Electoral results for the district of Ross Smith

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

Members for Ross Smith

Member		Party	Term
	Jack Jennings	Labor	1970–1977
	John Bannon	Labor	1977–1993
	Ralph Clarke	Labor	1993–2002

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1997 South Australian state election: Ross Smith[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ralph Clarke	8,905	51.2	+9.7
	Liberal	Danny McGuire	4,712	27.1	-14.8
	Democrats	John Woods	3,055	17.6	+1.1
	United Australia	David Shelly	704	4.1	+4.1
Total formal votes			17,376	95.2	-1.0
Informal votes			870	4.8	+1.0
Turnout			18,246	91.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ralph Clarke	11,253	64.8	+12.7
	Liberal	Danny McGuire	6,123	35.2	-12.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+12.7

1993 South Australian state election: Ross Smith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steven Thomson	7,850	41.9	+9.7
	Labor	Ralph Clarke	7,786	41.6	-16.2
	Democrats	Matthew Mitchell	3,087	16.5	+6.5
Total formal votes			18,723	96.2	-0.4
Informal votes			740	3.8	+0.4
Turnout			19,463	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ralph Clarke	9,761	52.1	-10.9
	Liberal	Steven Thomson	8,962	47.9	+10.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-10.9

Elections in the 1980s

1989 South Australian state election: Ross Smith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Bannon	9,918	59.0	-6.9
	Liberal	Christopher Pyne	5,297	31.5	+2.0
	Democrats	Brian Fain	1,590	9.5	+4.9
Total formal votes			16,805	96.8	+0.7
Informal votes			559	3.2	-0.7
Turnout			17,364	94.6	+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Bannon	10,745	64.1	-4.6
	Liberal	Christopher Pyne	6,023	35.9	+4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.6

1985 South Australian state election: Ross Smith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Bannon	11,415	65.9	-1.1
	Liberal	Darryl Watson	5,106	29.5	-1.5
	Democrats	Kate Hannaford	790	4.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			17,311	96.1
Informal votes			696	3.9
Turnout			18,007	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Bannon	11,895	68.7	+0.7
	Liberal	Darryl Watson	5,416	31.3	-0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.7

1982 South Australian state election: Ross Smith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Bannon	10,200	75.7	+11.1
	Liberal	Ruth Squire	3,284	24.4	-2.5
Total formal votes			13,484	90.4	-3.1
Informal votes			1,427	9.6	+3.1
Turnout			14,911	92.3	-0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.2

Elections in the 1970s

1979 South Australian state election: Ross Smith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Bannon	8,997	64.6	-7.6
	Liberal	Ruth Squire	3,746	26.9	-0.9
	Democrats	Margaret-Ann Williams	1,179	8.5	+8.5
Total formal votes			13,922	93.5	-2.7
Informal votes			961	6.5	+2.7
Turnout			14,883	92.8	-1.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Bannon	9,522	68.4	-3.8
	Liberal	Ruth Squire	4,400	31.6	+3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.8

1977 South Australian state election: Ross Smith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Bannon	10,773	72.2	+7.2
	Liberal	Paul Baloglou	4,156	27.8	+9.2
Total formal votes			14,929	96.2
Informal votes			594	3.8
Turnout			15,523	94.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.7

1975 South Australian state election: Ross Smith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Jennings	9,458	65.0	-15.3
	Liberal	James Porter	2,703	18.6	+18.6
	Liberal Movement	Noel Hodges	2,391	16.4	+16.4
Total formal votes			14,552	93.9	+1.0
Informal votes			947	6.1	-1.0
Turnout			15,499	93.1	-1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Jennings	9,692	66.6	-13.7
	Liberal	James Porter	4,860	33.4	+33.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1973 South Australian state election: Ross Smith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Jennings	11,102	80.3	+12.2
	Independent	John Lynch	2,720	19.7	+19.7
Total formal votes			13,822	92.9	-4.7
Informal votes			1,057	7.1	4.7
Turnout			14,879	94.6	-0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1970 South Australian state election: Ross Smith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Jennings	9,668	68.1
	Liberal and Country	Frank Forwood	3,617	25.5
	Independent	Roy Amer	903	6.4
Total formal votes			14,188	97.6
Informal votes			350	2.4
Turnout			14,538	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Jennings	10,119	71.3
	Liberal and Country	Frank Forwood	4,069	28.7
	Labor hold		Swing

References

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