Electoral results for the district of Alexandra

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

Members for Alexandra

Four members (1902–1915)
Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term
  William Blacker 1902–1906   Alexander McDonald National League 1902–1910   George Ritchie 1902–1904   Charles Tucker National League 1902–1906
  Farmers and Producers 1904–1910
  Liberal and Democratic 1906–1910   Percy Heggaton 1906–1910
  Liberal Union 1910–1913   Liberal Union 1910–1915   Liberal Union 1910–1915   Liberal Union 1910–1915
  George Laffer Liberal Union 1913–1915
Three members (1915–1938)
Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term
  George Laffer Liberal Union 1915–1923   Archibald Peake Liberal Union 1915–1920   George Ritchie Liberal Union 1915–1922
  Herbert Hudd Liberal Union 1920–1923
  Liberal Federation 1923–1932   Liberal Federation 1923–1932   Percy Heggaton Liberal Federation 1923–1932
  Liberal and Country 1932–1933   Liberal and Country 1932–1938   Liberal and Country 1932–1938
  George Connor Independent 1934–1941
Single member (1938–1993)
  George Connor Independent 1938–1941
  Herbert Hudd Liberal and Country 1941–1948
  David Brookman Liberal and Country 1948–1973
  Ted Chapman Liberal and Country 1973–1974
  Liberal 1974–1992
  Dean Brown Liberal 1992–1993

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

Alexandra state by-election, 9 May 1992[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dean Brown 9,662 47.9 −11.3
Independent Ivar Schmidt 2,889 14.3 +14.3
Democrats Anthony Dickson 2,484 12.3 −2.9
Labor Johanna van der Velde 2,290 11.3 −13.3
Independent Peter Charles 1,219 6.0 +6.0
Australian Independent Alliance Roger Oates 998 4.9 +4.9
Australian Independent Alliance Reg Macey 644 3.2 +3.2
Total formal votes 20,186 95.5 −2.4
Informal votes 943 4.5 +2.4
Turnout 21,129 88.4 −6.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Dean Brown 12,155 60.2 −5.8
Independent Ivar Schmidt 8,031 39.8 +39.8
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1980s

1989 South Australian state election: Alexandra[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ted Chapman 12,200 59.2 +3.2
Labor Jacqueline Horton 5,286 25.6 −3.9
Democrats Judith Logan 3,132 15.2 +8.4
Total formal votes 20,618 97.9 +3.0
Informal votes 437 2.1 −3.0
Turnout 21,055 95.2 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ted Chapman 13,599 66.0 +0.8
Labor Jacqueline Horton 7,019 34.0 −0.8
Liberal hold Swing +0.8
1985 South Australian state election: Alexandra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ted Chapman 9,938 56.0 −10.0
Labor John Quirke 5,241 29.5 +9.5
National Rex Tilbrook 1,363 7.7 +2.7
Democrats David Willson 1,215 6.8 −2.2
Total formal votes 17,757 94.9
Informal votes 951 5.1
Turnout 18,708 94.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ted Chapman 11,577 65.2 −9.8
Labor John Quirke 6,180 34.8 +9.8
Liberal hold Swing −9.8
1982 South Australian state election: Alexandra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ted Chapman 10,519 57.8 −11.9
Labor Helen McSkimming 4,235 23.3 +1.6
Democrats Andrew Mills 2,158 11.9 +3.3
National Rex Tilbrook 1,279 7.0 +7.0
Total formal votes 18,191 95.3 −1.5
Informal votes 906 4.7 +1.5
Turnout 19,097 94.6 +1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ted Chapman 12,557 69.0 −5.0
Labor Helen McSkimming 5,634 31.0 +5.0
Liberal hold Swing −5.0

