Electoral results for the Australian Senate in South Australia

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This is a list of electoral results for the Australian Senate in South Australia since Federation in 1901.

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 2020s[edit]

2022[edit]

This section is an excerpt from 2022 Australian Senate election § South Australia.[edit]
2022 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 158,672
Liberal 1. Simon Birmingham (elected 1)
2. Andrew McLachlan (elected 3)
3. Kerrynne Liddle (elected 6)
4. Tania Stock 		382,874 33.93 –3.88
Labor 1. Penny Wong (elected 2)
2. Don Farrell (elected 4)
3. Trimann Gill
4. Joanne Sutton
5. Belinda Owens 		364,104 32.26 +1.90
Greens 1. Barbara Pocock (elected 5)
2. Major Sumner
3. Melanie Selwood 		134,908 11.95 +1.04
One Nation 1. Jennifer Game
2. Alan Watchman 		45,249 4.01 –0.86
United Australia 1. Michael Arbon
2. Caelum Schild 		34,167 3.03 +0.00
Group O 1. Nick Xenophon
2. Stirling Griff 		33,713 2.99 +2.99
Legalise Cannabis 1. Tyler Green
2. Angela Adams 		26,235 2.32 +0.19
Liberal Democrats 1. Ian Markos
2. Josh Smith 		24,866 2.20 +1.53
Rex Patrick Team 1. Rex Patrick
2. Leonie McMahon 		23,425 2.08 +2.08
Animal Justice 1. Louise Pfeiffer
2. Julie Pastro 		19,843 1.76 –0.11
Great Australian 1. Jo-Anne Eason
2. Trevor Bennett 		6,910 0.61 –0.55
Australian Federation 1. Cathy Byrne
2. Nick Duffield 		4,902 0.43 +0.43
  Australian Family 1. Bob Day
2. Pat Amadio 		4,799 0.43 +0.43
National 1. Lisa Blandford
2. Damien Buijs 		3,969 0.35 +0.35
Fusion 1. Drew Wolfendale
2. David Kennedy 		3,770 0.33 +0.33
Sustainable Australia 1. Elise Michie
2. Jack Duxbury 		3,448 0.31 –0.17
Democrats 1. Roger Yazbek
2. Sandra Kanck 		3,194 0.28 –0.31
Local 1. Julie-Ann Finney
2. Rodney Parnell 		2,389 0.21 +0.21
Informed Medical Options 1. Raina Cruise
2. Heather Harley 		2,320 0.21 +0.21
Australian Citizens 1. Russell Francis
2. Rodney Currey 		1,205 0.11 –0.04
Democratic Alliance 1. Adila Yarmuhammad
2. Amina Yarmuhammad 		1,011 0.09 +0.09
Group M 1. Harmeet Kaur
2. Rajesh Kumar 		571 0.05 +0.05
Ungrouped Michael Hopper 652 0.06 −0.04
Total formal votes 1,128,524 97.08 +0.58
Informal votes 33,948 2.92 −0.58
Turnout 1,162,472 91.50 –2.20
Party total seats Seats ±
Liberal 5 Increase 1
Labor 4 Steady
Greens 2 Increase 1
Centre Alliance 0 Decrease 2
 
# Senator Party
1 Simon Birmingham   Liberal
2 Penny Wong   Labor
3 Andrew McLachlan   Liberal
4 Don Farrell   Labor
5 Barbara Pocock   Greens
6 Kerrynne Liddle   Liberal

Elections in the 2010s[edit]

2019[edit]

This section is an excerpt from 2019 Australian Senate election § South Australia.[edit]
2019 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 156,404
Liberal 1. Anne Ruston (elected 1)
2. David Fawcett (elected 3)
3. Alex Antic (elected 6)
4. Lucy Gichuhi 		413,957 37.81 +5.16
Labor 1. Alex Gallacher (elected 2)
2. Marielle Smith (elected 4)
3. Emily Gore
4. Larissa Harrison 		332,399 30.36 +3.04
Greens 1. Sarah Hanson-Young (elected 5)
2. Major Sumner
3. Gwydion Rozitisolds
4. Robyn Seto 		119,470 10.91 +5.03
One Nation 1. Jennifer Game
2. Emma Illies 		53,314 4.87 +1.88
United Australia 1. Kristian Rees
2. Kerry Kovacs
3. Sharon Hoskin 		33,191 3.03 +3.03
Centre Alliance 1. Skye Kakoschke-Moore
2. Craig Bossie 		28,416 2.60 −19.16
HEMP 1. Angela Adams
2. Matthew Iverson 		23,265 2.13 +2.13
Animal Justice 1. Louise Pfeiffer
2. Wendy Davey 		20,445 1.87 +1.02
Conservatives 1. Rikki Lambert
2. Carl Teusner 		16,145 1.47 +1.47
Great Australian 1. Mark Aldridge
2. Gary Matthews 		12,698 1.16 +1.16
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 1. John Hahn
2. Wayne Kirk 		12,003 1.10 +0.36
Conservative National 1. Peter Manuel
2. Tim Dwyer 		7,829 0.72 +0.72
Liberal Democrats 1. Kimbra Ransley
2. Stephen Humble 		7,345 0.67 +0.02
Democrats 1. Tim Burrow
2. Andrew Castrique 		6,497 0.59 +0.59
Sustainable Australia 1. Graham Davies
2. Robyn Coleman 		5,295 0.48 +0.48
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Sean Allwood
2. Paul Siebert 		1,611 0.15 +0.10
Ungrouped Michael Lesiw
Brett O'Donnell
Henry Cox 		943 0.09 +0.01
Total formal votes 1,094,823 96.50 −0.17
Informal votes 39,733 3.50 +0.17
Turnout 1,134,556 93.70 +0.91
Elected # Senator Party
2019 1 Anne Ruston   Liberal
2019 2 Alex Gallacher   Labor
2019 3 David Fawcett   Liberal
2019 4 Marielle Smith   Labor
2019 5 Sarah Hanson-Young   Greens
2019 6 Alex Antic   Liberal
2016
2016 1 Simon Birmingham   Liberal
2016 2 Penny Wong   Labor
2016 3 Rex Patrick   Centre Alliance
2016 4 Cory Bernardi   Conservatives [a][b]
2016 5 Don Farrell   Labor
2016 6 Stirling Griff   Centre Alliance

2016[edit]

