Electoral results for the district of Barossa

This is a list of election results for the electoral district of Barossa in South Australian elections.

Members for Barossa

Two members (1857–1901)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Walter Duffield		1857–1868		Horace Dean		1857–1857
					William Bakewell		1857–1860
					Edward Grundy		1860–1862
					Joseph Barritt		1862–1864
					John Williams		1864–1865
					James Martin		1865–1868
	Richard Baker		1868–1871		Philip Santo		1868–1870
					Walter Duffield		1870–1871
	John Howard Angas		1871–1876		J. A. T. Lake		1871–1875
					Johann Sudholz		1875–1875
					John Dunn Jr.		1875–1878
	Martin Basedow		1876–1890
					John Downer		1878–1891
	James Hague		1890–1891
		Defence League	1891–1896			Defence League	1891–1896
			1896–1902			National League	1896–1901
					Ephraim Coombe	Labor	1901–1902

Three members (1902–1938)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Richard Butler		1902–1904		Ephraim Coombe		1902–1906		William Gilbert	National League	1902–1906
		Farmers and Producers	1904–1910
						Liberal and Democratic	1906–1910		Samuel Rudall	Liberal and Democratic	1906–1910
		Liberal Union	1910–1923			Independent	1910–1912			Liberal Union	1910–1915
					William Hague	Liberal Union	1912–1923
									Ephraim Coombe	Labor	1915–1917
									Henry Crosby	Liberal Union	1917–1924
		Liberal Federation	1923–1924			Liberal Federation	1923–1924			Liberal Federation	1923–1924
	George Cooke	Labor	1924–1931						Leonard Hopkins	Labor	1924–1927
					Henry Crosby	Liberal Federation	1924–1930
									Herbert Basedow	Independent	1927–1930
					Thomas Edwards	Labor	1930–1931		Leonard Hopkins	Labor	1930–1931
		Parliamentary Labor	1931–1933			Parliamentary Labor	1931–1933			Parliamentary Labor	1931–1933
	Herbert Lyons	Liberal and Country	1933–1938		Henry Crosby	Liberal and Country	1933–1938		Herbert Basedow	Independent	1933–1933
									Reginald Rudall	Liberal and Country	1933–1938

Second incarnation (1956–1970)
Member		Party	Term
	Condor Laucke	Liberal and Country	1956–1965
	Molly Byrne	Labor	1965–1970

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1968 South Australian state election: Barossa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Molly Byrne	8,792	52.5	+1.0
	Liberal and Country	Roger Goldsworthy	7,608	45.4	-0.8
	Democratic Labor	Bernard McRae	216	1.3	+0.4
	Independent	Luke Horan	138	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			16,754	98.1	-0.5
Informal votes			331	1.9	+0.5
Turnout			17,085	95.1	-0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Molly Byrne	8,893	53.1	+0.8
	Liberal and Country	Roger Goldsworthy	7,861	46.9	-0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.8

1965 South Australian state election: Barossa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Molly Byrne	6,015	51.5	+51.5
	Liberal and Country	Condor Laucke	5,405	46.2	-39.7
	Social Credit	David Wood	165	1.4	+1.4
	Democratic Labor	Andrew Shore	104	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			11,689	98.6	+5.7
Informal votes			170	1.4	-5.7
Turnout			11,859	95.6	+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Molly Byrne	6,113	52.3	+52.3
	Liberal and Country	Condor Laucke	5,576	47.7	-38.2
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	N/A

1962 South Australian state election: Barossa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Elections in the 1950s

1959 South Australian state election: Barossa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Condor Laucke	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing