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

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

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

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

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