This section is an excerpt from 2016 Australian Senate election § South Australia.[edit]
2016 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 81,629
Liberal 1. Simon Birmingham (elected 1)
2. Cory Bernardi (elected 4)
3. Anne Ruston (elected 7)
4. David Fawcett (elected 9)
5. Sean Edwards
6. Kerrynne Liddle 		346,423 32.65 +5.20
Labor 1. Penny Wong (elected 2)
2. Don Farrell (elected 5)
3. Alex Gallacher (elected 8)
4. Anne McEwen
5. Michael Allison
6. Bronwyn Gallacher 		289,942 27.32 +4.66
Xenophon 1. Nick Xenophon (elected 3)
2. Stirling Griff (elected 6)
3. Skye Kakoschke-Moore (elected 10)[c]
4. Tim Storer 		230,866 21.76 −3.12
Greens 1. Sarah Hanson-Young (elected 11)
2. Robert Simms
3. Jody Moate
4. Harriet de Kok 		62,345 5.88 −1.21
One Nation 1. Steven Burgess
2. Angelina Nicolis 		31,681 2.99 +2.70
Family First 1. Bob Day (elected 12)[d]
2. Lucy Gichuhi 		29,187 2.75 −1.01
Sex Party/HEMP joint ticket 1. Ryan Parker
2. Margaret Saunders 		12,102 1.14 +1.14
Animal Justice 1. Tania Noble
2. Emma Breagan 		9,000 0.85 +0.23
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 1. John Hahn
2. Nick Carter 		7,825 0.74 +0.15
Liberal Democrats 1. Roostam Sadri
2. Michael Noack 		6,924 0.65 −2.88
Motoring Enthusiasts 1. Nathan Green
2. Judith Kuerschner 		5,101 0.48 −0.18
Mature Australia 1. Darryl Bothe
2. Lyndal Denny 		4,448 0.42 +0.42
Liberty Alliance 1. Wanda Lee Marsh
2. Andrew Horwood 		4,441 0.42 +0.42
Marriage Equality 1. Adrian Tuazon-McCheyne
2. Alex Bond 		4,056 0.38 +0.38
Arts 1. Terence Crawford
2. Charles Sanders 		3,371 0.32 +0.32
Christian Democrats 1. Matt Attia
2. Joseph Stephen 		3,011 0.26 +0.26
Justice 1. Lynn-Marie Grosser
2. Colin Thomas 		2,362 0.22 +0.22
Voluntary Euthanasia 1. Jessica Knight
2. Kym Buckley 		2,289 0.22 −0.09
Cyclists 1. Sundance Bilson-Thompson
2. Angus Harker-Smith 		1,668 0.16 +0.16
Progressives 1. Sasha Pazeski-Nikoloski
2. Jaz Priddey 		1,161 0.11 +0.11
VOTEFLUX.ORG 1. Adam Bird
2. Jeff Baker 		826 0.08 +0.08
Palmer United 1. Kristian Rees
2. Carlo Filingeri 		782 0.07 −2.58
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Alex Kozlow
2. Paul Siebert 		500 0.05 +0.05
Ungrouped Ron Waters
Christopher Cochrane
Adam Richards
Mohammad Ali
Dave Saddler
Malcolm Davey 		854 0.08 −0.14
Total formal votes 1,061,165 96.67 −0.68
Informal votes 36,545 3.33 +0.68
Turnout 1,097,710 92.79 −1.56
# Senator Party
1 Simon Birmingham   Liberal
2 Penny Wong   Labor
3 Nick Xenophon   NXT
4 Cory Bernardi   Liberal
5 Don Farrell   Labor
6 Stirling Griff   NXT
7 Anne Ruston   Liberal
8 Alex Gallacher   Labor
9 David Fawcett   Liberal
10 Skye Kakoschke-Moore[c]   NXT
11 Sarah Hanson-Young   Greens
12 Bob Day[d]   FFP

2013[edit]

This section is an excerpt from 2013 Australian Senate election § South Australia.[edit]
2013 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 148,348
Liberal 1. Cory Bernardi (elected 1)
2. Simon Birmingham (elected 6)
3. Cathie Webb
4. Gary Burgess 		285,058 27.45 −9.85
Xenophon Group 1. Nick Xenophon (elected 2)
2. Stirling Griff 		258,376 24.88 +24.88
Labor 1. Penny Wong (elected 3)
2. Don Farrell
3. Simon Pisoni 		235,312 22.66 −15.63
Greens 1. Sarah Hanson-Young (elected 4)
2. Nikki Mortier
3. Matthew Carey 		73,612 7.09 −6.21
Family First 1. Bob Day (elected 5)
2. Judi Potter
3. Dan Casey 		39,032 3.76 −0.32
Liberal Democrats 1. Michael Gameau
2. Michael Noack 		36,657 3.53 +2.98
Palmer United 1. James McDonald
2. Peter Collis 		27,484 2.65 +2.65
Sex Party 1. Deb Milka
2. Jason Virgo 		10,427 1.00 −0.67
Democratic Labour 1. Kim Lawless
2. Tanya Linsell 		10,143 0.98 +0.31
Motoring Enthusiasts 1. Nathan Green
2. Robert Stewart 		6,822 0.66 +0.66
Animal Justice 1. Colin Thomas
2. Sally Sutton 		6,439 0.62 +0.62
Shooters and Fishers 1. Jess Marks
2. John Hahn 		6,151 0.59 −0.54
HEMP 1. Ray Thorpe
2. Chris Calvert 		6,032 0.58 +0.58
Christians 1. Trevor Grace
2. Theophilus Engela 		3,540 0.34 +0.34
Fishing and Lifestyle 1. Darren Haydon
2. Chris Miles 		3,354 0.32 +0.32
Voluntary Euthanasia 1. Maxwell Bromson
2. Michael Boerema 		3,198 0.31 +0.31
National 1. James Stacey
2. Rachel Titley 		3,102 0.30 +0.30
Democrats 1. Jeanie Walker
2. Andrew Castrique 		3,096 0.30 −0.39
One Nation 1. Peter Fitzpatrick
2. Kym Dunbar 		2,968 0.29 −0.22
Socialist Equality 1. James Cogan
2. Peter Byrne 		2,857 0.28 +0.28
Australian Independents 1. Tanya Crago
2. Graeme Maxwell-Jones 		2,089 0.20 +0.20
Smokers Rights 1. Tyrone Lock
2. Adam Frost 		1,899 0.18 +0.18
Katter's Australian 1. Leah O'Rourke
2. Glenn O'Rourke 		1,666 0.16 +0.16
Group I 1. Ribnga Green
2. Zita Ngor 		1,515 0.15 +0.15
Secular 1. Moira Clarke
2. Catherine Mactier 		1,271 0.12 +0.03
Rise Up Australia 1. Jeff Flint
2. Paul Hales 		1,241 0.12 +0.12
Drug Law Reform 1. Damon Adams
2. John Jiggens 		1,118 0.11 +0.11
Climate Sceptics 1. Leon Ashby
2. David Smith 		1,116 0.11 −0.35
Building Australia 1. Michael Noble
2. Bill Adams 		862 0.08 −0.07
Stable Population 1. Greg Oates
2. Madeleine Wearne 		765 0.07 +0.07
Group L 1. Dianah Mieglich
2. John Rohde 		581 0.06 +0.06
Country Alliance 1. Steven Davies
2. John Michelmore 		325 0.03 +0.03
Outdoor Recreation 1. Steven Burgess
2. Gordon Bennett 		145 0.01 +0.01
Independent Robert Weaver 99 0.01 +0.01
Independent Christopher Cochrane 82 0.01 +0.01
Total formal votes 1,038,434 97.35 +0.47
Informal votes 28,225 2.65 −0.47
Turnout 1,066,659 94.35 +0.02
Elected # Senator Party
2013 1 Cory Bernardi   Liberal
2013 2 Nick Xenophon   Independent
2013 3 Penny Wong   Labor
2013 4 Sarah Hanson-Young   Greens
2013 5 Bob Day   Family First
2013 6 Simon Birmingham   Liberal
2010
2010 1 Alex Gallacher   Labor
2010 2 Mary Jo Fisher   Liberal
2010 3 Anne McEwen   Labor
2010 4 Sean Edwards   Liberal
2010 5 Penny Wright   Greens
2010 6 David Fawcett   Liberal

