# Results of the 1915 South Australian state election (House of Assembly)

South Australian state election, 27 March 1915 House of Assembly
<< 1912–1918 >> :
| Enrolled voters | Enrolled voters | 181,516 | | | | |
| Votes cast | Votes cast | 136,055 | | Turnout | 74.95% | + 3.09% |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,441 | | Informal | 1.06% | – 0.29% |
| Summary of votes by party |||||||
| Party | Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Liberal Union | 171,993 | 51.58% | + 0.17% | 20 | – 4 |
| | Labor | 153,034 | 45.90% | – 0.88% | 26 | + 10 |
| | Independent | 8,405 | 2.52% | + 0.71% | 0 | ± 0 |
| Total | Total | 333,432 | | | 46 | |
This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1915 South Australian state election. Each district elected multiple members.
Every voter would receive a ballot paper where they would cast 2 or 3 votes for different candidates. In electorates that were not unopposed, the 2 or 3 candidates with the most votes would be elected.

## Results by electoral district
### Adelaide

1915 South Australian state election: Adelaide :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labor | Bill Denny (elected) | unopposed |
| Labor | John Gunn (elected) | unopposed |
| Labor | Reginald Blundell (elected) | unopposed |

### Albert

1915 South Australian state election: Albert :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Union | William Angus (elected) | 2,861 | 32.0 |
| | Liberal Union | R. A. O'Connor (elected) | 2,787 | 31.1 |
| | Labor | Gwynfred Oram | 2,019 | 22.6 |
| | Independent | Walter Campbell | 1,285 | 14.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,952 4,930 ballots | 98.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 57 | 1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,987 | 65.9 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Liberal Union | | 5,648 | 63.1 |
| | Labor | | 2,019 | 22.6 |
| | Independent | Walter Campbell | 1,285 | 14.4 |

### Alexandra

1915 South Australian state election: Alexandra :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Union | George Ritchie (elected) | 5,250 | 19.9 |
| | Liberal Union | George Laffer (elected) | 5,172 | 19.6 |
| | Liberal Union | Alexander McDonald (elected) | 5,076 | 19.3 |
| | Labor | Thomas Grealy | 3,693 | 14.0 |
| | Labor | Bryan Blundell | 3,591 | 13.6 |
| | Labor | Stanley Herring | 3,570 | 13.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 26,352 8,929 ballots | 98.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 98 | 1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,027 | 75.2 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Liberal Union | | 15,498 | 58.8 |
| | Labor | | 10,854 | 41.2 |

### Barossa

1915 South Australian state election: Barossa :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Union | Richard Butler (elected) | 5,082 | 18.3 |
| | Liberal Union | William Hague (elected) | 5,001 | 18.0 |
| | Labor | Ephraim Coombe (elected) | 4,856 | 17.5 |
| | Liberal Union | Samuel Rudall | 4,802 | 17.3 |
| | Labor | Norman Makin | 4,182 | 15.0 |
| | Labor | Max Riedel | 3,900 | 14.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 27,823 9,491 ballots | 99.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 47 | 0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,538 | 81.0 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Liberal Union | | 14,885 | 53.5 |
| | Labor | | 12,938 | 46.5 |

### Burra Burra

1915 South Australian state election: Burra Burra :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Union | John Pick (elected) | 5,882 | 19.5 |
| | Liberal Union | William Miller (elected) | 5,842 | 19.4 |
| | Liberal Union | Laurence O'Loughlin (elected) | 5,770 | 19.1 |
| | Labor | Edward Pearce | 4,387 | 14.5 |
| | Labor | Arrol Penglase | 4,195 | 13.9 |
| | Labor | Even George | 4,105 | 13.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 30,181 10,170 ballots | 99.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 95 | 0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,265 | 76.8 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Liberal Union | | 17,494 | 58.0 |
| | Labor | | 12,687 | 42.0 |

### East Torrens

1915 South Australian state election: East Torrens :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Frederick Coneybeer (elected) | 11,672 | 23.6 |
| | Labor | Lionel Hill (elected) | 10,466 | 21.2 |
| | Labor | John Southwood (elected) | 10,367 | 21.0 |
| | Liberal Union | Nathaniel Hargrave | 7,262 | 14.7 |
| | Liberal Union | William Dring | 7,117 | 14.4 |
| | Independent | Peter Addison | 2,528 | 5.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 49,412 18,210 ballots | 97.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 382 | 2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,592 | 71.6 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labor | | 32,505 | 65.8 |
| | Liberal Union | | 14,379 | 29.1 |
| | Independent | Peter Addison | 2,528 | 5.1 |

### Flinders

1915 South Australian state election: Flinders :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Union | James Moseley (elected) | 3,387 | 33.3 |
| | Liberal Union | John Travers (elected) | 3,329 | 32.7 |
| | Labor | John Cronin | 1,757 | 17.3 |
| | Labor | Frank Davies | 1,697 | 16.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 10,170 5,135 ballots | 99.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 53 | 1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,188 | 70.8 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Liberal Union | | 6,716 | 66.0 |
| | Labor | | 3,454 | 34.0 |

