Electoral results for the district of Hanson

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This is a list of election results for the Electoral district of Hanson in South Australian elections.

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Members for Hanson

MemberPartyTerm
  Heini Becker Liberal and Country 1970–1974
  Liberal 1974–1993
  Stewart Leggett Liberal 1993–1997
  Steph Key Labor 1997–2002

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1997 South Australian state election: Hanson [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Stewart Leggett 5,83732.1-15.1
Labor Steph Key 5,77331.7-8.0
Independent John Trainer 3,46819.1+19.1
Democrats Pat Macaskill1,87110.3+2.7
Independent Mark Eckermann7344.0+4.0
Independent Dean Le Poidevin3441.9+1.9
United Australia Aleksander Wacyk1761.0+1.0
Total formal votes18,20394.3-1.8
Informal votes1,1105.7+1.8
Turnout 19,31390.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Steph Key 10,12855.6+7.5
Liberal Stewart Leggett 8,07544.4-7.5
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +7.5
1993 South Australian state election: Hanson
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Stewart Leggett 9,08646.3+6.0
Labor John Trainer 7,92740.4-8.4
Democrats Pat Macaskill1,5047.7-1.8
Independent Joan Herraman6163.1+3.1
Natural Law Cherily Wilson4722.4+2.4
Total formal votes19,60596.0-0.1
Informal votes8214.0+0.1
Turnout 20,42692.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Stewart Leggett 10,03051.2+6.1
Labor John Trainer 9,57548.8-6.1
Liberal hold Swing +6.1

Elections in the 1980s

1989 South Australian state election: Hanson
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Heini Becker 9,13052.4+3.5
Labor Ian Peak6,86339.4-8.0
Democrats Mary McEwen1,4358.2+4.5
Total formal votes17,42897.6+0.3
Informal votes4192.4-0.3
Turnout 17,84794.1+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Heini Becker 9,77956.1+5.2
Labor Ian Peak7,64943.9-5.2
Liberal hold Swing +5.2
1985 South Australian state election: Hanson
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Heini Becker 8,55248.9-2.1
Labor Ann Pengelly8,28947.4+5.4
Democrats Ian Haines6503.7-3.3
Total formal votes17,49197.3
Informal votes4882.7
Turnout 17,97993.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Heini Becker 8,89550.9-3.1
Labor Ann Pengelly8,59649.1+3.1
Liberal hold Swing -3.1
1982 South Australian state election: Hanson
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Heini Becker 8,72055.1-5.7
Labor Derek Robertson 6,16539.0+5.7
Democrats Clifford Boyd9365.90.0
Total formal votes15,82195.2-1.2
Informal votes8044.8+1.2
Turnout 16,62592.7-0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Heini Becker 9,21258.2-6.3
Labor Derek Robertson 6,60941.8+6.3
Liberal hold Swing -6.3

Elections in the 1970s

1979 South Australian state election: Hanson
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Heini Becker 9,45960.8+5.4
Labor Peter Rowe5,19433.3-11.3
Democrats Stanley Gilbie9165.9+5.9
Total formal votes15,56996.4-0.6
Informal votes5783.6+0.6
Turnout 16,14792.90.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Heini Becker 10,04464.5+9.0
Labor Peter Rowe5,52535.5-9.0
Liberal hold Swing +9.0
1977 South Australian state election: Hanson
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Heini Becker 8,88555.4+18.1
Labor Reece Jennings7,15044.6+2.0
Total formal votes16,03597.0
Informal votes4903.0
Turnout 16,52592.9
Liberal hold Swing +1.1
1975 South Australian state election: Hanson
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Terry Groom 7,44042.1-5.5
Liberal Heini Becker 7,23240.9-11.5
Liberal Movement Graham Slape3,01717.0+17.0
Total formal votes17,68996.5-1.8
Informal votes6363.5+1.8
Turnout 18,32592.6-2.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Heini Becker 9,84455.7+3.3
Labor Terry Groom 8,18447.6-3.3
Liberal hold Swing +3.3
1973 South Australian state election: Hanson
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Heini Becker 9,02252.4+2.0
Labor Brian Smith8,18447.6-2.0
Total formal votes17,20697.3-1.0
Informal votes4702.7+1.0
Turnout 17,67693.7-1.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing +2.0
1970 South Australian state election: Hanson
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Heini Becker 7,92550.4
Labor Brian Smith7,79049.6
Total formal votes15,71598.3
Informal votes2641.7
Turnout 15,97994.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing

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  1. ↑ History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN   978-0-9750486-3-4
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