2010[edit]

This section is an excerpt from 2010 Australian Senate election § South Australia.[edit]
2010 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 144,226
Labor 1. Alex Gallacher (elected 1)
2. Anne McEwen (elected 3)
3. Dana Wortley 		386,577 38.29 +2.67
Liberal 1. Mary Jo Fisher (elected 2)
2. Sean Edwards (elected 4)
3. David Fawcett (elected 6)
4. Peter Salu 		376,532 37.30 +2.02
Greens 1. Penny Wright (elected 5)
2. Sandy Montgomery
3. Jeremy Miller 		134,287 13.30 +6.81
Family First 1. Bob Day
2. Andrew Cole
3. Thea Hennessey 		41,227 4.08 +1.19
Sex Party 1. Ari Reid
2. Jason Virgo 		16,820 1.67 +1.67
Shooters and Fishers 1. Steve Larsson
2. Robert Borsak 		11,425 1.13 +0.74
Democrats 1. Jeanie Walker
2. Andrew Castrique 		6,975 0.69 -0.19
Democratic Labor 1. Paul Russell
2. David McCabe 		6,811 0.67 -0.26
Liberal Democrats 1. Nick Kerry
2. Megan Clark 		5,584 0.55 +0.47
One Nation 1. Robert Edmonds
2. Peter Fitzpatrick 		5,159 0.51 -0.10
Climate Sceptics 1. Leon Ashby
2. Nathan Ashby 		4,672 0.46 +0.46
Carers Alliance 1. Gary Connor
2. Angela Groves 		3,258 0.32 +0.32
Christian Democrats 1. Joseph Stephen
2. Frank Revink 		2,533 0.25 +0.10
1. Mark Aldridge
2. Christopher Cochrane 		2,186 0.22 +0.22
Building Australia 1. Bill Adams
2. Neil Jackson 		1,528 0.15 +0.15
Senator On-Line 1. Simon Lang
2. Jamie Dawson 		1,173 0.12 +0.06
Socialist Alliance 1. Renfrey Clarke
2. Ruth Ratcliffe 		1,039 0.10 +0.02
Secular 1. Scott Sharrad
2. Moira Clarke 		953 0.09 +0.09
Independent Michelle Drummond 839 0.08 +0.08
Total formal votes 1,009,578 96.88 -0.74
Informal votes 32,493 3.12 +0.74
Turnout 1,042,071 94.33 -1.50
Elected # Senator Party
2010 1 Alex Gallacher   Labor
2010 2 Mary Jo Fisher   Liberal
2010 3 Anne McEwen   Labor
2010 4 Sean Edwards   Liberal
2010 5 Penny Wright   Greens
2010 6 David Fawcett   Liberal
2007
2007 1 Don Farrell   Labor
2007 2 Cory Bernardi   Liberal
2007 3 Nick Xenophon   Independent
2007 4 Penny Wong   Labor
2007 5 Simon Birmingham   Liberal
2007 6 Sarah Hanson-Young   Greens
Primary votes saw both the Liberals and Labor winning two seats each, leaving the Greens leading while Labor was narrowly ahead of the Liberals. Sex Party preferences saw the Greens reach the quota to secure the fifth seat, while Family First preferences saw the Liberals overtake Labor to secure the sixth vacancy. The final result was three seats Liberal, two seats Labor and one seat Green.[6]

Elections in the 2000s[edit]

2007[edit]

This section is an excerpt from 2007 Australian Senate election § South Australia.[edit]
Elected # Senator Party
2007 1 Don Farrell   Labor
2007 2 Cory Bernardi   Liberal
2007 3 Nick Xenophon   Independent
2007 4 Penny Wong   Labor
2007 5 Simon Birmingham   Liberal
2007 6 Sarah Hanson-Young   Greens
2004
2004 1 Nick Minchin   Liberal
2004 2 Anne McEwen   Labor
2004 3 Amanda Vanstone   Liberal
2004 4 Annette Hurley   Labor
2004 5 Mary Jo Fisher   Liberal
2004 6 Dana Wortley   Labor
2007 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 143,830
Labor 1. Don Farrell (elected 1)
2. Penny Wong (elected 4)
3. Cath Perry 		358,615 35.62 +0.13
Liberal 1. Cory Bernardi (elected 2)
2. Simon Birmingham (elected 5)
3. Grant Chapman
4. Maria Kourtesis 		347,256 34.49 -13.00
Group S 1. Nick Xenophon (elected 3)
2. Roger Bryson 		148,789 14.78 +14.78
Greens 1. Sarah Hanson-Young (elected 6)
2. Nikki Mortier
3. Matt Rigney 		65,322 6.49 -0.11
Family First 1. Tony Bates
2. Toni Turnbull
3. Colin Gibson 		29,114 2.89 -1.09
Democratic Labor 1. Garry Hardy
2. David McCabe 		9,343 0.93 +0.93
Democrats 1. Ruth Russell
2. Max Baumann
3. Richard Way 		8,908 0.88 -1.51
One Nation 1. Mark Aldridge
2. David Dwyer 		6,178 0.61 -0.53
Fishing and Lifestyle 1. Neil Armstrong
2. Paul Tippins 		5,413 0.54 +0.54
What Women Want 1. Emma Neumann
2. Morag McIntosh 		4,114 0.41 +0.41
Shooters 1. John Hahn
2. Basil Borun 		3,973 0.39 +0.39
National 1. Rob Howard
2. Mark Cuthbertson 		3,632 0.36 -0.04
Climate Change 1. Colin Endean
2. Vidas Kubilius 		3,131 0.31 +0.31
Christian Democrats 1. Bruno Colangelo
2. Noelene Hunt 		1,486 0.15 +0.15
Liberty & Democracy 1. David McAlary
2. Mark Hill 		798 0.08 +0.08
Socialist Alliance 1. Renfrey Clarke
2. Liah Lazarou 		770 0.08 -0.05
Senator On-Line 1. Joel Clark
2. Courtney Clarke 		610 0.06 +0.06
Secular 1. Brian Paterson
2. A. Brook 		577 0.06 +0.06
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Martin Vincent
2. Paul Siebert 		267 0.03 +0.03
Independent Michelle Drummond 101 0.01 +0.01
Independent Stewart Glass 73 0.01 +0.01
Total formal votes 1,006,809 97.62 +1.15
Informal votes 24,511 2.38 -1.15
Turnout 1,031,320 95.83 +0.47
Both major parties finished with around 35% each, with Independent Nick Xenophon at almost 15% followed by the Greens on over 6%. The Liberals and Labor won two seats each whilst Xenophon won a seat on primary vote alone. Preferences from the What Women Want (Australia) Party and the Climate Change Coalition allowed the Greens to go ahead of all parties. This was followed by preferences from the Democratic Labor Party and Family First going to the Liberals, which allowed the Coalition to go ahead of the Greens. However, the Greens managed to crucially stay ahead of Labor, which led to preferences from Labor going to the Greens. This was enough for Greens candidate Sarah Hanson-Young winning the remaining seat. The final result was two seats to the Liberals, two seats to Labor, one seat to Xenophon and one seat to the Greens[7]

