ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF WAKEFIELD, SOUTH AUSTRALIA ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Balaklava, Kadina, Kooringa, Moonta -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat (South Australia was not divided into electorates in 1901) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 24,229 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Frederick HOLDER * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Holder was a member for South Australia 1901-03. He had been elected as a Free Trader but became an Independent when elected Speaker. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick William Holder (1850-1909): Elected 1901, 1903 Speaker of the House of Representatives -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Balaklava, Kadina, Kooringa, Moonta -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: none (Independent unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,532 +13.6 Votes cast: 11,485 41.7 Informal votes: 560 04.9 Formal votes: 10,925 95.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Frederick HOLDER * 6,972 63.8 John Vaughan Lab 3,953 36.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,925 13.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Holder was endorsed by the Anti-Socialists but maintained that as Speaker he was an independent. He did not take part in Anti- Socialist party activities. 2. Vaughan was SA MLC for Central 1912-18. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick William Holder (1850-1909): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Speaker of the House of Representatives to 23 July 1909 Died 23 July 1909 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 28 AUGUST 1909 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Balaklava, Kadina, Kooringa, Moonta -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Hon Sir Frederick Holder -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: Independent over Labour 13.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 30,782 +11.8 Votes cast: 14,998 48.7 +07.0 Informal votes: 89 00.6 -04.3 Formal votes: 14,909 99.4 +04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard FOSTER Lib 8,120 54.5 John Vaughan ALP 6,789 45.5 +09.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,909 04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Vaughan was SA MLC for Central 1912-18. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Witty Foster (1856-1932): Elected 1909 By Born: 20 August 1856, Yorkshire, England. Career: Educated Prospect House, Yorkshire. Migrated 1879. Studied for ministry. Shopkeeper, Quorn. Later landowner. Quorn Council. Colonial/State politics: SA MHA for Newcastle 1893-1902, Flinders 1902-06. Commissioner for Public Works 1899, 1904, 1905, Minister for Industry 1902, Minister for Agriculture 1905. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 APRIL 1910 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Balaklava, Kadina, Kooringa, Moonta -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: Independent over Labour 13.8 1909 by-election two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,137 +13.1 Votes cast: 18,342 58.9 +17.2 Informal votes: 890 04.9 00.0 Formal votes: 17,452 95.1 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard FOSTER * Lib 8,702 49.9 Charles Horne 296 01.7 John Vaughan ALP 8,454 48.4 +12.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,452 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Vaughan was SA MLC for Central 1912-18. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Witty Foster (1856-1932): Elected 1909 By, 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1913 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Balaklava, Kadina, Kooringa, Moonta -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,083 +06.2 Votes cast: 27,856 84.2 +25.3 Informal votes: 1,450 05.2 +00.3 Formal votes: 26,406 94.8 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard FOSTER * Lib 14,193 53.7 +03.8 William Harvey ALP 12,213 46.3 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26,406 03.7 02.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvey was SA MHA for Newcastle 1918-33. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Witty Foster (1856-1932): Elected 1909 By, 1910, 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Balaklava, Kadina, Kooringa, Moonta -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,525 +01.3 Votes cast: 28,397 84.7 +00.5 Informal votes: 695 02.4 -02.8 Formal votes: 27,702 97.6 +02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard FOSTER * Lib 14,505 52.4 -01.3 William Harvey ALP 13,197 47.6 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 27,702 02.4 01.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvey was SA MHA for Newcastle 1918-33. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Witty Foster (1856-1932): Elected 1909 By, 1910, 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Balaklava, Kadina, Kooringa, Moonta -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,539 +03.0 Votes cast: 25,218 73.0 -11.7 Informal votes: 849 03.4 +01.0 Formal votes: 24,369 96.6 -01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard FOSTER * Nat 13,706 56.2 +03.8 Norman Makin ALP 10,663 43.8 -03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,369 06.2 03.8 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Makin, see Hindmarsh 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Witty Foster (1856-1932): Elected 1909 By, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Balaklava, Kadina, Kooringa, Moonta -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 06.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,403 -00.4 Votes cast: 24,018 69.8 -03.2 Informal votes: 2,133 08.9 -05.5 Formal votes: 21,885 91.1 +05.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Foster * Nat 10,872 49.7 -06.5 Edward Stokes ALP 8,067 36.9 -06.9 Herbert Tuck F&S 2,946 13.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 21,885 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Tuck's 2,946 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- FOSTER * 1,908 64.8 12,780 58.4 Stokes 1,038 35.2 9,105 41.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,946 21,885 08.4 02.2 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Witty Foster (1856-1932): Elected 1909 By, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== North-central South Australia: Balaklava, Kapunda, Renmark, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 08.4 Effect of redistribution: 01.2 shift to ALP New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 07.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,609 +12.2 Votes cast: 21,003 54.4 -15.4 Informal votes: 1,698 08.1 -00.8 Formal votes: 19,305 91.9 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Foster * Lib 8,288 42.9 Henry Queale CP 3,941 20.4 +09.5 Edward Stokes ALP 7,076 36.7 -02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,305 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Foster stood as a Liberal having previously sat as a Nationalist. His vote of 42.9% was a decrease of 6.8% from the 49.7% he polled in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Queale's 3,941 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- FOSTER * 2,392 60.7 10,680 55.3 Stokes 1,549 39.3 8,625 44.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,941 19,305 05.3 01.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Liberal majority over the ALP is compared with the Nationalist majority over the ALP in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Witty Foster (1856-1932): Elected 1909 By, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Foster joined the Nationalists in 1923. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== North-central South Australia: Balaklava, Kapunda, Renmark, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,988 -01.4 Votes cast: 35,461 93.3 +38.9 Informal votes: 1,773 05.0 -03.1 Formal votes: 33,688 95.0 +03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Richard FOSTER * Nat 21,846 64.8 Even George ALP 11,842 35.2 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,688 14.8 09.5 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Foster stood as a Nationalist having been elected in 1922 as a Liberal. 2. George was SA MHA for Burra Burra 1930-33. 3. The Nationalist vote of 64.8% was an increase of 21.9% from the 42.9% polled by the Liberal candidate Foster) in 1922. 4. The Nationalist majority over the ALP is compared with the Liberal majority over the ALP in 1922. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Witty Foster (1856-1932): Elected 1909 By, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== North-central South Australia: Balaklava, Kapunda, Renmark, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 14.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,738 -03.3 Votes cast: 35,318 96.1 +02.8 Informal votes: 3,750 10.6 +05.6 Formal votes: 31,568 89.4 -05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maurice COLLINS CP 18,813 59.6 Richard Foster * Nat 12,755 40.4 -24.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 31,568 09.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Richard Witty Foster (1856-1932): Elected 1909 By, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925. Defeated 1928 Later career: Farmer. Died 5 January 1932 > Maurice Collins (1878-1945): Elected 1928 Born: 1878, Mt Bryan, South Australia. Career: Educated South Australia. Grazier, landowner, sheepbreeder. Terowie Shire Council, Burra Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== North-central South Australia: Balaklava, Kapunda, Renmark, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 09.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,078 +00.9 Votes cast: 35,608 96.0 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,251 03.5 -07.1 Formal votes: 34,357 96.5 +07.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maurice Collins * CP 9,437 27.5 -32.1 Charles Hawker Nat 12,417 36.1 -04.3 Sydney McHugh ALP 12,503 36.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,357 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For McHugh, see Wakefield by-election 1938. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Collins's 9,437 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HAWKER 7,130 75.6 19,547 56.9 McHugh 2,307 24.4 14,810 43.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 9,437 34,357 06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Maurice Collins (1878-1945): Elected 1928. Defeated 1929 Later career: To Adelaide 1932. Author. Died 9 August 1945 > Charles Allan Seymour Hawker (1894-1938): Elected 1929 Born: 16 May 1894, Clare, South Australia. Career: Educated Geelong Grammar School and Cambridge University, MA. Military Service 1914-18, lost legs. Pastoralist, Hallett, South Australia. Traveller, writer. Fellow Royal Society of South Australia. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== North-central South Australia: Balaklava, Kapunda, Renmark, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,444 +01.0 Votes cast: 36,300 96.9 +00.9 Informal votes: 1,674 04.6 +01.1 Formal votes: 34,626 95.4 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maurice Collins 12,030 34.7 Charles HAWKER * EC 22,596 65.3 +29.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,626 15.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Collins was member for Wakefield 1928-29. He was an independent Country candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Allan Seymour Hawker (1894-1938): Elected 1929, 1931 Minister for Markets 6 January 1932 to 13 April 1932 Minister for Repatriation 6 January 1932 to 12 April 1932 Minister for Commerce 13 April 1932 to 23 September 1932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hawker had given a commitment during the election that he would vote for a reduction in parliamentary salaries. When Moses Gabb (Independent, Angas) moved a motion to reduce salaries (which the government opposed), Hawker resigned from the ministry so that he could vote for it. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== North-east South Australia: Angaston, Gawler, Kapunda, Renmark -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over Independent 15.3 Effect of 1934 redistribution: cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 53,504 +42.9 Votes cast: 50,983 95.3 -01.6 Informal votes: 2,601 05.1 +00.5 Formal votes: 48,382 94.9 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Duggan DSC 7,615 15.7 Hon Charles HAWKER * UAP 31,493 65.1 -02.8 Michael Smedley ALP 9,274 19.2 +05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,382 24.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Allan Seymour Hawker (1894-1938): Elected 1929, 1931, 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 23 OCTOBER 1937 ==================================================================== North-east South Australia: Angaston, Gawler, Kapunda, Renmark -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 24.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,577 +02.0 Votes cast: 52,694 96.5 +01.2 Informal votes: 2,073 03.9 -01.2 Formal votes: 50,621 96.1 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond Davis ALP 18,508 36.6 +17.4 Hon Charles HAWKER * UAP 32,113 63.4 -01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,621 13.4 10.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Allan Seymour Hawker (1894-1938): Elected 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937 Died 25 October 1938 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hawker was one of 18 people killed when an airliner crashed near Melbourne, in what was at that time Australia's worst aviation disaster. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1938 ==================================================================== North-east South Australia: Angaston, Gawler, Kapunda, Renmark -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Hon Charles Hawker -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 13.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,388 -00.3 Votes cast: 50,918 93.6 -02.9 Informal votes: 1,114 02.2 -01.7 Formal votes: 49,804 97.8 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Butler + UAP 19,591 39.3 -24.1 Sydney McHugh ALP 18,870 37.9 +01.3 Percival Quirke 11,343 22.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 49,804 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Butler was SA MHA for Wooroora 1915-18, 1921-38, Light 1938. He was Premier of South Australia 1927-30, 1933-38. He was the grandfather of Hon Mark Butler MP. 2. Quirke was SA MHA Stanley 1941-56, Burra 1956-68. He ran as a "returned soldier primary producer" candidate (The News, 12 October 1938). -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Quirke's 11,343 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Butler + 1,958 17.3 21,549 43.3 McHUGH 9,385 82.7 28,255 56.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 11,343 49,804 06.7 20.