Electoral results for the district of Hindmarsh

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

Member	Term
Robert Davenport	1851–1854
John Rankine	1854–1857

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

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			20,615	96.3	+1.6
Informal votes			796	3.7	−1.6
Turnout			21,411	95.1	+0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

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			20,265	94.7
Informal votes			1,136	5.3
Turnout			21,401	94.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cyril Hutchens	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Legislative Council

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John McInnes	16,719	87.9	−12.1
	Communist	James Moss	2,306	12.1	+12.1
Total formal votes			19,025	90.9
Informal votes			1,911	9.1
Turnout			20,936	92.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

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			8,395	97.4	−0.6
Informal votes			228	2.6	+0.6
Turnout			8,623	45.7	−8.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	John McInnes	4,920	52.7
	Independent	James Treloar	4,424	47.3
Total formal votes			9,344	98.0
Informal votes			188	2.0
Turnout			9,532	54.2
	Labor hold		Swing