1893 South Australian House of Assembly election

1893 South Australian colonial election
(House of Assembly)
15 April – 6 May 1893
	All 54 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly; 28 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	49,833 (67.6%)
John Downer	John Downer

The 1893 South Australian House of Assembly election was held between 15 April and 6 May 1893 to elect all 54 members of the South Australian House of Assembly as part of the 1893 South Australian colonial election.^[1]

Overall results

House of Assembly (AV) – Turnout 67.6% (Non-CV)
Party		Votes			Seats

Party		Votes	%	Swing (pp)	Seats	Change
	Independent	51,805	59.0	–41.0	26	28
	National Defence	19,438	22.2	New	18	18
	United Labor	16,458	18.8	New	10	10

Total		87,701	100.0	–	54

Formal votes		49,184	98.7	+0.3
Informal votes		649	1.3	–0.3
Turnout		49,833	67.6	+14.5
Enrolled voters		73,619	–	–
Source: Electoral Commission of South Australia^[1]

Results by district

Albert

1893 South Australian colonial election: Albert^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Defence	George Ash (elected 1)	741	29.7	−3.1
	National Defence	Andrew Dods Handyside (elected 2)	632	25.3	−1.2
	Independent	Archibald Peake	577	23.1	+23.1
	Independent	Beaumont Arnold Moulden	545	21.8	−2.5
Total formal votes			1,285	99.1	+0.7
Informal votes			12	0.9	−0.7
Turnout			1,297	75.6	+10.3

Barossa

1893 South Australian colonial election: Barossa^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Defence	James Hague (elected 1)	1,011	30.4	+8.8
	National Defence	John Downer (elected 2)	1,008	30.3	+4.9
	United Labor	James Jones	685	20.6	+20.6
	Independent	JH Schickel	623	18.7	+18.7
Total formal votes			1,907	98.9	+0.1
Informal votes			22	1.1	−0.1
Turnout			1,929	71.4	+4.6

Burra

1893 South Australian colonial election: Burra^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Frederick Holder (elected 1)	1,400	42.8	+9.6
	Independent	George Hingston Lake (elected 2)	1,017	31.0	+10.6
	Independent	Walter Hughes Duncan	857	26.2	+14.8
Total formal votes			1,736	98.4	+0.6
Informal votes			29	1.6	−0.6
Turnout			1,765	66.3	+12.0

East Adelaide

1893 South Australian colonial election: East Adelaide^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Theodor Scherk (elected 1)	1,472	39.3	−4.0
	United Labor	John McPherson (elected 2)	1,398	37.4	+37.4
	Independent	James Zimri Sellar	567	15.2	−5.0
	Independent	Thomas Hyland Smeaton	305	8.2	+8.2
Total formal votes			2,234	98.7	+0.6
Informal votes			28	1.3	−0.6
Turnout			2,262	68.8	+42.6

East Torrens

1893 South Australian colonial election: East Torrens^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Playford (elected 1)	2,502	38.9	−1.8
	United Labor	Frederick Coneybeer (elected 2)	2,158	33.5	+33.5
	National Defence	David Packham	1,775	27.6	+4.0
Total formal votes			3,738	98.5	+0.6
Informal votes			57	1.5	−0.6
Turnout			3,795	65.8	+14.6

Encounter Bay

1893 South Australian colonial election: Encounter Bay^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Defence	Henry Edward Downer (elected 1)	409	27.8	+0.7
	Independent	John Robert Kelly (elected 2)	373	25.4	+3.8
	Independent	Matthew Wood Green	308	20.9	+20.9
	National Defence	Charles Henry Hussey	239	16.2	+1.0
	Independent	Frederick Abbot Haynes	126	8.5	+8.5
	Independent	Daniel Lewis Taylor	13	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			814	99.0	+3.6
Informal votes			9	1.0	−3.6
Turnout			823	73.0	+2.9

Flinders

1893 South Australian colonial election: Flinders^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Moule (elected 1)	650	35.2	+7.4
	United Labor	Alexander Poynton (elected 2)	500	27.1	+27.1
	Independent	Paul Frederick Bonnin	478	25.9	+3.7
	Independent	Edward Daniel Swaffer	88	4.8	−3.5
	Independent	John Venning	83	4.5	+4.5
	Independent	Archibald Beviss	33	1.8	+1.8
	Independent	John Bowyer Bull	16	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			1,041	96.6	−0.9
Informal votes			35	3.4	+0.9
Turnout			1,076	36.7	+5.6

Frome

1893 South Australian colonial election: Frome^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Defence	Laurence O'Loughlin (elected 1)	1,426	36.7	+10.2
	National Defence	Clement Giles (elected 2)	1,073	27.6	+1.6
	United Labor	Andrew Dungey	635	16.4	+16.4
	Independent	George Moran	293	7.5	+7.5
	Independent	James Aitcheson	200	5.2	−4.5
	Independent	John Heithersay	187	4.8	+4.8
	Independent	Alexander Dey	69	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			2,238	98.9	+0.4
Informal votes			25	1.1	−0.4
Turnout			2,263	57.7	+9.5

