Electoral results for the district of Walsh

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

Members for Walsh

Member		Party	Term
	John Trainer	Labor	1985–1993

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1989 South Australian state election: Walsh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Trainer	8,520	50.4	-6.3
	Liberal	Douglas Rowe	6,623	39.1	+4.8
	Democrats	Richard Bennett	1,776	10.5	+6.7
Total formal votes			16,919	96.9	+2.5
Informal votes			542	3.1	-2.5
Turnout			17,461	94.5	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Trainer	9,532	56.3	-4.4
	Liberal	Douglas Rowe	7,387	43.7	+4.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.4

1985 South Australian state election: Walsh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Trainer	9,422	56.7	+2.7
	Liberal	Lenore Triplow	5,709	34.3	-4.7
	Independent	Reece Jennings	868	5.2	+5.2
	Democrats	Helen Brasted	629	3.8	-3.2
Total formal votes			16,628	94.4
Informal votes			980	5.6
Turnout			17,608	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Trainer	10,091	60.7	+2.7
	Liberal	Lenore Triplow	6,537	39.3	-2.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.7