Electoral results for the district of Wallaroo

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

Members for Wallaroo

Three members (1875–1884)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	John Duncan		1875–1878		John Richards		1875–1878		M. H. Madge		1875–1875
									R. D. Ross		1875–1884
	C. S. Hare		1878–1881		Luke Furner		1878–1884
	W. H. Beaglehole		1881–1884

Two members (1884–1902)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	H. A. Grainger		1884–1885		Luke Furner		1884–1890
	David Bews		1885–1891
					H. A. Grainger		1890–1901
	Richard Hooper	Labor	1891–1902
					John Verran	Labor	1901–1902

Three members (1902–1915)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Peter Allen		1902–1912		John Verran	Labor	1902–1915		John Shannon		1902–1905
									A. E. Winter	Labor	1905–1912
	J. F. Herbert	Labor	1912–1915						J. A. Southwood	Labor	1912–1915

Two members (1915–1938)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	J. F. Herbert	Labor	1915–1917		John Verran	Labor	1915–1917
		National	1917–1918			National	1917–1918
	Robert Richards	Labor	1918–1931		John Pedler	Labor	1918–1931
		Parliamentary Labor	1931–1934			Parliamentary Labor	1931–1934
		Labor	1934–1938			Labor	1934–1938

Single-member (1938–1970)
Member		Party	Term
	Robert Richards	Labor	1938–1950
	Hughie McAlees	Labor	1950–1956
	Leslie Heath	Liberal and Country	1956–1957
	Lloyd Hughes	Labor	1957–1970

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1968 South Australian state election: Wallaroo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lloyd Hughes	2,899	52.0	−7.1
	Liberal and Country	Keith Russack	2,612	46.8	+5.9
	Democratic Labor	John McMahon	67	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			5,578	98.7	+0.6
Informal votes			74	1.3	−0.6
Turnout			5,652	96.9	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lloyd Hughes	2,909	52.2	−6.9
	Liberal and Country	Keith Russack	2,669	47.8	+6.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.9

1965 South Australian state election: Wallaroo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lloyd Hughes	3,346	59.1	−3.8
	Liberal and Country	Clarence Green	2,313	40.9	+3.8
Total formal votes			5,659	98.1	−0.7
Informal votes			112	1.9	+0.7
Turnout			5,771	96.5	−0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.8

1962 South Australian state election: Wallaroo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lloyd Hughes	3,784	62.9	+4.0
	Liberal and Country	Arthur Philbey	2,231	37.1	−4.0
Total formal votes			6,015	98.8	−0.1
Informal votes			71	1.2	+0.1
Turnout			6,086	96.6	−0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.0

Elections in the 1950s

1959 South Australian state election: Wallaroo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lloyd Hughes	3,615	58.9	+14.3
	Liberal and Country	Clifford Dunstone	2,519	41.1	−6.1
Total formal votes			6,134	98.9	−0.1
Informal votes			65	1.1	+0.1
Turnout			6,199	96.9	+0.6
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+10.9

1956 South Australian state election: Wallaroo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Leslie Heath	2,971	47.2
	Labor	Robert Butler	2,808	44.6
	Independent	Arthur Clarke	515	8.2
Total formal votes			6,294	99.0
Informal votes			62	1.0
Turnout			6,356	96.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Leslie Heath	3,271	52.0
	Labor	Robert Butler	3,023	48.0
	Liberal and Country gain from Labor		Swing

1953 South Australian state election: Wallaroo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hughie McAlees	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1950 South Australian state election: Wallaroo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hughie McAlees	2,539	51.0	−10.1
	Liberal and Country	Leslie Heath	2,050	41.2	+2.3
	Independent	Spence Crosby	392	7.9	+7.9
Total formal votes			4,981	97.4	−0.9
Informal votes			131	2.6	+0.9
Turnout			5,112	95.2	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Hughie McAlees		58.1	−3.0
	Liberal and Country	Leslie Heath		41.9	+3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.0

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1940s

1947 South Australian state election: Wallaroo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Richards	2,968	61.1	−3.7
	Liberal and Country	Leslie Heath	1,888	38.9	+38.9
Total formal votes			4,856	98.3	+0.4
Informal votes			84	1.7	−0.4
Turnout			4,940	95.1	+4.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1944 South Australian state election: Wallaroo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Richards	2,896	64.8	−35.2
	Independent	Leslie Heath	1,573	35.2	+35.2
Total formal votes			4,469	97.9
Informal votes			93	2.1
Turnout			4,562	90.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1941 South Australian state election: Wallaroo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Richards	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938 South Australian state election: Wallaroo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Richards	2,475	54.2
	Independent	Cecil Chapman	2,091	45.8
Total formal votes			4,566	98.5
Informal votes			67	1.5
Turnout			4,633	79.7
	Labor hold		Swing