title: Electoral results for the district of Walsh
text: # Electoral results for the district of Walsh
  
  This is a list of election results for the electoral district of Walsh in South Australian elections.
  
  ## Members for Walsh
  
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | John Trainer | Labor | 1985–1993 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1980s
  
  1989 South Australian state election: Walsh :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | John Trainer | 8,520 | 50.4 | -6.3 |
  | | Liberal | Douglas Rowe | 6,623 | 39.1 | +4.8 |
  | | Democrats | Richard Bennett | 1,776 | 10.5 | +6.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 16,919 | 96.9 | +2.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 542 | 3.1 | -2.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,461 | 94.5 | +0.1 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | John Trainer | 9,532 | 56.3 | -4.4 |
  | | Liberal | Douglas Rowe | 7,387 | 43.7 | +4.4 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -4.4 | |
  
  1985 South Australian state election: Walsh :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | John Trainer | 9,422 | 56.7 | +2.7 |
  | | Liberal | Lenore Triplow | 5,709 | 34.3 | -4.7 |
  | | Independent | Reece Jennings | 868 | 5.2 | +5.2 |
  | | Democrats | Helen Brasted | 629 | 3.8 | -3.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 16,628 | 94.4 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 980 | 5.6 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,608 | 92.7 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | John Trainer | 10,091 | 60.7 | +2.7 |
  | | Liberal | Lenore Triplow | 6,537 | 39.3 | -2.7 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +2.7 | |
  