# Electoral results for the district of Hindmarsh

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

## Members for Hindmarsh
### Legislative Council

Hindmarsh had earlier been the name of a different electoral district for the unicameral South Australian Legislative Council from 1851 until its abolition in 1857, Robert Davenport, then John Rankine being the members. That electorate had been for an area south of Adelaide including Strathalbyn.
| Member | Term |
| Robert Davenport | 1851–1854 |
| John Rankine | 1854–1857 |

### House of Assembly

| Member | Member | Party | Term |
| | John McInnes | Labor | 1938–1950 |
| | Cyril Hutchens | Labor | 1950–1970 |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1960s

1968 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Cyril Hutchens | 14,874 | 72.2 | -7.9 |
| | Liberal and Country | Richard Leeton | 5,741 | 27.8 | +27.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 20,615 | 96.3 | +1.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 796 | 3.7 | −1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,411 | 95.1 | +0.9 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
1965 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Cyril Hutchens | 16,241 | 80.1 | -19.9 |
| | Democratic Labor | Cyril Holasek | 4,024 | 19.9 | +19.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 20,265 | 94.7 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,136 | 5.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,401 | 94.2 | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
1962 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Cyril Hutchens | unopposed | | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1950s

1959 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Cyril Hutchens | unopposed | | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |
1956 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Cyril Hutchens | unopposed | | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |
1953 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Cyril Hutchens | unopposed | | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |
1950 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Cyril Hutchens | unopposed | | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1940s

1947 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | John McInnes | 16,719 | 87.9 | -12.1 |
| | Communist | James Moss | 2,306 | 12.1 | +12.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 19,025 | 90.9 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,911 | 9.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,936 | 92.1 | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
1944 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | John McInnes | unopposed | | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |
1941 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | John McInnes | 5,030 | 59.9 | +7.2 |
| | Independent | William Stratton | 2,047 | 24.4 | +24.4 |
| | Independent | Bessie Mountford | 1,318 | 15.7 | +15.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,395 | 97.4 | −0.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 228 | 2.6 | +0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,623 | 45.7 | −8.5 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
* Preferences were not distributed.

### Elections in the 1930s

1938 South Australian state election: Hindmarsh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | John McInnes | 4,920 | 52.7 |
| | Independent | James Treloar | 4,424 | 47.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 9,344 | 98.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 188 | 2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,532 | 54.2 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |