This is a list of election results for the electoral district of Newcastle in South Australian elections.
Members for Newcastle
First incarnation (1884–1902) | |||||||
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Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
Thomas Burgoyne | 1884–1902 | Patrick Coglin | 1884–1887 | ||||
Thomas Playford | 1887–1890 | ||||||
Joseph Hancock | 1890–1893 | ||||||
Richard Foster | 1893–1902 |
Second incarnation (1915–1938) | |||||||
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Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
Andrew Kirkpatrick | Labor | 1915–1918 | Thomas Butterfield | Labor | 1915–1917 | ||
Edward Twopeny | Liberal Union | 1917–1918 | |||||
William Harvey | Labor | 1918–1931 | Thomas Butterfield | Labor | 1918–1931 | ||
Parliamentary Labor | 1931–1933 | Parliamentary Labor | 1931–1933 | ||||
James Beerworth | Labor | 1933–1938 | Lindsay Riches | Labor | 1933–1938 |
Single-member (1938–1956) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
George Jenkins | Liberal and Country | 1938–1956 |
Election results
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | George Jenkins | 2,275 | 63.7 | −7.6 | |
Labor | Gerald Travers | 1,298 | 36.3 | +7.6 | |
Total formal votes | 3,573 | 97.4 | −1.5 | ||
Informal votes | 96 | 2.6 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,669 | 92.0 | +5.9 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | −7.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | George Jenkins | 2,601 | 71.3 | −28.7 | |
Labor | Leonard Pilton | 1,048 | 28.7 | +28.7 | |
Total formal votes | 3,649 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 40 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,689 | 86.1 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | George Jenkins | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | George Jenkins | 2,229 | 60.0 | −40.0 | |
Labor | Jock Pick | 1,486 | 40.0 | +40.0 | |
Total formal votes | 3,715 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 84 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,799 | 83.3 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | George Jenkins | unopposed | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | George Jenkins | 2,060 | 67.5 | ||
Labor | James Marner | 993 | 32.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,053 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 68 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,121 | 64.7 | |||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing |
References
- History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4