Electoral results for the district of Mitcham (South Australia)

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

Members for Mitcham

Member		Party	Term
	Henry Dunks	Liberal and Country	1938–1955
	Robin Millhouse	Liberal and Country	1955–1973
		Liberal Movement	1973–1976
		New LM	1976–1977
		Democrats	1977–1982
	Heather Southcott	Democrats	1982
	Stephen Baker	Liberal	1982–1993

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1989 South Australian state election: Mitcham ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stephen Baker	9,883	55.3	−0.2
	Labor	Timothy Campbell	5,671	31.7	−5.9
	Democrats	Matthew Greenwood	2,312	12.9	+6.0
Total formal votes			17,866	98.1	+1.2
Informal votes			346	1.9	−1.2
Turnout			18,212	93.2	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Stephen Baker	10,890	61.0	+2.7
	Labor	Timothy Campbell	6,976	39.0	−2.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.7

1985 South Australian state election: Mitcham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stephen Baker	9,859	55.5	+6.5
	Labor	Barbara Hughes	6,689	37.6	+8.6
	Democrats	Guy Harley	1,230	6.9	−15.1
Total formal votes			17,778	96.9
Informal votes			578	3.1
Turnout			18,356	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Stephen Baker	10,368	58.3	−1.7
	Labor	Barbara Hughes	7,410	41.7	+1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.7

1982 South Australian state election: Mitcham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stephen Baker	7,759	50.8	+13.5
	Democrats	Heather Southcott	4,574	30.0	−15.1
	Labor	John Hill	2,933	19.2	+1.9
Total formal votes			15,266	96.9	−1.2
Informal votes			493	3.1	+1.2
Turnout			15,759	93.0	−0.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Stephen Baker	9,226	60.4	+15.1
	Democrats	Heather Southcott	6,040	39.6	−15.1
	Liberal gain from Democrats		Swing	+15.1

Mitcham state by-election, 8 May 1982 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Worth	6,461	45.9	+8.6
	Democrats	Heather Southcott	3,653	25.9	−19.2
	Labor	John Hill	3,367	23.9	+6.6
	National	Ross Osmond	543	3.8	+3.8
	Libertarian	Victor Kirby	66	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			14,190	98.0	−0.1
Informal votes			286	2.0	+0.1
Turnout			14,376	85.5	−8.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Democrats	Heather Southcott	7,090	50.3	−4.4
	Liberal	Robert Worth	7,000	49.7	+4.4
	Democrats hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1970s

1979 South Australian state election: Mitcham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democrats	Robin Millhouse	6,947	45.1	+12.8
	Liberal	Robert Worth	5,750	37.3	−4.5
	Labor	Rosemary Crowley	2,671	17.3	−8.6
	Australia	Ian Modistach	41	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			15,409	98.1	−0.9
Informal votes			290	1.9	+0.9
Turnout			15,699	93.5	+0.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Democrats	Robin Millhouse	8,426	54.7	−1.8
	Liberal	Robert Worth	6,983	45.3	+1.8
	Democrats hold		Swing	-1.8

1977 South Australian state election: Mitcham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Worth	6,663	41.8	+14.1
	Democrats	Robin Millhouse	5,146	32.3	+32.3
	Labor	Rosemary Crowley	4,130	25.9	−3.2
Total formal votes			15,939	99.0
Informal votes			166	1.0
Turnout			16,105	93.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Democrats	Robin Millhouse	9,002	56.5	+56.5
	Liberal	Robert Worth	6,937	43.5	+43.5
	Democrats gain from Liberal Movement		Swing	N/A

1975 South Australian state election: Mitcham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Movement	Robin Millhouse	6,820	43.2	+43.2
	Labor	Sean Dawes	4,602	29.1	−3.3
	Liberal	Graham Callister	4,382	27.7	−34.3
Total formal votes			15,804	97.7	−0.3
Informal votes			377	2.3	+0.3
Turnout			16,181	93.3	−0.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal Movement	Robin Millhouse	10,710	67.8	+67.8
	Labor	Sean Dawes	5,094	32.2	−2.1
	Liberal Movement gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

