ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF BOOTHBY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Mitcham, Norwood, St Peters, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat (South Australia was not divided into electorates in 1901) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 25,199 Votes cast: 10,853 43.1 Informal votes: 276 02.5 Formal votes: 10,577 97.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lee BATCHELOR * Lab 5,775 54.6 Vaiben Solomon * FT 4,802 45.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,577 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Batchelor and Solomon were members for South Australia 1901-03. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Vaiben Louis Solomon (1853-1908): Elected 1901. Defeated 1903 Later career: SA MHA for Northern Territory 1905-08. Died 20 October 1908 > Egerton Lee Batchelor (1865-1911): Elected 1901, 1903 Minister for Home Affairs 27 April 1904 to 17 August 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Mitcham, Norwood, St Peters, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Labour over Free Trade 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,767 +26.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Lee BATCHELOR * Lab Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Egerton Lee Batchelor (1865-1911): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Minister for External Affairs 13 November 1908 to 2 June 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 APRIL 1910 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Mitcham, Norwood, St Peters, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: none (Labour unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 30,159 -05.1 Votes cast: 16,699 55.4 Informal votes: 1,367 08.2 Formal votes: 15,332 91.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Lee BATCHELOR * Lab 9,786 63.8 Paris Nesbit 5,546 36.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,332 13.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Egerton Lee Batchelor (1865-1911): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910 Minister for External Affairs 29 April 1910 to 8 October 1911 Died 8 October 1911 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 11 NOVEMBER 1911 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Mitcham, Norwood, St Peters, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Hon Lee Batchelor -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 two-party majority: ALP over Independent 13.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,446 +17.5 Votes cast: 18,702 52.8 -02.6 Informal votes: 38 00.2 -08.0 Formal votes: 18,664 99.8 +08.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- David GORDON Lib 10,656 57.1 James Jelley + ALP 8,008 42.9 -20.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,664 07.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jelley was SA MLC for Central 1912-15, Central No 1 1915-33. -------------------------------------------------------------------- David John Gordon (1865-1946): Elected 1911 By Born: 4 May 1865, Riverton, South Australia. Career: Educated Stanley Grammar School, Watervale. Farmer, journalist. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1913 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Mitcham, Norwood, St Peters, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 majority: ALP over Independent 13.8 1912 by-election two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 07.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,209 +36.6 Votes cast: 33,169 80.5 +25.1 Informal votes: 1,158 03.5 -04.7 Formal votes: 32,011 96.5 +04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George DANKEL + ALP 16,976 53.0 -13.8 David Gordon * Lib 15,035 47.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,011 03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > David John Gordon (1865-1946): Elected 1911 By. Defeated 1913 Later career: Company director. SA MLC for Midland 1913-44. Minister for Education 1917, Minister for Repatriation 1917. Knighted 1925. President of the Legislative Council 1932-44. Died 12 February 1946 > George Dankel (1864-1926): Elected 1913 Born: 6 March 1864, Braunschweig, Germany. Career: Primary education, Germany. Migrated 1879. Butcher, Adelaide. Norwood Council 1895-1906. State politics: SA MHA for Torrens 1905-12. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Mitcham, Norwood, St Peters, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,534 +05.6 Votes cast: 34,804 81.8 -01.3 Informal votes: 755 02.2 -01.2 Formal votes: 34,049 97.8 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George DANKEL * ALP 18,822 55.3 +02.3 Samuel Hunt Lib 15,227 44.7 -02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,049 05.3 02.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Dankel (1864-1926): Elected 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dankel left the ALP in November 1916 and joined the Nationalist Party in February 1917. Of German birth, he retired in 1917. Later career: Beet sugar grower. Died 31 May 1926 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Mitcham, Norwood, St Peters, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,986 +08.1 Votes cast: 34,060 74.1 -07.7 Informal votes: 1,067 03.1 +00.9 Formal votes: 32,993 96.9 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Gunn + ALP 11,700 35.5 -19.8 William STORY Nat 21,293 64.5 +19.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,993 14.5 19.8 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gunn was SA MHA for Adelaide 1915-17, 1918-26. He was Premier of South Australia 1924-26. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Harrison Story (1857-1924): Elected 1917 Born: 31 May 1857, Adelaide Career: Educated state schools. Stonemason and bricklayer. President Operative Masons and Bricklayers Society. President Adelaide Trades and Labour Council. Norwood and Kensington District Council, mayor 1902. Left ALP 1916. Senate: Senator for South Australia 1903-17. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Mitcham, Norwood, St Peters, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 14.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,773 +01.7 Votes cast: 31,493 67.3 -06.8 Informal votes: 2,341 07.4 +04.3 Formal votes: 29,152 92.6 -04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Illingworth 1,779 06.1 William STORY * Nat 18,501 63.5 -01.0 Stanley Whitford ALP 8,872 30.4 -05.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,152 16.6 e 02.1 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Whitford was SA MLA for North Adelaide 1921-27, SA MLC for Central No 1 1929-41. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Harrison Story (1857-1924): Elected 1917, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Burnside, Goodwood, Norwood, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 16.6 e Effect of redistribution: 00.7 shift to ALP New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 15.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,590 -14.4 Votes cast: 21,158 53.4 -13.9 Informal votes: 1,411 06.7 -00.7 Formal votes: 19,747 93.3 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Duncan-Hughes Lib 7,793 39.5 Harry Kneebone ALP 7,775 39.4 +05.3 William Story * Nat 4,179 21.2 -44.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,747 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Kneebone, see Senate 1928, Appointments 2. The combined Nationalist and Liberal vote of 60.7% was a decrease of 2.8% from the 63.5% polled by the Nationalists in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Story's 4,179 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- DUNCAN-HUGHES 3,011 72.1 10,804 54.7 Kneebone 1,168 27.9 8,943 45.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,179 19,747 04.7 11.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Liberal majority over the ALP is compared with the Nationalist majority over the ALP in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Harrison Story (1857-1924): Elected 1917, 1919. Defeated 1922 Died 13 July 1924 > John Grant Duncan-Hughes (1882-1962): Elected 1922 Born: 1 September 1882, Higher Park, South Australia. Career: Educated St Peters College, Adelaide, University of Adelaide, Cambridge University. Barrister 1907. Military Service 1915-18. ADC and Secretary to Governor-General. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Duncan-Hughes joined the Nationalists in 1923. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Burnside, Goodwood, Norwood, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,291 +14.4 Votes cast: 42,494 93.8 +40.4 Informal votes: 1,483 03.5 -03.2 Formal votes: 41,011 96.5 +03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John DUNCAN-HUGHES * Nat 23,602 57.6 Henry Kneebone ALP 17,409 42.4 +03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,011 07.6 02.9 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Kneebone, see Senate South Australia 1928 Appointments 2. Duncan-Hughes stood as a Nationalist having been elected as a Liberal in 1922. His vote of 57.6% was an increase of 36.4% over the 21.2% he polled as a Liberal in 1922. 3. The Nationalist vote of 57.6% was a decrease of 3.1% from the combined vote of 60.7% polled by the Nationalist and Liberal candidates in 1922. 4. The Nationalist majority over the ALP is compared with the Liberal majority over the ALP in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Grant Duncan-Hughes (1882-1962): Elected 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Burnside, Goodwood, Norwood, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 07.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,137 +06.3 Votes cast: 45,134 93.8 00.0 Informal votes: 3,886 08.6 +05.1 Formal votes: 41,248 91.4 -05.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Duncan-Hughes * Nat 20,582 49.9 -07.7 John PRICE ALP 20,666 50.1 +07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,248 00.1 07.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Grant Duncan-Hughes (1882-1962): Elected 1922, 1925. Defeated 1928 Later career: See Wakefield 1940. > John Lloyd Price (1882-1941): Elected 1928 Born: 14 February 1882, Liverpool, South Australia. Career: Educated public schools. State public service, railways. President, South Australian Trades and Labor Council, South Australian ALP. Son of Hon Tom Price, SA MHA and Premier. State politics: SA MHA for Port Adelaide 1915-25. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Burnside, Goodwood, Norwood, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,275 +02.4 Votes cast: 46,236 93.8 00.0 Informal votes: 1,548 03.3 -05.3 Formal votes: 44,688 96.7 +05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William McCann Nat 19,847 44.4 -05.5 John PRICE * ALP 24,841 55.6 +05.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,688 05.6 05.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Lloyd Price (1882-1941): Elected 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Price resigned from the ALP Caucus in March 1931 and joined the UAP. He voted against the Scullin Government in the censure motion of 26 November 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Burnside, Goodwood, Norwood, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,892 -00.8 Votes cast: 46,964 96.1 +02.3 Informal votes: 2,530 05.4 +02.1 Formal votes: 44,434 94.6 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Samuel Lindsay 3,978 09.0 John PRICE * EC 30,440 68.5 +24.1 Cecil Skitch ALP 10,016 22.5 -33.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,434 24.0 e 29.6 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Lloyd Price (1882-1941): Elected 1928, 1929, 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Burnside, Edwardstown, Mitcham, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 24.0 e Effect of 1934 redistribution: 01.6 shift to ALP New notional majority: UAP over ALP 22.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 63,298 +29.5 Votes cast: 59,992 94.8 -01.3 Informal votes: 4,359 07.3 +01.9 Formal votes: 55,633 92.7 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Burnard 2,953 05.3 David Fraser ALP 14,427 25.9 +01.1 James Lumbers 1,052 01.9 John Price * UAP 20,504 36.9 Norman Truscott DSC 3,293 05.9 Keith Wilson UAP 13,404 24.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,633 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Wilson, see Senate South Australia 1937. 2. The combined LCL vote was 61.0%, a decrease (after allowing for the effects of the redistribution) of 6.8% from the 69.4% polled by one UAP candidate in 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Lumbers's 1,052 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burnard 206 19.6 3,159 05.7 Fraser 370 35.2 14,797 26.6 Price * 261 24.8 20,765 37.3 Truscott 91 08.7 3,384 06.1 Wilson 124 11.8 13,528 24.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,052 55,633 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Burnard's 3,159 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fraser 1,695 53.7 16,492 29.6 Price * 750 23.7 21,515 38.7 Truscott 290 09.2 3,674 06.6 Wilson 424 13.4 13,952 25.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,159 55,633 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Truscott's 3,674 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fraser 2,401 65.4 18,893 34.0 Price * 701 19.1 22,216 39.9 Wilson 572 15.6 14,524 26.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,674 55,633 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Wilson's 14,524 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fraser 214 01.5 19,107 34.3 PRICE * 14,310 98.5 36,526 65.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,524 55,633 15.7 06.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Lloyd Price (1882-1941): Elected 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 23 OCTOBER 1937 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Burnside, Edwardstown, Mitcham, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 15.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 66,672 +05.3 Votes cast: 64,265 96.4 +01.6 Informal votes: 3,831 06.0 -01.3 Formal votes: 60,434 94.0 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Hardy 9,136 15.1 Kevin McEntee ALP 12,077 20.0 Leonard Pilton ALP 7,859 13.0 John PRICE * UAP 31,362 51.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,434 09.8 e 05.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The UAP vote of 51.9% was a decrease of 9.1% from the 61.0% polled by two UAP candidates in 1934. 2. The combined ALP vote was 33.0%, an increase of 7.1% from the 25.9% polled by one ALP candidate in 1934. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Lloyd Price (1882-1941): Elected 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Burnside, Edwardstown, Mitcham, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 09.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 70,663 +06.0 Votes cast: 67,108 95.0 -01.4 Informal votes: 2,279 03.4 -02.6 Formal votes: 64,829 96.6 +02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Adey 9,479 14.6 John PRICE * UAP 37,219 57.4 +05.5 Edwin Yates ALP 18,131 28.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 64,829 15.2 e 05.0 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Yates was member for Adelaide 1914-19 and 1922-31. 2. The ALP vote of 28.0% was a decrease of 5.0% from the 33.0% polled by two ALP candidates in 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Lloyd Price (1882-1941): Elected 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940 Died 23 April 1941 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 24 MAY 1941 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Burnside, Edwardstown, Mitcham, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of John Price -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 15.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 72,882 +03.1 Votes cast: 66,043 90.6 -04.4 Informal votes: 1,378 02.1 -01.3 Formal votes: 64,665 97.9 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Lawton ALP 28,041 43.4 +15.4 Dr Grenfell PRICE + UAP 36,624 56.6 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 64,665 06.6 08.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archibald Grenfell Price (1892-1977): Elected 1941 By Born: 28 January 1892, Adelaide. Career: Educated St Peters College and Oxford University (DLitt). House master, St Peters College. Master, St Marks College, University of Adelaide 1925-57. Chairman SA Emergency Committee 1931-32. Not related to the previous member. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Price joined the "National Service" group under the leadership of Menzies on 1 April 1943. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Burnside, Edwardstown, Mitcham, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 15.2 e 1941 by-election two-party majority: UAP over ALP 06.