# Electoral results for the district of Prospect (South Australia)

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

## Members for Prospect

| Member | Party | Term |
| Elder Whittle | Liberal and Country | 1938–1944 |
| Bert Shard | Labor | 1944–1947 |
| Elder Whittle | Liberal and Country | 1947–1953 |
| Jack Jennings | Labor | 1953–1956 |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1950s

1953 South Australian state election: Prospect :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Jack Jennings | 11,728 | 53.4 | +12.2 |
| | Liberal and Country | Elder Whittle | 10,228 | 46.6 | -8.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 21,956 | 97.9 | +2.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 468 | 2.1 | −2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,424 | 94.9 | +0.4 |
| | Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | +9.2 | |
1950 South Australian state election: Prospect :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal and Country | Elder Whittle | 10,603 | 55.5 | +1.2 |
| | Labor | James Marner | 7,883 | 41.2 | -4.5 |
| | Communist | Alan Finger | 626 | 3.3 | +3.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 19,112 | 95.5 | −2.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 892 | 4.5 | +2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,004 | 94.5 | +0.7 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal and Country | Elder Whittle | | 55.8 | +1.5 |
| | Labor | James Marner | | 44.2 | -1.5 |
| | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | +1.5 | |
* Two party preferred vote was estimated.

### Elections in the 1940s

1947 South Australian state election: Prospect :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal and Country | Elder Whittle | 10,001 | 54.3 | +8.4 |
| | Labor | Bert Shard | 8,433 | 45.7 | +7.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 18,434 | 97.8 | +0.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 412 | 2.2 | −0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,846 | 93.8 | +3.9 |
| | Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Swing | +6.6 | |
1944 South Australian state election: Prospect :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal and Country | Elder Whittle | 7,726 | 45.9 | -9.2 |
| | Labor | Bert Shard | 6,448 | 38.3 | +3.7 |
| | Communist | Alan Finger | 2,644 | 15.7 | +15.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 16,818 | 97.5 | −1.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 433 | 2.5 | +1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,251 | 89.9 | +37.8 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Bert Shard | 8,793 | 52.3 | |
| | Liberal and Country | Elder Whittle | 8,025 | 47.7 | |
| | Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Labor gain from Liberal and Country | Swing | N/A | |
1941 South Australian state election: Prospect :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal and Country | Elder Whittle | 4,916 | 55.1 | +8.8 |
| | Labor | Thomas Lawton | 3,088 | 34.6 | +5.2 |
| | Independent | Marcus Dodd | 914 | 10.3 | +10.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,918 | 98.7 | +0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 120 | 1.3 | −0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,038 | 52.1 | −10.8 |
| | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
* Preferences were not distributed.

### Elections in the 1930s

1938 South Australian state election: Prospect :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal and Country | Elder Whittle | 4,758 | 46.3 |
| | Labor | Joseph Connelly | 3,021 | 29.4 |
| | Independent | Arthur Gray | 2,249 | 21.9 |
| | Independent | Ruth Ravenscroft | 241 | 2.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 10,269 | 98.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 141 | 1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,410 | 62.9 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal and Country | Elder Whittle | 6,262 | 61.0 |
| | Labor | Joseph Connelly | 4,007 | 39.0 |
| | Liberal and Country hold | Liberal and Country hold | Swing | |