South Australian state election, 3 March 1962 [1] Contents
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Enrolled voters | 531,228 | |||||
Votes cast | 417,461 | Turnout | 93.98% | +0.03% | ||
Informal votes | 10,267 | Informal | 2.46% | -0.43% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 219,790 | 53.98% | +4.63% | 19 | + 2 | |
Liberal and Country | 140,507 | 34.51% | –2.44% | 18 | – 2 | |
Democratic Labor | 31,543 | 7.75% | +2.09% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Communist | 2,528 | 0.62% | –0.80% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Independent | 12,827 | 3.15% | –2.78% | 2 | ± 0 | |
Total | 407,195 | 39 | ||||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Liberal and Country | 45.70% | –4.60% | ||||
Labor | 54.30% | +4.60% |
This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1962 South Australian state election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Sam Lawn | 12,706 | 76.9 | +3.9 | |
Democratic Labor | William Ahem | 3,062 | 18.5 | +1.0 | |
Communist | Elliott Johnston | 757 | 4.6 | −4.9 | |
Total formal votes | 16,525 | 95.0 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 863 | 5.0 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 17,388 | 91.1 | +1.4 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Sam Lawn | 13,274 | 80.3 | +0.2 | |
Democratic Labor | William Ahem | 3,251 | 19.7 | −0.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Bill Nankivell | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | David Brookman | 4,348 | 58.8 | −41.2 | |
Labor | Ralph Dettman | 2,353 | 31.8 | +31.8 | |
Independent | Frank Halleday | 698 | 9.4 | +9.4 | |
Total formal votes | 7,399 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 101 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 7,500 | 95.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | David Brookman | 4,697 | 63.5 | −36.5 | |
Labor | Ralph Dettman | 2,702 | 36.5 | +36.5 | |
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Berthold Teusner | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Condor Laucke | 6,172 | 85.9 | −14.1 | |
Communist | Fred Slater | 1,011 | 14.1 | +14.1 | |
Total formal votes | 7,183 | 92.9 | |||
Informal votes | 549 | 7.1 | |||
Turnout | 7,732 | 94.4 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Joyce Steele | 16,103 | 58.5 | +1.4 | |
Labor | Henry McMaster | 9,455 | 34.4 | +34.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Gordon Kimpton | 1,670 | 6.1 | −7.2 | |
Independent | Frank Rieck | 291 | 1.1 | −2.7 | |
Total formal votes | 27,519 | 97.7 | −1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 655 | 2.3 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 28,174 | 94.2 | +0.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Joyce Steele | 17,568 | 64.2 | −5.8 | |
Labor | Henry McMaster | 9,851 | 35.8 | +35.8 | |
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Percy Quirke | 3,218 | 56.5 | +4.4 | |
Liberal and Country | John Bailey | 2,481 | 43.5 | −4.4 | |
Total formal votes | 5,699 | 98.8 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 67 | 1.2 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,766 | 95.7 | −0.2 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Reg Curren | 3,519 | 50.1 | +19.6 | |
Liberal and Country | Harold King | 3,504 | 49.9 | +5.4 | |
Total formal votes | 7,023 | 97.8 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 156 | 2.2 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 7,179 | 95.9 | +0.1 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | +8.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Frank Walsh | 19,513 | 71.6 | +14.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Daniel Faulkner | 7,756 | 28.4 | +20.7 | |
Total formal votes | 27,269 | 96.1 | −1.9 | ||
Informal votes | 1,114 | 3.9 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 28,383 | 94.7 | +0.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Jack Jennings | 23,225 | 77.7 | +9.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Keith Cornell | 6,671 | 22.3 | +14.3 | |
Total formal votes | 29,896 | 95.8 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 1,324 | 4.2 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 31,220 | 93.9 | 0.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | George Bockelberg | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Glen Pearson | 3,471 | 53.5 | −6.6 | |
Labor | James Hudson | 3,013 | 46.5 | +6.6 | |
Total formal votes | 6,484 | 98.2 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 121 | 1.8 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,605 | 95.5 | +0.4 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | -6.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Tom Casey | 2,932 | 55.6 | +4.0 | |
Liberal and Country | Maxwell Hams | 2,124 | 40.3 | −1.9 | |
Democratic Labor | John McMahon | 217 | 4.1 | −2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 5,273 | 99.0 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 53 | 1.0 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,326 | 91.5 | +0.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Tom Casey | 2,965 | 56.2 | +3.7 | |