2004[edit]

This section is an excerpt from 2004 Australian Senate election § South Australia.[edit]
Elected # Senator Party
2004 1 Nick Minchin   Liberal
2004 2 Anne McEwen   Labor
2004 3 Amanda Vanstone   Liberal
2004 4 Annette Hurley   Labor
2004 5 Alan Ferguson   Liberal
2004 6 Dana Wortley   Labor
2001
2001 1 Robert Hill   Liberal
2001 2 Penny Wong   Labor
2001 3 Jeannie Ferris   Liberal
2001 4 Linda Kirk   Labor
2001 5 Grant Chapman   Liberal
2001 6 Natasha Stott Despoja   Democrats
2004 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 138,249
Liberal 1. Nick Minchin (elected 1)
2. Amanda Vanstone (elected 3)
3. Alan Ferguson (elected 5)
4. Sue Lawrie 		459,560 47.49 +1.94
Labor 1. Anne McEwen (elected 2)
2. Annette Hurley (elected 4)
3. Dana Wortley (elected 6) 		343,422 35.49 +2.25
Greens 1. Brian Noone
2. Clare McCarty
3. Mij Tanith
4. Sandy Montgomery 		63,881 6.60 +3.15
Family First 1. Andrea Mason
2. Tony Bates
3. Toni Turnbull 		38,559 3.98 +3.98
Democrats 1. John McLaren
2. Ruth Russell
3. Tammy Franks
4. Jenny Scott 		23,118 2.39 -10.23
Progressive Alliance 1. Meg Lees
2. Kirk Jones
3. Jenny Macintosh 		11,061 1.14 +1.14
One Nation 1. Andrew Phillips
2. Basil Hille 		10,995 1.14 -3.42
National 1. John Venus
2. Julie Sippo
3. Ian Willcourt 		3,843 0.40 +0.40
Veterans 1. Nicholas McShane
2. Jarrad Kay 		3,771 0.39 +0.39
Liberals for Forests 1. Rita Hunt
2. Rachael Barons 		2,800 0.29 +0.29
Group A 1. Rolf Klotz
2. Mark Smith
3. Robyn Munro
4. Ivan May 		1,957 0.20 +0.20
Socialist Alliance 1. Tom Burtuleit
2. Amy McDonald 		1,255 0.13 +0.13
Group M 1. Ben Yengi
2. Alan Hutton 		890 0.09 +0.09
Group P 1. Ralph Hahnheuser
2. Benno Lang 		889 0.09 +0.09
Group C 1. Andrew Stanko
2. Damian Woodards 		657 0.07 +0.07
Independent Richard Armour 437 0.05 +0.05
Group B 1. Kane Winther
2. Claire Winther 		402 0.04 +0.04
Independent John Lawrie 126 0.01 +0.01
Independent Richard Lutz 115 0.01 +0.01
Total formal votes 967,738 96.47 -0.47
Informal votes 35,424 3.53 +0.47
Turnout 1,003,162 95.36 -0.86
Primary votes saw three Liberal seats and two Labor seats secured. With South Australia being the former constituent of former Democrats leader now Progressive Alliance leader Meg Lees, the state saw the largest swing against the Democrats and the largest total for the Progressive Alliance. ABC Election Analyst Antony Green suggested that had the Democrats done better in the primary vote in South Australia, they may have won the final senate seat on Family First preferences. Instead, the Democrat preferences saw Family First go ahead of the Greens, leading to Labor winning the seat on Green preferences. The result was three seats Liberal and three seats Labor.[8]

2001[edit]

This section is an excerpt from 2001 Australian Senate election § South Australia.[edit]
Elected # Senator Party
2001 1 Robert Hill   Liberal
2001 2 Penny Wong   Labor
2001 3 Jeannie Ferris   Liberal
2001 4 Linda Kirk   Labor
2001 5 Grant Chapman   Liberal
2001 6 Natasha Stott Despoja   Democrats
1998
1998 1 Amanda Vanstone   Liberal
1998 2 Nick Bolkus   Labor
1998 3 Nick Minchin   Liberal
1998 4 John Quirke   Labor
1998 5 Meg Lees   Democrats
1998 6 Alan Ferguson   Liberal
2001 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 138,146
Liberal 1. Robert Hill (elected 1)
2. Jeannie Ferris (elected 3)
3. Grant Chapman (elected 5)
4. Michelle Lensink 		440,537 45.53 +5.0
Labor 1. Penny Wong (elected 2)
2. Linda Kirk (elected 4)
3. Chris Schacht 		321,551 33.23 -1.3
Democrats 1. Natasha Stott Despoja (elected 6)
2. Jeff Heath
3. Michael Pilling
4. Haroon Hassan 		122,195 12.63 +0.3
One Nation 1. Neil Russell-Taylor
2. Colin Gibson 		44,080 4.56 -5.0
Greens 1. Cate Faehrmann
2. Jim Douglas 		33,439 3.46 +1.3
Republican 1. Patrick Crozier
2. Robert Easson 		1,917 0.20 +0.20
Group D 1. Kathy Newnam
2. Lisa Lines 		1,171 0.12 +0.12
Group G 1. Kerry Harte
2. Colin Phillips 		886 0.09 +0.09
Group F 1. Mark Aldridge
2. Helen Aldridge 		750 0.08 +0.08
Independent Kym Fishlock 596 0.06 +0.06
Independent Nicholas McShane 309 0.03 +0.03
Citizens Electoral Council Ervyn Behn 106 0.01 +0.00
Total formal votes 967,015 96.94 -0.25
Informal votes 30,561 3.06 +0.25
Turnout 997,576 96.22 -0.58

Elections in the 1990s[edit]

1998[edit]

