Electoral results for the district of Edwardstown

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

Members for Edwardstown

Member Party Term
  Frank Walsh Labor 1956–1968
  Geoff Virgo Labor 1968–1970

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1968 South Australian state election: Edwardstown[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Geoff Virgo 18,055 57.5 −2.9
Liberal and Country David Rogers 11,399 36.3 +4.0
Independent Helen Anderson 1,948 6.2 +6.2
Total formal votes 31,402 98.0 0.0
Informal votes 645 2.0 0.0
Turnout 32,047 93.9 −1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Geoff Virgo 18,347 58.4 −3.4
Liberal and Country David Rogers 13,055 41.6 +3.4
Labor hold Swing −3.4
1965 South Australian state election: Edwardstown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Walsh 17,917 60.4 −11.2
Liberal and Country Laurence Daly 9,578 32.3 +32.3
Democratic Labor Allan Anderson 1,894 6.4 −22.0
Independent Brian Waters 297 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 29,686 98.0 +1.9
Informal votes 599 2.0 −1.9
Turnout 30,285 94.9 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Walsh 18,350 61.8 −9.8
Liberal and Country Laurence Daly 11,336 38.2 +38.2
Labor hold Swing N/A
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

Elections in the 1950s

1959 South Australian state election: Edwardstown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Walsh 13,894 56.7 −17.6
Liberal and Country May Mills 8,726 35.6 +35.6
Democratic Labor Daniel Faulkner 1,895 7.7 −18.0
Total formal votes 24,515 98.0 +2.0
Informal votes 503 2.0 −2.0
Turnout 25,018 94.4 +0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Walsh 57.8 −16.5
Liberal and Country May Mills 42.2 +42.2
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.
1956 South Australian state election: Edwardstown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Walsh 15,366 74.3
Labor (A-C) Patrick Tippins 5,317 25.7
Total formal votes 20,683 96.0
Informal votes 858 4.0
Turnout 21,541 93.6
Labor hold Swing

References

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