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.

Members for Hindmarsh[edit]

Legislative Council[edit]

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]

Member Term
Robert Davenport 1851–1854
John Rankine 1854–1857

House of Assembly[edit]

Member Party Term
  John McInnes Labor 1938–1950
  Cyril Hutchens Labor 1950–1970

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1960s[edit]

1968 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Cyril Hutchens 14,874 72.2 -7.9
Liberal and Country Richard Leeton 5,741 27.8 +27.8
Total formal votes 20,615 96.3 +1.6
Informal votes 796 3.7 -1.6
Turnout 21,411 95.1 +0.9
Labor hold Swing N/A
1965 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Cyril Hutchens 16,241 80.1 -19.9
Democratic Labor Cyril Holasek 4,024 19.9 +19.9
Total formal votes 20,265 94.7
Informal votes 1,136 5.3
Turnout 21,401 94.2
Labor hold Swing N/A
1962 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Cyril Hutchens unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s[edit]

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

Elections in the 1940s[edit]

1947 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John McInnes 16,719 87.9 -12.1
Communist James Moss 2,306 12.1 +12.1
Total formal votes 19,025 90.9
Informal votes 1,911 9.1
Turnout 20,936 92.1
Labor hold Swing N/A
1944 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John McInnes unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1941 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John McInnes 5,030 59.9 +7.2
Independent William Stratton 2,047 24.4 +24.4
Independent Bessie Mountford 1,318 15.7 +15.7
Total formal votes 8,395 97.4 -0.6
Informal votes 228 2.6 +0.6
Turnout 8,623 45.7 -8.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1930s[edit]

1938 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John McInnes 4,920 52.7
Independent James Treloar 4,424 47.3
Total formal votes 9,344 98.0
Informal votes 188 2.0
Turnout 9,532 54.2
Labor hold Swing

References[edit]

  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
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