Electoral results for the district of Henley Beach

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

Members for Henley Beach

Member		Party	Term
	Glen Broomhill	Labor	1970–1979
	Bob Randall	Liberal	1979–1982
	Don Ferguson	Labor	1982–1993

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1989 South Australian state election: Henley Beach

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Ferguson	9,040	48.5	−6.1
	Liberal	Bob Randall	7,673	41.1	+1.3
	Democrats	Keith Lees	1,518	8.1	+3.9
	Call to Australia	Peter Thompson	428	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			18,659	96.6	−0.2
Informal votes			657	3.4	+0.2
Turnout			19,316	95.0	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Don Ferguson	10,077	54.0	−3.3
	Liberal	Bob Randall	8,582	46.0	+3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.3

1985 South Australian state election: Henley Beach

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Ferguson	9,876	54.6	+2.6
	Liberal	Bob Randall	7,204	39.8	−3.2
	Democrats	Gladys Wells	753	4.2	−0.8
	Independent	Joe Rossi	264	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			18,097	96.8
Informal votes			595	3.2
Turnout			18,692	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Don Ferguson	10,373	57.3	+3.3
	Liberal	Bob Randall	7,724	42.7	−3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.3

1982 South Australian state election: Henley Beach

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Ferguson	8,782	51.4	+7.5
	Liberal	Bob Randall	7,409	43.4	−1.1
	Democrats	Trevor Turner	882	5.2	−6.4
Total formal votes			17,073	94.2	−0.8
Informal votes			1,049	5.8	+0.8
Turnout			18,122	94.3	+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Don Ferguson	9,216	54.0	+5.0
	Liberal	Bob Randall	7,857	46.0	−5.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.0

Elections in the 1970s

1979 South Australian state election: Henley Beach

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bob Randall	7,244	44.5	+3.8
	Labor	Don Ferguson	7,143	43.9	−15.4
	Democrats	Kenneth Maguire	1,878	11.6	+11.6
Total formal votes			16,265	95.0	−1.5
Informal votes			862	5.0	+1.5
Turnout			17,127	93.0	−1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bob Randall	8,289	51.0	+10.3
	Labor	Don Ferguson	7,976	49.0	−10.3
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+10.3

1977 South Australian state election: Henley Beach

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Glen Broomhill	9,780	59.3	+4.4
	Liberal	Barry Lawson	6,702	40.7	+11.3
Total formal votes			16,482	96.5
Informal votes			590	3.5
Turnout			17,072	94.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.0

1975 South Australian state election: Henley Beach

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Glen Broomhill	9,780	52.3	−4.7
	Liberal	John Rogers	5,845	31.3	−2.1
	Liberal Movement	Trevor Vivian	3,057	16.4	+16.4
Total formal votes			18,682	96.1	−0.7
Informal votes			754	3.9	+0.7
Turnout			19,436	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Glen Broomhill	10,088	54.0	−6.2
	Liberal	John Rogers	8,594	46.0	+6.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.2

1973 South Australian state election: Henley Beach

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Glen Broomhill	9,661	57.0	−0.9
	Liberal and Country	Reginald Appelkamp	5,668	33.4	−8.7
	Independent	Daniel Overduin	1,633	9.6	+9.6
Total formal votes			16,962	96.8	−1.3
Informal votes			564	3.2	+1.3
Turnout			17,526	94.1	−1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Glen Broomhill	10,211	60.2	+2.3
	Liberal and Country	Reginald Appelkamp	6,751	39.8	−2.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.3

1970 South Australian state election: Henley Beach

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Glen Broomhill	8,918	57.9
	Liberal and Country	Alwyn Whiteford	6,483	42.1
Total formal votes			15,401	98.1
Informal votes			298	1.9
Turnout			15,699	95.4
	Labor hold		Swing