2006 South Australian State Election Results

The South Australian state election was held on 18th March 2006, and resulted in a second consecutive win for the Australian Labor Party (ALP). The swing to Labor from the last election was 8.9%. In 2002 Labor received 36.3% of the vote, in 2006 this rose to 45.2%.

The eleven vacant seats in the Legislative Council were distributed as follows: ALP 4, Liberal Party 3, Independent (Nick Xenophon) 2, Family First Party 1, Australian Greens 1. The seats were won by 3 female and 8 male candidates.

The forty-seven seats in the House of Assembly were distributed as follows: ALP 28, Liberal Party 15, National Party 1, Independents 3. The seats were won by 17 female and 30 male candidates.

The next State election is scheduled to take place on 20th March, 2010.

Electorates in the City of Onkaparinga

The electorates of Fisher (Ind), Kaurna (ALP), Mawson (ALP) and Reynell (ALP) are wholly within the boundaries of the City of Onkaparinga, while Bright (ALP), Davenport (Lib), Heysen (Lib) and Mitchell (ALP) straddle the boundaries of Onkaparinga and other Local Government Areas. An Electoral Boundaries map is presented at the end of this article.

Non-voters

There are 178,251 registered voters in the eight electorates which cover the City of Onkaparinga. There were 165,577 votes received, which means that 12,674 people (7.1%) did not vote. This was slightly (0.9%) below the average for metropolitan Adelaide, where 8% of registered voters did not vote in the last election. The percentage of non-voters ranged from 6.2% in the electorate of Newland to 9.5% in Enfield and 10.8% in Adelaide.

Electorate of Bright: Enrolled voters 22,437
Party	Candidate	No. Votes	% of formal votes	After 2 party preferences
Australian Labor Party	Chloe FOX	10,126	50.2	59.4%
Liberal Party	Angus REDFORD	6,949	34.4	40.6%
Australian Greens	Allan ROBINS	1,315	6.5
Family First Party	Andrew COLE	905	4.5
Dignity for Disabled	Trevor PYATT	492	2.4
Australian Democrats	Caroline SIOW	395	2.0
Informal		600	*
TOTAL		20,782	100.0	100.0%
Enrolled voters who did not vote		1,655	7.4%

Electorate of Davenport: Enrolled voters 21,777
Party	Candidate	No. Votes	% of formal votes	After 2 party preferences
Liberal Party	Iain EVANS	9,579	48.5	56.4%
Australian Labor Party	Gerry BOWEN	6,111	30.9	43.6%
Australian Greens	Adrian MILLER	2,250	11.4
Australian Democrats	Bridgid MEDDER	927	4.7
Family First Party	Toni HOWARD	897	4.5
Informal		474	*
TOTAL		20,238	100.0	100.0%
Enrolled voters who did not vote		1,539	7.1%

Electorate of Fisher: Enrolled voters 22,535
Party	Candidate	No. Votes	% of formal votes	After 2 party preferences
Independent	Bob SUCH	9,212	45.2	66.7%
Australian Labor Party	Amanda RISHWORTH	5,373	26.4	33.3%
Liberal Party	Andy MINNIS	3,774	18.5
Family First Party	Kathryn RIJKEN	1,037	5.1
Australian Greens	Mark BYRNE	699	3.4
Australian Democrats	Max BAUMANN	291	1.4
Informal		631	*
TOTAL		21,017	100.0	100.0%
Enrolled voters who did not vote		1,518	6.7%

Electorate of Heysen: Enrolled voters 21,889
Party	Candidate	No. Votes	% of formal votes	After 2 party preferences
Liberal Party	Isobel REDMOND	8,683	43.9	53.0%
Australian Labor Party	Andrew CHRISTIE	5,553	28.1	47.0%
Australian Greens	John GITSHAM	3,508	17.7
Australian Democrats	Rosemary DRABSCH	1,044	5.3
Family First Party	Peter ROBINS	996	5.0
Informal		539	*
TOTAL		20,323	100.0	100.0%
Enrolled voters who did not vote		1,566	7.2%

Electorate of Kaurna: Enrolled voters 22,235
Party	Candidate	No. Votes	% of formal votes	After 2 party preferences
Australian Labor Party	John HILL	11,827	60.2	72.0%
Liberal Party	Tim FLAHERTY	4,036	20.5	28.0%
Australian Greens	Corrie VANDERHOEK	1,444	7.3
Family First Party	Paul MUNN	1,328	6.8
Australian Democrats	Graham PRATT	423	2.2
Independent	Barry BECKER	299	1.5
Independent	Jeanie WALKER	291	1.5
Informal		884	*
TOTAL		20,532	100.0	100.0%
Enrolled voters who did not vote		1,703	7.7%

Electorate of Mawson: Enrolled voters 22,578
Party	Candidate	No. Votes	% of formal votes	After 2 party preferences
Australian Labor Party	Leon BIGNELL	8,886	43.8	52.2%
Liberal Party	Robert BROKENSHIRE	8,087	39.9	47.8%
Family First Party	Roger ANDREWS	1,330	6.6
Australian Greens	Mika KABACZNIK-WELLER	1,019	5.0
Australian Democrats	Ibojka BAUMANN	476	2.3
Dignity for Disabled	Joanne HARVEY	469	2.3
Informal		809	*
TOTAL		21,076	99.9	100.0%
Enrolled voters who did not vote		1,502	6.7%

Electorate of Mitchell: Enrolled voters 22,229
Party	Candidate	No. Votes	% of formal votes	After 2 party preferences
Independent	Kris HANNA	4,872	24.6	50.6%
Australian Labor Party	Rosemary CLANCY	8,106	41.0	49.4%
Liberal Party	Jack GAFFEY	4,094	20.7
Family First Party	Meredith RESCE	1,062	5.4
Australian Greens	Jeffrey WILLIAMS	665	3.4
Dignity for Disabled	Michele COLMER	438	2.2
Australian Democrats	Jenny SCOTT	344	1.7
Independent	Travis GILBERT	185	0.9
Informal		953	*
TOTAL		20,719	99.9	100.0%
Enrolled voters who did not vote		1,510	6.8%

Electorate of Reynell: Enrolled voters 22,571
Party	Candidate	No. Votes	% of formal votes	After 2 party preferences
Australian Labor Party	Gay THOMPSON	11,653	58.0	67.6%
Liberal Party	Gary HENNESSY	4,850	24.2	32.4%
Family First Party	Geoff DOECKE	1,755	8.7
Australian Greens	William WELLER	942	4.7
Australian Democrats	Yvonne BAILLIE	472	2.4
Independent	Marie NICHOLLS	403	2.0
Informal		815	*
TOTAL		20,890	100.0	100.0%
Enrolled voters who did not vote		1,681	7.4%

Source:

State Electoral Office, South Australia website www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/archive/2006/index.htm. Viewed 27 May 2009
* Not included as a percentage of the formal vote.