Results of the 1944 South Australian state election (House of Assembly)

South Australian state election, 29 April 1944 House of Assembly << 1941–1947 >>
Enrolled voters		289,032
Votes cast		255,883		Turnout	88.53%	+37.84%
Informal votes		8,229		Informal	3.22%	+1.26%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal and Country	113,536	45.84%	+8.29%	20	± 0
	Labor	105,298	42.52%	+9.27%	16	+ 5
	Communist	5,136	2.07%	*	0	± 0
	Independent	16,439	6.64%	–17.97%	3	– 2
	Independent Labor	5,587	2.26%	–0.76%	0	– 2
	Independent Liberal	1,658	0.67%	–0.91%	0	– 1
Total		247,654			39
Two-party-preferred
	Liberal and Country		46.70%	*
	Labor		53.30%	*

This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1944 South Australian state election.

Results by electoral district

Adelaide

1944 South Australian state election: Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Doug Bardolph	5,587	43.5	−13.7
	Labor	Bob Dale	4,775	37.2	+4.8
	Communist	Alfred Watt	2,492	19.4	+19.4
Total formal votes			12,854	93.1	−2.8
Informal votes			947	6.9	+2.8
Turnout			13,801	83.0	+46.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Dale	6,734	52.4
	Independent	Doug Bardolph	6,120	47.6
	Labor gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Albert

1944 South Australian state election: Albert

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Malcolm McIntosh	3,078	66.4	+4.2
	Independent	J P Ryan	1,025	22.1	+22.1
	Labor	John Cronin	531	11.5	+11.5
Total formal votes			4,634	97.8	−0.6
Informal votes			102	2.2	+0.6
Turnout			4,736	88.3	+27.8
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Alexandra

1944 South Australian state election: Alexandra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Herbert Hudd	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Angas

1944 South Australian state election: Angas (supplementary)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Berthold Teusner	2,767	52.6	+2.4
	Labor	William Robinson	2,099	39.9	−20.2
	Independent	William Haese	397	7.5	−22.6
Total formal votes			5,263	98.8	+0.5
Informal votes			64	1.2	−0.5
Turnout			5,327	90.2	+26.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Burnside

1944 South Australian state election: Burnside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Charles Abbott	9,960	64.1	−9.6
	Labor	Frank White	5,568	35.9	+17.8
Total formal votes			15,528	96.4	−1.7
Informal votes			577	3.6	+1.7
Turnout			16,105	88.2	+41.4
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Burra

1944 South Australian state election: Burra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Archibald McDonald	2,265	55.7	−2.4
	Labor	Ellis Bristow	1,803	44.3	+2.4
Total formal votes			4,068	97.6	−0.7
Informal votes			99	2.4	+0.7
Turnout			4,167	90.0	+28.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−2.4

Chaffey

1944 South Australian state election: Chaffey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William MacGillivray	3,239	61.9	−1.7
	Labor	Robert Curren	1,997	38.1	+1.7
Total formal votes			5,236	96.6	−0.9
Informal votes			186	3.4	+0.9
Turnout			5,422	87.2	+41.0
	Independent hold		Swing	−1.7

Eyre

1944 South Australian state election: Eyre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Arthur Christian	2,618	59.9	−6.1
	Labor	William Gosling	1,193	27.3	+27.3
	Independent	Oliver Eatts	560	12.8	+12.8
Total formal votes			4,371	96.5	−1.4
Informal votes			157	3.5	+1.4
Turnout			4,528	88.0	+39.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Flinders

1944 South Australian state election: Flinders

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Rex Pearson	2,185	42.1	+8.0
	Labor	John O'Leary	1,383	26.7	−1.3
	Single Tax League	Edward Craigie	1,208	23.3	−14.7
	Unendorsed Liberal	Janette Octoman	410	7.9	+7.9
Total formal votes			5,186	97.5	−1.6
Informal votes			132	2.5	+1.6
Turnout			5,318	89.0	+33.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Rex Pearson	3,059	59.0	+5.6
	Labor	John O'Leary	2,127	41.0	+41.0
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Frome