Liberal and Country | Maxwell Hams | 2,308 | 43.8 | −3.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John Clark | 12,144 | 66.3 | −1.4 | |
Liberal and Country | Kevin Breen | 5,404 | 29.5 | −2.8 | |
Democratic Labor | Eduard Smulders | 762 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Total formal votes | 18,310 | 97.9 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 388 | 2.1 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 18,698 | 92.4 | −1.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Clark | 12,258 | 66.9 | −0.8 | |
Liberal and Country | Kevin Breen | 6,052 | 33.1 | +0.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -0.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Baden Pattinson | 15,109 | 49.9 | −5.8 | |
Labor | Ian Charles | 13,346 | 44.1 | +7.7 | |
Democratic Labor | Nathaniel Bishop | 1,809 | 6.0 | −1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 30,264 | 98.5 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 445 | 1.5 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 30,709 | 94.2 | +0.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Baden Pattinson | 16,128 | 53.3 | −9.1 | |
Labor | Ian Charles | 14,136 | 46.7 | +9.1 | |
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | -9.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Steele Hall | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Thomas Playford | 5,202 | 81.1 | +7.7 | |
Democratic Labor | Patrick Coffey | 1,211 | 18.9 | +18.9 | |
Total formal votes | 6,413 | 95.4 | −3.0 | ||
Informal votes | 309 | 4.6 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,722 | 95.8 | +0.2 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Cyril Hutchens | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | John Freebairn | 2,606 | 43.9 | −27.9 | |
Labor | Colin Wurst | 2,005 | 33.8 | +5.6 | |
Independent | Eli Hambour | 1,322 | 22.3 | +22.3 | |
Total formal votes | 5,933 | 99.1 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 54 | 0.9 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,987 | 97.4 | +2.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | John Freebairn | 3,614 | 60.9 | −10.9 | |
Labor | Colin Wurst | 2,319 | 39.1 | +10.9 | |
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | -10.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Des Corcoran | 3,530 | 53.1 | −1.4 | |
Liberal and Country | Ren DeGaris | 3,012 | 45.3 | −0.2 | |
Democratic Labor | Neil Henderson | 106 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 6,648 | 99.3 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 47 | 0.7 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,695 | 96.5 | +0.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Des Corcoran | 3,546 | 53.3 | −1.2 | |
Liberal and Country | Ren DeGaris | 3,102 | 46.7 | +1.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -1.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Ron Ralston | 5,896 | 68.7 | +10.4 | |
Liberal and Country | Frank Haines | 2,681 | 31.3 | −10.4 | |
Total formal votes | 8,577 | 98.6 | −0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 124 | 1.4 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 8,701 | 95.0 | −0.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +10.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Gabe Bywaters | 5,263 | 70.6 | +5.8 | |
Liberal and Country | Clement Wilkin | 2,192 | 29.4 | −3.9 | |
Total formal votes | 7,455 | 98.4 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 122 | 1.6 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,577 | 96.3 | 0.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +5.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Don Dunstan | 11,315 | 58.1 | +4.0 | |
Liberal and Country | Richard Wegener | 7,237 | 37.2 | −2.7 | |
Democratic Labor | Francis Dempsey | 920 | 4.7 | −1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 19,472 | 98.1 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 383 | 1.9 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 19,855 | 93.8 | −0.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Don Dunstan | 11,453 | 58.8 | +3.8 | |
Liberal and Country | Richard Wegener | 8,402 | 41.2 | −3.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Howard Shannon | 3,682 | 56.4 | −6.9 | |
Labor | Peter Staniford | 2,846 | 43.6 | +6.9 | |
Total formal votes | 6,528 | 98.8 | +0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 77 | 1.2 | −0.9 | ||
Turnout | 6,605 | 95.8 | +1.2 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | -6.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John Ryan | 17,834 | 83.3 | +3.1 | |
Democratic Labor | George Basivovs | 2,811 | 13.1 | −0.4 | |
Communist | James Moss | 770 | 3.6 | −2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 21,415 | 96.0 | +1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 885 | 4.0 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 22,300 | 93.6 | −0.6 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Ryan | 18,412 | 86.0 | +1.1 | |