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 77,711 +10.0 Votes cast: 75,679 97.4 +02.4 Informal votes: 2,597 03.4 00.0 Formal votes: 73,082 96.6 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Finger CPA 6,986 09.6 Dr Grenfell Price * UAP 32,869 45.0 -12.4 Thomas Sheehy ALP 30,896 42.3 +14.3 John Turner 2,331 03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 73,082 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Turner's 2,331 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Finger 365 15.7 7,351 10.1 Price * 961 41.2 33,830 46.3 Sheehy 1,005 43.1 31,901 43.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,331 73,082 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Finger's 7,351 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Price * 2,062 28.1 35,892 49.1 SHEEHY 5,289 71.9 37,190 50.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,351 73,082 00.9 16.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Archibald Grenfell Price (1892-1977): Elected 1941 By. Defeated 1943 Later career: Master, St Marks College, University of Adelaide. Chairman, National Library 1960-71. Knighted 1963. Died 20 July 1977 > Thomas Neil Sheehy (1899-1984): Elected 1943 Born: 19 May 1899, Adelaide. Career: Educated Adelaide School of Mines. Military Service 1917-18. Building contractor. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Burnside, Edwardstown, Mitcham, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 82,412 +06.0 Votes cast: 78,834 95.7 -01.7 Informal votes: 2,169 02.8 -00.6 Formal votes: 76,665 97.2 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas SHEEHY * ALP 39,724 51.8 +09.5 Keith Wilson Lib 36,941 48.2 +03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 76,665 01.8 00.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilson was a Senator for South Australia 1938-44. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Neil Sheehy (1899-1984): Elected 1943, 1946 Sheehy contested Kingston in 1949. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Mitcham, Parkside, Rose Park, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 01.8 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 03.8 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,951 -47.9 Votes cast: 41,497 96.6 +00.9 Informal votes: 886 02.1 -00.7 Formal votes: 40,611 97.8 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McLEAY + Lib 24,897 61.3 +09.3 Ralph Wells ALP 15,714 38.7 -09.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,611 11.3 09.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the redistribution the Liberals are shown as the defending party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McLeay (1893-1982): Elected 1949 Born: 19 November 1893, Port Clinton, South Australia. Career: Educated Muirden College, Adelaide. Worked in family furniture business. Military Service 1915-19. Company director. Unley City Council. Adelaide City Council, Lord Mayor 1946-50. Brother of Senator Hon George McLeay, father of Hon John E McLeay MP. State politics: SA MHA for Unley 1938-41. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Mitcham, Parkside, Rose Park, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 11.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,465 -01.1 Votes cast: 41,144 96.9 +00.3 Informal votes: 786 01.9 -00.2 Formal votes: 40,358 98.1 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McLEAY * Lib 24,644 61.1 -00.2 William Wright ALP 15,714 38.9 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,358 11.1 00.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McLeay (1893-1982): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Mitcham, Parkside, Rose Park, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 11.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,098 -05.6 Votes cast: 38,782 96.7 -00.2 Informal votes: 589 01.5 -00.4 Formal votes: 38,193 98.5 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McLEAY * Lib 22,263 58.3 -02.8 Rex Mathews ALP 15,930 41.7 +02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,193 08.3 02.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McLeay (1893-1982): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Blackwood, Mitcham, Parkside, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 08.3 Effect of 1955 redistribution: 04.6 shift to Labor New notional majority: Liberal over Labor 03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,333 +08.1 Votes cast: 41,628 96.1 -00.6 Informal votes: 1,501 03.7 +01.8 Formal votes: 40,127 96.3 -01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McLEAY * Lib 22,538 56.2 +02.5 Rex Mathews ALP 14,291 35.6 -10.7 John Sutherland ALPAC 3,298 08.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,127 12.8 e 09.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McLeay (1893-1982): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955 Speaker of the House of Representatives from 29 August 1956 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Blackwood, Mitcham, Parkside, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 12.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,003 -00.8 Votes cast: 41,510 96.5 +00.4 Informal votes: 1,244 03.0 -00.7 Formal votes: 40,266 97.0 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Dettman ALP 14,958 37.1 +01.5 George Hodgson DLP 2,907 07.2 -01.0 Hon John McLEAY * Lib 22,401 55.6 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,266 11.4 e 01.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McLeay (1893-1982): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 Speaker of the House of Representatives -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Blackwood, Mitcham, Parkside, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 11.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,120 +02.6 Votes cast: 42,050 95.3 -01.2 Informal votes: 1,208 02.9 -00.1 Formal votes: 40,842 97.1 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald Basten ALP 17,206 42.1 +05.0 Edward Farrell DLP 2,660 06.5 -00.7 Hon John McLEAY * Lib 20,976 51.4 -04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,842 06.6 e 04.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Farrell was the father of Senator Don Farrell. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McLeay (1893-1982): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 Speaker of the House of Representatives -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Blackwood, Mitcham, Parkside, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 06.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,906 +01.8 Votes cast: 42,964 95.7 +00.4 Informal votes: 647 01.5 -01.4 Formal votes: 42,317 98.5 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald Basten ALP 17,248 40.8 -01.3 Edward Farrell DLP 1,760 04.2 -02.3 Hon Sir John McLEAY * Lib 23,309 55.1 +03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,317 08.5 e 01.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Farrell was the father of Senator Don Farrell. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McLeay (1893-1982): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 Speaker of the House of Representatives to 31 October 1966 McLeay retired at the 1966 election. Died 22 June 1982 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Blackwood, Mitcham, Parkside, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 08.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,891 +02.2 Votes cast: 43,914 95.7 00.0 Informal votes: 826 01.9 +00.4 Formal votes: 43,088 98.1 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Farrell DLP 2,315 05.4 +01.2 John McLEAY + Lib 28,187 65.4 +10.3 Thomas Sheehy ALP 12,586 29.2 -11.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,088 19.9 e 11.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Farrell was the father of Senator Don Farrell. 2. Sheehy was member for Boothby 1943-49. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Elden McLeay (1922-2000): Elected 1966 Born: 30 March 1922, Adelaide Career: Educated Scotch College, Adelaide. Manager and director of family business. Military Service 1941-45. Unley District Council, Mayor 1961. Son of Hon Sir John McLeay MP and nephew of Senator Hon George McLeay. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 25 OCTOBER 1969 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Blackwood, Mitcham, Norwood, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 19.9 e Effect of 1968 redistribution: 00.5 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Liberal over Labor 20.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 55,550 +21.0 Votes cast: 52,943 95.3 -00.4 Informal votes: 1,857 03.5 +01.6 Formal votes: 51,086 96.5 -01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Farrell DLP 2,056 04.0 -01.4 Valerie Lillington 1,014 02.0 John McLEAY * Lib 27,308 53.5 -12.4 Christopher Sumner ALP 19,391 38.0 +09.3 Frederick Thompson AP 1,317 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,086 08.9 e 11.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Farrell was the father of Senator Don Farrell. 2. Sumner was an SA MLC 1975-94. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Elden McLeay (born 1922): Elected 1966, 1969 Assistant Minister assisting the Minister for Civil Aviation from 20 August 1971 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 DECEMBER 1972 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Blackwood, Mitcham, Norwood, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 08.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 57,627 +03.7 Votes cast: 55,076 95.6 +00.3 Informal votes: 1,034 01.9 -01.6 Formal votes: 54,042 98.1 +01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Farrell DLP 2,086 03.9 -00.1 Anne Levy ALP 20,583 38.1 +00.1 Richard Llewellyn AP 3,050 05.6 +03.0 Hon John McLEAY * Lib 28,323 52.4 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 54,042 07.0 e 01.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Farrell was the father of Senator Don Farrell. 2. Levy was an SA MLC 1975-97. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Elden McLeay (1922-2000): Elected 1966, 1969, 1972 Assistant Minister assisting the Minister for Civil Aviation to 5 December 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 1974 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Blackwood, Mitcham, Norwood, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 07.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 62,087 +07.7 Votes cast: 59,345 95.6 00.0 Informal votes: 1,259 02.1 +00.2 Formal votes: 58,086 97.9 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Berman LM 10,477 18.0 Hon John McLeay * Lib 26,193 45.1 -07.3 Colin Miller AP 1,423 02.4 -03.2 John Trainer ALP 19,993 34.4 -03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 58,086 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer was SA MHA for Ascot Park 1979-85, Walsh 1985-93. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Miller's 1,423 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Berman 338 23.8 10,815 18.6 McLeay * 157 11.0 26,350 45.4 Trainer 928 65.2 20,921 36.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,423 58,086 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Berman's 10,815 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McLEAY * 9,119 84.3 35,469 61.1 Trainer 1,696 15.7 22,617 38.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,815 58,086 11.1 04.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Elden McLeay (1922-2000): Elected 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1975 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Blackwood, Mitcham, Norwood, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 11.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 63,249 +01.9 Votes cast: 60,701 96.0 +00.4 Informal votes: 1,081 01.8 -00.3 Formal votes: 59,620 98.2 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Berman LM 6,172 10.4 -07.6 Alexander Hunter 408 00.7 Hon John McLEAY * Lib 34,664 58.1 +13.0 Mark Pickhaver ALP 18,376 30.8 -03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 59,620 16.5 e 05.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Elden McLeay (1922-2000): Elected 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975 Minister for Construction from 22 December 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1977 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Mitcham, Mt Barker, Rose Park, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 16.5 e Effect of 1977 redistribution: 02.8 shift to Lib New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 19.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 75,691 +19.7 Votes cast: 71,897 95.0 -01.0 Informal votes: 1,627 02.3 +00.5 Formal votes: 70,270 97.7 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John McLEAY * Lib 40,358 57.4 -03.5 George Nimmo AD 11,795 16.8 Mark Pickhaver ALP 18,117 25.8 -02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 70,270 15.8 e 03.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Elden McLeay (1922-2000): Elected 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977 Minister for Construction to 5 December 1978 Minister for Administrative Services from 5 December 1978 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 OCTOBER 1980 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Mitcham, Mt Barker, Rose Park, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1977 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 15.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 79,876 +05.5 Votes cast: 75,377 94.4 -00.6 Informal votes: 1,408 01.9 -00.4 Formal votes: 73,969 98.1 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin Holt AD 9,664 13.1 -03.7 Hon John McLEAY * Lib 41,542 56.2 -01.2 James Russell 762 01.0 Bruce Whyatt ALP 22,001 29.7 +03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 73,969 12.6 e 03.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Elden McLeay (1922-2000): Elected 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980 Minister for Administrative Services to 3 November 1980 Resigned seat 22 January 1981 (see By-elections) Later career: Australian Consul-General Los Angeles 1981-83 Died 26 December 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 21 FEBRUARY 1981 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Mitcham, Mt Barker, Rose Park, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Hon John McLeay -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 12.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 80,404 +00.7 Votes cast: 65,679 81.7 -12.7 Informal votes: 1,480 02.3 +00.4 Formal votes: 64,199 97.7 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Arkins 544 00.8 Alf Gard 555 00.9 Steele HALL + Lib 36,406 56.7 +00.5 Robert Hercus AD 9,188 14.3 +01.2 John Herren 398 00.6 Bruce Whyatt ALP 17,108 26.6 -03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 64,199 14.0 e 01.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond Steele Hall (1928-2024): Elected 1981 By Born: 30 November 1928, Balaklava, South Australia Career: Farmer. State politics: SA MHA for Gouger 1959-73, Goyder 1973-74. Premier 1968-70. Minister for State Development 1968-70. Leader of the Opposition 1966-68, 1970-72. Leader, Liberal Movement 1972-74. Federal politics: Senator for South Australia 1974-77. Rejoined Liberal Party 1976. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MARCH 1983 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Mitcham, Mt Barker, Rose Park, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 12.6 e 1981 by-election two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 14.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 82,105 +02.8 Votes cast: 78,775 95.9 +01.5 Informal votes: 1,332 01.7 -00.2 Formal votes: 77,443 98.3 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr John Coulter AD 8,424 10.9 -02.2 Steele HALL * Lib 42,676 55.1 -01.1 Bruce Whyatt ALP 26,343 34.0 +04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 77,443 10.1 e 02.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Coulter, see Senate South Australia 1987 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond Steele Hall (1928-2024): Elected 1981 By, 1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 1 DECEMBER 1984 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Bedford Park, Belair, Mitcham, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1983 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 10.1 e Effect of 1984 redistribution: 01.6 shift to ALP New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 08.