This section is an excerpt from 1998 Australian Senate election § South Australia.[edit]
Elected # Senator Party
1998
1998 1 Amanda Vanstone   Liberal
1998 2 Nick Bolkus   Labor
1998 3 Nick Minchin   Liberal
1998 4 John Quirke   Labor
1998 5 Meg Lees   Democrats
1998 6 Alan Ferguson   Liberal
1996
1996 1 Robert Hill   Liberal
1996 2 Rosemary Crowley   Labor
1996 3 Natasha Stott Despoja   Democrats
1996 4 Grant Chapman   Liberal
1996 5 Chris Schacht   Labor
1996 6 Jeannie Ferris   Liberal
1998 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 135,260
Liberal 1. Amanda Vanstone (elected 1)
2. Nick Minchin (elected 3)
3. Alan Ferguson (elected 6)
4. Joy De Leo 		383,637 40.5 -5.3
Labor 1. Nick Bolkus (elected 2)
2. John Quirke (elected 4)
3. Bill Hender 		303,299 32.0 -0.2
Democrats 1. Meg Lees (elected 5)
2. Michael Pilling
3. Alex Bowie
4. Natalija Apponyi 		117,619 12.4 -2.1
One Nation 1. Len Spencer
2. Malcolm Rumbelow
3. Monica Reimann 		91,911 9.7 +9.7
Greens 1. Craig Wilkins
2. Michelle Drummond 		20,895 2.2 +0.2
Christian Democrats 1. Bob Randall
2. Colin Sinclair 		9,598 1.0 +0.3
Australia First 1. Peter Davis
2. Bill Fradd 		6,127 0.6 +0.6
National 1. Ellis Wayland
Robin Dixon-Thompson 		4,445 0.5 +0.5
Democratic Socialist 1. Melanie Sjoberg
2. Kathy Newnam 		4,256 0.4 +0.4
Group E 1. Chris Harms
2. Kirsti Harms 		1,487 0.1 +0.1
Group L 1. Bernice Pfitzner
2. Erik Eriksen
3. Sean Heylen 		1,466 0.1 +0.1
Citizens Electoral Council 1. Tommy Tonkin
2. Pompeo Feleppa 		898 0.1 +0.1
Group D 1. Lindsay Simmons
2. Pat Brown 		625 0.1 +0.1
Independent Neil Russell-Taylor 309 0.0 0.0
Independent Graham Neave 245 0.0 0.0
Total formal votes 946,816 97.2 +0.5
Informal votes 27,424 2.8 -0.5
Turnout 974,240 96.8 +0.4

1996[edit]

This section is an excerpt from 1996 Australian Senate election § South Australia.[edit]
Elected # Senator Party
1996
1996 1 Robert Hill   Liberal
1996 2 Rosemary Crowley   Labor
1996 3 Natasha Stott Despoja   Democrats
1996 4 Grant Chapman   Liberal
1996 5 Chris Schacht   Labor
1996 6 Jeannie Ferris   Liberal
1993
1993 1 Amanda Vanstone   Liberal
1993 2 Nick Bolkus   Labor
1993 3 Nick Minchin   Liberal
1993 4 Dominic Foreman   Labor
1993 5 Alan Ferguson   Liberal
1993 6 Meg Lees   Democrats
1996 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 133,397
Liberal 1. Robert Hill (elected 1)
2. Grant Chapman (elected 4)
3. Jeannie Ferris (elected 6)
4. Maria Kortesis 		428,053 45.8 +0.1
Labor 1. Rosemary Crowley (elected 2)
2. Chris Schacht (elected 5)
3. Deirdre Tedmanson 		301,094 32.2 -5.8
Democrats 1. Natasha Stott Despoja (elected 3)
2. Ian Gilfillan
3. Judy Smith
4. Desea Tsagatos 		135,730 14.5 +4.7
Greens 1. Stephen Spence
2. Meryl McDougall 		19,441 2.0 +0.4
Against Further Immigration 1. Bert Joy
2. Stephen Wikblom 		9,424 1.0 +1.0
Shooters 1. Haydon Aldersey
2. Robert Low 		8,973 1.0 +1.0
Grey Power 1. Emily Gilbey-Riley
2. Gratton Darbyshire 		8,228 0.9 +0.9
Call to Australia 1. David Rodway
2. Brett Rodway 		6,817 0.7 -0.4
Group J 1. Kenneth Nicholson
2. Colin Shearing 		6,286 0.7 +0.7
Women's Party 1. Deborah McCulloch
2. Marg McHugh
3. Denise Tzumli 		5,678 0.6 +0.6
Independent EFF 1. David Dwyer
2. Alfred Walker 		2,430 0.3 +0.3
Group F 1. Michael Wohltmann
2. Jeanette Wohltmann 		1,081 0.1 +0.1
Independent Geoffrey Wells 561 0.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 933,776 96.7 -1.0
Informal votes 31,552 3.3 +1.0
Turnout 965,328 96.4 -0.9

1993[edit]

This section is an excerpt from 1993 Australian Senate election § South Australia.[edit]
Elected # Senator Party
1993 1 Amanda Vanstone   Liberal
2 Nick Bolkus   Labor
3 Nick Minchin   Liberal
4 Dominic Foreman   Labor
5 Alan Ferguson   Liberal
6 Meg Lees   Democrats
1990 1 Robert Hill   Liberal
2 Rosemary Crowley   Labor
3 John Coulter   Democrats
4 Baden Teague   Liberal
5 Chris Schacht   Labor
6 Grant Chapman   Liberal
1993 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 135,140
Liberal 1. Amanda Vanstone (elected 1)
2. Nick Minchin (elected 3)
3. Alan Ferguson (elected 5)
4. Satish Gupta 		431,642 45.6 +4.1
Labor 1. Nick Bolkus (elected 2)
2. Dominic Foreman (elected 4)
3. Graham Maguire
4. Rosalie McDonald 		359,491 38.0 +0.9
Democrats 1. Meg Lees (elected 6)
2. Stephen Swift
3. Natasha Stott Despoja
4. Patricia Tickle 		93,325 9.8 -6.5
Greens 1. Ally Fricker
2. Gerhard Weissmann 		15,467 1.6 -0.5
Call to Australia 1. David Rodway
2. David Squirrell 		10,762 1.1 -1.0
Natural Law 1. Geoff Wells
2. Anne Martin
3. Dulcie Morris 		6,936 0.7 +0.7
Grey Power 1. Jack Holder
2. Betty Preston
3. Glen Bottam 		6,922 0.6 +0.6
Independent EFF 1. David Dwyer
2. Douglas Giddings
3. Vanessa Giddings 		6,031 0.6 +0.6
National 1. Nola McCallum
2. Michael Bradshaw 		4,498 0.5 +0.1
Republican 1. Bilal Nasrullah
2. Peter Hill 		4,191 0.4 +0.4
Against Further Immigration 1. Evonne Moore
2. Joe Smith 		3,597 0.3 +0.3
Group F 1. Alex Liew
2. Douglas Schirripa 		2,716 0.3 +0.3
Independent Mark Rice 313 0.0 0.0
Independent Ean Smith 53 0.0 0.0
Independent Bernard Broom 31 0.0 0.0
Total formal votes 945,975 97.7 +0.2
Informal votes 22,390 2.3 -0.2
Turnout 968,365 95.5 -0.9

