Electoral results for the district of Young (South Australia)

This is a list of election results for the electoral district of Young in South Australian elections.

Members for Young

Member		Party	Term
	Robert Nicholls	Liberal and Country	1938–1956

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1953 South Australian state election: Young[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Robert Nicholls	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

1950 South Australian state election: Young

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Robert Nicholls	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 South Australian state election: Young

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Robert Nicholls	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

1944 South Australian state election: Young

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Robert Nicholls	2,576	69.4	−30.6
	Labor	Ernest Allen	1,134	30.6	+30.6
Total formal votes			3,710	97.4
Informal votes			100	2.6
Turnout			3,810	91.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

1941 South Australian state election: Young

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Robert Nicholls	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938 South Australian state election: Young

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Robert Nicholls	2,111	63.7
	Independent	Leonard Young	733	22.1
	Independent	Herman Dolling	468	14.1
Total formal votes			3,312	97.9
Informal votes			70	2.1
Turnout			3,382	70.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

References

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