Electoral results for the district of Frome

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Frome in South Australian state elections.

Members for Frome

First incarnation (1884–1902, two members)
Member		Party	Term
	Ebenezer Ward	none	1884–1890
	William Copley	none	1884–1887
	Clement Giles	none	1887–1890
	Laurence O'Loughlin	Liberal	1890–1902
	Clement Giles	Conservative	1890–late 1890s
		National Defence League	Late 1890s–1902
Second incarnation (1938–1977)
Member		Party	Term
	Mick O'Halloran	Labor Party	1938–1960
	Tom Casey	Labor Party	1960–1970
	Ernest Allen	Liberal Party	1970–1977
Third incarnation (1993–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Rob Kerin	Liberal Party	1993–2008
	Geoff Brock	Independent	2009–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 South Australian state election (House of Assembly) § Frome.[edit]

2022 South Australian state election: Frome

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Penny Pratt	10,573	45.0	−10.1
	Labor	Ashton Charvetto	6,002	25.6	+5.5
	Independent	Cate Hunter	3,908	16.6	+16.6
	One Nation	Caterina Johnston	2,588	11.0	+11.0
	National	Loma Silsbury	410	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			23,481	96.3
Informal votes			900	3.7
Turnout			24,381	90.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Penny Pratt	13,645	58.1	−10.0
	Labor	Ashton Charvetto	9,836	41.9	+10.0
	Liberal notional hold		Swing	−10.0

Elections in the 2010s

2018 South Australian state election: Frome^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Geoff Brock	9,516	46.0	+2.1
	Liberal	Kendall Jackson	7,929	38.3	+3.0
	Labor	Annette Elliot	2,077	10.0	−2.4
	Greens	Paul Birkwood	622	3.0	+0.2
	Dignity	Cat Connor	556	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			20,700	96.7	−0.9
Informal votes			717	3.3	+0.9
Turnout			21,417	91.8	−1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kendall Jackson	12,648	61.1	+1.3
	Labor	Annette Elliot	8,052	38.9	−1.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Geoff Brock	12,043	58.2	−1.2
	Liberal	Kendall Jackson	8,657	41.8	+1.2
	Independent hold		Swing	−1.2

2014 South Australian state election: Frome^[2]^[3]^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Geoff Brock	10,342	45.2	+7.5
	Liberal	Kendall Jackson	8,217	35.9	−0.6
	Labor	Marcus Connelly	2,598	11.3	−7.2
	Family First	Wendy Joyce	1,156	5.1	+2.4
	Greens	Rob Scott	578	2.5	−0.6
Total formal votes			22,891	97.6	+0.4
Informal votes			566	2.4	−0.4
Turnout			23,457	93.0	−1.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kendall Jackson		60.8	+10.7
	Labor	Marcus Connelly		39.2	−10.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Geoff Brock	13,451	58.8	+0.6
	Liberal	Kendall Jackson	9,440	41.2	−0.6
	Independent hold		Swing	+0.6

2010 South Australian state election: Frome

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Geoff Brock	7,965	37.7	+14.1
	Liberal	Terry Boylan	7,713	36.5	−2.7
	Labor	John Rohde	3,900	18.5	−7.6
	Greens	Joy O'Brien	644	3.1	−0.7
	Family First	John McComb	561	2.7	+2.7
	Save the RAH	Max Van Dissel	328	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			21,111	97.2
Informal votes			587	2.8
Turnout			21,698	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Rohde	10,585	50.1	+1.8
	Liberal	Terry Boylan	10,526	49.9	−1.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Geoff Brock	12,281	58.2	+6.5
	Liberal	Terry Boylan	8,830	41.8	−6.5
	Independent hold		Swing	+6.5

Elections in the 2000s

2009 Frome state by-election^[5]^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Terry Boylan	7,576	39.24	−8.86
	Labor	John Rohde	5,041	26.11	−14.93
	Independent	Geoff Brock	4,557	23.60	+23.60
	National	Neville Wilson	1,267	6.56	+6.56
	Greens	Joy O'Brien	734	3.80	+0.06
	One Nation	Peter Fitzpatrick	134	0.69	+0.69
Total formal votes			19,309	97.12	+0.21
Informal votes			573	2.88	−0.21
Turnout			19,882	89.79	−4.44
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Terry Boylan	9,976	51.67	−1.74
	Labor	John Rohde	9,333	48.33	+1.74
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Geoff Brock	9,987	51.72	+51.72
	Liberal	Terry Boylan	9,322	48.28	−5.13
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

2006 South Australian state election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rob Kerin	9,655	48.10	−9.48
	Labor	John Rohde	8,237	41.04	+5.88
	Family First	John McComb	1,038	5.17	+5.17
	Greens	Rosalie Garland	750	3.74	+3.74
	Democrats	Marcus Reseigh	393	1.96	−2.22
Total formal votes			20,073	96.91	−1.35
Informal votes			640	3.09	+1.35
Turnout			20,713	94.23	−1.08
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rob Kerin	10,721	53.41	−8.05
	Labor	John Rohde	9,352	46.59	+8.05
	Liberal hold		Swing	−8.05