1990[edit]

This section is an excerpt from 1990 Australian Senate election § South Australia.[edit]
Elected # Senator Party
1990
1990 1 Robert Hill   Liberal
1990 2 Rosemary Crowley   Labor
1990 3 John Coulter   Democrats
1990 4 Baden Teague   Liberal
1990 5 Chris Schacht   Labor
1990 6 Grant Chapman   Liberal
1987
1987 1 Dominic Foreman   Labor
1987 2 John Olsen   Liberal
1987 3 Meg Lees   Democrats
1987 4 Nick Bolkus   Labor
1987 5 Amanda Vanstone   Liberal
1987 6 Graham Maguire   Labor
1990 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 129,732
Liberal 1. Robert Hill (elected 1)
2. Baden Teague (elected 4)
3. Grant Chapman (elected 6)
4. Ivan Venning 		376,073 42.6 +0.1
Labor 1. Rosemary Crowley (elected 2)
2. Chris Schacht (elected 5)
3. Gay Thompson
4. Jim Hyde 		337,137 37.1 -7.5
Democrats 1. John Coulter (elected 3)
2. Graham Pamount
3. Judy Smith
4. Pat Macaskill 		149,158 16.3 +8.5
Green Alliance 1. Deborah White
2. Philippa Skinner
3. Colin Hunt 		19,499 2.1 +1.2
Call to Australia 1. David Squirrell
2. Colin Sinclair 		18,701 2.1 +2.1
National 1. Neville Agars
2. Gary Hamdorf 		3,667 0.4 -3.1
Grey Power Jack Holder 1,514 0.2 +0.2
Group B 1. Tania Mykyta
2. Lizz Higgins 		1,091 0.1 +0.1
Group F 1. F Rieck
2. Heather Shephard 		928 0.1 +0.1
Independent Anastasios Giannouklas 187 0.0 0.0
Independent Jack King 168 0.0 0.0
Total formal votes 908,123 97.5 +1.3
Informal votes 23,438 2.5 -1.3
Turnout 931,561 96.4 +1.9

Elections in the 1980s[edit]

1987[edit]

This section is an excerpt from 1987 Australian Senate election § South Australia.[edit]
1987 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 65,927
Labor 1. Dominic Foreman (elected 1)
2. Nick Bolkus (elected 4)
3. Graham Maguire (elected 6)
4. Rosemary Crowley (elected 8)
5. Chris Schacht (elected 10)
6. Vic Heron
7. Rosalie McDonald 		354,747 41.4 -0.3
Liberal 1. Tony Messner (elected 2)
2. Amanda Vanstone (elected 5)
3. Robert Hill (elected 7)
4. Grant Chapman (elected 9)
5. Baden Teague (elected 11)
6. Michele Mercurio
7. Ivan Venning 		328,039 38.3 +0.8
Democrats 1. Janine Haines (elected 3)
2. John Coulter (elected 12)
3. Meg Lees
4. Ian McLiesh
5. Peter Vervoorn 		95,831 11.2 0.0
National 1. Bill Wright
2. Neville Agars
3. Mike Rogers
4. Jessie Taylor
5. Bob Brown
6. Clifford Boyd 		29,954 3.5 +2.2
  Independent Liberal Don Jessop 25,876 3.0 +3.0
Greens 1. Ally Fricker
2. Jules Davison 		8,102 0.9 +0.9
Group A 1. Creston Magasdi
2. Reg McColl 		5,715 0.7 +0.7
Unite Australia 1. David Vigor
2. Nick Theologou
3. Patricia Prowse
4. Maxwell Elphick 		4,775 0.6 +0.6
Communist 1. John Wishart
2. Linda Gale 		2,456 0.3 +0.3
Group F 1. Tom Towle
2. Ellen Towle 		788 0.1 +0.1
Independent Bill Forster 276 0.0 0.0
Independent Rob Robertson 199 0.0 0.0
Independent Robert Worth 145 0.0 0.0
Independent John Out 47 0.0 0.0
Independent Helen Launer 44 0.0 0.0
Independent Syd Plenty 29 0.0 0.0
Independent Stephen Bailey 19 0.0 0.0
Total formal votes 857,042 96.2 +1.6
Informal votes 33,514 3.8 -1.6
Turnout 890,556 94.5 -0.7
# Senator Party
1 Dominic Foreman   Labor
2 Tony Messner   Liberal
3 Janine Haines   Democrats
4 Nick Bolkus   Labor
5 Amanda Vanstone   Liberal
6 Graham Maguire   Labor
7 Robert Hill   Liberal
8 Rosemary Crowley   Labor
9 Grant Chapman   Liberal
10 Chris Schacht   Labor
11 Baden Teague   Liberal
12 John Coulter   Democrats

1984[edit]

This section is an excerpt from 1984 Australian Senate election § South Australia.[edit]
Elected # Senator Party
1985
1985 1 Nick Bolkus   Labor
1985 2 Baden Teague   Liberal
1985 3 Graham Maguire   Labor
1985 4 Don Jessop   Liberal
1985 5 Rosemary Crowley   Labor
1985 6 Amanda Vanstone   Liberal
1985 7 David Vigor   Democrats
1982
1982 1 Ron Elstob   Labor
1982 2 Tony Messner   Liberal
1982 3 Janine Haines   Democrats
1982 4 Dominic Foreman   Labor
1982 5 Robert Hill   Liberal
1984 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 101,997
Labor 1. Nick Bolkus (elected 1)
2. Graham Maguire (elected 3)
3. Rosemary Crowley (elected 5)
4. Vic Heron 		340,115 41.7 -2.9
Liberal 1. Baden Teague (elected 2)
2. Don Jessop (elected 4)
3. Amanda Vanstone (elected 6)
4. Robert Giles 		306,027 37.5 -2.9
Democrats 1. David Vigor (elected 7)
2. John Coulter
3. Mike Elliott
4. Sandra Kanck 		91,329 11.2 -0.9
Nuclear Disarmament 1. Frances Mowling
2. Ian Modistach
3. Douglas Peers 		37,834 4.6 +4.6
Call to Australia 1. Bob Brown
2. Dean Davis
3. William Pomery 		22,429 2.7 +2.7
National 1. John Bannon
2. Judith Jackson
3. Ray Rothe
4. Helen Scott
5. Audrey Pobke 		10,756 1.3 -0.4
Pensioner 1. Wilfred Scott
2. Kenneth Perry 		4,052 0.5 +0.5
Group F 1. Judy Gillett
2. Brian Sones
3. Eugene Sibelle 		1,328 0.2 +0.2
Group D 1. Joe Rossi
2. Warwick Stallard
3. Giovanni Melino
4. Gizella Farkas 		840 0.1 +0.1
Family Movement 1. Bob Boyd
2. Fred Tanner 		800 0.1 +0.1
Independent Herman Bersee 199 0.0 0.0
Independent Peter Gagliardi 169 0.0 0.0
Independent Edward Dyer 92 0.0 0.0
Total formal votes 815,970 94.6 +3.4
Informal votes 46,399 5.4 -3.4
Turnout 862,369 95.2 +0.2

1983[edit]

This section is an excerpt from 1983 Australian Senate election § South Australia.[edit]
1983 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 69,396
Labor 1. Ron Elstob (elected 1)
2. Dominic Foreman (elected 4)
3. Nick Bolkus (elected 6)
4. Graham Maguire (elected 8)
5. Rosemary Crowley (elected 10)
6. Brian Keneally 		340,089 44.6 +3.8
Liberal 1. Tony Messner (elected 2)
2. Robert Hill (elected 5)
3. Don Jessop (elected 7)
4. Baden Teague (elected 9)
5. Harold Young
6. Graham Ingerson 		308,138 40.4 -2.9
Democrats 1. Janine Haines (elected 3)
2. Ted Radoslovich
3. Margaret-Ann Williams
4. David Vigor
5. John Beech
6. Patricia Shortridge 		96,662 13.1 +1.9
National 1. Kevin Schulz
2. William Nosworthy
3. Stanley Draganoff 		13,757 1.8 +0.8
Integrity Team 1. Betty Luks
2. Barry Lindner
3. Belle Harris
4. John Wadey 		4,026 0.5 +0.5
Communist 1. Anne McMenamin
2. John Humphrys 		1,058 0.1 +0.1
Libertarian William Forster 959 0.1 +0.1
Socialist 1. Brian Rooney
2. Laurence Kiek 		864 0.1 +0.1
Socialist Workers 1. Douglas Lorimer
2. Jennifer Fisher 		795 0.1 +0.1
Independent Colin George 777 0.1 +0.1
Social Democrats 1. Roger Ormsby
2. John Parker 		301 0.0 0.0
Total formal votes 763,349 91.2 -0.1
Informal votes 73,350 8.8 +0.1
Turnout 836,699 95.0 +0.1
# Senator Party
1 Ron Elstob   Labor
2 Tony Messner   Liberal
3 Janine Haines   Democrat
4 Dominic Foreman   Labor
5 Robert Hill   Liberal
6 Nick Bolkus   Labor
7 Don Jessop   Liberal
8 Graham Maguire   Labor
9 Baden Teague   Liberal
10 Rosemary Crowley   Labor

1980[edit]

This section is an excerpt from 1980 Australian Senate election § South Australia.[edit]
Elected # Senator Party
1981
1981 1 Don Jessop   Liberal
1981 2 Dominic Foreman   Labor
1981 3 Robert Hill   Liberal
1981 4 Nick Bolkus   Labor
1981 5 Janine Haines   Democrat
1978
1978 1 Tony Messner   Liberal
1978 2 Geoff McLaren   Labor
1978 3 Harold Young   Liberal
1978 4 Ron Elstob   Labor
1978 5 Baden Teague   Liberal
1980 Australian federal election, Senate, South Australia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 122,723
Liberal 1. Don Jessop (elected 1)
2. Robert Hill (elected 3)
3. Craig Spiel 		319,088 43.3 -5.8
Labor 1. Dominic Foreman (elected 2)
2. Nick Bolkus (elected 4)
3. Graham Maguire 		300,420 40.8 +4.0
Democrats 1. Janine Haines (elected 5)
2. Ian Gilfillan
3. David Vigor 		96,662 13.1 +1.9
National Country 1. Geoffrey Clothier
2. Sylvia Schulz
3. Peter McBride 		7,419 1.0 +1.0
  Concerned Christian Candidates 1. Betty Luks
2. James Cronin
3. Gordon Kroschel 		4,189 0.6 +0.6
Marijuana 1. Craig Cocks
2. Gwenda Woods 		2,373 0.3 +0.3
Australia 1. Ian Modistach
2. Alan Jamieson 		1,670 0.2 -0.2
Socialist 1. Brian Rooney
2. Ida Goss
3. Laurence Kiek 		1,347 0.2 -0.1
Progressive Conservative 1. David Kitto
2. Mary McKenzie-Huish 		1,248 0.2 +0.2
Independent Valentine Furner 879 0.1 +0.1
Independent William Forster 820 0.1 +0.1
Independent Raymond Bradtke 221 0.0 0.0
Total formal votes 736,336 91.3 +1.7
Informal votes 70,359 8.7 -1.7
Turnout 806,695 94.9 -0.2

Elections in the 1910s[edit]

1914[edit]

This section is an excerpt from 1914 Australian Senate election § South Australia.[edit]

Each elector voted for up to six candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.

1914 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Shannon (elected 1) 190,590 96.1 [e]
Labor John Newlands (re-elected 2) 112,569 56.8 +4.6 [f]
Labor James O'Loghlin (re-elected 3) 112,283 50.6 +4.1 [f]
Labor Robert Guthrie (re-elected 4) 111,774 56.4 +2.4 [g]
Labor William Senior (re-elected 5) 109,975 55.5 +4.4 [f]
Labor William Story (re-elected 6) 108,263 54.6 +8.1 [g]
Liberal Edward Vardon 90,364 45.6
Liberal Benjamin Benny 89,568 45.2
Liberal George Jenkins 89,194 45.0
Liberal George Stewart 88,042 44.4
Liberal Patrick Daley 87,365 44.1
Total formal votes 1,189,987
198,331 voters 		96.16 +1.90
Informal votes 7,913 3.84 −1.90
Turnout 206,244 80.14 +0.04
Party total votes
Liberal 635,123 53.37 +6.97
Labor 554,864 46.63 −6.97
Sitting senator Gregor McGregor (Labor) had re-nominated but died after the close of nominations, leaving Labor with only 5 candidates. Electors were required to vote for 6 candidates or their vote would be invalid. If there was a large informal vote or if the surplus votes were equally distributed there was a risk of Labor losing more than one seat. Labor therefore asked its supporters to vote for John Shannon (Liberal).[10]

1913[edit]

This section is an excerpt from 1913 Australian Senate election § South Australia.[edit]

Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.