1944 South Australian state election: Frome

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick O'Halloran	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Gawler

1944 South Australian state election: Gawler

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Leslie Duncan	2,985	56.7	+24.5
	Liberal and Country	Elliott Day	2,280	43.3	+3.6
Total formal votes			5,265	97.7	−1.3
Informal votes			126	2.3	+1.3
Turnout			5,391	90.8	+21.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.7

Glenelg

1944 South Australian state election: Glenelg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Frank Smith	9,710	57.0	−7.8
	Labor	John Fitzgerald	7,327	43.0	+7.8
Total formal votes			17,037	96.4	−0.5
Informal votes			637	3.6	+0.5
Turnout			17,674	89.8	+42.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−7.8

Goodwood

1944 South Australian state election: Goodwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Walsh	8,883	59.5	+14.7
	Liberal and Country	Archibald MacMillan	6,051	40.5	+10.3
Total formal votes			14,934	96.5	−1.9
Informal votes			543	3.5	+1.9
Turnout			15,477	87.6	+43.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.8

Gouger

1944 South Australian state election: Gouger

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Rufus Goldney	2,700	51.0	+3.0
	Labor	Horace Bowden	2,595	49.0	+49.0
Total formal votes			5,295	97.9	−0.5
Informal votes			113	2.1	+0.5
Turnout			5,408	90.2	+25.4
	Liberal and Country gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Gumeracha

1944 South Australian state election: Gumeracha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Playford	3,752	72.1	−27.9
	Labor	Wilfred Holmes	1,451	27.9	+27.9
Total formal votes			5,203	98.2
Informal votes			95	1.8
Turnout			5,298	89.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Hindmarsh

1944 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John McInnes	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Light

1944 South Australian state election: Light

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Herbert Michael	2,987	57.3	+14.0
	Labor	Herman Dolling	2,227	42.7	−7.3
Total formal votes			5,214	97.9	−1.3
Informal votes			110	2.1	+1.3
Turnout			5,324	91.6	+19.9
	Liberal and Country gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Mitcham

1944 South Australian state election: Mitcham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Henry Dunks	9,303	59.9	−4.1
	Labor	Victor Doble	6,236	40.1	+20.4
Total formal votes			15,539	97.0	−1.6
Informal votes			486	3.0	+1.6
Turnout			16,025	87.5	+36.7
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Mount Gambier

1944 South Australian state election: Mount Gambier

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Fletcher	4,180	66.3	+19.9
	Labor	Russell Walters	2,120	33.7	+2.5
Total formal votes			6,300	98.0	−0.7
Informal votes			128	2.0	+0.7
Turnout			6,428	89.6	+23.1
	Independent hold		Swing	+0.7

Murray

1944 South Australian state election: Murray

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Richard McKenzie	3,177	57.2	+41.1
	Liberal and Country	John Cowan	2,068	37.2	+7.9
	Independent	James Venning	308	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			5,553	97.4	−1.2
Informal votes			146	2.6	+1.2
Turnout			5,699	90.5	+25.9
	Labor gain from Independent Labor		Swing	N/A

Newcastle

1944 South Australian state election: Newcastle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	George Jenkins	2,229	60.0	−40.0
	Labor	Jock Pick	1,486	40.0	+40.0
Total formal votes			3,715	97.8
Informal votes			84	2.2
Turnout			3,799	83.3
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Norwood

1944 South Australian state election: Norwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Nieass	8,212	53.6	+6.3
	Liberal and Country	Roy Moir	7,095	46.4	−6.3
Total formal votes			15,307	95.3	−2.6
Informal votes			747	4.7	+2.6
Turnout			16,054	88.4	+42.8
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+4.3

Onkaparinga

1944 South Australian state election: Onkaparinga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Howard Shannon	3,270	53.9	+10.9
	Labor	Cyril Hasse	2,792	46.1	+11.7
Total formal votes			6,062	96.8	−1.7
Informal votes			199	3.2	+1.7
Turnout			6,261	88.9	+26.1
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+2.5

