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South Australian district election results

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

Members for Semaphore

Member Party Term
  Albert Thompson Labor 1938–1946
  Harold Tapping Labor 1946–1964
  Reg Hurst Labor 1964–1973
  Jack Olson Labor 1973–1979
  Norm Peterson Independent 1979–1993

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1989 South Australian state election: Semaphore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Norm Peterson 7,210 40.0 −1.7
Labor Kevin Foley 6,069 33.7 −7.3
Liberal Terence Daviess 3,655 20.2 +3.9
Democrats Eric Mack 1,097 6.1 +5.1
Total formal votes 18,031 97.3 +0.2
Informal votes 494 2.7 −0.2
Turnout 18,525 94.5 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Foley 12,712 70.5 −4.5
Liberal Terence Daviess 5,319 29.5 +4.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Norm Peterson 11,319 62.8 +5.5
Labor Kevin Foley 6,712 37.2 −5.5
Independent hold Swing +5.5
1985 South Australian state election: Semaphore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor Norm Peterson 7,226 41.7 −3.3
Labor Rod Sawford 7,104 41.0 +15.0
Liberal Mark Laing 2,831 16.3 −11.7
Democrats F Goncalves 177 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 17,338 97.1
Informal votes 526 2.9
Turnout 17,864 94.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Labor Norm Peterson 9,939 57.3
Labor Rod Sawford 7,399 42.7
Independent Labor hold Swing N/A
1982 South Australian state election: Semaphore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Norm Peterson 7,915 46.8 +15.1
Labor Peter Bicknell 6,462 38.2 +2.3
Liberal Macleay Lawrie 2,244 13.3 −14.7
Democrats Peter Gagliardi 295 1.7 −2.7
Total formal votes 16,916 94.9 +0.5
Informal votes 910 5.1 −0.5
Turnout 17,826 93.4 −1.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Norm Peterson 10,207 60.3 −1.9
Labor Peter Bicknell 6,709 39.7 +1.9
Independent hold Swing −1.9

Elections in the 1970s

1979 South Australian state election: Semaphore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Apap 5,778 35.9 −34.9
Independent Labor Norm Peterson 5,106 31.7 +31.7
Liberal Mac Lawrie 4,500 28.0 +0.9
Democrats Dean Richards 715 4.4 +4.4
Total formal votes 16,099 94.4 −2.7
Informal votes 957 5.6 +2.7
Turnout 17,056 94.6 +1.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Labor Norm Peterson 10,022 62.2 +62.2
Labor George Apap 6,077 37.8 −34.4
Independent Labor gain from Labor Swing N/A
1977 South Australian state election: Semaphore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Olson 11,601 70.8 +0.3
Liberal Terence Hanson 4,447 27.1 +11.1
Socialist J Mitchell 343 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 16,391 97.1
Informal votes 481 2.9
Turnout 16,872 93.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Olson 11,833 72.2 −0.3
Liberal Terence Hanson 4,558 27.8 +0.3
Labor hold Swing −0.3
1975 South Australian state election: Semaphore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Olson 11,813 69.9 −2.8
Liberal Willem Van Wyk 2,732 16.2 −7.4
Liberal Movement Rodney Sporn 2,348 13.9 +13.9
Total formal votes 16,893 94.8 −0.9
Informal votes 929 5.2 +0.9
Turnout 17,822 95.1 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Olson 12,045 71.3 −4.7
Liberal Willem Van Wyk 4,848 28.7 +4.7
Labor hold Swing −4.7
1973 South Australian state election: Semaphore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Reg Hurst 11,472 72.7 −1.9
Liberal and Country John Howarth 3,729 23.6 −1.8
Socialist Keith Waye 576 3.7 +3.7
Total formal votes 15,777 95.7 −1.8
Informal votes 701 4.3 +1.8
Turnout 16,478 94.8 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Reg Hurst 11,991 76.0 +1.4
Liberal and Country John Howarth 3,786 24.0 −1.4
Labor hold Swing +1.4
1970 South Australian state election: Semaphore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Reg Hurst 11,428 74.6
Liberal and Country Reginald Appelkamp 3,884 25.4
Total formal votes 15,312 97.5
Informal votes 389 2.5
Turnout 15,701 94.6
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

1968 South Australian state election: Semaphore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Reg Hurst 15,613 69.6 −8.5
Liberal and Country Reginald Appelkamp 6,076 27.1 +27.1
Social Credit Edward Wright 731 3.3 −5.4
Total formal votes 22,520 97.0 +2.1
Informal votes 692 3.0 −2.1
Turnout 23,112 95.1 −0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Reg Hurst 15,978 71.3 −0.7
Liberal and Country Reginald Appelkamp 6,442 28.7 +28.7
Labor hold Swing N/A
1965 South Australian state election: Semaphore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Reg Hurst 16,430 78.1 −21.9
Democratic Labor Charles Coffey 2,747 13.1 +13.1
Social Credit George Heritage 1,821 8.7 +8.7
Total formal votes 21,028 94.9
Informal votes 1,116 5.1
Turnout 22,144 95.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Reg Hurst 17,341 82.5 −17.5
Democratic Labor Charles Coffey 3,687 17.5 +17.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
1962 South Australian state election: Semaphore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harold Tapping unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1959 South Australian state election: Semaphore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harold Tapping 18,246 92.2 −7.8
Communist James Mitchell 1,539 7.8 +7.8
Total formal votes 19,785 94.4
Informal votes 1,166 5.6
Turnout 20,951 94.1
Labor hold Swing N/A
1956 South Australian state election: Semaphore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harold Tapping unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1953 South Australian state election: Semaphore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harold Tapping 19,043 87.6 +7.1
Independent Roy Luckman 2,693 12.4 +12.4
Total formal votes 21,736 95.4 +1.2
Informal votes 1,037 4.6 −1.2
Turnout 22,773 93.9 +1.8
Labor hold Swing N/A
1950 South Australian state election: Semaphore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harold Tapping 15,173 80.5 −19.5
Independent Joseph Talbot 3,681 19.5 +19.5
Total formal votes 18,854 94.2
Informal votes 1,155 5.8
Turnout 20,009 92.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1940s

1947 South Australian state election: Semaphore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harold Tapping unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1944 South Australian state election: Semaphore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Albert Thompson unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1941 South Australian state election: Semaphore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Albert Thompson 3,883 64.3 +5.9
Independent H J Harden 2,158 35.7 +35.7
Total formal votes 6,041 96.6 −1.0
Informal votes 214 3.4 +1.0
Turnout 6,255 38.4 −17.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1938 South Australian state election: Semaphore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Albert Thompson 4,849 58.4
Independent Charles Grant 1,261 15.2
Independent Harry Bray 1,211 14.6
Independent Herbert Guthrie 984 11.8
Total formal votes 8,305 97.6
Informal votes 203 2.4
Turnout 8,508 56.2
Labor hold Swing

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