Electoral results for the district of Kaurna

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Kaurna in South Australian state elections.

Members for Kaurna

Member		Party	Term
	Lorraine Rosenberg	Liberal Party of Australia	1993–1997
	John Hill	Australian Labor Party	1997–2014
	Chris Picton	Australian Labor Party	2014–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

South Australian state election, 2014: Kaurna[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Picton	8,844	43.4	−5.9
	Liberal	Ben Caudle	6,233	30.6	−2.9
	Greens	Maureen Cullen	2,041	10.0	+1.2
	Independent	Kym Richardson	1,899	9.3	+9.3
	Family First	Layla Nahavandi	1,347	6.6	+1.2
Total formal votes			20,364	96.6	+0.1
Informal votes			716	3.4	−0.1
Turnout			21,080	91.0	−1.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Picton	11,740	57.7	−1.2
	Liberal	Ben Caudle	8,624	42.3	+1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.2

South Australian state election, 2010: Kaurna
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Hill	10,353	49.4	-10.5
	Liberal	Trisha Bird	7,036	33.6	+12.9
	Greens	Yvonne Wenham	1,771	8.5	+1.0
	Family First	James Chappell	1,176	5.6	-1.2
	Democrats	Marie Nicholls	365	1.7	-0.4
	FREE Australia	Jason Wuttke	254	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			20,955	95.8
Informal votes			751	4.2
Turnout			21,706	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Hill	12,290	58.6	-13.3
	Liberal	Trisha Bird	8,665	41.4	+13.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-13.3

Elections in the 2000s

South Australian state election, 2006: Kaurna
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Hill	11,827	60.2	+15.0
	Liberal	Tim Flaherty	4,036	20.5	-6.6
	Greens	Corrie Vanderhoek	1,444	7.3	+1.9
	Family First	Paul Munn	1,328	6.8	+2.7
	Democrats	Graham Pratt	423	2.2	-3.6
	Independent	Barry Becker	299	1.5	+1.5
	No Rodeo	Jeanie Walker	291	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			19,648	95.4
Informal votes			884	4.6
Turnout			20,532	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Hill	14,153	72.0	+11.0
	Liberal	Tim Flaherty	5,495	28.0	-11.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.0

South Australian state election, 2002: Kaurna
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Hill	8,742	45.2	+3.9
	Liberal	Lauren Kenyon	5,245	27.1	-9.4
	Independent	Lorraine Rosenberg	1,565	8.1	+8.1
	Democrats	Beryl Hall	1,109	5.7	-7.2
	Greens	Ali Valamanesh	1,053	5.4	+5.4
	Family First	Colleen Pearse	787	4.1	+4.1
	One Nation	Charlie McCormack	496	2.6	+2.6
	SA First	James Chappell	359	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			19,356	96.4
Informal votes			715	3.6
Turnout			20,071	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Hill	11,808	61.0	+6.0
	Liberal	Lauren Kenyon	7,548	39.0	-6.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.0

Elections in the 1990s

South Australian state election, 1997: Kaurna
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Hill	7,783	42.3	+5.3
	Liberal	Lorraine Rosenberg	6,527	35.5	-9.4
	Democrats	Dennis Domey	2,262	12.3	+6.5
	Independent	Mick Krieg	986	5.4	+5.4
	Independent	Barbara Fraser	579	3.1	+3.1
	United Australia	Malcolm Shaw	264	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			18,401	95.7	-0.3
Informal votes			832	4.3	+0.3
Turnout			19,233	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Hill	10,270	55.8	+8.2
	Liberal	Lorraine Rosenberg	8,131	44.2	-8.2
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.2

South Australian state election, 1993: Kaurna
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lorraine Rosenberg	8,230	45.1	+7.5
	Labor	John Hill	6,693	36.7	-9.9
	Democrats	Dennis Dorney	1,060	5.8	-6.8
	Greens	Susan Regione	879	4.8	+4.8
	Grey Power	John Holder	496	2.7	+2.7
	Call to Australia	John Watson	407	2.2	+1.9
	Independent	Denise Leek	311	1.7	+1.7
	Independent	Robert Campbell	157	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			18,233	95.9	-0.8
Informal votes			777	4.1	+0.8
Turnout			19,010	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Lorraine Rosenberg	9,625	52.8	+6.4
	Labor	John Hill	8,608	47.2	-6.4
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+6.4

References

1. 2014 State Election Results – Kaurna, ECSA.

• SA elections archive: Antony Green ABC
• 2002 SA election: Antony Green ABC