Electoral results for the district of Young (South Australia)
# 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 | Member | Party | Term |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Robert Nicholls | Liberal and Country | 1938–1956 |

## Election results

### Elections in the 1950s

1953 South Australian state election: Young :

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

1950 South Australian state election: Young :

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

### Elections in the 1940s

1947 South Australian state election: Young :

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

1944 South Australian state election: Young :

| Party | 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 | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,710 | 97.4 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 100 | 2.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,810 | 91.4 | |
| | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A | |

1941 South Australian state election: Young :

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

### Elections in the 1930s

1938 South Australian state election: Young :

| Party | 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 | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,312 | 97.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 70 | 2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,382 | 70.5 |
| | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | |

* Preferences were not distributed.