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sydney McHugh (1892-1952): Elected 1938 By Born: 21 March 1892, Quorn, South Australia. Career: Educated state schools. Farmer and grazier. Military Service 1914-18. State politics: SA MHA for Burra Burra 1924-27, 1930-33 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== North-east South Australia: Angaston, Gawler, Kapunda, Renmark -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 13.4 1938 by-election two-party majority: ALP over UAP 06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,820 +00.4 Votes cast: 52,774 96.3 -00.2 Informal votes: 1,547 02.9 -01.0 Formal votes: 51,227 97.1 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John DUNCAN-HUGHES UAP 27,357 53.4 -10.0 Sydney McHugh * ALP 23,870 46.6 +10.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,227 03.4 10.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Duncan-Hughes was member for Boothby 1922-28. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sydney McHugh (1892-1952): Elected 1938 By. Defeated 1940 Later career: SA MHA for Light 1941-44. Died 21 September 1952 > John Grant Duncan-Hughes (1882-1962): Elected 1922, 1925. Defeated 1928. Elected 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Duncan-Hughes joined the "National Service" group under the leadership of Menzies. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943 ==================================================================== North-east South Australia: Angaston, Gawler, Kapunda, Renmark -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,903 +00.2 Votes cast: 53,000 96.5 +00.2 Informal votes: 1,327 02.5 -00.4 Formal votes: 51,673 97.5 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Duncan-Hughes * UAP 25,229 48.8 -04.6 Albert SMITH ALP 26,444 51.2 +04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,673 01.2 04.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Grant Duncan-Hughes (1882-1962): Elected 1922, 1925. Defeated 1928. Elected 1940. Defeated 1943 Later career: Lawyer. Died 13 August 1962 > Albert Edward Smith (1881-1965): Elected 1943 Born: 2 January 1881, Kent, England. Career: Migrated as child. Educated Clare, South Australia. Service station proprietor, Clare, South Australia. Clare Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== North-east South Australia: Angaston, Gawler, Kapunda, Renmark -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 56,717 +03.3 Votes cast: 53,686 94.7 +01.8 Informal votes: 1,486 02.8 +00.3 Formal votes: 52,200 97.2 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Philip McBRIDE Lib 26,894 51.5 +02.7 Frank Rieck 1,260 02.4 Albert Smith * ALP 24,046 46.1 -05.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 52,200 02.7 e 03.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- McBride was member for Grey 1931-37 and a Senator for South Australia 1937-44. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Albert Edward Smith (1881-1965): Elected 1943. Defeated 1946 Died 5 January 1965 > Philip Albert Martin McBride (1892-1982): Elected 1931, 1934. Retired 1937. Elected 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== Central South Australia: Gawler, Kapunda, Maitland, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 02.7 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 00.9 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,609 -28.4 Votes cast: 39,536 97.4 +02.7 Informal votes: 681 01.7 -01.1 Formal votes: 38,855 98.3 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cyril Hasse ALP 15,008 38.6 -07.2 Hon Philip McBRIDE * Lib 23,847 61.4 +08.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,855 11.4 07.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip Albert Martin McBride (1892-1982): Elected 1931, 1934. Retired 1937. Elected 1946, 1949 Minister for the Interior 19 December 1949 to 24 October 1950 Minister for Defence from 24 October 1950 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== Central South Australia: Gawler, Kapunda, Maitland, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 11.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,234 -00.9 Votes cast: 39,311 97.7 +00.3 Informal votes: 642 01.6 -00.1 Formal votes: 38,669 98.4 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cyril Hasse ALP 15,437 39.9 +01.3 Hon Philip McBRIDE * Lib 23,232 60.1 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,669 10.1 01.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip Albert Martin McBride (1892-1982): Elected 1931, 1934. Retired 1937. Elected 1946, 1949, 1951 Minister for Defence Minister for Air 11 May 1951 to 17 July 1951 Minister for the Navy 11 May 1951 to 17 July 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== Central South Australia: Gawler, Kapunda, Maitland, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 10.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,118 -00.3 Votes cast: 39,109 97.5 -00.2 Informal votes: 598 01.5 -00.1 Formal votes: 38,511 98.5 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Harradine ALP 14,400 37.4 -02.5 Hector Henstridge 2,218 05.8 Hon Philip McBRIDE * Lib 21,893 56.8 +03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,511 09.7 e 00.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip Albert Martin McBride (1892-1982): Elected 1931, 1934. Retired 1937. Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954 Minister for Defence -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Highbury, Maitland, Peterborough, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 09.7 e Effect of 1955 redistribution: 02.5 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Liberal over Labor 12.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,671 +03.9 Votes cast: 40,281 96.7 -01.2 Informal votes: 1,232 03.1 -01.6 Formal votes: 39,049 96.9 +01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Bruce ALP 12,671 32.4 -04.1 Hector Henstridge 2,095 05.4 Hon Philip McBRIDE * Lib 24,283 62.2 +03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,049 14.9 e 02.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip Albert Martin McBride (1892-1982): Elected 1931, 1934. Retired 1937. Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955 Minister for Defence McBride retired at the 1958 election. His ministerial term ended on 10 December 1958. Later career: grazier and company director. Died 14 July 1982 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Highbury, Maitland, Peterborough, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 14.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,050 -01.5 Votes cast: 39,886 97.2 +00.5 Informal votes: 1,427 03.6 +00.5 Formal votes: 38,459 96.4 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hector Henstridge 2,518 06.5 Bert KELLY + Lib 21,844 56.8 -05.4 Leonard Krieg ALP 11,899 30.9 -01.5 Leo Redden DLP 2,198 05.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,459 15.1 e 00.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Robert Kelly (1912-97): Elected 1958 Born: 22 June 1912, Riverton, South Australia. Career: Educated Prince Alfred College, Adelaide. Farmer at Tarlu, South Australia. Nuffield Scholarship 1951. Journalist, prominent free trader. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Highbury, Maitland, Peterborough, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 15.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,351 +00.7 Votes cast: 40,055 96.9 -00.3 Informal votes: 884 02.2 +01.4 Formal votes: 39,171 97.8 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bert KELLY * Lib 22,759 58.1 +01.3 John McMahon DLP 2,048 05.2 -00.5 Collin Wood ALP 14,364 36.7 +05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,171 12.3 e 02.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Robert Kelly (1912-97): Elected 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Highbury, Maitland, Peterborough, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 12.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,932 +03.8 Votes cast: 41,880 97.5 +00.6 Informal votes: 654 01.6 -00.6 Formal votes: 41,226 98.4 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bert KELLY * Lib 25,177 61.1 +03.0 John Penrose ALP 16,049 38.9 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,226 11.1 01.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Robert Kelly (1912-97): Elected 1958, 1961, 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Highbury, Maitland, Peterborough, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 11.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,383 +10.4 Votes cast: 45,987 97.1 -00.4 Informal votes: 970 02.1 +00.5 Formal votes: 45,017 97.9 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bert KELLY * Lib 31,280 69.5 +08.4 John Phelan ALP 13,737 30.5 -08.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,017 19.5 08.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Robert Kelly (1912-97): Elected 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 Minister for Works to 21 February 1967 to 28 February 1968 Minister for the Navy from 28 February 1968 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 25 OCTOBER 1969 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Balaklava, Gawler, Maitland, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 19.5 Effect of 1968 redistribution: 01.7 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Liberal over Labor 21.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,156 -04.7 Votes cast: 43,612 96.6 -00.5 Informal votes: 1,139 02.6 +00.5 Formal votes: 42,473 97.4 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Chatterton ALP 15,693 36.9 +08.1 Hon Bert KELLY * Lib 24,685 58.1 -13.1 John McMahon DLP 2,095 04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,473 12.0 e 09.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chatterton was SA MLC for Midland 1970-75, SA MLC 1975-89. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Robert Kelly (1912-97): Elected 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969 Minister for the Navy to 12 November 1969 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 DECEMBER 1972 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Balaklava, Gawler, Maitland, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 12.