Electoral results for the district of Barossa
# Electoral results for the district of Barossa

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

## Members for Barossa

Two members (1857–1901) :

| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Walter Duffield | | 1857–1868 | Horace Dean | | 1857–1857 |
| Walter Duffield | | 1857–1868 | William Bakewell | | 1857–1860 |
| Walter Duffield | | 1857–1868 | Edward Grundy | | 1860–1862 |
| Walter Duffield | | 1857–1868 | Joseph Barritt | | 1862–1864 |
| Walter Duffield | | 1857–1868 | John Williams | | 1864–1865 |
| Walter Duffield | | 1857–1868 | James Martin | | 1865–1868 |
| Richard Baker | | 1868–1871 | Philip Santo | | 1868–1870 |
| Richard Baker | | 1868–1871 | Walter Duffield | | 1870–1871 |
| John Howard Angas | | 1871–1876 | J. A. T. Lake | | 1871–1875 |
| John Howard Angas | | 1871–1876 | Johann Sudholz | | 1875–1875 |
| John Howard Angas | | 1871–1876 | John Dunn Jr. | | 1875–1878 |
| Martin Basedow | | 1876–1890 | John Dunn Jr. | | 1875–1878 |
| Martin Basedow | | 1876–1890 | John Downer | | 1878–1891 |
| James Hague | | 1890–1891 | John Downer | | 1878–1891 |
| James Hague | Defence League | 1891–1896 | John Downer | Defence League | 1891–1896 |
| James Hague | | 1896–1902 | John Downer | National League | 1896–1901 |
| James Hague | | 1896–1902 | Ephraim Coombe | Labor | 1901–1902 |

Three members (1902–1938) :

| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Richard Butler | | 1902–1904 | Ephraim Coombe | | 1902–1906 | William Gilbert | National League | 1902–1906 |
| Richard Butler | Farmers and Producers | 1904–1910 | Ephraim Coombe | | 1902–1906 | William Gilbert | National League | 1902–1906 |
| Richard Butler | Farmers and Producers | 1904–1910 | Ephraim Coombe | Liberal and Democratic | 1906–1910 | Samuel Rudall | Liberal and Democratic | 1906–1910 |
| Richard Butler | Liberal Union | 1910–1923 | Ephraim Coombe | Independent | 1910–1912 | Samuel Rudall | Liberal Union | 1910–1915 |
| Richard Butler | Liberal Union | 1910–1923 | William Hague | Liberal Union | 1912–1923 | Samuel Rudall | Liberal Union | 1910–1915 |
| Richard Butler | Liberal Union | 1910–1923 | William Hague | Liberal Union | 1912–1923 | Ephraim Coombe | Labor | 1915–1917 |
| Richard Butler | Liberal Union | 1910–1923 | William Hague | Liberal Union | 1912–1923 | Henry Crosby | Liberal Union | 1917–1924 |
| Richard Butler | Liberal Federation | 1923–1924 | William Hague | Liberal Federation | 1923–1924 | Henry Crosby | Liberal Federation | 1923–1924 |
| George Cooke | Labor | 1924–1931 | William Hague | Liberal Federation | 1923–1924 | Leonard Hopkins | Labor | 1924–1927 |
| George Cooke | Labor | 1924–1931 | Henry Crosby | Liberal Federation | 1924–1930 | Leonard Hopkins | Labor | 1924–1927 |
| George Cooke | Labor | 1924–1931 | Henry Crosby | Liberal Federation | 1924–1930 | Herbert Basedow | Independent | 1927–1930 |
| George Cooke | Labor | 1924–1931 | Thomas Edwards | Labor | 1930–1931 | Leonard Hopkins | Labor | 1930–1931 |
| George Cooke | Parliamentary Labor | 1931–1933 | Thomas Edwards | Parliamentary Labor | 1931–1933 | Leonard Hopkins | Parliamentary Labor | 1931–1933 |
| Herbert Lyons | Liberal and Country | 1933–1938 | Henry Crosby | Liberal and Country | 1933–1938 | Herbert Basedow | Independent | 1933–1933 |
| Herbert Lyons | Liberal and Country | 1933–1938 | Henry Crosby | Liberal and Country | 1933–1938 | Reginald Rudall | Liberal and Country | 1933–1938 |

Second incarnation (1956–1970) :

| Member | Member | Party | Term |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Condor Laucke | Liberal and Country | 1956–1965 |
| | Molly Byrne | Labor | 1965–1970 |

## Election results

### Elections in the 1960s

1968 South Australian state election: Barossa :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Molly Byrne | 8,792 | 52.5 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal and Country | Roger Goldsworthy | 7,608 | 45.4 | -0.8 |
| | Democratic Labor | Bernard McRae | 216 | 1.3 | +0.4 |
| | Independent | Luke Horan | 138 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 16,754 | 98.1 | -0.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 331 | 1.9 | +0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,085 | 95.1 | -0.5 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Molly Byrne | 8,893 | 53.1 | +0.8 |
| | Liberal and Country | Roger Goldsworthy | 7,861 | 46.9 | -0.8 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +0.8 | |

1965 South Australian state election: Barossa :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Molly Byrne | 6,015 | 51.5 | +51.5 |
| | Liberal and Country | Condor Laucke | 5,405 | 46.2 | -39.7 |
| | Social Credit | David Wood | 165 | 1.4 | +1.4 |
| | Democratic Labor | Andrew Shore | 104 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 11,689 | 98.6 | +5.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 170 | 1.4 | -5.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,859 | 95.6 | +1.2 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Molly Byrne | 6,113 | 52.3 | +52.3 |
| | Liberal and Country | Condor Laucke | 5,576 | 47.7 | -38.2 |
| | Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | N/A | |

1962 South Australian state election: Barossa :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal and Country | Condor Laucke | 6,172 | 85.9 | -14.1 |
| | Communist | Fred Slater | 1,011 | 14.1 | +14.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 7,183 | 92.9 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 549 | 7.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,732 | 94.4 | |
| | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1950s

1959 South Australian state election: Barossa :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal and Country | Condor Laucke | unopposed | | |
| | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | | |
