Electoral results for the district of Gumeracha

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

Members for Gumeracha

First incarnation (1857–1902)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Arthur Blyth		1857–1868		Alexander Hay		1857–1861
					Alexander Murray		1862–1867
					Alexander Hay		1867–1870
	William Sandover		1868–1870
	Arthur Blyth		1870–1875		Ebenezer Ward		1870–1880
	Frederick Hannaford		1875–1878
	William Haines		1878–1884
					John Rounsevell		1880–1881
					Samuel Tomkinson		1881–1884
	Robert Homburg		1884–1891		Robert Ross		1884–1887
					John Stirling		1888–1890
					Theodore Hack		1890–1893
		Defence League	1891–1896		William Randell	Defence League	1893–1896
					Charles Willcox	Defence League	1896–1896
			1896–1902		William Randell		1896–1899
					Thomas Playford II		1899–1901
					William Jamieson	National League	1901–1902

Second incarnation (1938–1970)
Member		Party	Term
	Thomas Playford IV	Liberal and Country	1938–1968
	Bryant Giles	Liberal and Country	1968–1970

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1968 South Australian state election: Gumeracha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Bryant Giles	4,740	67.9	+3.1
	Labor	Cyril Swaine	2,245	32.1	+10.6
Total formal votes			6,985	98.4	+0.5
Informal votes			115	1.6	−0.5
Turnout			7,100	91.7	−4.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−5.2

1965 South Australian state election: Gumeracha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Playford	4,365	64.8	−16.3
	Labor	Ernie Crimes	1,449	21.5	+21.5
	Democratic Labor	Patrick Coffey	420	6.2	−12.7
	Social Credit	Marcus Dodd	375	5.6	+5.6
	Communist	Brian Rooney	130	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			6,739	97.9	+2.5
Informal votes			143	2.1	−2.5
Turnout			6,882	96.2	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Playford	4,923	73.1	−8.0
	Labor	Ernie Crimes	1,816	26.9	+26.9
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

1962 South Australian state election: Gumeracha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Playford	5,202	81.1	+7.7
	Democratic Labor	Patrick Coffey	1,211	18.9	+18.9
Total formal votes			6,413	95.4	−3.0
Informal votes			309	4.6	+3.0
Turnout			6,722	95.8	+0.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1950s

1959 South Australian state election: Gumeracha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Playford	4,781	73.4	−15.2
	Labor	Ernie Crimes	1,333	20.5	+20.5
	Independent	Charles Coffey	404	6.2	+6.2
Total formal votes			6,518	98.4	+2.3
Informal votes			107	1.6	−2.3
Turnout			6,625	95.6	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Playford		76.4	−12.2
	Labor	Ernie Crimes		23.6	+23.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

1956 South Australian state election: Gumeracha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Playford	5,457	88.6
	Communist	Fred Slater	705	11.4
Total formal votes			6,162	96.1
Informal votes			251	3.9
Turnout			6,413	94.8
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

1953 South Australian state election: Gumeracha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Playford	5,315	90.4	−9.6
	Communist	Alan Finger	566	9.6	+9.6
Total formal votes			5,881	95.1
Informal votes			302	4.9
Turnout			6,183	96.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

1950 South Australian state election: Gumeracha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Playford	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 South Australian state election: Gumeracha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Playford	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

1944 South Australian state election: Gumeracha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Playford	3,752	72.1	−27.9
	Labor	Wilfred Holmes	1,451	27.9	+27.9
Total formal votes			5,203	98.2
Informal votes			95	1.8
Turnout			5,298	89.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

1941 South Australian state election: Gumeracha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Playford	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938 South Australian state election: Gumeracha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Playford	2,081	65.3
	Independent	Robert Hunter	556	17.5
	Labor	Arthur Edwards	549	17.2
Total formal votes			3,186	98.3
Informal votes			55	1.7
Turnout			3,241	56.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.