Electoral results for the district of Norwood

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

Members for Norwood

Member		Party	Term
	Frank Nieass	Australian Labor Party	1938–1941
	Roy Moir	Liberal and Country League	1941–1944
	Frank Nieass	Australian Labor Party	1944–1947
	Roy Moir	Liberal and Country League	1947–1953
	Don Dunstan	Australian Labor Party	1953–1979
	Greg Crafter	Australian Labor Party	1979–1979
	Frank Webster	Liberal Party of Australia	1979–1980
	Greg Crafter	Australian Labor Party	1980–1993
	John Cummins	Liberal Party of Australia	1993–1997
	Vini Ciccarello	Australian Labor Party	1997–2010
	Steven Marshall	Liberal Party of Australia	2010–2014

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

South Australian state election, 2010: Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steven Marshall	9,844	46.3	+5.7
	Labor	Vini Ciccarello	7,184	33.8	-8.1
	Greens	Katie McCusker	2,498	11.8	+3.0
	Save the RAH	Philip Harding	489	2.3	+2.3
	Family First	Paul Theofanous	413	1.9	-0.7
	Dignity for Disability	Rick Neagle	392	1.8	+0.5
	Gamers 4 Croydon	David Egge	258	1.2	+1.2
	Fair Land Tax	Pamela Anders	177	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			21,255	96.4
Informal votes			746	3.6
Turnout			22,001	91.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Steven Marshall	11,667	54.9	+8.8
	Labor	Vini Ciccarello	9,588	45.1	-8.8
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+8.8

Elections in the 2000s

South Australian state election, 2006: Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Vini Ciccarello	8,389	42.4	+3.6
	Liberal	Nigel Smart	8,010	40.5	-1.4
	Greens	Cate Mussared	1,679	8.5	+2.5
	Democrats	David Winderlich	545	2.8	-5.2
	Family First	Roger Andrews	508	2.6	-0.2
	Independent	Patrick Larkin	380	1.9	+1.9
	Dignity for Disabled	Rick Neagle	274	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			19,785	96.6	-0.4
Informal votes			699	3.4	+0.4
Turnout			20,484	91.6	-0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Vini Ciccarello	10,723	54.2	+3.7
	Liberal	Nigel Smart	9,062	45.8	-3.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.7

South Australian state election, 2002: Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Durrant	8,633	41.9	+0.4
	Labor	Vini Ciccarello	7,986	38.8	-0.9
	Democrats	Adele Eliseo	1,654	8.0	-4.9
	Greens	Mark Cullen	1,244	6.0	+2.1
	Family First	Geraldine Bennett	575	2.8	+2.8
	SA First	Darryl Tuppen	283	1.4	+1.4
	One Nation	Thorpe Chambers	220	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			20,595	97.0
Informal votes			639	3.0
Turnout			21,234	92.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Vini Ciccarello	10,392	50.5	-1.0
	Liberal	Michael Durrant	10,203	49.5	+1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.0

Elections in the 1990s

South Australian state election, 1997: Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Cummins	7,732	42.5	-8.6
	Labor	Vini Ciccarello	7,128	39.2	+5.4
	Democrats	Keith Oehme	2,215	12.2	-0.2
	Greens	Michelle Drummond	796	4.4	+4.4
	United Australia	Kevin Duffy	316	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			18,187	95.9	-1.1
Informal votes			775	4.1	+1.1
Turnout			18,962	89.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Vini Ciccarello	9,244	50.8	+8.2
	Liberal	John Cummins	8,943	49.2	-8.2
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.2

South Australian state election, 1993: Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Cummins	9,669	51.1	+9.7
	Labor	Greg Crafter	6,412	33.9	-10.8
	Democrats	Ian Gilfillan	2,337	12.4	+0.3
	Natural Law	Vladimir Lorenzon	493	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			18,911	97.0	0.0
Informal votes			576	3.0	0.0
Turnout			19,487	91.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Cummins	10,848	57.4	+10.4
	Labor	Greg Crafter	8,063	42.6	-10.4
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+10.4

Elections in the 1980s

South Australian state election, 1989: Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Greg Crafter	7,502	44.3	-8.9
	Liberal	Robert Jackson	7,169	42.4	+0.6
	Democrats	Catherine Tucker-Lee	1,818	10.7	+5.7
	Call to Australia	Belle Harris	247	1.5	+1.5
	Independent	Alison Cox	194	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			16,930	96.8	-0.5
Informal votes			556	3.2	+0.5
Turnout			17,486	93.2	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Greg Crafter	8,887	52.5	-3.8
	Liberal	Robert Jackson	8,043	47.5	+3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.8

South Australian state election, 1985: Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Greg Crafter	8,990	53.2	+0.2
	Liberal	Sue Graham	7,074	41.8	+0.8
	Democrats	Rodney Roberts	848	5.0	-1.0
Total formal votes			16,912	97.3
Informal votes			479	2.7
Turnout			17,391	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Greg Crafter	9,526	56.3	+0.3
	Liberal	Sue Graham	7,386	43.7	-0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.3