### Murray

1915 South Australian state election: Murray :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Union | Harry Young (elected) | 4,511 | 19.3 |
| | Labor | Maurice Parish (elected) | 4,271 | 18.2 |
| | Labor | George Dunn (elected) | 4,051 | 17.3 |
| | Liberal Union | Hermann Homburg | 3,979 | 17.0 |
| | Liberal Union | Friedrich Pflaum | 3,659 | 15.6 |
| | Independent | David Wellington | 1,958 | 8.4 |
| | Independent | Archibald Duncan | 1,004 | 4.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 23,433 9,019 ballots | 99.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 66 | 0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,085 | 78.3 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Liberal Union | | 12,149 | 51.8 |
| | Labor | | 8,322 | 35.5 |
| | Independent | David Wellington | 1,958 | 8.4 |
| | Independent | Archibald Duncan | 1,004 | 4.3 |

### Newcastle

1915 South Australian state election: Newcastle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Thomas Butterfield (elected) | 2,417 | 28.4 |
| | Labor | Andrew Kirkpatrick (elected) | 2,399 | 28.2 |
| | Liberal Union | Thomas Burgoyne | 1,870 | 22.0 |
| | Liberal Union | Edward Twopeny | 1,832 | 21.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,518 4,776 ballots | 98.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 71 | 1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,847 | 72.7 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labor | | 4,816 | 56.5 |
| | Liberal Union | | 3,702 | 46.5 |

### North Adelaide

1915 South Australian state election: North Adelaide :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Edward Anstey (elected) | 6,186 | 28.7 |
| | Labor | William Ponder (elected) | 5,997 | 27.8 |
| | Liberal Union | Lewis Cohen | 4,766 | 22.1 |
| | Liberal Union | Thomas Crase | 4,638 | 21.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 21,587 10,930 ballots | 98.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 121 | 1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,051 | 73.0 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labor | | 12,183 | 56.4 |
| | Liberal Union | | 9,404 | 43.6 |

### Port Adelaide

1915 South Australian state election: Port Adelaide :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Ivor MacGillivray (elected) | unopposed | | |
| | Labor | John Price (elected) | unopposed | | |

### Port Pirie

1915 South Australian state election: Port Pirie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | William Cole (elected) | unopposed | | |
| | Labor | Harry Jackson (elected) | unopposed | | |

### Stanley

1915 South Australian state election: Stanley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Union | Robert Nicholls (elected) | 4,530 | 38.4 |
| | Liberal Union | Henry Barwell (elected) | 4,426 | 37.6 |
| | Labor | John Fitzgerald | 2,828 | 24.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 11,784 7,126 ballots | 99.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 46 | 0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,172 | 79.4 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Liberal Union | | 8,956 | 76.0 |
| | Labor | | 2,828 | 24.0 |

### Sturt

1915 South Australian state election: Sturt :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Crawford Vaughan (elected) | 11,534 | 18.5 |
| | Labor | Thomas Smeaton (elected) | 11,502 | 18.5 |
| | Labor | Thomas Ryan (elected) | 11,364 | 18.2 |
| | Liberal Union | Angas Parsons | 9,869 | 15.8 |
| | Liberal Union | Herbert Hudd | 9,183 | 14.7 |
| | Liberal Union | Noel Webb | 8,842 | 14.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 62,294 21,119 ballots | 98.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 238 | 1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,357 | 73.3 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labor | | 34,400 | 55.2 |
| | Liberal Union | | 27,894 | 44.8 |

### Victoria

1915 South Australian state election: Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Peter Reidy (elected) | 5,650 | 26.3 |
| | Labor | Clarence Goode (elected) | 5,585 | 26.0 |
| | Liberal Union | George Bodey | 5,142 | 23.9 |
| | Liberal Union | Archibald Peake | 5,116 | 23.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 21,493 10,806 ballots | 99.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 73 | 0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,879 | 80.8 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Labor | | 11,235 | 52.3 |
| | Liberal Union | | 10,258 | 47.7 |

### Wallaroo

1915 South Australian state election: Wallaroo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | John Verran (elected) | unopposed | | |
| | Labor | John Herbert (elected) | unopposed | | |

### West Torrens

1915 South Australian state election: West Torrens :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Henry Chesson (elected) | unopposed | | |
| | Labor | Thompson Green (elected) | unopposed | | |

### Wooroora

1915 South Australian state election: Wooroora :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Union | Richard Butler (elected) | 5,717 | 26.4 |
| | Liberal Union | David James (elected) | 5,585 | 25.8 |
| | Liberal Union | Albert Robinson (elected) | 5,467 | 25.3 |
| | Labor | Frederick Birrell | 3,254 | 15.0 |
| | Independent | Herbert Tuck | 1,630 | 7.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 21,653 8,857 ballots | 99.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 39 | 0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,896 | 79.6 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Liberal Union | | 16,769 | 77.4 |
| | Labor | | 3,254 | 15.0 |
| | Independent | Herbert Tuck | 1,630 | 7.5 |

### Yorke Peninsula

1915 South Australian state election: Yorke Peninsula :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Union | Henry Tossell (elected) | 4,124 | 42.2 |
| | Liberal Union | Peter Allen (elected) | 4,117 | 42.1 |
| | Labor | Robert Kinnane | 1,539 | 15.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 9,780 5,585 ballots | 99.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 55 | 1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,640 | 77.6 |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Liberal Union | | 8,241 | 84.3 |
| | Labor | | 1,539 | 15.7 |