Electoral results for the district of Colton

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

Members for Colton

Member		Party	Term
	Steve Condous	Liberal	1993–2002
	Paul Caica	Labor	2002–2018
	Matt Cowdrey	Liberal	2018–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

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

2022 South Australian state election: Colton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Matt Cowdrey	13,171	52.3	+6.1
	Labor	Paul Alexandrides	9,277	36.8	+3.7
	Greens	Deb Cashel	2,759	10.9	+5.6
Total formal votes			25,207	97.5
Informal votes			657	2.5
Turnout			25,864	91.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Matt Cowdrey	13,816	54.8	−1.4
	Labor	Paul Alexandrides	11,391	45.2	+1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.4

Elections in the 2010s

2018 South Australian state election: Colton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Matt Cowdrey	11,685	47.6	−2.4
	Labor	Angela Vaughan	7,733	31.5	−7.7
	SA-Best	Jassmine Wood	3,459	14.1	+14.1
	Greens	Paul Petherick	1,404	5.7	−1.7
	Dignity	Ted Evans	271	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			24,552	96.8	−0.6
Informal votes			808	3.2	+0.6
Turnout			25,360	91.9	+3.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Matt Cowdrey	14,211	57.9	+4.0
	Labor	Angela Vaughan	10,341	42.1	−4.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.0

2014 South Australian state election: Colton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Caica	10,394	44.8	−1.5
	Liberal	Joe Barry	10,363	44.7	+4.7
	Greens	Andrew Payne	1,584	6.8	−1.4
	Family First	Kym McKay	859	3.7	+0.2
Total formal votes			23,200	97.3	+1.0
Informal votes			656	2.7	−1.0
Turnout			23,856	93.5	−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Caica	11,938	51.5	−2.2
	Liberal	Joe Barry	11,262	48.5	+2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.2

2010 South Australian state election: Colton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Caica	9,862	46.5	−11.2
	Liberal	Peter Morichovitis	8,393	39.6	+10.1
	Greens	Jim Douglas	1,735	8.2	+2.4
	Family First	Denis Power	754	3.6	−0.7
	Fair Land Tax	Yiannis Stamos	444	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			21,188	95.4
Informal votes			956	4.6
Turnout			22,144	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Caica	11,432	54.0	−12.1
	Liberal	Peter Morichovitis	9,756	46.0	+12.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−12.1

Elections in the 2000s

2006 South Australian state election: Colton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Caica	11,866	58.2	+16.5
	Liberal	Tim Blackamore	5,952	29.2	−9.6
	Greens	Heather Merran	1,191	5.8	+0.3
	Family First	Victoria de Los Angeles	820	4.0	+1.6
	Democrats	Anna Tree	560	2.7	−1.7
Total formal votes			20.389	96.6	+1.1
Informal votes			718	3.4	−1.1
Turnout			21,107	93.5	−0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Caica	13,522	66.3	+11.7
	Liberal	Tim Blackamore	6,867	33.7	−11.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.7

2002 South Australian state election: Colton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Caica	8,235	41.7	+5.8
	Liberal	John Behenna	7,650	38.8	−1.0
	Greens	Jim Douglas	1,077	5.5	+5.5
	Independent	Joe Ienco	1,038	5.3	+5.3
	Democrats	Caroline Dowd	865	4.4	−8.7
	Family First	Andrew Lewis	480	2.4	+2.4
	One Nation	Andrew Phillips	220	1.1	+1.1
	SA First	Desi d'Orsay-Lawrence	116	0.6	+0.6
	Independent	Alison Patterson	52	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			19,733	95.5
Informal votes			939	4.5
Turnout			20,672	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Caica	10,765	54.6	+5.6
	Liberal	John Behenna	8,968	45.4	−5.6
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.6

Elections in the 1990s

1997 South Australian state election: Colton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steve Condous	7,690	40.1	−4.4
	Labor	Joe Cappella	6,006	31.3	+6.6
	Independent	Bob Randall	3,225	16.8	−3.3
	Democrats	Anna Tree	2,267	11.8	+6.4
Total formal votes			19,188	96.8	+1.0
Informal votes			628	3.2	−1.0
Turnout			19,816	92.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Steve Condous	10,361	54.0	−6.7
	Labor	Joe Cappella	8,827	46.0	+6.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.7

1993 South Australian state election: Colton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steve Condous	8,609	44.2	−2.1
	Labor	Joe Ienco	4,836	24.8	−18.8
	Independent	Bob Randall	3,990	20.5	+20.5
	Democrats	Fiona Dawkins	1,060	5.4	−3.1
	Independent	Kathleen Barrett	423	2.2	+2.2
	Call to Australia	David Kingham	245	1.3	−0.4
	Natural Law	Andrew Hobbs	179	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	Eustace Saltis	140	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			19,482	95.9	−1.9
Informal votes			840	4.1	+1.9
Turnout			20,322	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Steve Condous	11,787	60.5	+9.5
	Labor	Joe Ienco	7,695	39.5	−9.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.5

References

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