Electoral results for the district of Coles

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Coles in South Australian state elections from 1970 to 1997.

Members for Coles

MemberPartyTerm
  Len King Labor 1970–1975
  Des Corcoran Labor 1975–1977
  Jennifer Cashmore Liberal 1977–1993
  Joan Hall Liberal 1993–2002

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

South Australian state election, 1997: Coles
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Joan Hall 8,954 45.9 -11.4
Labor Susan Dawe 5,957 30.5 +5.6
Democrats Jonathan Grear 3,179 16.3 +6.9
Independent Maria Lynch 1,432 7.3 +1.1
Total formal votes 19,522 95.5 -1.1
Informal votes 925 4.5 +1.1
Turnout 20,447 92.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Joan Hall 11,291 57.8 -9.1
Labor Susan Dawe 8,231 42.2 +9.1
Liberal hold Swing -9.1
South Australian state election, 1993: Coles
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Joan Hall 10,891 55.9 +7.8
Labor Susan Dawe 4,985 25.6 -14.3
Democrats Lorelie Ball 1,876 9.6 -1.5
Independent Maria Lynch 1,315 6.8 +6.8
Natural Law Heather Lorenzon 401 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 19,468 96.4 -0.2
Informal votes 732 3.6 +0.2
Turnout 20,200 94.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Joan Hall 12,828 65.9 +11.7
Labor Susan Dawe 6,640 34.1 -11.7
Liberal hold Swing +11.7

Elections in the 1980s

South Australian state election, 1989: Coles
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Jennifer Cashmore 9,851 56.9 +2.2
Labor Rohan Claessen 5,345 30.8 -7.7
Democrats Pamela Kelly 2,133 12.3 +6.4
Total formal votes 17,329 97.6 +1.0
Informal votes 424 2.4 -1.0
Turnout 17,753 95.3 +1.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jennifer Cashmore 10,928 63.1 +4.7
Labor Rohan Claessen 6,401 36.9 -4.7
Liberal hold Swing +4.7
South Australian state election, 1985: Coles
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Jennifer Adamson 8,855 54.7 -0.3
Labor Ray Rains 6,233 38.5 +1.5
Democrats Sandra Nichols 949 5.9 -2.1
Independent Aniello Carbone 142 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 16,179 96.6
Informal votes 576 3.4
Turnout 16,755 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jennifer Adamson 9,445 58.4 -0.6
Labor Ray Rains 6,734 41.6 +0.6
Liberal hold Swing -0.6
South Australian state election, 1982: Coles
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Jennifer Adamson 8,470 48.3 -12.8
Labor Rosalie McDonald 7,756 44.3 +10.8
Democrats Stephen Swift 1,294 7.4 +2.0
Total formal votes 17,520 93.2 -2.7
Informal votes 1,277 6.8 +2.7
Turnout 18,797 94.8 +1.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jennifer Adamson 8,980 51.3 -10.7
Labor Rosalie McDonald 8,540 48.7 +10.7
Liberal hold Swing -10.7

Elections in the 1970s

South Australian state election, 1979: Coles
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Jennifer Adamson 9,502 57.8 +6.4
Labor Andrew Cunningham 5,566 33.9 -14.7
Democrats Jennifer Hill 1,127 6.9 +6.9
Independent Jim Bourne 248 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 16,443 95.9 -1.3
Informal votes 705 4.1 +1.3
Turnout 17,148 93.1 -1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jennifer Adamson 10,195 62.0 +10.6
Labor Andrew Cunningham 6,248 38.0 -10.6
Liberal hold Swing +10.6
South Australian state election, 1977: Coles
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Jennifer Adamson 8,355 51.4 +12.7
Labor Greg Crafter 7,903 48.6 +5.1
Total formal votes 16,258 97.2
Informal votes 468 2.8
Turnout 16,726 94.4
Liberal hold Swing -2.4
South Australian state election, 1975: Coles
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Des Corcoran 10,010 52.4 -6.8
Liberal Peter Lewis 5,739 30.0 -10.8
Liberal Movement Lawrence Titheradge 3,352 17.6 +17.6
Total formal votes 19,101 96.0 -0.7
Informal votes 791 4.0 +0.7
Turnout 19,892 94.7 -0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Des Corcoran 10,353 54.2 -5.0
Liberal Peter Lewis 8,748 45.8 +5.0
Labor hold Swing -5.0
South Australian state election, 1973: Coles
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Len King 10,341 59.2 +4.7
Liberal and Country Graeme Sargent 7,116 40.8 -1.9
Total formal votes 17,457 96.7 -1.4
Informal votes 589 3.3 +1.4
Turnout 18,046 95.4 -1.6
Labor hold Swing +4.3
South Australian state election, 1970: Coles
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Len King 8,802 54.5
Liberal and Country Graeme Sargent 6,898 42.7
Democratic Labor Gordon Kimpton 450 2.8
Total formal votes 16,150 98.1
Informal votes 313 1.9
Turnout 16,463 97.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Len King 8,869 54.9
Liberal and Country Graeme Sargent 7,281 45.1
Labor hold Swing

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