Gladstone

1893 South Australian colonial election: Gladstone^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alfred Catt (elected 1)	1,214	35.4	+3.5
	National Defence	James Henderson Howe (elected 2)	1,187	34.6	+0.6
	United Labor	Ernest Roberts	1,027	30.0	+30.0
Total formal votes			2,133	99.3	+1.3
Informal votes			14	0.7	−1.3
Turnout			2,147	70.5	+9.0

Gumeracha

1893 South Australian colonial election: Gumeracha^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Defence	Robert Homburg (elected 1)	987	38.9	+8.0
	National Defence	William Randell (elected 2)	580	22.8	+22.8
	Independent	John Medway Day	449	17.7	+17.7
	Independent	Theodore Hack	290	11.4	−7.7
	Independent	John McEwin	234	9.2	−8.6
Total formal votes			1,364	98.9	−0.9
Informal votes			15	1.1	+0.9
Turnout			1,379	68.8	+7.1

Light

1893 South Australian colonial election: Light^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Defence	Jenkin Coles (elected 1)	1,415	41.4	+7.3
	National Defence	James Wharton White (elected 2)	1,025	30.0	+6.9
	Independent	Paddy Glynn	979	28.6	+6.8
Total formal votes			1,940	99.5	+0.5
Informal votes			9	0.5	−0.5
Turnout			1,949	73.1	+9.9

Mount Barker

1893 South Australian colonial election: Mount Barker^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Cockburn (elected 1)	1,059	42.5	−5.3
	National Defence	Albert Henry Landseer (elected 2)	927	37.2	+5.2
	National Defence	Friedrich Wilhelm Paech	397	15.9	+15.9
	Independent	Charles Henry Matters	103	4.1	−16.1
Total formal votes			1,344	97.6	+0.1
Informal votes			33	2.4	−0.1
Turnout			1,377	75.0	+10.3

Newcastle

1893 South Australian colonial election: Newcastle^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Foster (elected 1)	1,115	34.0	+34.0
	Independent	Thomas Burgoyne (elected 2)	1,068	32.5	+2.7
	Independent	Joseph Hancock	823	25.1	+6.3
	Independent	William Joseph Crocker	276	8.4	+7.1
Total formal votes			1,948	98.8	±0.0
Informal votes			24	1.2	±0.0
Turnout			1,972	57.1	+16.3

Noarlunga

1893 South Australian colonial election: Noarlunga^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Blacker (elected 1)	665	38.7	+38.7
	National Defence	Alexander McDonald (elected 2)	605	35.2	+3.5
	Independent	George Berry	181	10.5	+10.5
	Independent	Thomas Atkinson	127	7.4	−14.1
	Independent	Felix De Caux	110	6.4	+6.4
	Independent	Benjamin Ferne Lloyd	32	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			928	99.1	+0.4
Informal votes			8	0.9	−0.4
Turnout			936	67.8	+1.2

North Adelaide

1893 South Australian colonial election: North Adelaide^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Labor	Richard Wood (elected 1)	1,325	35.9	+35.9
	Independent	George Charles Hawker (elected 2)	1,267	34.3	+2.3
	Independent	Lewis Cohen	1,102	29.8	−9.8
Total formal votes			2,326	99.0	+0.4
Informal votes			24	1.0	−0.4
Turnout			2,350	75.4	+26.2

Northern Territory

1893 South Australian colonial election: Northern Territory^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Vaiben Louis Solomon (elected 1)	272	44.3	−9.3
	Independent	Walter Griffiths (elected 2)	188	30.6	+30.6
	Independent	RM Stow	143	23.3	+23.3
	Independent	Thomas Coward	11	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			343	98.3	−1.0
Informal votes			6	1.7	+1.0
Turnout			349	43.8	+3.0

Onkaparinga

1893 South Australian colonial election: Onkaparinga^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Defence	Robert Caldwell (elected 1)	874	32.9	+10.7
	Independent	Frank Johnson (elected 2)	696	26.2	+5.2
	Independent	Caleb George Gurr	578	21.7	+8.9
	Independent	William Ball Merchant	511	19.2	−1.2
Total formal votes			1,482	98.9	+1.8
Informal votes			16	1.1	−1.8
Turnout			1,498	74.5	+10.5

Port Adelaide

1893 South Australian colonial election: Port Adelaide^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Labor	William Archibald (elected 1)	1,781	29.5	+29.5
	United Labor	Ivor MacGillivray (elected 2)	1,722	28.5	+28.5
	National Defence	Charles Tucker	1,049	17.3	+17.3
	Independent	James Sinclair	995	16.5	+0.3
	Independent	Alfred Edwin Sawtell	343	5.7	+0.6
	Independent	George Feltham Hopkins	157	2.6	−15.7
Total formal votes			3,173	98.6	+0.9
Informal votes			44	1.4	−0.9
Turnout			3,217	71.5	+34.0

