Electoral results for the district of Peake

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

Members for Peake

Member		Party	Term
	Don Simmons	Labor	1970–1979
	Keith Plunkett	Labor	1979–1989
	Vic Heron	Labor	1989–1993
	Heini Becker	Liberal	1993–1997
	Tom Koutsantonis	Labor	1997–2002

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1997 South Australian state election: Peake

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Koutsantonis	8,804	46.7	+15.1
	Liberal	Graham Parry	6,998	37.1	−9.2
	Democrats	Sharon Robertson	3,067	16.3	+12.4
Total formal votes			18,869	95.9	+0.6
Informal votes			804	4.1	−0.6
Turnout			19,673	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Koutsantonis	10,747	57.0	+12.0
	Liberal	Graham Parry	8,122	43.0	−12.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+12.0

1993 South Australian state election: Peake

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Heini Becker	9,005	47.2	+6.6
	Labor	Vic Heron	5,818	30.5	−17.0
	Independent	Kym Buckley	2,074	10.9	+10.9
	Democrats	David Lasscock	686	3.6	−5.4
	Greens	Michael Lamb	550	2.9	+2.9
	Independent	Harry Magias	358	1.9	+1.9
	Natural Law	Timothy Brady	348	1.8	+1.8
	Democratic Socialist	Melanie Sjoberg	242	1.3	−0.1
Total formal votes			19,081	95.4	+0.1
Informal votes			923	4.6	−0.1
Turnout			20,004	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Heini Becker	10,613	55.6	+9.6
	Labor	Vic Heron	8,468	44.4	−9.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+9.6

Elections in the 1980s

1989 South Australian state election: Peake

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Vic Heron	8,965	51.9	−10.0
	Liberal	Darcy Constantine	5,784	33.5	−1.9
	Democrats	Stephen Crabbe	1,707	9.9	+5.3
	Socialist Alliance	Philippa Skinner	422	2.5	+2.5
	Call to Australia	Terry Lear	385	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			17,263	94.5	+1.5
Informal votes			1,004	5.5	−1.5
Turnout			18,267	93.5	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Vic Heron	10,355	60.0	−5.7
	Liberal	Darcy Constantine	6,908	40.0	+5.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.7

1985 South Australian state election: Peake

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Plunkett	10,593	61.9	−3.1
	Liberal	Steve Peake	5,401	31.6	+1.6
	Democrats	Jeff Wild	794	4.6	−1.4
	Independent	Ian Frances	313	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			17,101	93.0
Informal votes			1,294	7.0
Turnout			18,395	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Plunkett	11,232	65.7	−1.3
	Liberal	Steve Peake	5,869	34.3	+1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.3

1982 South Australian state election: Peake

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Plunkett	8,837	60.9	+3.1
	Liberal	Laurie Whitelaw	3,928	27.1	−15.1
	Democrats	Jim Mitchell	1,744	12.0	+12.0
Total formal votes			14,509	92.2	−1.4
Informal votes			1,223	7.8	+1.4
Turnout			15,732	92.9	−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Plunkett	10,077	69.5	+11.7
	Liberal	Laurie Whitelaw	4,432	30.5	−11.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.7

Elections in the 1970s

1979 South Australian state election: Peake

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Plunkett	8,319	57.8	−9.6
	Liberal	Marko Milosevic	6,066	42.2	+9.6
Total formal votes			14,385	93.6	−3.2
Informal votes			982	6.4	+3.2
Turnout			15,367	93.2	+2.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−9.6

1977 South Australian state election: Peake

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Simmons	10,325	67.4	+6.7
	Liberal	Mark Tregoning	4,989	32.6	+11.4
Total formal votes			15,314	96.2
Informal votes			607	3.8
Turnout			15,921	92.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.0

1975 South Australian state election: Peake

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Simmons	8,341	54.1	−5.5
	Liberal	Mark Tregoning	3,733	24.2	−16.2
	Liberal Movement	Desmond Moran	3,349	21.7	+21.7
Total formal votes			15,423	95.1	−0.5
Informal votes			802	4.9	+0.5
Turnout			16,225	93.9	−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Don Simmons	8,683	56.3	−3.3
	Liberal	Mark Tregoning	6,740	43.7	+3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.3

1973 South Australian state election: Peake

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Simmons	8,855	59.6	+0.3
	Liberal and Country	Barbara Ashwin	6,003	40.4	−0.3
Total formal votes			14,858	95.6	−2.0
Informal votes			676	4.4	+2.0
Turnout			15,534	94.6	−1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.3

1970 South Australian state election: Peake

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Simmons	8,644	59.3
	Liberal and Country	Richard Leeton	5,925	40.7
Total formal votes			14,569	97.6
Informal votes			353	2.4
Turnout			14,922	95.6
	Labor hold		Swing