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,655 -15.2 Votes cast: 65,497 94.0 -01.9 Informal votes: 3,472 05.3 +03.6 Formal votes: 62,025 94.7 -03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Steele HALL * Lib 33,640 54.2 +00.7 Bruce Whyatt ALP 21,736 35.0 -00.6 Douglas Lindley NPA 585 00.9 Margaret-Ann Williams AD 6,064 09.8 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 62,025 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Lindley's 585 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HALL * 330 56.6 33,970 54.8 Whyatt 80 13.7 21,816 35.2 Williams 173 29.7 6,237 10.1 (exhausted 2 2 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 585 62,025 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Williams's 6,237 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HALL * 2,754 44.2 36,724 59.2 Whyatt 3,476 55.8 25,292 40.8 (exhausted 7 9 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,237 62,025 09.2 00.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond Steele Hall (1928-2024): Elected 1981 By, 1983, 1984 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 11 JULY 1987 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Bedford Park, Belair, Mitcham, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 09.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 73,174 +05.1 Votes cast: 68,069 93.0 -01.0 Informal votes: 3,135 04.6 -00.7 Formal votes: 64,934 95.4 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clarrie Dietman NPA 1,930 03.0 +02.1 Kevin Angove 494 00.8 Margaret-Ann Williams AD 6,523 10.0 +00.2 Steele HALL * Lib 35,150 54.1 -00.1 Jayne Taylor ALP 20,837 32.1 -02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 64,934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Angove's 494 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dietman 116 23.5 2,046 03.2 Williams 193 39.1 6,716 10.3 HALL * 119 24.1 35,269 54.3 Taylor 66 13.4 20,903 32.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 494 64,934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Dietman's 2,046 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Williams 634 31.1 7,350 11.3 HALL * 1,301 63.9 36,570 56.3 Taylor 102 05.0 21,005 32.4 (exhausted 9 9 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,046 64,934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Williams's 7,350 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HALL * 3,434 46.8 40,004 61.6 Taylor 3,910 53.2 24,915 38.4 (exhausted 6 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,350 64,934 11.6 02.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond Steele Hall (1928-2024): Elected 1981 By, 1983, 1984, 1987 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 24 MARCH 1990 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Bedford Park, Belair, Mitcham, Unley -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1987 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 11.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 74,981 +02.5 Votes cast: 71,686 95.6 +02.6 Informal votes: 1,661 02.3 -02.3 Formal votes: 70,025 97.7 +02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Steele HALL * Lib 36,010 51.4 -02.7 Michael Keenan ALP 18,404 26.3 -05.8 Bruce Byrne CTA 1,515 02.2 Margaret-Ann Williams AD 12,796 18.3 +08.3 Colin Banks 1,300 01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 70,025 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Banks's 1,300 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HALL * 494 38.6 36,504 52.1 Keenan 143 11.2 18,547 26.5 Byrne 152 11.9 1,667 02.4 Williams 490 38.3 13,286 19.0 (exhausted 21 21 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,300 70,025 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Byrne's 1,667 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HALL * 933 56.2 37,437 53.5 Keenan 254 15.3 18,801 26.9 Williams 472 28.4 13,758 19.7 (exhausted 8 29 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,667 70,025 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Williams's 13,758 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HALL * 4,972 36.6 42,409 60.7 Keenan 8,620 63.4 27,421 39.3 (exhausted 166 195 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,758 70,025 10.7 00.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond Steele Hall (1928-2024): Elected 1981 By, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 MARCH 1993 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Belair, Brighton, Mitcham, Seacliff -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1990 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 10.8 Effect of redistribution: 05.4 shift to ALP New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 85,021 +13.4 Votes cast: 81,002 95.3 -00.3 Informal votes: 2,129 02.6 +00.3 Formal votes: 78,873 97.4 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Thackrah AD 7,560 09.6 -08.7 Kathy Orr ALP 26,556 33.7 +02.0 Reg Macey 1,399 01.8 Steele HALL * Lib 41,708 52.9 +06.9 Bevan Morris 1,650 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 78,873 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Macey's 1,399 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thackrah 402 28.8 7,962 10.1 Orr 272 19.5 26,828 34.0 HALL * 440 31.5 42,148 53.4 Morris 281 20.1 1,931 02.4 (exhausted 4 4 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,399 78,873 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Morris's 1,931 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thackrah 1,056 54.9 9,018 11.4 Orr 349 18.1 27,177 34.5 HALL * 518 26.9 42,666 54.1 (exhausted 8 12 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,931 78,873 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Thackrah's 9,018 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Orr 6,089 67.8 33,266 42.2 HALL * 2,891 32.2 45,557 57.8 (exhausted 38 50 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,018 78,873 07.8 02.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond Steele Hall (1928-2024): Elected 1981 By, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993 Hall retired at the 1996 election. Died 10 June 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 MARCH 1996 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Belair, Brighton, Mitcham, Seacliff -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1993 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 07.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 81,511 -04.1 Votes cast: 78,015 95.7 +00.4 Informal votes: 2,131 02.7 +00.1 Formal votes: 75,884 97.2 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Janet Martin AD 10,367 13.7 +04.1 Dr Andrew SOUTHCOTT + Lib 40,487 53.4 +00.5 Jeremy Gaynor ALP 22,350 29.5 -04.2 Mark Parnell Grn 2,159 02.9 Bevan Morris 521 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 75,884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Morris's 521 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin 92 18.2 10,459 13.8 SOUTHCOTT + 117 23.2 40,604 53.5 Gaynor 61 12.1 22,411 29.5 Parnell 235 46.5 2,394 03.2 (exhausted 16 16 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 521 75,884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Parnell's 2,394 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin 1,434 61.0 11,893 15.7 SOUTHCOTT + 300 12.8 40,904 53.9 Gaynor 618 26.3 23,029 30.4 (exhausted 42 58 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,394 75,884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Martin's 11,893 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHCOTT + 5,524 48.3 46,428 61.6 Gaynor 5,912 51.7 28,941 38.4 (exhausted 457 515 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,893 75,884 11.6 03.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew John Southcott (born 1967): Elected 1996 Born: 15 October 1967, Panorama SA. Career: Educated University of Adelaide. Doctor. Medical officer and surgical registrar, Flinders Medical Centre. Great-nephew of Heather Southcott MHA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 3 OCTOBER 1998 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Belair, Brighton, Mitcham, Seacliff -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 11.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 80,877 -00.8 Votes cast: 77,940 96.4 +00.7 Informal votes: 2,380 03.0 +00.3 Formal votes: 75,560 97.0 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Andrew Southcott * Lib 36,435 48.2 -05.1 Trevor Whittaker ON 5,213 06.9 Bevan Morris 544 00.7 Don Gilbert AD 9,821 13.0 -00.7 Jo Chesson ALP 23,547 31.2 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 75,560 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Morris's 544 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Southcott * 116 21.3 36,551 48.4 Whittaker 91 16.7 5,304 07.0 Gilbert 256 47.1 10,077 13.3 Chesson 81 14.9 23,628 31.