Electoral results for the district of Ross Smith

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

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Members for Ross Smith

MemberPartyTerm
  Jack Jennings Labor 1970–1977
  John Bannon Labor 1977–1993
  Ralph Clarke Labor 1993–2002

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1997 South Australian state election: Ross Smith [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ralph Clarke 8,90551.2+9.7
Liberal Danny McGuire4,71227.1−14.8
Democrats John Woods3,05517.6+1.1
United Australia David Shelly7044.1+4.1
Total formal votes17,37695.2−1.0
Informal votes8704.8+1.0
Turnout 18,24691.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ralph Clarke 11,25364.8+12.7
Liberal Danny McGuire6,12335.2−12.7
Labor hold Swing +12.7
1993 South Australian state election: Ross Smith
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Steven Thomson7,85041.9+9.7
Labor Ralph Clarke 7,78641.6−16.2
Democrats Matthew Mitchell3,08716.5+6.5
Total formal votes18,72396.2−0.4
Informal votes7403.8+0.4
Turnout 19,46392.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ralph Clarke 9,76152.1−10.9
Liberal Steven Thomson8,96247.9+10.9
Labor hold Swing -10.9

Elections in the 1980s

1989 South Australian state election: Ross Smith
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Bannon 9,91859.0−6.9
Liberal Christopher Pyne 5,29731.5+2.0
Democrats Brian Fain1,5909.5+4.9
Total formal votes16,80596.8+0.7
Informal votes5593.2−0.7
Turnout 17,36494.6+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Bannon 10,74564.1−4.6
Liberal Christopher Pyne 6,02335.9+4.6
Labor hold Swing -4.6
1985 South Australian state election: Ross Smith
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Bannon 11,41565.9−1.1
Liberal Darryl Watson5,10629.5−1.5
Democrats Kate Hannaford7904.6+2.6
Total formal votes17,31196.1
Informal votes6963.9
Turnout 18,00793.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Bannon 11,89568.7+0.7
Liberal Darryl Watson5,41631.3−0.7
Labor hold Swing +0.7
1982 South Australian state election: Ross Smith
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Bannon 10,20075.7+11.1
Liberal Ruth Squire3,28424.4−2.5
Total formal votes13,48490.4−3.1
Informal votes1,4279.6+3.1
Turnout 14,91192.3−0.5
Labor hold Swing +7.2

Elections in the 1970s

1979 South Australian state election: Ross Smith
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Bannon 8,99764.6−7.6
Liberal Ruth Squire3,74626.9−0.9
Democrats Margaret-Ann Williams1,1798.5+8.5
Total formal votes13,92293.5−2.7
Informal votes9616.5+2.7
Turnout 14,88392.8−1.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Bannon 9,52268.4−3.8
Liberal Ruth Squire4,40031.6+3.8
Labor hold Swing -3.8
1977 South Australian state election: Ross Smith
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Bannon 10,77372.2+7.2
Liberal Paul Baloglou4,15627.8+9.2
Total formal votes14,92996.2
Informal votes5943.8
Turnout 15,52394.2
Labor hold Swing +4.7
1975 South Australian state election: Ross Smith
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jack Jennings 9,45865.0−15.3
Liberal James Porter2,70318.6+18.6
Liberal Movement Noel Hodges2,39116.4+16.4
Total formal votes14,55293.9+1.0
Informal votes9476.1−1.0
Turnout 15,49993.1−1.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Jennings 9,69266.6−13.7
Liberal James Porter4,86033.4+33.4
Labor hold Swing N/A
1973 South Australian state election: Ross Smith
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jack Jennings 11,10280.3+12.2
Independent John Lynch2,72019.7+19.7
Total formal votes13,82292.9−4.7
Informal votes1,0577.14.7
Turnout 14,87994.6−0.9
Labor hold Swing N/A
1970 South Australian state election: Ross Smith
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jack Jennings 9,66868.1
Liberal and Country Frank Forwood3,61725.5
Independent Roy Amer9036.4
Total formal votes14,18897.6
Informal votes3502.4
Turnout 14,53895.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Jennings 10,11971.3
Liberal and Country Frank Forwood4,06928.7
Labor 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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