Port Adelaide

1944 South Australian state election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Stephens	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Port Pirie

1944 South Australian state election: Port Pirie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrew Lacey	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Prospect

1944 South Australian state election: Prospect

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Elder Whittle	7,726	45.9	−9.2
	Labor	Bert Shard	6,448	38.3	+3.7
	Communist	Alan Finger	2,644	15.7	+15.7
Total formal votes			16,818	97.5	−1.2
Informal votes			433	2.5	+1.2
Turnout			17,251	89.9	+37.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bert Shard	8,793	52.3
	Liberal and Country	Elder Whittle	8,025	47.7
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	N/A

Ridley

1944 South Australian state election: Ridley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tom Stott	3,653	74.1	+12.8
	Labor	Leonard Seymour	1,278	25.9	+11.8
Total formal votes			4,931	98.2	−0.4
Informal votes			92	1.8	+0.4
Turnout			5,023	89.9	+27.8
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Rocky River

1944 South Australian state election: Rocky River

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	John Lyons	3,091	71.4	−1.0
	Labor	Leonard Wilcott	1,237	28.6	+1.0
Total formal votes			4,328	96.9	−1.1
Informal votes			136	3.1	+1.1
Turnout			4,464	89.8	+28.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−1.0

Semaphore

1944 South Australian state election: Semaphore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Thompson	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Stanley

1944 South Australian state election: Stanley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Percy Quirke	2,645	57.7	+4.7
	Liberal and Country	Gordon Bails	1,940	42.3	−4.7
Total formal votes			4,585	98.3	−0.2
Informal votes			81	1.7	+0.2
Turnout			4,666	91.4	+20.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.7

Stirling

1944 South Australian state election: Stirling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Herbert Dunn	2,996	54.2	+25.2
	Labor	J McTier	1,284	23.2	+23.2
	Independent	S D Bruce	1,248	22.6	+22.6
Total formal votes			5,528	97.4	−1.3
Informal votes			148	2.6	+1.3
Turnout			5,676	91.1	+33.5
	Liberal and Country gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

• Sitting MP for Stirling, Herbert Dunn had been elected as an Independent in the previous election, but joined the LCL before this election.

Stuart

1944 South Australian state election: Stuart

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lindsay Riches	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Thebarton

1944 South Australian state election: Thebarton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Walsh	unopposed
	Labor gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Torrens

1944 South Australian state election: Torrens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Herbert Baldock	8,635	51.0	+22.1
	Liberal and Country	Shirley Jeffries	8,308	49.0	−4.3
Total formal votes			16,943	96.1	−2.2
Informal votes			688	3.9	+2.2
Turnout			17,631	87.2	+33.8
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	N/A

Unley

1944 South Australian state election: Unley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Colin Dunnage	9,051	54.2	+13.9
	Labor	Alexander Saint	7,657	45.8	+45.8
Total formal votes			16,708	96.3	−1.9
Informal votes			645	3.7	+1.9
Turnout			17,353	87.5	+37.5
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

Victoria

1944 South Australian state election: Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Vernon Petherick	3,530	49.9	+12.9
	Labor	Jim Corcoran	3,244	45.9	+11.8
	Independent	John Gartner	296	4.2	+4.2
Total formal votes			7,070	98.1	−0.2
Informal votes			135	1.9	+0.2
Turnout			7,205	90.1	+29.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Vernon Petherick	3,687	52.1	−4.6
	Labor	Jim Corcoran	3,383	47.9	+4.6
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	−4.6

Wallaroo

1944 South Australian state election: Wallaroo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Richards	2,896	64.8	−35.2
	Independent	Leslie Heath	1,573	35.2	+35.2
Total formal votes			4,469	97.9
Informal votes			93	2.1
Turnout			4,562	90.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Yorke Peninsula

1944 South Australian state election: Yorke Peninsula

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Cecil Hincks	unopposed
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Young

1944 South Australian state election: Young

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

See also

• Candidates of the 1944 South Australian state election
• Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1944–1947