Electoral results for the district of Semaphore

This is a list of election results for the electoral district of Semaphore in South Australian elections.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Norm Peterson	7,210	40.0	−1.7
	Labor	Kevin Foley	6,069	33.7	−7.3
	Liberal	Terence Daviess	3,655	20.2	+3.9
	Democrats	Eric Mack	1,097	6.1	+5.1
Total formal votes			18,031	97.3	+0.2
Informal votes			494	2.7	−0.2
Turnout			18,525	94.5	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kevin Foley	12,712	70.5	−4.5
	Liberal	Terence Daviess	5,319	29.5	+4.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Norm Peterson	11,319	62.8	+5.5
	Labor	Kevin Foley	6,712	37.2	−5.5
	Independent hold		Swing	+5.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labor	Norm Peterson	7,226	41.7	−3.3
	Labor	Rod Sawford	7,104	41.0	+15.0
	Liberal	Mark Laing	2,831	16.3	−11.7
	Democrats	F Goncalves	177	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			17,338	97.1
Informal votes			526	2.9
Turnout			17,864	94.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent Labor	Norm Peterson	9,939	57.3
	Labor	Rod Sawford	7,399	42.7
	Independent Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Norm Peterson	7,915	46.8	+15.1
	Labor	Peter Bicknell	6,462	38.2	+2.3
	Liberal	Macleay Lawrie	2,244	13.3	−14.7
	Democrats	Peter Gagliardi	295	1.7	−2.7
Total formal votes			16,916	94.9	+0.5
Informal votes			910	5.1	−0.5
Turnout			17,826	93.4	−1.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Norm Peterson	10,207	60.3	−1.9
	Labor	Peter Bicknell	6,709	39.7	+1.9
	Independent hold		Swing	−1.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Apap	5,778	35.9	−34.9
	Independent Labor	Norm Peterson	5,106	31.7	+31.7
	Liberal	Mac Lawrie	4,500	28.0	+0.9
	Democrats	Dean Richards	715	4.4	+4.4
Total formal votes			16,099	94.4	−2.7
Informal votes			957	5.6	+2.7
Turnout			17,056	94.6	+1.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent Labor	Norm Peterson	10,022	62.2	+62.2
	Labor	George Apap	6,077	37.8	−34.4
	Independent Labor gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Members for Semaphore

1975 South Australian state election: Semaphore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Olson	11,813	69.9	−2.8
	Liberal	Willem Van Wyk	2,732	16.2	−7.4
	Liberal Movement	Rodney Sporn	2,348	13.9	+13.9
Total formal votes			16,893	94.8	−0.9
Informal votes			929	5.2	+0.9
Turnout			17,822	95.1	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Olson	12,045	71.3	−4.7
	Liberal	Willem Van Wyk	4,848	28.7	+4.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.7

1973 South Australian state election: Semaphore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reg Hurst	11,472	72.7	−1.9
	Liberal and Country	John Howarth	3,729	23.6	−1.8
	Socialist	Keith Waye	576	3.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			15,777	95.7	−1.8
Informal votes			701	4.3	+1.8
Turnout			16,478	94.8	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Reg Hurst	11,991	76.0	+1.4
	Liberal and Country	John Howarth	3,786	24.0	−1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.4

1968 South Australian state election: Semaphore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reg Hurst	15,613	69.6	−8.5
	Liberal and Country	Reginald Appelkamp	6,076	27.1	+27.1
	Social Credit	Edward Wright	731	3.3	−5.4
Total formal votes			22,520	97.0	+2.1
Informal votes			692	3.0	−2.1
Turnout			23,112	95.1	−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Reg Hurst	15,978	71.3	−0.7
	Liberal and Country	Reginald Appelkamp	6,442	28.7	+28.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1965 South Australian state election: Semaphore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reg Hurst	16,430	78.1	−21.9
	Democratic Labor	Charles Coffey	2,747	13.1	+13.1
	Social Credit	George Heritage	1,821	8.7	+8.7
Total formal votes			21,028	94.9
Informal votes			1,116	5.1
Turnout			22,144	95.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Reg Hurst	17,341	82.5	−17.5
	Democratic Labor	Charles Coffey	3,687	17.5	+17.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A