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,861 +01.6 Votes cast: 43,635 95.1 -01.5 Informal votes: 968 02.2 -00.4 Formal votes: 42,667 97.8 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Terence de Lacy ALP 13,643 32.0 -04.9 Hon Bert Kelly * Lib 21,211 49.7 -08.4 John McMahon DLP 1,365 03.2 -01.7 James Shannon CP 6,448 15.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,667 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: McMahon's 1,365 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- De Lacy 210 15.4 13,853 32.5 KELLY * 646 47.3 21,857 51.2 Shannon 509 37.3 6,957 16.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,365 42,667 15.9 e 03.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Robert Kelly (1912-97): Elected 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 1974 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Balaklava, Gawler, Maitland, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 15.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,003 +06.9 Votes cast: 47,256 96.4 +01.3 Informal votes: 1,174 02.5 +00.3 Formal votes: 46,082 97.5 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald Crosby CP 6,225 13.5 -01.6 Peter Dewhurst ALP 13,304 28.9 -03.1 John Freebairn LM 3,316 07.2 Hon Bert Kelly * Lib 22,761 49.4 -00.3 Ian Swan AP 476 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,082 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Freebairn was SA MHA for Light 1962-70. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Swan's 476 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Crosby 62 13.0 6,287 13.6 Dewhurst 96 20.2 13,400 29.1 Freebairn 114 23.9 3,430 07.4 Kelly * 204 42.9 22,965 49.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 476 46,082 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Freebairn's 3,430 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Crosby 2,193 63.9 8,480 18.4 Dewhurst 352 10.3 13,752 29.8 KELLY * 885 25.8 23,850 51.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,430 46,082 17.5 e 01.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Robert Kelly (1912-97): Elected 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1975 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Balaklava, Gawler, Maitland, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 17.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,307 +04.7 Votes cast: 49,338 96.2 -00.2 Informal votes: 917 01.9 +00.6 Formal votes: 48,421 98.1 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Bert KELLY * Lib 32,070 66.2 +16.8 Irene Krastev ALP 12,632 26.1 -02.8 John Lienert LM 3,719 07.7 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,421 22.0 e 04.5 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Robert Kelly (1912-97): Elected 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975 Kelly lost his Liberal endorsement to Geoffrey Giles, and retired at the 1977 election. Died 17 January 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1977 ==================================================================== Central South Australia: Angaston, Gawler, Renmark, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 22.0 e Effect of 1977 redistribution: 00.4 shift to Lib New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 22.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 72,781 +41.9 Votes cast: 69,991 96.2 00.0 Informal votes: 2,047 02.9 +01.0 Formal votes: 67,944 97.1 -01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Denis Crisp ALP 20,303 29.9 +04.2 Geoffrey GILES * Lib 42,077 61.9 -04.7 Kenneth Maguire AD 5,564 08.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 67,944 16.0 e 06.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Giles was member for Angas 1964-77. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffrey O'Halloran Giles (1923-90): Elected 1964 By, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 OCTOBER 1980 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Angaston, Gawler, Renmark, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1977 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 16.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 75,409 +03.6 Votes cast: 72,058 95.6 -00.6 Informal votes: 1,944 02.7 -00.2 Formal votes: 70,144 97.3 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rowland Beech AD 5,971 08.5 +00.3 Geoffrey GILES * Lib 41,934 59.8 -02.1 Alan Reid ALP 20,308 29.0 -00.9 Duncan Rose NCP 1,901 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 70,144 16.2 e 00.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoffrey O'Halloran Giles (1923-90): Elected 1964 By, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980 Giles retired at the 1983 election. Died 18 December 1990 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MARCH 1983 ==================================================================== Central South Australia: Angaston, Gawler, Renmark, Wallaroo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 16.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 78,243 +03.8 Votes cast: 74,707 95.5 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,816 02.4 -00.3 Formal votes: 72,891 97.6 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil ANDREW + Lib 43,380 59.5 -00.3 Roger Cavanagh NPA 1,658 02.3 -00.4 Donald Chisholm AD 3,851 05.3 -03.2 Suzanne Owens ALP 24,002 32.9 +03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 72,891 13.7 e 02.