Elections in the 1970s

1979 South Australian state election: Alexandra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ted Chapman 11,584 69.7 +8.2
Labor Helen McSkimming 3,614 21.7 −4.4
Democrats Kaye Gibbs 1,434 8.6 −3.8
Total formal votes 16,632 96.8 −1.4
Informal votes 547 3.2 +1.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ted Chapman 12,301 74.0 +6.3
Labor Helen McSkimming 4,331 26.0 −6.3
Liberal hold Swing +6.3
1977 South Australian state election: Alexandra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ted Chapman 9,822 61.5 +8.6
Labor Kenneth Jared 4,159 26.1 +6.7
Democrats Kaye Gibbs 1,976 12.4 +12.4
Total formal votes 15,957 98.2
Informal votes 298 1.8
Turnout 16,255 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ted Chapman 11,134 69.8 −6.6
Labor Kenneth Jared 4,823 30.2 +6.6
Liberal hold Swing −6.6
1975 South Australian state election: Alexandra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ted Chapman 6,270 52.6 +2.3
Liberal Movement Donald Glazbrook 2,775 23.3 +23.3
Labor Ruth Newell 2,447 20.5 +20.5
National George Graham 435 3.6 −30.3
Total formal votes 11,927 97.6 +2.5
Informal votes 297 2.4 −2.5
Turnout 12,224 93.5 −2.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ted Chapman 9,160 76.8 +6.9
Labor Ruth Newell 2,767 23.2 +23.2
Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Liberal and Liberal Movement candidates for Alexandra.
1973 South Australian state election: Alexandra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Ted Chapman 5,229 50.3 −9.7
Country Lester James 3,523 33.9 +33.9
Independent David Baines 1,642 15.8 +15.8
Total formal votes 10,394 95.1 −3.7
Informal votes 536 4.9 +3.7
Turnout 10,930 95.5 +1.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal and Country Ted Chapman 6,050 58.2 −9.8
Country Lester James 4,344 41.8 +41.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A
1970 South Australian state election: Alexandra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country David Brookman 5,830 60.0
Labor Kenneth Jared 2,520 25.9
Independent Lester James 1,373 14.1
Total formal votes 9,723 98.8
Informal votes 116 1.2
Turnout 9,839 97.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country David Brookman 6,903 71.0
Labor Kenneth Jared 2,820 29.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

1968 South Australian state election: Alexandra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country David Brookman 6,349 48.7 −9.0
Labor Robert Harris 5,910 45.3 +3.0
Independent Betty Bishop 442 3.4 +3.4
National William Johns 350 2.7 +2.7
Total formal votes 13,051 98.1 0.0
Informal votes 255 1.9 0.0
Turnout 13,306 95.9 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country David Brookman 7,040 53.9 −3.8
Labor Robert Harris 6,011 46.1 +3.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing −3.8
1965 South Australian state election: Alexandra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country David Brookman 5,557 57.7 −1.1
Labor Desmond Merton 4,068 42.3 +10.5
Total formal votes 9,625 98.1 −0.5
Informal votes 185 1.9 +0.5
Turnout 9,810 95.8 +0.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing −5.8
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

Elections in the 1950s

1959 South Australian state election: Alexandra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country David Brookman unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1956 South Australian state election: Alexandra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country David Brookman unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1953 South Australian state election: Alexandra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country David Brookman unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1950 South Australian state election: Alexandra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country David Brookman unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 South Australian state election: Alexandra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country David Brookman 4,502 65.9 −34.1
Labor Albert Taverner 1,442 21.1 +21.1
Independent Ethel Wache 887 13.0 +13.0
Total formal votes 6,831 97.5
Informal votes 173 2.5
Turnout 7,004 95.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1944 South Australian state election: Alexandra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Herbert Hudd unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1941 South Australian state election: Alexandra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Herbert Hudd unopposed
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938 South Australian state election: Alexandra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent George Connor 2,085 50.4
Liberal and Country Herbert Hudd 2,056 49.6
Total formal votes 4,141 98.6
Informal votes 59 1.4
Turnout 4,200 64.3
Independent gain from Liberal and Country Swing

References

  1. ^ History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4
  2. ^ History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006 Volume 1: ECSA
  3. ^ SA elections archive: Antony Green ABC
  4. ^ History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4
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