Electoral results for the district of Hanson

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This is a list of election results for the Electoral district of Hanson in South Australian elections.

Members for Hanson

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Member Party Term
  Heini Becker Liberal and Country 1970–1974
  Liberal 1974–1993
  Stewart Leggett Liberal 1993–1997
  Steph Key Labor 1997–2002

Election results

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Elections in the 1990s

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1997 South Australian state election: Hanson[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Stewart Leggett 5,837 32.1 −15.1
Labor Steph Key 5,773 31.7 −8.0
Independent John Trainer 3,468 19.1 +19.1
Democrats Pat Macaskill 1,871 10.3 +2.7
Independent Mark Eckermann 734 4.0 +4.0
Independent Dean Le Poidevin 344 1.9 +1.9
United Australia Aleksander Wacyk 176 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 18,203 94.3 −1.8
Informal votes 1,110 5.7 +1.8
Turnout 19,313 90.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Steph Key 10,128 55.6 +7.5
Liberal Stewart Leggett 8,075 44.4 −7.5
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +7.5
1993 South Australian state election: Hanson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Stewart Leggett 9,086 46.3 +6.0
Labor John Trainer 7,927 40.4 −8.4
Democrats Pat Macaskill 1,504 7.7 −1.8
Independent Joan Herraman 616 3.1 +3.1
Natural Law Cherily Wilson 472 2.4 +2.4
Total formal votes 19,605 96.0 −0.1
Informal votes 821 4.0 +0.1
Turnout 20,426 92.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Stewart Leggett 10,030 51.2 +6.1
Labor John Trainer 9,575 48.8 −6.1
Liberal hold Swing +6.1
  • Hanson was made a notionally Labor held seat at the redistribution.

Elections in the 1980s

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1989 South Australian state election: Hanson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Heini Becker 9,130 52.4 +3.5
Labor Ian Peak 6,863 39.4 −8.0
Democrats Mary McEwen 1,435 8.2 +4.5
Total formal votes 17,428 97.6 +0.3
Informal votes 419 2.4 −0.3
Turnout 17,847 94.1 +0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Heini Becker 9,779 56.1 +5.2
Labor Ian Peak 7,649 43.9 −5.2
Liberal hold Swing +5.2
1985 South Australian state election: Hanson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Heini Becker 8,552 48.9 −2.1
Labor Ann Pengelly 8,289 47.4 +5.4
Democrats Ian Haines 650 3.7 −3.3
Total formal votes 17,491 97.3
Informal votes 488 2.7
Turnout 17,979 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Heini Becker 8,895 50.9 −3.1
Labor Ann Pengelly 8,596 49.1 +3.1
Liberal hold Swing −3.1
1982 South Australian state election: Hanson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Heini Becker 8,720 55.1 −5.7
Labor Derek Robertson 6,165 39.0 +5.7
Democrats Clifford Boyd 936 5.9 0.0
Total formal votes 15,821 95.2 −1.2
Informal votes 804 4.8 +1.2
Turnout 16,625 92.7 −0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Heini Becker 9,212 58.2 −6.3
Labor Derek Robertson 6,609 41.8 +6.3
Liberal hold Swing −6.3

Elections in the 1970s

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1979 South Australian state election: Hanson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Heini Becker 9,459 60.8 +5.4
Labor Peter Rowe 5,194 33.3 −11.3
Democrats Stanley Gilbie 916 5.9 +5.9
Total formal votes 15,569 96.4 −0.6
Informal votes 578 3.6 +0.6
Turnout 16,147 92.9 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Heini Becker 10,044 64.5 +9.0
Labor Peter Rowe 5,525 35.5 −9.0
Liberal hold Swing +9.0
1977 South Australian state election: Hanson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Heini Becker 8,885 55.4 +18.1
Labor Reece Jennings 7,150 44.6 +2.0
Total formal votes 16,035 97.0
Informal votes 490 3.0
Turnout 16,525 92.9
Liberal hold Swing +1.1
1975 South Australian state election: Hanson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Terry Groom 7,440 42.1 −5.5
Liberal Heini Becker 7,232 40.9 −11.5
Liberal Movement Graham Slape 3,017 17.0 +17.0
Total formal votes 17,689 96.5 −1.8
Informal votes 636 3.5 +1.8
Turnout 18,325 92.6 −2.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Heini Becker 9,844 55.7 +3.3
Labor Terry Groom 8,184 47.6 −3.3
Liberal hold Swing +3.3
1973 South Australian state election: Hanson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Heini Becker 9,022 52.4 +2.0
Labor Brian Smith 8,184 47.6 −2.0
Total formal votes 17,206 97.3 −1.0
Informal votes 470 2.7 +1.0
Turnout 17,676 93.7 −1.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing +2.0
1970 South Australian state election: Hanson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Heini Becker 7,925 50.4
Labor Brian Smith 7,790 49.6
Total formal votes 15,715 98.3
Informal votes 264 1.7
Turnout 15,979 94.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4

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