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Neil Andrew (born 1944): Elected 1983 Born: 7 June 1944, Waikerie, South Australia Career: Horticulturalist at Waikerie, South Australia. Waikerie District Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 1 DECEMBER 1984 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Clare, Gawler, Kadina, Yorketown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1983 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 13.7 e Effect of 1984 redistribution: 00.6 shift to ALP New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 13.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 70,577 -09.8 Votes cast: 67,346 95.4 -00.1 Informal votes: 5,294 07.9 +05.5 Formal votes: 62,052 92.1 -05.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Terry Halford NPA 1,800 02.9 +00.6 Neil ANDREW * Lib 35,574 57.3 -01.6 Anne Hausler AD 3,714 06.0 +00.7 Suzanne Owens ALP 20,964 33.8 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 62,052 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Halford's 1,800 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDREW * 1,467 81.6 37,041 59.7 Hausler 217 12.1 3,931 06.3 Owens 113 06.3 21,077 34.0 (exhausted 3 3 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,800 62,052 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hausler's 3,931 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDREW * 2,006 51.1 39,047 62.9 Owens 1,920 48.9 22,997 37.1 (exhausted 5 8 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,931 62,052 12.9 00.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Neil Andrew (born 1944): Elected 1983, 1984 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 11 JULY 1987 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Clare, Gawler, Kadina, Yorketown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 12.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 73,899 +04.7 Votes cast: 69,800 94.5 -00.9 Informal votes: 4,439 06.4 -01.5 Formal votes: 65,361 93.6 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Adams NPA 3,826 05.9 +03.0 Anne Hausler 757 01.2 Barbara Barlow AD 2,683 04.1 -01.9 Neil ANDREW * Lib 36,503 55.8 -01.5 Susan Stephens ALP 21,592 33.0 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 65,361 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hausler's 757 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adams 218 28.8 4,044 06.2 Barlow 207 27.3 2,890 04.4 ANDREW * 198 26.2 36,701 56.2 Stephens 134 17.7 21,726 33.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 757 65,361 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Barlow's 2,890 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adams 674 23.3 4,718 07.2 ANDREW * 914 31.6 37,615 57.6 Stephens 1,300 45.0 23,026 35.2 (exhausted 2 2 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,890 65,361 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Adams's 4,718 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDREW * 4,011 85.0 41,626 63.7 Stephens 707 15.0 23,733 36.3 (exhausted 0 2 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,718 65,361 13.7 00.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Neil Andrew (born 1944): Elected 1983, 1984, 1987 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 24 MARCH 1990 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Clare, Gawler, Kadina, Yorketown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1987 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 13.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 77,255 +04.5 Votes cast: 74,491 96.4 +01.9 Informal votes: 2,287 03.1 -03.3 Formal votes: 72,204 96.9 +03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Karzis ALP 20,965 29.0 -04.0 Neil ANDREW * Lib 40,216 55.7 -00.1 Kaye Matthews AD 8,879 12.3 +08.2 Ashley Grace CTA 2,144 03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 72,204 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Grace's 2,144 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Karzis 239 11.2 21,204 29.4 ANDREW * 1,141 53.7 41,357 57.3 Matthews 745 35.1 9,624 13.3 (exhausted 19 19 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,144 72,204 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Matthews's 9,624 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Karzis 5,332 57.9 26,736 37.1 ANDREW * 4,021 42.1 45,378 62.9 (exhausted 71 90 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,624 72,204 12.9 00.