Electoral results for the district of Custance

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

Members for Custance

Member		Party	Term
	John Olsen	Liberal	1985–1990
	Ivan Venning	Liberal	1990–1997

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1993 South Australian state election: Custance

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ivan Venning	13,550	69.8	+9.5
	Labor	Ben Browne	3,716	19.1	-5.8
	Democrats	Harm Folkers	1,517	7.8	+0.6
	Grey Power	Eugene Rooney	643	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			19,426	97.4	-0.2
Informal votes			509	2.6	+0.2
Turnout			19,935	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ivan Venning	14,477	74.5	+4.7
	Labor	Ben Browne	4,949	25.5	-4.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.7

Custance state by-election, 23 June 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ivan Venning	7,595	46.8	-14.8
	Labor	Charles Greeneklee	3,801	23.4	-2.0
	National	Grantley Siviour	2,964	18.3	+14.6
	Democrats	David Clarke	1,174	7.2	+1.4
	Call to Australia	Bruce Slee	698	4.3	+0.8
Total formal votes			16,232	97.6	+0.2
Informal votes			400	2.4	-0.2
Turnout			16,632	88.1	-6.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ivan Venning	11,064	68.2	-2.0
	Labor	Charles Greeneklee	5,168	31.8	+2.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.0

Elections in the 1980s

1989 South Australian state election: Custance

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Olsen	10,525	61.6	-1.4
	Labor	Charles Greeneklee	4,337	25.4	-5.6
	Democrats	Harm Folkers	998	5.8	-0.2
	National	Grantley Siviour	637	3.7	+3.7
	Call to Australia	Bruce Slee	594	3.5	+3.5
Total formal votes			17,091	97.4	-0.2
Informal votes			454	2.6	+0.2
Turnout			17,545	95.0	-0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Olsen	11,983	70.1	+3.8
	Labor	Charles Greeneklee	5,108	29.9	-3.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.8

1985 South Australian state election: Custance

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Olsen	10,611	63.0	-1.0
	Labor	Arthur Rich	5,236	31.0	+3.0
	Democrats	John Smyth	1,010	6.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			16,857	97.6
Informal votes			412	2.4
Turnout			17,269	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Olsen	11,184	66.3	-3.7
	Labor	Arthur Rich	5,673	33.7	+3.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.7