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 544 75,560 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Whittaker's 5,304 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHCOTT * 2,233 42.1 38,784 51.3 Gilbert 1,209 22.8 11,286 14.9 Chesson 1,862 35.1 25,490 33.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,304 75,560 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Gilbert's 11,286 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHCOTT * 4,622 41.0 43,406 57.4 Chesson 6,664 59.0 32,154 42.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,304 75,560 07.4 04.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew John Southcott (born 1967): Elected 1996, 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 NOVEMBER 2001 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Belair, Brighton, Mitcham, Seacliff -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 07.4 Effect of redistribution: 00.6 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 08.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 89,366 +10.5 Votes cast: 85,421 95.6 -00.8 Informal votes: 3,864 04.5 +01.5 Formal votes: 81,915 95.5 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Murphy ALP 20,976 25.6 -04.8 Paul Starling 468 00.6 Jo Pride AD 15,951 19.5 +05.9 William Manfield 154 00.2 Michelle Drummond Grn 2,516 03.1 Daniel Piechnik ON 2,151 02.6 -04.1 Jack King 441 00.5 Dr Andrew Southcott * Lib 39,258 47.9 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 81,915 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Manfield's 154 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murphy 25 16.2 21,001 25.6 Starling 22 14.3 490 00.6 Pride 43 27.9 15,994 19.5 Drummond 18 11.7 2,534 03.1 Piechnik 14 09.1 2,165 02.6 King 16 10.4 457 00.6 Southcott * 16 10.4 39,274 47.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 154 81,915 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: King's 457 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murphy 59 12.9 21,060 25.7 Starling 105 23.0 595 00.7 Pride 52 11.4 16,046 19.6 Drummond 53 11.6 2,587 03.2 Piechnik 88 19.3 2,253 02.7 Southcott * 100 21.9 39,374 48.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 457 81,915 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Starling's 595 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murphy 115 19.3 21,175 25.8 Pride 148 24.9 16,194 19.8 Drummond 165 27.7 2,752 03.4 Piechnik 55 09.2 2,308 02.8 Southcott * 112 18.8 39,486 48.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 595 81,915 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Piechnik's 2,308 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murphy 917 39.7 22,092 27.0 Pride 250 10.8 16,444 20.1 Drummond 336 14.6 3,088 03.8 Southcott * 805 34.9 40,291 49.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,308 81,915 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Drummond's 3,088 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murphy 721 23.3 22,813 27.8 Pride 1,943 62.9 18,387 22.4 Southcott * 424 13.7 40,715 49.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,088 81,915 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Pride's 18,387 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murphy 12,120 65.9 34,933 42.6 SOUTHCOTT * 6,267 34.1 46,982 57.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,387 81,915 07.3 00.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew John Southcott (born 1967): Elected 1996, 1998, 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 OCTOBER 2004 ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Belair, Brighton, Mitcham, Seacliff -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 07.4 Effect of redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 95,339 +06.7 Votes cast: 90,184 94.6 -01.0 Informal votes: 3,976 04.4 -00.1 Formal votes: 86,208 95.6 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Andrew SOUTHCOTT * Lib 43,640 50.6 +02.5 Paul Starling 646 00.7 Robert Simms AD 1,746 02.0 -16.9 Chloe Fox ALP 30,893 35.8 +09.9 Adrian Miller Grn 6,131 07.1 +03.9 Paul Munn FF 2,571 03.0 Clarke Staker ON 581 00.7 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 86,208 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fox was SA MHA for Bright 2006-14. 2. Simms was a Greens Senator for SA 2015-16. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Staker's 581 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHCOTT * 133 22.9 43,773 50.8 Starling 103 17.7 749 00.9 Simms 19 03.3 1,765 02.1 Fox 76 13.1 30,969 35.9 Miller 73 12.6 6,204 07.2 Munn 177 30.5 2,748 03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 581 86,208 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Starling's 749 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHCOTT * 175 23.4 43,948 51.0 Simms 187 25.0 1,952 02.3 Fox 134 17.9 31,103 36.1 Miller 153 20.4 6,357 07.4 Munn 100 13.4 2,848 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 749 86,208 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Simms's 1,952 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHCOTT * 493 25.3 44,441 51.6 Fox 590 30.2 31,693 36.8 Miller 757 38.8 7,114 08.3 Munn 112 05.7 2,960 03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,952 86,208 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Munn's 2,960 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHCOTT * 1,879 63.5 46,320 53.7 Fox 542 18.3 32,235 37.4 Miller 539 18.2 7,653 08.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,960 86,208 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Miller's 7,653 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHCOTT * 1,410 18.4 47,730 55.4 Fox 6,243 81.6 38,478 44.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,653 86,208 05.4 02.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew John Southcott (born 1967): Elected 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 24 NOVEMBER 2007 ==================================================================== Adelaide: Belair, Brighton, Mitcham, Seacliff -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2004 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 96,190 +00.9 Votes cast: 92,036 95.7 +01.1 Informal votes: 2,639 02.9 -01.5 Formal votes: 89,397 97.1 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ray McGhee 4,390 04.9 Craig Bossie AD 1,380 01.5 -00.5 Barbara Pannach ON 309 00.4 -00.3 Nicole Cornes ALP 30,501 34.1 -01.7 David Humphreys 154 00.2 Jodi Kirkby Grn 9,137 10.2 +03.1 Dr Andrew Southcott * Lib 41,343 46.3 -04.4 Andrew Cole FF 2,183 02.4 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 89,397 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Humphreys's 154 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McGhee 18 11.7 4,408 04.9 Bossie 5 03.3 1,385 01.6 Pannach 15 09.7 324 00.4 Cornes 39 25.3 30,540 34.2 Kirkby 39 25.3 9,176 10.3 Southcott * 25 16.2 41,368 46.3 Cole 13 08.4 2,196 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 154 89,397 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Pannach's 324 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McGhee 78 24.1 4,486 05.0 Bossie 35 10.8 1,420 01.6 Cornes 62 19.1 30,602 34.2 Kirkby 44 13.6 9,220 10.3 Southcott * 50 15.4 41,418 46.3 Cole 55 17.0 2,251 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 324 89,397 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Bossie's 1,420 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McGhee 296 20.9 4,782 05.4 Cornes 309 21.8 30,911 34.6 Kirkby 607 42.8 9,827 11.0 Southcott * 161 11.3 41,579 46.5 Cole 47 03.3 2,298 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,420 89,397 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Cole's 2,298 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McGhee 330 14.4 5,112 05.7 Cornes 364 15.8 31,275 35.0 Kirkby 328 14.3 10,155 11.4 Southcott * 1,276 55.5 42,855 47.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,298 89,397 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: McGhee's 5,112 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cornes 2,009 39.4 33,284 37.2 Kirkby 1,633 31.9 11,788 13.2 Southcott * 1,470 28.8 44,325 49.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,112 89,397 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Kirkby's 11,788 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cornes 8,791 74.6 42,075 47.1 SOUTHCOTT * 2,997 25.4 47,322 52.