finniss

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Pengilly	7,682	37.1	-18.8
	Labor	Mary-Lou Corcoran	6,098	29.5	+7.8
	National	Kym McHugh	3,622	17.5	+17.5
	Greens	Douglas McCarty	1,586	7.7	+2.4
	Family First	Dominic Carli	1,168	5.6	+0.5
	Democrats	Kevin Bartolo	544	2.6	-6.2
Total formal votes			20,700	96.5
Informal votes			674	3.5
Turnout			21,374	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Michael Pengilly	11,701	56.5	-9.1
	Labor	Mary-Lou Corcoran	8,999	43.5	+9.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-9.1

2002 South Australian state election: Finniss

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dean Brown	11,616	55.9	+0.3
	Labor	Graham Hockley	4,435	21.3	+0.6
	Democrats	John Lavers	1,895	9.1	-14.5
	Greens	Matt Rigney	1,118	5.4	+5.4
	Family First	Bill Megaritis	1,034	5.0	+5.0
	One Nation	Joy Rayner	699	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			20,797	97.2
Informal votes			609	2.8
Turnout			21,406	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dean Brown	13,647	65.6	+8.1
	Labor	Graham Hockley	7,150	34.4	+34.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1990s

1997 South Australian state election: Finniss

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dean Brown	10,519	55.4	-13.3
	Democrats	John Lavers	4,471	23.5	+12.9
	Labor	David Detchon	4,007	21.1	+4.9
Total formal votes			18,997	96.1	-1.5
Informal votes			769	3.9	+1.5
Turnout			19,766	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dean Brown	12,523	65.9	-9.4
	Labor	David Detchon	6,474	34.1	+9.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Dean Brown	10,890	57.3	-18.1
	Democrats	John Lavers	8,107	42.7	+42.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1993 South Australian state election: Finniss

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dean Brown	13,527	69.2	+10.5
	Labor	Leesa Chesser	3,269	16.7	-9.6
	Democrats	Richard McCarthy	2,196	11.2	-3.7
	Natural Law	Andrew Wells	557	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			19,549	97.7	-0.4
Informal votes			467	2.3	+0.4
Turnout			20,016	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dean Brown	14,548	74.4	+9.0
	Labor	Leesa Chesser	5,001	25.6	-9.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.0

References

1. State Election Results - District Results for Finniss, ECSA.
2. 2014 State Election Results – Finniss, ECSA.

• SA elections archive: Antony Green ABC
• 2002 SA election: Antony Green ABC