title: Electoral results for the district of Gawler
text: # Electoral results for the district of Gawler
  
  This is a list of election results for the electoral district of Gawler in South Australian elections.
  
  ## Members for Gawler
  
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Leslie Duncan | Labor | 1938–1952 |
  | | John Clark | Labor | 1952–1970 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1960s
  
  1968 South Australian state election: Gawler :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | John Clark | 20,573 | 65.0 | +0.2 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Stewart Gilchrist | 9,720 | 30.7 | +5.3 |
  | | Social Credit | Frank Lawrence | 1,374 | 4.3 | +4.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 31,667 | 97.2 | -0.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 901 | 2.8 | +0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,568 | 92.7 | -1.3 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | John Clark | 21,260 | 67.1 | -2.6 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Stewart Gilchrist | 10,407 | 32.9 | +2.6 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -2.6 | |
  
  1965 South Australian state election: Gawler :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | John Clark | 16,413 | 64.8 | -1.5 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Phillip Hockey | 6,441 | 25.4 | -4.1 |
  | | Independent | Desmond Clark | 1,893 | 7.5 | +7.5 |
  | | Independent | John Fielder | 569 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 25,316 | 97.5 | -0.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 651 | 2.5 | +0.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,967 | 94.0 | +1.6 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | John Clark | 17,644 | 69.7 | +2.8 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Phillip Hockey | 7,672 | 30.3 | -2.8 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +2.8 | |
  
  1962 South Australian state election: Gawler :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | John Clark | 12,144 | 66.3 | -1.4 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Kevin Breen | 5,404 | 29.5 | -2.8 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Eduard Smulders | 762 | 4.2 | +4.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 18,310 | 97.9 | +0.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 388 | 2.1 | -0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,698 | 92.4 | -1.2 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | John Clark | 12,258 | 66.9 | -0.8 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Kevin Breen | 6,052 | 33.1 | +0.8 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -0.8 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1950s
  
  1959 South Australian state election: Gawler :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | John Clark | 8,120 | 67.7 | -32.3 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Jean Davis | 3,871 | 32.3 | +32.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 11,991 | 97.2 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 347 | 2.8 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,338 | 93.6 | |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1956 South Australian state election: Gawler :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | John Clark | unopposed | | |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |
  
  1953 South Australian state election: Gawler :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | John Clark | 4,432 | 77.1 | +22.9 |
  | | Independent | Frank Rieck | 1,320 | 22.9 | +22.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,752 | 96.2 | -2.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 230 | 3.8 | +2.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,982 | 96.1 | +0.7 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1950 South Australian state election: Gawler :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Leslie Duncan | 3,179 | 54.2 | +0.5 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Eldred Riggs | 2,686 | 45.8 | -0.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,865 | 98.9 | +0.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 64 | 1.1 | -0.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,929 | 95.4 | +0.3 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +0.5 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1940s
  
  1947 South Australian state election: Gawler :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Leslie Duncan | 3,054 | 53.7 | -3.0 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Thomas Shanahan | 2,637 | 46.3 | +3.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,691 | 98.4 | +0.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 91 | 1.6 | -0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,782 | 95.1 | +4.3 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -3.0 | |
  
  1944 South Australian state election: Gawler :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,265 | 97.7 | -1.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 126 | 2.3 | +1.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,391 | 90.8 | +21.9 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +3.7 | |
  
  1941 South Australian state election: Gawler :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal and Country | Francis Waddy | 1,534 | 39.7 | +12.8 |
  | | Labor | Leslie Duncan | 1,243 | 32.2 | +3.2 |
  | | Independent | William Duggan | 1,083 | 28.1 | +0.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,860 | 99.0 | +1.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 39 | 1.0 | -1.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,899 | 68.9 | -6.0 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Leslie Duncan | 2,046 | 53.0 | -7.7 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Francis Waddy | 1,814 | 47.0 | +7.7 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -7.7 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1930s
  
  1938 South Australian state election: Gawler :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Leslie Duncan | 1,178 | 29.0 |
  | | Independent | William Duggan | 1,123 | 27.7 |
  | | Liberal and Country | William Noack | 1,090 | 26.9 |
  | | Independent | Adolph Ey | 443 | 10.9 |
  | | Independent | Leslie Yelland | 224 | 5.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,058 | 97.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 111 | 2.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,169 | 74.9 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Leslie Duncan | 2,464 | 60.7 |
  | | Liberal and Country | William Noack | 1,594 | 39.3 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
  