2002 South Australian state election: Frome

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rob Kerin	11,892	57.6	+12.2
	Labor	John Rohde	7,261	35.2	−0.3
	Democrats	Marcus Reseigh	863	4.2	−6.6
	One Nation	Roger Hawkes	636	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			20,652	98.3
Informal votes			366	1.7
Turnout			21,018	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rob Kerin	12,692	61.5	+8.6
	Labor	John Rohde	7,960	38.5	−8.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.6

Elections in the 1990s

1997 South Australian state election: Frome

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rob Kerin	8,884	45.4	−6.4
	Labor	Colin McGavisk	6,945	35.5	−4.7
	Democrats	Marcus Reseigh	2,111	10.8	+5.4
	United Australia	Ian Gray	1,648	8.4	+8.4
Total formal votes			19,588	96.8	−1.1
Informal votes			647	3.2	+1.1
Turnout			20,235	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rob Kerin	10,368	52.9	−2.8
	Labor	Colin McGavisk	9,220	47.1	+2.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.8

1993 South Australian state election: Frome

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rob Kerin	10,615	51.8	+10.2
	Labor	Allan Aughey	8,239	40.2	+3.3
	Democrats	David Clarke	1,112	5.4	−0.5
	Natural Law	Vicki Reimer	519	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			20,485	97.9	+0.3
Informal votes			437	2.1	−0.3
Turnout			20,922	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rob Kerin	11,420	55.7	+1.3
	Labor	Allan Aughey	9,065	44.3	−1.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.3

Elections in the 1970s

1975 South Australian state election: Frome

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ernest Allen	4,242	55.3	−5.6
	Labor	James Reese	2,638	34.4	−4.7
	Liberal Movement	David Sara	785	10.2	+10.2
Total formal votes			7,665	97.2	+0.1
Informal votes			224	2.8	−0.1
Turnout			7,889	91.6	−1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ernest Allen	4,952	64.6	+3.7
	Labor	James Reese	2,713	35.4	−3.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.7

1973 South Australian state election: Frome

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Ernest Allen	4,584	60.9	+10.1
	Labor	Gerard Casanova	2,939	39.1	−6.1
Total formal votes			7,523	97.1	−1.1
Informal votes			224	2.9	+1.1
Turnout			7,747	93.5	−0.2
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+6.7

1970 South Australian state election: Frome

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Ernest Allen	3,881	50.8
	Labor	Gerard Casanova	3,451	45.2
	Democratic Labor	John McMahon	302	4.0
Total formal votes			7,634	98.2
Informal votes			136	1.8
Turnout			7,770	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Ernest Allen	4,138	54.2
	Labor	Gerard Casanova	3,496	45.8
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

1968 South Australian state election: Frome

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Casey	2,672	58.8	+0.9
	Liberal and Country	Maxwell Hams	1,874	41.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			4,546	98.1	−0.4
Informal votes			88	1.9	+0.4
Turnout			4,634	92.9	+0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.5

1965 South Australian state election: Frome

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Casey	2,666	57.9	+2.3
	Liberal and Country	Maxwell Hams	1,799	39.0	−1.3
	Democratic Labor	John McMahon	142	3.1	−1.0
Total formal votes			4,607	98.5	+0.5
Informal votes			68	1.5	−0.5
Turnout			4,675	92.4	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Casey	2,687	58.3	+2.1
	Liberal and Country	Maxwell Hams	1,920	41.7	−2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.1

1962 South Australian state election: Frome

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Casey	2,932	55.6	+4.0
	Liberal and Country	Maxwell Hams	2,124	40.3	−1.9
	Democratic Labor	John McMahon	217	4.1	−2.1
Total formal votes			5,273	99.0	+0.4
Informal votes			53	1.0	−0.4
Turnout			5,326	91.5	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Casey	2,965	56.2	+3.7
	Liberal and Country	Maxwell Hams	2,308	43.8	−3.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.7

Elections in the 1950s

1959 South Australian state election: Frome

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick O'Halloran	2,711	51.6	−1.0
	Liberal and Country	Maxwell Hams	2,219	42.2	+6.0
	Democratic Labor	Michael Hoare	326	6.2	−5.0
Total formal votes			5,256	98.6	0.0
Informal votes			76	1.4	0.0
Turnout			5,332	90.9	+1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mick O'Halloran		52.5	−1.8
	Liberal and Country	Maxwell Hams		47.5	+1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.8

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

1956 South Australian state election: Frome

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick O'Halloran	2,844	52.6
	Liberal and Country	Raymond McAuley	1,954	36.2
	Labor (A-C)	Michael Hoare	606	11.2
Total formal votes			5,404	98.6
Informal votes			76	1.4
Turnout			5,480	89.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mick O'Halloran		54.3
	Liberal and Country	Raymond McAuley		45.7
	Labor hold		Swing

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

1953 South Australian state election: Frome

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick O'Halloran	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1950 South Australian state election: Frome

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick O'Halloran	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

References

1. State Election Results - District Results for Frome, ECSA.
2. 2014 State Election Results – Frome, ECSA.
3. 2014 State Election Results – Frome, ABC.
4. 2014 SA election pendulum: Antony Green ABC
5. 2009 Frome by-election results: ABC Elections
6. 2009 Frome by-election: ECSA

• SA elections archive: Antony Green ABC
• 2002 SA election: Antony Green ABC