Electoral results for the district of Colton

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Colton in South Australian state elections.

Members for Colton

Member Party Term
  Steve Condous Liberal 1993–2002
  Paul Caica Labor 2002–2018
  Matt Cowdrey Liberal 2018–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022 South Australian state election: Colton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Matt Cowdrey 13,171 52.3 +6.1
Labor Paul Alexandrides 9,277 36.8 +3.7
Greens Deb Cashel 2,759 10.9 +5.6
Total formal votes 25,207 97.5
Informal votes 657 2.5
Turnout 25,864 91.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Matt Cowdrey 13,816 54.8 −1.4
Labor Paul Alexandrides 11,391 45.2 +1.4
Liberal hold Swing −1.4

Elections in the 2010s

2018 South Australian state election: Colton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Matt Cowdrey 11,685 47.6 −2.4
Labor Angela Vaughan 7,733 31.5 −7.7
SA-Best Jassmine Wood 3,459 14.1 +14.1
Greens Paul Petherick 1,404 5.7 −1.7
Dignity Ted Evans 271 1.1 +1.1
Total formal votes 24,552 96.8 −0.6
Informal votes 808 3.2 +0.6
Turnout 25,360 91.9 +3.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Matt Cowdrey 14,211 57.9 +4.0
Labor Angela Vaughan 10,341 42.1 −4.0
Liberal hold Swing +4.0
2014 South Australian state election: Colton[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Caica 10,394 44.8 −1.5
Liberal Joe Barry 10,363 44.7 +4.7
Greens Andrew Payne 1,584 6.8 −1.4
Family First Kym McKay 859 3.7 +0.2
Total formal votes 23,200 97.3 +1.0
Informal votes 656 2.7 −1.0
Turnout 23,856 93.5 −0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Caica 11,938 51.5 −2.2
Liberal Joe Barry 11,262 48.5 +2.2
Labor hold Swing −2.2
2010 South Australian state election: Colton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Caica 9,862 46.5 −11.2
Liberal Peter Morichovitis 8,393 39.6 +10.1
Greens Jim Douglas 1,735 8.2 +2.4
Family First Denis Power 754 3.6 −0.7
Fair Land Tax Yiannis Stamos 444 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 21,188 95.4
Informal votes 956 4.6
Turnout 22,144 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Caica 11,432 54.0 −12.1
Liberal Peter Morichovitis 9,756 46.0 +12.1
Labor hold Swing −12.1

Elections in the 2000s

2006 South Australian state election: Colton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Caica 11,866 58.2 +16.5
Liberal Tim Blackamore 5,952 29.2 −9.6
Greens Heather Merran 1,191 5.8 +0.3
Family First Victoria de Los Angeles 820 4.0 +1.6
Democrats Anna Tree 560 2.7 −1.7
Total formal votes 20.389 96.6 +1.1
Informal votes 718 3.4 −1.1
Turnout 21,107 93.5 −0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Caica 13,522 66.3 +11.7
Liberal Tim Blackamore 6,867 33.7 −11.7
Labor hold Swing +11.7
2002 South Australian state election: Colton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Caica 8,235 41.7 +5.8
Liberal John Behenna 7,650 38.8 −1.0
Greens Jim Douglas 1,077 5.5 +5.5
Independent Joe Ienco 1,038 5.3 +5.3
Democrats Caroline Dowd 865 4.4 −8.7
Family First Andrew Lewis 480 2.4 +2.4
One Nation Andrew Phillips 220 1.1 +1.1
SA First Desi d'Orsay-Lawrence 116 0.6 +0.6
Independent Alison Patterson 52 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 19,733 95.5
Informal votes 939 4.5
Turnout 20,672 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Caica 10,765 54.6 +5.6
Liberal John Behenna 8,968 45.4 −5.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +5.6

Elections in the 1990s

1997 South Australian state election: Colton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Steve Condous 7,690 40.1 −4.4
Labor Joe Cappella 6,006 31.3 +6.6
Independent Bob Randall 3,225 16.8 −3.3
Democrats Anna Tree 2,267 11.8 +6.4
Total formal votes 19,188 96.8 +1.0
Informal votes 628 3.2 −1.0
Turnout 19,816 92.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Steve Condous 10,361 54.0 −6.7
Labor Joe Cappella 8,827 46.0 +6.7
Liberal hold Swing −6.7
1993 South Australian state election: Colton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Steve Condous 8,609 44.2 −2.1
Labor Joe Ienco 4,836 24.8 −18.8
Independent Bob Randall 3,990 20.5 +20.5
Democrats Fiona Dawkins 1,060 5.4 −3.1
Independent Kathleen Barrett 423 2.2 +2.2
Call to Australia David Kingham 245 1.3 −0.4
Natural Law Andrew Hobbs 179 0.9 +0.9
Independent Eustace Saltis 140 0.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 19,482 95.9 −1.9
Informal votes 840 4.1 +1.9
Turnout 20,322 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Steve Condous 11,787 60.5 +9.5
Labor Joe Ienco 7,695 39.5 −9.5
Liberal hold Swing +9.5

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