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Results of the 1962 South Australian state election (House of Assembly)

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South Australian state election, 3 March 1962
House of Assembly
<< 1959–1965 >>

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.

Results by electoral district

Adelaide

1962 South Australian state election: Adelaide
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Albert

1962 South Australian state election: Albert
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Bill Nankivell unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Alexandra

1962 South Australian state election: Alexandra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Angas

1962 South Australian state election: Angas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Berthold Teusner unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Barossa

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

Burnside

1962 South Australian state election: Burnside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Burra

1962 South Australian state election: Burra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Chaffey

1962 South Australian state election: Chaffey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Edwardstown

1962 South Australian state election: Edwardstown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Enfield

1962 South Australian state election: Enfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Eyre

1962 South Australian state election: Eyre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country George Bockelberg unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Flinders

1962 South Australian state election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Frome

1962 South Australian state election: Frome
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Gawler

1962 South Australian state election: Gawler
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Glenelg

1962 South Australian state election: Glenelg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Gouger

1962 South Australian state election: Gouger
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Steele Hall unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Gumeracha

1962 South Australian state election: Gumeracha
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Hindmarsh

1962 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Cyril Hutchens unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Light

1962 South Australian state election: Light
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Millicent

1962 South Australian state election: Millicent
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Mitcham

1962 South Australian state election: Mitcham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Mount Gambier

1962 South Australian state election: Mount Gambier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Murray

1962 South Australian state election: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Norwood

1962 South Australian state election: Norwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Onkaparinga

1962 South Australian state election: Onkaparinga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Port Adelaide

1962 South Australian state election: Port Adelaide
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Port Pirie

1962 South Australian state election: Port Pirie
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

Ridley

1962 South Australian state election: Ridley
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

Rocky River

1962 South Australian state election: Rocky River
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country James Heaslip unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Semaphore

1962 South Australian state election: Semaphore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harold Tapping unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Stirling

1962 South Australian state election: Stirling
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

Stuart

1962 South Australian state election: Stuart
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Torrens

1962 South Australian state election: Torrens
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Unley

1962 South Australian state election: Unley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Victoria

1962 South Australian state election: Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Wallaroo

1962 South Australian state election: Wallaroo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

West Torrens

1962 South Australian state election: West Torrens
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Whyalla

1962 South Australian state election: Whyalla
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

Yorke Peninsula

1962 South Australian state election: Yorke Peninsula
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Cecil Hincks unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing

See also

References

  1. "Details of SA 1962 Election". Australian Politics and Elections Database.
  2. "History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
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