1913 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James O'Loghlin (elected 1) 96,750 52.5
Labour John Newlands (elected 2) 96,179 52.2
Labour William Senior (elected 3) 94,222 51.1
Liberal Joseph Vardon (defeated) 82,829 45.0 −1.5 [h]
Liberal John Shannon (defeated) 82,436 44.7 [i]
Liberal Peter Allen 81,805 44.4
Independent Sir Josiah Symon (defeated) 18,556 10.1 −1.7 [h]
Total formal votes 552,777
184,259 voters 		94.3 −2.4
Informal votes 11,204 5.7 +2.4
Turnout 195,463 80.1 +26.9
Party total votes
Labour 287,151 51.9 −1.7
Liberal 247,070 44.7 −1.7
Independent 18,556 10.1

1910[edit]

This section is an excerpt from 1910 Australian Senate election § South Australia.[edit]

Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.

1910 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gregor McGregor (re-elected 1) 58,955 55.2 −2.8 [j]
Labour Robert Guthrie (re-elected 2) 57,733 54.0 +1.0 [j]
Labour William Story (re-elected 3) 31,489 46.5 +8.5 [j]
Liberal David Gordon 50,729 47.5
Liberal David Charleston 49,063 45.9 +0.7 [h]
Liberal John Shannon 48,834 45.7
Total formal votes 320,484
106,828 voters 		96.7 +0.6
Informal votes 3,675 3.3 −0.6
Turnout 70,517 53.2 +16.7
Party total votes
Labour 171,858 53.6 +7.1
Liberal 148,626 46.4 −0.7 [k]

Elections in the 1900s[edit]

1906[edit]

This section is an excerpt from 1906 Australian Senate election § South Australia.[edit]

Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.

1906 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Socialist Sir Josiah Symon (re-elected 1) 33,597 49.6
Labour William Russell (elected 2) 31,796 46.9
Anti-Socialist Joseph Vardon (elected 3)[l] 31,489 46.5
Labour Dugald Crosby 31,455 46.4
Labour Reginald Blundell 31,366 46.3
Anti-Socialist David Charleston 30,608 45.2
Protectionist Thomas Playford (defeated) 13,035 19.2
Total formal votes 203,346
67,782 voters 		96.1 −1.7
Informal votes 2,735 3.9 +1.7
Turnout 70,517 36.5
Party total votes
Anti-Socialist 95,684 47.1
Labour 94,617 46.5
Protectionist 13,035 6.4

1903[edit]

This section is an excerpt from 1903 Australian Senate election § South Australia.[edit]

Each elector voted for up to three candidates. Percentages refer to the number of voters rather than the number of votes.

1903 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gregor McGregor (re-elected 1) 31,082 58.0
Labour Robert Guthrie (elected 2) 28,376 53.0
Labour William Story (elected 3) 23,083 43.1
Free Trade David Charleston (defeated) 22,499 42.0
Free Trade William Copley 19,402 36.2
Free Trade Robert Caldwell 19,400 36.2
Independent Crawford Vaughan 8,595 16.0
Independent William Grasby 8,294 15.5
Total formal votes 160,731
53,577 voters 		97.8
Informal votes 1,208 2.2
Turnout 53,577 32.4
Party total votes
Labour 82,541 51.4
Free Trade 61,301 38.1
Independent 16,889 10.5

1901[edit]

This section is an excerpt from 1901 Australian Senate election § South Australia.[edit]

Each elector voted for up to six candidates; as such percentages are shown of the total number of voters rather than the total number of votes.

1901 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Sir Josiah Symon (elected 1) 37,642 74.8 +74.8
Protectionist Thomas Playford (elected 2) 36,892 73.3 +73.3
Free Trade Sir Richard Baker (elected 3) 35,235 70.0 +70.0
Protectionist Sir John Downer (elected 4) 30,493 60.6 +60.6
Free Trade David Charleston (elected 5) 29,153 57.9 +57.9
Labour Gregor McGregor (elected 6) 26,264 52.2 +52.2
Protectionist Andrew Kirkpatrick 25,620 50.9 +50.9
Labour James O'Loghlin 21,871 43.4 +43.4
Free Trade Arthur Addison 21,802 43.3 +43.3
Free Trade William Copley 20,807 41.3 +41.3
Protectionist Thomas Burgoyne 16,353 32.5 +32.5
Total formal votes 302,132
~50,325 ballots
Informal votes 1,478
Turnout unknown
Party total votes
Free Trade 144,639 47.9 +47.9
Protectionist 109,358 36.2 +36.2
Labour 48,135 15.9 +15.9

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Cory Bernardi had resigned from the Liberal Party in February 2017 to form a separate party, the Australian Conservatives.
  2. ^ Lucy Gichuhi resigned from Family First and joined the Liberal Party.
  3. ^ a b Kakoschke-Moore resigned on 22 November 2017 after learning she was a British citizen by descent. The Court of Disputed Returns declared she had been ineligible to be elected on 13 February 2018.[3] A special recount determined that Tim Storer was elected instead.
  4. ^ a b Day was found ineligible by the Court of Disputed Returns.[4] A special recount led to Gichuhi being declared to have been elected on 19 April 2017.[5]
  5. ^ John Shannon was included on the Labor ticket.[10]
  6. ^ a b c Change compared to the personal vote at the 1913 election.
  7. ^ a b Change compared to the personal vote at the 1910 election.
  8. ^ a b c Change compared to the personal vote at the 1906 election.
  9. ^ John Shannon (Liberal) had been appointed to replace William Russell (Labour) who died on 28 June 1912.
  10. ^ a b c Change compared to the personal vote at the 1903 election.
  11. ^ Change compared to the combined Anti-Socialist and Protectionist vote at the 1906 election.
  12. ^ The election of Anti-Socialist senator Joseph Vardon was declared void on 31 May 1907.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "First preferences by Senate group: South Australia". AEC Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  2. ^ "First preferences by Senate group: South Australia". AEC Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  3. ^ Byrne, Elizabeth; Doran, Matthew (13 February 2018). "High Court rules former NXT senator cannot replace herself, Tim Storer likely to win recount". ABC News. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  4. ^ Re Day [No 2] [2017] HCA 14, "Judgment summary" (PDF). High Court of Australia.
  5. ^ "Senator Lucy Gichuhi". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Senate Results: South Australia - Federal Election 2010 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC. 2010-07-29. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
  7. ^ Senate Results: South Australia - Federal Election 2007 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  8. ^ Senate Results: South Australia - Federal Election 2004 - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  9. ^ Carr, Adam. "1914 Senate South Australia". Psephos.
  10. ^ a b "Warning to Labor electors". Daily Herald. 29 August 1914. p. 4. Retrieved 22 July 2022 – via Trove.
  11. ^ Carr, Adam. "1913 Senate South Australia". Psephos.
  12. ^ Carr, Adam. "1910 Senate South Australia". Psephos.
  13. ^ Carr, Adam. "1906 Senate South Australia". Psephos.
  14. ^ Blundell v Vardon [1907] HCA 75, (1907) 4 CLR 1463.
  15. ^ Carr, Adam. "1903 Senate South Australia". Psephos.
  16. ^ Carr, Adam. "1901 Senate South Australia". Psephos.
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