Stanley

1893 South Australian colonial election: Stanley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Paul Gillen (elected 1)	1,261	43.1	+4.7
	National Defence	Edward William Hawker (elected 2)	633	21.6	+21.6
	Independent	John Miller	619	21.2	−5.6
	Independent	James Murrie	413	14.1	+14.1
Total formal votes			1,549	98.9	+0.4
Informal votes			18	1.1	−0.4
Turnout			1,567	66.9	−0.2

Sturt

1893 South Australian colonial election: Sturt^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Labor	Thomas Price (elected 1)	1,434	25.3	+25.3
	Independent	John Jenkins (elected 2)	1,433	25.3	−11.1
	United Labor	Henry Adams	1,412	24.9	24.9
	Independent	Henry Dixon Gell	1,050	18.5	−5.2
	Independent	Friend Henry Edwards	289	5.1	+5.1
	Independent	Charles Reid	48	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			2,997	98.9	+0.2
Informal votes			34	1.1	−0.2
Turnout			3,031	66.5	+13.2

Victoria

1893 South Australian colonial election: Victoria^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Cock (elected 1)	1,053	29.6	+4.9
	National Defence	George Riddoch (elected 2)	835	23.5	+2.4
	Independent	John James Osman	830	23.4	−8.6
	National Defence	James Pick	629	17.7	−4.4
	Independent	Francis Davison	207	5.8	+5.8
Total formal votes			1,910	98.8	+0.3
Informal votes			24	1.2	−0.3
Turnout			1,934	81.9	+9.8

Wallaroo

1893 South Australian colonial election: Wallaroo^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Henry Allerdale Grainger (elected 1)	1,265	35.4	+12.8
	United Labor	Richard Hooper (elected 2)	1,130	31.6	+31.6
	Independent	Peter Allen	636	17.8	+17.8
	United Labor	James Malcolm	471	13.2	+6.6
	Independent	Benjamin Crosby	75	2.1	+0.8
Total formal votes			2,073	98.0	−0.4
Informal votes			43	2.0	+0.4
Turnout			2,116	66.6	+13.6

West Adelaide

1893 South Australian colonial election: West Adelaide^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Labor	Lee Batchelor (elected 1)	1,543	40.8	+40.8
	Independent	Charles Kingston (elected 2)	1,513	40.0	+10.7
	Independent	Lawrence Grayson	686	18.1	−6.9
	Independent	Charles Beer	39	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			2,226	98.5	−0.2
Informal votes			35	1.5	+0.2
Turnout			2,261	71.5	+26.8

West Torrens

1893 South Australian colonial election: West Torrens^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Henry Brooker (elected 1)	2,217	46.0	+23.8
	United Labor	Frank Hourigan (elected 2)	1,421	29.5	+29.5
	Independent	Benjamin Gould	1,186	24.6	−3.8
Total formal votes			2,676	98.5	−0.1
Informal votes			41	1.5	+0.1
Turnout			2,717	73.7	+15.4

Wooroora

1893 South Australian colonial election: Wooroora^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Defence	John William Castine (elected 1)	614	24.4	−5.6
	National Defence	James McLachlan (elected 2)	539	21.4	+8.0
	Independent	James Joseph Johnson	448	17.8	+11.4
	National Defence	Robert Kelly	295	11.7	−6.1
	Independent	David Virgo	209	8.3	+8.3
	United Labor	Frederick Richard Adams	181	7.2	+5.8
	Independent	David Smith	127	5.1	+5.1
	Independent	James Kelly	101	4.0	+4.0
Total formal votes			1,403	98.9	±0.0
Informal votes			15	1.1	±0.0
Turnout			1,418	74.2	−2.3

Yatala

1893 South Australian colonial election: Yatala^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Butler (elected 1)	883	40.5	+30.3
	National Defence	William Gilbert (elected 2)	618	28.3	−0.4
	Independent	James Doyle	333	15.3	+3.1
	National Defence	Charles Willcox	306	14.0	+14.0
	Independent	Johann Sudholz	40	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			1,189	98.9	+0.7
Informal votes			13	1.1	−0.7
Turnout			1,202	72.5	+6.0

Yorke Peninsula

1893 South Australian colonial election: Yorke Peninsula^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Arthur Short (elected 1)	540	23.6	+14.9
	Independent	Harry Bartlett (elected 2)	459	20.1	+0.9
	Independent	Henry Lamshed	401	17.5	+4.9
	National Defence	Ben Rounsevell	369	16.1	+16.1
	Independent	Alexander James Anderson	206	9.0	+9.0
	Independent	William Verco Cornish	142	6.2	+6.2
	Independent	William Henry Quartly	106	4.6	+4.6
	Independent	Thomas Smith	38	1.7	+1.7
	Independent	William John O'Brien	26	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			1,218	98.6	−1.2
Informal votes			17	1.4	+1.2
Turnout			1,235	66.0	+10.0

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac Jaencsh, Dean (March 2007). "History of South Australian Elections, 1857–2006, House of Assembly, Volume 1" (PDF). pp. 125–128 – via Internet Archive.

[results-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac Jaencsh, Dean (March 2007). "History of South Australian Elections, 1857–2006, House of Assembly, Volume 1" (PDF). pp. 125–128 – via Internet Archive.

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