Democratic Labor | George Basivovs | 3,003 | 14.0 | −1.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Dave McKee | 5,513 | 90.8 | +31.7 | |
Independent | Ralph Rinaldi | 559 | 9.2 | +9.2 | |
Total formal votes | 6,072 | 96.9 | −1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 195 | 3.1 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,267 | 94.8 | −0.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Tom Stott | 2,524 | 38.7 | −4.0 | |
Liberal and Country | Jack Andrew | 2,366 | 36.3 | −1.4 | |
Labor | Darcy Nielsen | 1,630 | 25.0 | +5.4 | |
Total formal votes | 6,520 | 99.0 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 68 | 1.0 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,588 | 96.2 | −0.6 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Tom Stott | 3,734 | 57.3 | +0.6 | |
Liberal and Country | Jack Andrew | 2,786 | 42.7 | −0.6 | |
Independent hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | James Heaslip | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Harold Tapping | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | William Jenkins | 4,497 | 66.2 | −33.8 | |
Independent | Clifford Thorpe | 2,293 | 33.8 | +33.8 | |
Total formal votes | 6,790 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 102 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 6,892 | 96.1 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Lindsay Riches | 6,496 | 88.0 | −0.4 | |
Independent | James Yates | 889 | 12.0 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 7,385 | 96.4 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 272 | 3.6 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 7,657 | 93.3 | −0.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -0.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | John Coumbe | 9,642 | 49.8 | −4.1 | |
Labor | Chris Hurford | 8,770 | 45.3 | +5.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Ursula Cock | 933 | 4.8 | −1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 19,345 | 98.4 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 312 | 1.6 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 19,657 | 94.0 | +1.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | John Coumbe | 10,421 | 53.9 | −5.7 | |
Labor | Christopher Hurford | 8,652 | 46.1 | +5.7 | |
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | -5.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Gil Langley | 9,424 | 50.5 | +8.7 | |
Liberal and Country | Colin Dunnage | 8,063 | 43.2 | −7.0 | |
Independent | William Dempsey | 1,179 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
Total formal votes | 18,666 | 97.8 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 425 | 2.2 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 19,091 | 92.7 | −1.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gil Langley | 10,013 | 53.6 | +10.6 | |
Liberal and Country | Colin Dunnage | 8,653 | 46.4 | −10.6 | |
Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | +10.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Leslie Harding | 3,651 | 53.7 | −3.0 | |
Labor | Alfred Donnelly | 3,147 | 46.3 | +8.5 | |
Total formal votes | 6,798 | 99.0 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 67 | 1.0 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,865 | 95.1 | −0.1 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | -7.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Lloyd Hughes | 3,784 | 62.9 | +4.0 | |
Liberal and Country | Arthur Philbey | 2,231 | 37.1 | −4.0 | |
Total formal votes | 6,015 | 98.8 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 71 | 1.2 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,086 | 96.6 | −0.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +4.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Fred Walsh | 16,453 | 57.5 | +6.9 | |
Liberal and Country | Parker Morton | 10,983 | 38.4 | −5.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Thomas Keain | 1,177 | 4.1 | −1.4 | |
Total formal votes | 28,613 | 98.6 | +1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 392 | 1.4 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 29,005 | 93.8 | +0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Fred Walsh | 16,630 | 58.1 | +6.7 | |
Liberal and Country | Parker Morton | 11,983 | 41.9 | −6.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +6.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ron Loveday | 7,126 | 87.3 | +2.4 | |
Independent | Allan Mossop | 1,033 | 12.7 | −2.4 | |
Total formal votes | 8,159 | 96.9 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 262 | 3.1 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 8,421 | 88.6 | −0.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Country | Cecil Hincks | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
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