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.

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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]

MemberTerm
Robert Davenport 1851–1854
John Rankine 1854–1857

House of Assembly

MemberPartyTerm
  John McInnes Labor 1938–1950
  Cyril Hutchens Labor 1950–1970

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1968 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Cyril Hutchens 14,87472.2−7.9
Liberal and Country Richard Leeton5,74127.8+27.8
Total formal votes20,61596.3+1.6
Informal votes7963.7−1.6
Turnout 21,41195.1+0.9
Labor hold Swing N/A
1965 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Cyril Hutchens 16,24180.1−19.9
Democratic Labor Cyril Holasek4,02419.9+19.9
Total formal votes20,26594.7
Informal votes1,1365.3
Turnout 21,40194.2
Labor hold Swing N/A
1962 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Cyril Hutchens unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1959 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Cyril Hutchens unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1956 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Cyril Hutchens unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1953 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Cyril Hutchens unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1950 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Cyril Hutchens unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John McInnes 16,71987.9−12.1
Communist James Moss2,30612.1+12.1
Total formal votes19,02590.9
Informal votes1,9119.1
Turnout 20,93692.1
Labor hold Swing N/A
1944 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John McInnes unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1941 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John McInnes 5,03059.9+7.2
Independent William Stratton2,04724.4+24.4
Independent Bessie Mountford1,31815.7+15.7
Total formal votes8,39597.4−0.6
Informal votes2282.6+0.6
Turnout 8,62345.7−8.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1938 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John McInnes 4,92052.7
Independent James Treloar4,42447.3
Total formal votes9,34498.0
Informal votes1882.0
Turnout 9,53254.2
Labor hold Swing

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References

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