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,788 89,397 02.9 02.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew John Southcott (born 1967): Elected 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 2010 ==================================================================== Adelaide: Belair, Brighton, Mitcham, Seacliff -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 97,898 +01.8 Votes cast: 89,507 91.4 -04.3 Informal votes: 4,148 04.6 +01.7 Formal votes: 85,359 95.4 -01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Annabel Digance ALP 30,515 35.8 +01.6 Ray McGhee 1,689 02.0 Stephen Skillitzi 316 00.4 Dr Andrew Southcott * Lib 38,248 44.8 -01.4 Meredith Resce FF 2,120 02.5 00.0 Thomas Salerno AD 517 00.6 -00.9 Michael Noack 339 00.4 Fiona Blinco Grn 11,305 13.2 +03.0 Avi Chapman 310 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 85,359 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Digance was SA MLA for Elder 2014-18. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Chapman's 310 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Digance 46 14.8 30,561 35.8 McGhee 24 07.7 1,713 02.0 Skillitzi 21 06.8 337 00.4 Southcott * 29 09.4 38,277 44.8 Resce 7 02.3 2,127 02.5 Salerno 34 11.0 551 00.7 Noack 27 08.7 366 00.4 Blinco 122 39.4 11,427 13.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 310 85,359 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Skillitzi's 337 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Digance 43 12.8 30,604 35.9 McGhee 102 30.3 1,815 02.1 Southcott * 62 18.4 38,339 44.9 Resce 45 13.4 2,172 02.5 Salerno 19 05.6 570 00.7 Noack 16 04.8 382 00.5 Blinco 50 14.8 11,477 13.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 337 85,359 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Noack's 382 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Digance 49 12.8 30,653 35.9 McGhee 29 07.6 1,844 02.2 Southcott * 123 32.2 38,462 45.1 Resce 30 07.9 2,202 02.6 Salerno 60 15.7 630 00.7 Blinco 91 23.8 11,568 13.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 382 85,359 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Salerno's 630 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Digance 124 19.7 30,777 36.1 McGhee 100 15.9 1,944 02.3 Southcott * 113 17.9 38,575 45.2 Resce 55 08.7 2,257 02.6 Blinco 238 37.8 11,806 13.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 630 85,359 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: McGhee's 1,944 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Digance 586 30.1 31,363 36.7 Southcott * 498 25.6 39,073 45.8 Resce 257 13.2 2,514 03.0 Blinco 603 31.0 12,409 14.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,944 85,359 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Resce's 2,514 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Digance 431 17.1 31,794 37.3 Southcott * 1,452 57.8 40,525 47.5 Blinco 631 25.1 13,040 15.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,514 85,359 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Blinco's 13,040 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Digance 10,248 78.6 42,042 49.2 SOUTHCOTT * 2,792 21.4 43,317 50.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,040 85,359 00.8 02.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew John Southcott (born 1967): Elected 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 7 SEPTEMBER 2013 ==================================================================== Adelaide: Belair, Brighton, Mitcham, Seacliff -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 00.8 Effect of 2011 redistribution: 00.2 shift to Labor 2013 notional two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 104,032 +06.3 Votes cast: 97,707 93.9 -00.5 Informal votes: 3,400 03.5 -01.1 Formal votes: 94,307 96.5 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Thomas Grn 11,287 12.0 -01.5 Dr Andrew SOUTHCOTT * Lib 47,484 50.4 +06.1 Sally Cox PUP 2,835 03.0 Annabel Digance ALP 29,018 30.8 -04.8 Natasha Edmonds FF 3,683 03.9 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 94,307 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Digance was SA MLA for Elder 2014-18. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Cox's 2,835 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas 508 17.9 11,795 12.5 SOUTHCOTT * 910 32.1 48,394 51.3 Digance 738 26.0 29,756 31.6 Edmonds 679 24.0 4,362 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,835 94,307 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Edmonds's 4,362 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas 1,209 27.7 13,004 13.8 SOUTHCOTT * 2,104 48.2 50,498 53.6 Digance 1,049 24.1 30,805 32.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,362 94,307 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Thomas's 13,004 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHCOTT * 3,368 25.9 53,866 57.1 Digance 9,636 74.1 40,441 42.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,004 94,307 07.1 06.5 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew John Southcott (born 1967): Elected 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013 Southcott retired at the 2016 election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 JULY 2016 ==================================================================== Adelaide: Belair, Brighton, Mitcham, Seacliff -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 07.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 107,325 +03.2 Votes cast: 99,662 92.9 -01.0 Informal votes: 4,374 04.2 +00.7 Formal votes: 95,288 95.8 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Karen Hockley NXT 19,688 20.7 Mark Ward ALP 23,366 24.5 -06.3 Jamie Armfield 664 00.7 Gary Wheatcroft FF 2,477 02.6 -01.3 Evelyn Carroll AJP 1,356 01.4 Jane Bange Grn 8,001 08.4 -03.6 Nicolle Flint + Lib 39,298 41.2 -09.1 Robert De Jonge 438 00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 95,288 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: De Jonge's 438 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hockley 68 15.5 19,756 20.7 Ward 37 08.5 23,403 24.6 Armfield 146 33.3 810 00.9 Wheatcroft 18 04.1 2,495 02.6 Carroll 31 07.1 1,387 01.5 Bange 40 09.1 8,041 08.4 Flint + 98 22.4 39,396 41.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 438 95,288 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Armfield's 810 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hockley 217 26.8 19,973 21.0 Ward 133 16.4 23,536 24.7 Wheatcroft 101 12.5 2,596 02.7 Carroll 121 14.9 1,508 01.6 Bange 115 14.2 8,156 08.6 Flint + 123 15.2 39,519 41.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 810 95,288 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Carroll's 1,508 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hockley 363 24.1 20,336 21.3 Ward 197 13.1 23,733 24.9 Wheatcroft 199 13.2 2,795 02.9 Bange 583 38.7 8,739 09.2 Flint + 166 11.0 39,685 41.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,508 95,288 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Wheatcroft's 2,795 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hockley 610 21.8 20,946 22.0 Ward 333 11.9 24,066 25.3 Bange 354 12.7 9,093 09.5 Flint + 1,498 53.6 41,183 43.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,795 95,288 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Bange's 9,093 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hockley 3,283 36.1 24,299 25.4 Ward 5,011 55.1 29,077 30.5 Flint + 799 08.8 41,982 44.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,093 95,288 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Hockley's 24,299 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ward 15,231 62.9 44,308 46.5 FLINT + 8,998 37.1 50,980 53.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,299 95,288 03.8 03.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicolle Jane Flint (born 1978): Elected 2016 Born: 15 July 1978, Kingston South-East SA Career: Educated Flinders University. Solicitor. Newspaper columnist. Staffer to Hon Dr Brendan Nelson MP, Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP. Research Fellow, Menzies Research Centre. