Electoral results for the district of Hanson

This is a list of election results for the Electoral district of Hanson in South Australian elections.

Members for Hanson

Member		Party	Term
	Heini Becker	Liberal and Country	1970–1974
		Liberal	1974–1993
	Stewart Leggett	Liberal	1993–1997
	Steph Key	Labor	1997–2002

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1997 South Australian state election: Hanson[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stewart Leggett	5,837	32.1	−15.1
	Labor	Steph Key	5,773	31.7	−8.0
	Independent	John Trainer	3,468	19.1	+19.1
	Democrats	Pat Macaskill	1,871	10.3	+2.7
	Independent	Mark Eckermann	734	4.0	+4.0
	Independent	Dean Le Poidevin	344	1.9	+1.9
	United Australia	Aleksander Wacyk	176	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			18,203	94.3	−1.8
Informal votes			1,110	5.7	+1.8
Turnout			19,313	90.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Steph Key	10,128	55.6	+7.5
	Liberal	Stewart Leggett	8,075	44.4	−7.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+7.5

1993 South Australian state election: Hanson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stewart Leggett	9,086	46.3	+6.0
	Labor	John Trainer	7,927	40.4	−8.4
	Democrats	Pat Macaskill	1,504	7.7	−1.8
	Independent	Joan Herraman	616	3.1	+3.1
	Natural Law	Cherily Wilson	472	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			19,605	96.0	−0.1
Informal votes			821	4.0	+0.1
Turnout			20,426	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Stewart Leggett	10,030	51.2	+6.1
	Labor	John Trainer	9,575	48.8	−6.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.1

• Hanson was made a notionally Labor held seat at the redistribution.

Elections in the 1980s

1989 South Australian state election: Hanson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Heini Becker	9,130	52.4	+3.5
	Labor	Ian Peak	6,863	39.4	−8.0
	Democrats	Mary McEwen	1,435	8.2	+4.5
Total formal votes			17,428	97.6	+0.3
Informal votes			419	2.4	−0.3
Turnout			17,847	94.1	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Heini Becker	9,779	56.1	+5.2
	Labor	Ian Peak	7,649	43.9	−5.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.2

1985 South Australian state election: Hanson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Heini Becker	8,552	48.9	−2.1
	Labor	Ann Pengelly	8,289	47.4	+5.4
	Democrats	Ian Haines	650	3.7	−3.3
Total formal votes			17,491	97.3
Informal votes			488	2.7
Turnout			17,979	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Heini Becker	8,895	50.9	−3.1
	Labor	Ann Pengelly	8,596	49.1	+3.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.1

1982 South Australian state election: Hanson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Heini Becker	8,720	55.1	−5.7
	Labor	Derek Robertson	6,165	39.0	+5.7
	Democrats	Clifford Boyd	936	5.9	0.0
Total formal votes			15,821	95.2	−1.2
Informal votes			804	4.8	+1.2
Turnout			16,625	92.7	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Heini Becker	9,212	58.2	−6.3
	Labor	Derek Robertson	6,609	41.8	+6.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.3

Elections in the 1970s

1979 South Australian state election: Hanson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Heini Becker	9,459	60.8	+5.4
	Labor	Peter Rowe	5,194	33.3	−11.3
	Democrats	Stanley Gilbie	916	5.9	+5.9
Total formal votes			15,569	96.4	−0.6
Informal votes			578	3.6	+0.6
Turnout			16,147	92.9	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Heini Becker	10,044	64.5	+9.0
	Labor	Peter Rowe	5,525	35.5	−9.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.0

1977 South Australian state election: Hanson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Heini Becker	8,885	55.4	+18.1
	Labor	Reece Jennings	7,150	44.6	+2.0
Total formal votes			16,035	97.0
Informal votes			490	3.0
Turnout			16,525	92.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.1

1975 South Australian state election: Hanson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Terry Groom	7,440	42.1	−5.5
	Liberal	Heini Becker	7,232	40.9	−11.5
	Liberal Movement	Graham Slape	3,017	17.0	+17.0
Total formal votes			17,689	96.5	−1.8
Informal votes			636	3.5	+1.8
Turnout			18,325	92.6	−2.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Heini Becker	9,844	55.7	+3.3
	Labor	Terry Groom	8,184	47.6	−3.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.3

1973 South Australian state election: Hanson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Heini Becker	9,022	52.4	+2.0
	Labor	Brian Smith	8,184	47.6	−2.0
Total formal votes			17,206	97.3	−1.0
Informal votes			470	2.7	+1.0
Turnout			17,676	93.7	−1.1
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+2.0

1970 South Australian state election: Hanson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Heini Becker	7,925	50.4
	Labor	Brian Smith	7,790	49.6
Total formal votes			15,715	98.3
Informal votes			264	1.7
Turnout			15,979	94.8
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

References

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