Electoral results for the district of Goodwood

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

Members for Goodwood

Member Party Term
  George Illingworth Independent 1938–1941
  Frank Walsh Labor 1941–1956

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1953 South Australian state election: Goodwood[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Walsh 15,057 63.1 +8.6
Liberal and Country Howard Zelling 8,795 36.9 −8.6
Total formal votes 23,852 97.6 −0.8
Informal votes 577 2.4 +0.8
Turnout 24,429 94.7 +1.8
Labor hold Swing +8.6
1950 South Australian state election: Goodwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Walsh 11,131 54.5 +3.5
Liberal and Country Herbert Kemp 9,288 45.5 −3.5
Total formal votes 20,419 98.4 +1.2
Informal votes 341 1.6 −1.2
Turnout 20,760 92.9 −0.4
Labor hold Swing +3.5

Elections in the 1940s

1947 South Australian state election: Goodwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Walsh 8,720 51.0 −8.5
Liberal and Country Herbert Kemp 8,388 49.0 +8.5
Total formal votes 17,108 97.2 +0.7
Informal votes 489 2.8 −0.7
Turnout 17,597 93.3 +5.7
Labor hold Swing −8.5
1944 South Australian state election: Goodwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Walsh 8,883 59.5 +14.7
Liberal and Country Archibald MacMillan 6,051 40.5 +10.3
Total formal votes 14,934 96.5 −1.9
Informal votes 543 3.5 +1.9
Turnout 15,477 87.6 +43.2
Labor hold Swing +8.8
1941 South Australian state election: Goodwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Walsh 3,103 44.8 +2.8
Liberal and Country Hartley Dall 2,094 30.2 +10.8
Independent George Illingworth 1,732 25.0 −1.9
Total formal votes 6,929 98.4 +0.5
Informal votes 109 1.6 −0.5
Turnout 7,038 44.4 −11.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Walsh 3,516 50.7 +2.2
Liberal and Country Hartley Dall 3,413 49.3 +49.3
Labor gain from Independent Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1938 South Australian state election: Goodwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Fraser 3,214 42.0
Independent George Illingworth 2,062 26.9
Liberal and Country Alfred Cox 1,483 19.4
Independent Jack Hick 901 11.8
Total formal votes 7,660 97.9
Informal votes 166 2.1
Turnout 7,826 55.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent George Illingworth 3,946 51.5
Labor David Fraser 3,714 48.5
Independent gain from Labor Swing

References

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