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 2019 ==================================================================== Adelaide: Ascot Park, Brighton, Eden Hills, Glenelg, Mitcham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 02.8 Effect of 2018 redistribution: 00.1 shift to Labor 2019 notional two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 123,949 +15.5 Votes cast: 116,030 93.6 +00.7 Informal votes: 5,453 04.7 +00.6 Formal votes: 110,577 95.3 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoff Russell AJP 2,675 02.4 +01.0 Stef Rozitis Grn 13,224 12.0 +03.8 Adrian Cheok FACNP 868 00.8 Carol Wong RUA 603 00.6 Nicolle Flint * Lib 49,973 45.2 +03.5 Nadia Clancy ALP 38,297 34.6 +07.7 Peter Salerno UAP 2,094 01.9 Trevor Jones 2,843 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 110,577 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Wong's 603 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Russell 65 10.8 2,740 02.5 Rozitis 79 13.1 13,303 12.0 Cheok 82 13.6 950 00.9 Flint * 151 25.0 50,124 45.3 Clancy 104 17.3 38,401 34.7 Salerno 62 10.3 2,156 02.0 Jones 60 10.0 2,903 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 603 110,577 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Cheok's 950 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Russell 126 13.3 2,866 02.6 Rozitis 70 07.4 13,373 12.1 Flint * 302 31.8 50,426 45.6 Clancy 47 05.0 38,448 34.8 Salerno 292 30.7 2,448 02.2 Jones 113 11.9 3,016 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 950 110,577 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Salerno's 2,448 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Russell 256 10.5 3,122 02.8 Rozitis 209 08.5 13,582 12.3 Flint * 1,039 42.4 51,465 46.5 Clancy 291 11.9 38,739 35.5 Jones 653 26.7 3,669 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,448 110,577 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Russell's 3,122 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rozitis 1,693 54.2 15,275 13.8 Flint * 385 12.3 51,850 46.9 Clancy 462 14.8 39,201 35.5 Jones 582 18.6 4,251 03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,122 110,577 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Jones's 4,251 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rozitis 1,699 40.0 16,974 15.4 Flint * 1,277 30.0 53,127 48.1 Clancy 1,275 30.0 40,476 36.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,251 110,577 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Rozitis's 16,974 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- FLINT * 3,685 21.7 56,812 51.4 Clancy 13,289 78.3 53,765 48.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,974 110,577 01.4 01.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicolle Jane Flint (born 1978): Elected 2016, 2019 Flint retired at the 2022 election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 MAY 2022 ==================================================================== Adelaide: Ascot Park, Brighton, Eden Hills, Glenelg, Mitcham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 128,592 +03.9 Votes cast: 118,996 92.5 -01.1 Informal votes: 5,289 04.4 -00.3 Formal votes: 113,707 95.6 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeremy Carter Grn 17,285 15.2 +03.2 Graeme Clark UAP 2,520 02.2 +00.3 Peter Harris AFP 543 00.5 Aleksandra Nikolic LDP 1,250 01.1 Paul Busuttil 1,048 00.9 Frankie Bray AJP 1,358 01.2 Dr Rachel Swift + Lib 43,196 38.0 -07.2 Jo Dyer 7,441 06.5 Louise Miller-Frost ALP 36,746 32.3 -02.3 Bob Couch PHON 2,320 02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 113,707 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Harris's 543 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carter 41 07.6 17,326 15.2 Clark 122 22.5 2,642 02.3 Nikolic 108 19.9 1,358 01.2 Busuttil 58 10.7 1,106 01.0 Bray 17 03.1 1,375 01.2 Swift + 51 09.4 43,247 38.0 Dyer 22 04.1 7,463 06.6 Miller-Frost 20 03.7 36,766 32.3 Couch 104 19.2 2,424 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 543 113,707 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Busuttil's 1,106 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carter 94 08.5 17,420 15.3 Clark 116 10.5 2,758 02.4 Nikolic 231 20.9 1,589 01.4 Bray 69 06.2 1,444 01.3 Swift + 85 07.7 43,332 38.1 Dyer 313 28.3 7,776 06.8 Miller-Frost 42 03.8 36,808 32.4 Couch 156 14.1 2,580 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,106 113,707 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Bray's 1,444 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carter 586 40.6 18,006 15.8 Clark 76 05.3 2,834 02.5 Nikolic 52 03.6 1,641 01.4 Swift + 148 10.3 43,480 38.2 Dyer 245 17.0 8,021 07.1 Miller-Frost 247 17.1 37,055 32.6 Couch 90 06.2 2,670 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,444 113,707 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Nikolic's 1,641 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carter 198 12.1 18,204 16.0 Clark 312 19.0 3,146 02.8 Swift + 533 32.5 44,013 38.7 Dyer 135 08.2 8,156 07.2 Miller-Frost 81 04.9 37,136 32.7 Couch 382 23.3 3,052 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,641 113,707 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Couch's 3,052 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carter 181 05.9 18,385 16.2 Clark 1,671 54.8 4,817 04.2 Swift + 417 13.7 44,430 39.1 Dyer 539 17.7 8,695 07.7 Miller-Frost 244 08.0 37,380 32.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,052 113,707 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Clark's 4,817 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carter 736 15.3 19,121 16.8 Swift + 1,735 36.0 46,165 40.6 Dyer 1,943 40.3 10,638 09.4 Miller-Frost 403 08.4 37,783 33.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,817 113,707 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Dyer's 10,638 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carter 5,448 51.2 24,569 21.6 Swift + 2,173 20.4 48,338 42.5 Miller-Frost 3,017 28.4 40,800 35.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,638 113,707 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Carter's 24,569 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Swift + 4,790 19.5 53,128 46.7 MILLER-FROST 19,779 80.5 60,569 53.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,569 113,707 03.3 04.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Louise Jane Miller-Frost (born 1967): Elected 2022 Born: 13 March 1967, Worcestershire, United Kingdom Career: To Australia as child. Educated University of South Australia, University of Adelaide. Senior SA public servant. General Manager, City of Burnside. CEO St Vincent de Paul Society. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 3 MAY 2025 ==================================================================== Adelaide: Ascot Park, Brighton, Eden Hills, Glenelg, Mitcham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2022 two-candidate majority: Labor over Liberal 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 129,524 +00.7 Votes cast: 120,452 93.0 +00.5 Informal votes: 3,113 02.6 -01.9 Formal votes: 117,339 97.4 +01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicole Hussey ToP 3,250 02.8 Samuel Prior FFA 2,351 02.0 Tonya Scott PHON 3,560 03.0 +01.0 Louise Miller-Frost * Labor 50,015 42.6 +10.3 Joanna Wells Grn 20,046 17.1 +01.9 Nicolle Flint Lib 38,117 32.5 -05.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 117,339 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Flint was MP for Boothby 2016-22. 2nd count: Prior's 2,351 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hussey 450 19.1 3,700 03.2 Scott 715 30.4 4,275 03.6 Miller-Frost * 292 12.4 50,307 42.9 Wells 289 12.3 20,335 17.3 Flint 605 25.7 38,722 33.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,351 117,339 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hussey's 3,700 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott 2,309 62.4 6,584 05.6 Miller-Frost * 382 10.3 50,689 43.2 Wells 347 09.4 20,682 17.6 Flint 662 17.9 39,384 33.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,700 117,339 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Scott's 6,584 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Miller-Frost * 1,565 23.8 52,254 44.5 Wells 1,391 21.1 22,073 18.8 Flint 3,628 55.1 43,012 36.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,584 117,339 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Wells's 22,073 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- MILLER-FROST * 19,444 88.1 71,698 61.1 Flint 2,629 11.9 45,641 38.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,073 117,339 11.1 07.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Louise Jane Miller-Frost (born 1967): Elected 2022, 2025 --------------------------------------------------------------------