1973 South Australian state election: Mitcham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Robin Millhouse	9,528	62.0	−3.0
	Labor	Sean Dawes	4,977	32.4	−2.6
	Independent	Arthur Cockington	856	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			15,361	98.0	−0.4
Informal votes			309	2.0	+0.4
Turnout			15,670	94.1	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Robin Millhouse	9,324	65.7	+0.7
	Labor	Sean Dawes	6,037	34.3	−0.7
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+0.7

1970 South Australian state election: Mitcham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Robin Millhouse	9,584	65.0
	Labor	Ronald Lock	5,157	35.0
Total formal votes			14,741	98.4
Informal votes			245	1.6
Turnout			14,986	94.3
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

1968 South Australian state election: Mitcham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Robin Millhouse	16,056	64.8	−0.8
	Labor	Peter Gilchrist	8,727	35.2	+2.8
Total formal votes			24,783	98.5	+0.3
Informal votes			381	1.5	−1.5
Turnout			25,164	93.0	−0.8
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	-1.8

1965 South Australian state election: Mitcham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Robin Millhouse	15,015	65.6	+1.8
	Labor	Murty Conlon	7,427	32.4	+2.0
	Social Credit	Ernst Hergstrom	454	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			22,896	98.2	−0.6
Informal votes			441	1.8	+0.6
Turnout			23,337	93.8	+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Robin Millhouse	15,242	66.6	−2.2
	Labor	Murty Conlon	7,654	33.4	+2.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	-2.2

1962 South Australian state election: Mitcham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Robin Millhouse	13,746	63.8	−3.4
	Labor	Eric Thorp	6,542	30.4	+1.2
	Democratic Labor	Edward Farrell	1,259	5.8	+2.2
Total formal votes			21,547	98.8	+0.6
Informal votes			264	1.2	−0.6
Turnout			21,811	92.5	−0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Robin Millhouse	14,816	68.8	−1.4
	Labor	Eric Thorp	6,731	31.2	+1.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	-1.4

Elections in the 1950s

1959 South Australian state election: Mitcham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Robin Millhouse	13,441	67.2	−32.8
	Labor	Sylvester Byrne	5,852	29.2	+29.2
	Democratic Labor	Patrick McCabe	724	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			20,017	98.2
Informal votes			373	1.8
Turnout			20,390	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Robin Millhouse		70.2
	Labor	Sylvester Byrne		29.8
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

• The two party preferred vote was estimated.

1956 South Australian state election: Mitcham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Robin Millhouse	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

1953 South Australian state election: Mitcham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Henry Dunks	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

1950 South Australian state election: Mitcham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Henry Dunks	12,384	68.5	+1.4
	Labor	Charles Smith	5,684	31.5	−1.4
Total formal votes			18,068	98.4	+0.4
Informal votes			291	1.6	−0.4
Turnout			18,359	92.5	−0.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+1.4

Elections in the 1940s

1947 South Australian state election: Mitcham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Henry Dunks	11,650	67.1	+7.2
	Labor	John Borthwick	5,700	32.9	−7.2
Total formal votes			17,350	98.0	+1.1
Informal votes			359	2.0	−1.1
Turnout			17,709	92.9	+5.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+7.2

1944 South Australian state election: Mitcham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Henry Dunks	9,303	59.9	−4.1
	Labor	Victor Doble	6,236	40.1	+20.4
Total formal votes			15,539	97.0	−1.6
Informal votes			486	3.0	+1.6
Turnout			16,025	87.5	+36.7
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

1941 South Australian state election: Mitcham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Henry Dunks	5,321	64.0	+9.8
	Labor	Leonard Pilton	1,639	19.7	−1.5
	Independent	Herbert Kemp	1,351	16.3	+16.3
Total formal votes			8,311	98.6	+0.1
Informal votes			118	1.4	−0.1
Turnout			8,429	50.8	−10.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1930s

1938 South Australian state election: Mitcham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Henry Dunks	5,019	54.2
	Labor	Frank Walsh	1,966	21.2
	Independent	Clarence Goode	1,559	16.8
	Independent	Nelson Clark	722	7.8
Total formal votes			9,266	98.5
Informal votes			136	1.5
Turnout			9,402	61.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

References

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