South Australian state election, 1982: Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Greg Crafter	8,510	56.1	+9.1
	Liberal	Lynton Crosby	5,756	38.0	-8.9
	Democrats	Josephine Read	898	5.9	-0.2
Total formal votes			15,164	94.7	-0.9
Informal votes			844	5.3	+0.9
Turnout			16,008	90.3	-2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Greg Crafter	8,963	59.1	+9.2
	Liberal	Lynton Crosby	6,201	40.9	-9.2
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.2

Norwood state by-election, 1980[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	G J Crafter	7,390	48.8	+1.8
	Liberal	F R Webster	6,713	44.4	-2.5
	Democrats	D J D'Angelo	682	4.5	-1.6
	Marijuana Party	S M Dimitriou	342	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			15,127	97.7	N/A
Informal votes			354	2.3	N/A
Turnout			15,481	88.8	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	G J Crafter	8,026	53.1	+3.2
	Liberal	F R Webster	7,101	46.9	-3.2
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.2

Elections in the 1970s

South Australian state election, 1979: Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Greg Crafter	6,921	47.0	-13.2
	Liberal	Frank Webster	6,899	46.9	+7.1
	Democrats	Jeffrey Heath	893	6.1	+6.1
Total formal votes			14,713	95.6	-1.2
Informal votes			678	4.4	+1.2
Turnout			15,391	92.3	+1.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Frank Webster	7,373	50.1	+10.3
	Labor	Greg Crafter	7,340	49.9	-10.3
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+10.3

Norwood state by-election, 1979[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	G J Crafter	6,505	47.3	-12.9
	Liberal	F R Webster	5,866	42.7	+2.9
	Democrats	L Bullock	761	5.5	+5.5
	Marijuana Party	S M Dimitriou	302	2.2	+2.2
	Independent	H J Steele	225	1.6	+1.6
	Australia Party	I C Modistach	83	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			13,742	97.0	N/A
Informal votes			430	3.0	N/A
Turnout			14,172	84.2	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	G J Crafter	7,314	53.2	-7.0
	Liberal	F R Webster	6,428	46.8	+7.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.0

South Australian state election, 1977: Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Dunstan	9,361	60.2	+4.6
	Liberal	William Zacharia	6,181	39.8	+8.2
Total formal votes			15,542	96.8
Informal votes			505	3.2
Turnout			16,047	90.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.7

South Australian state election, 1975: Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Dunstan	8,643	55.6	-4.1
	Liberal	Barry Briegel	4,912	31.6	-8.7
	Liberal Movement	Frank Mercorella	1,980	12.8	+12.8
Total formal votes			15,535	95.1	-1.2
Informal votes			800	4.9	+1.2
Turnout			16,335	90.7	-2.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Don Dunstan	8,839	56.9	-2.8
	Liberal	Barry Briegel	6,696	43.1	+2.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.8

South Australian state election, 1973: Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Dunstan	9,033	59.7	+4.1
	Liberal and Country	Peter Adamson	6,095	40.3	+1.7
Total formal votes			15,128	96.3	-1.6
Informal votes			583	3.7	+1.6
Turnout			15,711	92.9	-1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.5

South Australian state election, 1970: Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Dunstan	8,353	55.6
	Liberal and Country	Keith Bowman	5,804	38.6
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Bourne-McRae	546	3.6
	Independent	William Hann	327	2.1
Total formal votes			15,030	97.9
Informal votes			325	2.1
Turnout			15,355	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Don Dunstan	8,598	57.2
	Liberal and Country	Keith Bowman	6,432	42.8
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

South Australian state election, 1968: Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Dunstan	9,981	56.4	-1.2
	Liberal and Country	David Tonkin	7,417	41.9	-0.5
	Democratic Labor	Kevin McRae	303	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			17,701	97.9	+1.2
Informal votes			388	2.1	-1.2
Turnout			18,089	93.9	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Don Dunstan	10,026	56.6	-1.0
	Liberal and Country	David Tonkin	7,675	43.4	+1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.0

South Australian state election, 1965: Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Dunstan	10,452	57.6	-0.5
	Liberal and Country	Sidney Daws	7,679	42.4	+5.2
Total formal votes			18,131	96.7	-1.4
Informal votes			610	3.3	+1.4
Turnout			18,741	93.4	-0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.2

South Australian state election, 1962: Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Dunstan	11,315	58.1	+4.0
	Liberal and Country	Richard Wegener	7,237	37.2	-2.7
	Democratic Labor	Francis Dempsey	920	4.7	-1.3
Total formal votes			19,472	98.1	+0.5
Informal votes			383	1.9	-0.5
Turnout			19,855	93.8	-0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Don Dunstan	11,453	58.8	+3.8
	Liberal and Country	Richard Wegener	8,402	41.2	-3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.8

References

1. History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4
2. History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4