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Neil Andrew (born 1944): Elected 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 MARCH 1993 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Gawler, Kadina, Renmark, Yorketown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1990 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 12.9 Effect of redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 84,843 +09.8 Votes cast: 81,162 95.7 -00.7 Informal votes: 3,202 04.0 +00.9 Formal votes: 77,960 96.0 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Roy Milne AD 6,938 08.9 -04.3 Don Allen 3,189 04.1 Ingrid Hergstrom 904 01.2 Shirley Faulkner 2,066 02.7 Neil ANDREW * Lib 44,503 57.1 +02.7 Mike Stevens ALP 20,360 26.1 -02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 77,960 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hergstrom's 904 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Milne 273 30.3 7,211 09.2 Allen 195 21.6 3,384 04.3 Faulkner 177 19.6 2,243 02.9 ANDREW * 116 12.9 44,619 57.2 Stevens 141 15.6 20,501 26.3 (exhausted 2 2 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 904 77,960 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Faulkner's 2,243 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Milne 303 13.7 7,514 09.6 Allen 1,148 52.1 4,532 05.8 ANDREW * 518 23.5 45,137 57.9 Stevens 236 10.7 20,737 26.6 (exhausted 38 40 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,243 77,960 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Allen's 4,532 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Milne 2,758 61.5 10,272 13.2 ANDREW * 1,194 26.6 46,331 59.5 Stevens 536 11.9 21,273 27.3 (exhausted 44 84 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,532 77,960 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Milne's 10,272 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDREW * 5,781 56.7 52,112 67.0 Stevens 4,416 43.3 25,689 33.0 (exhausted 75 159 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,272 77,960 17.0 04.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Neil Andrew (born 1944): Elected 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 MARCH 1996 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Gawler, Kadina, Renmark, Yorketown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1993 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 17.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 86,487 +01.9 Votes cast: 83,566 96.6 +00.9 Informal votes: 3,174 03.8 -00.2 Formal votes: 80,392 96.2 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene Rooney 2,273 02.8 Paul Petit Grn 2,098 02.6 Neil ANDREW * Lib 48,937 60.9 +03.8 Pam Kelly AD 8,759 10.9 +02.0 Mike Stevens ALP 18,325 22.8 -03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 80,392 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Petit's 2,098 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rooney 547 26.4 2,820 03.5 ANDREW * 322 15.6 49,259 61.3 Kelly 852 41.2 9,611 12.0 Stevens 348 16.8 18,673 23.2 (exhausted 29 29 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,098 80,392 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Rooney's 2,820 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDREW * 1,361 49.9 50,620 63.1 Kelly 1,030 37.8 10,641 13.3 Stevens 336 12.3 19,009 23.7 (exhausted 93 122 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,820 80,392 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Kelly's 10,641 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDREW * 5,345 51.6 55,965 70.0 Stevens 5,018 48.4 24,027 30.0 (exhausted 278 400 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,641 80,392 20.0 03.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Neil Andrew (born 1944): Elected 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996 Appointed Delegate to the 1998 Constitutional Convention -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 3 OCTOBER 1998 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Gawler, Kadina, Renmark, Yorketown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 20.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 88,557 +02.4 Votes cast: 84,991 96.0 -00.6 Informal votes: 4,180 04.9 +01.1 Formal votes: 80,811 95.1 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Merv Hartwig ON 13,473 16.7 Karrie Lannstrom AD 6,200 07.7 -03.2 Neil ANDREW * Lib 40,464 50.1 -10.8 Jeremy Challacombe NPA 1,458 01.8 Carla Leversedge ALP 17,526 21.7 -01.1 Pam Kelly 1,690 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 80,811 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Challacombe's 1,458 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hartwig 176 12.1 13,649 16.9 Lannstrom 172 11.8 6,372 07.9 ANDREW * 803 55.1 41,267 51.1 Leversedge 132 09.1 17,658 21.9 Kelly 175 12.0 1,865 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,458 80,811 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Kelly's 1,865 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hartwig 313 16.8 13,962 17.3 Lannstrom 653 35.0 7,025 08.7 ANDREW * 381 20.4 41,648 51.5 Leversedge 518 27.8 18,176 22.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,865 80,811 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Lannstrom's 7,025 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hartwig 1,137 16.2 15,099 18.7 ANDREW * 2,724 38.8 44,372 54.9 Leversedge 3,164 45.0 21,340 26.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,025 80,811 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Hartwig's 15,099 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDREW * 9,201 60.9 53,573 66.3 Leversedge 5,898 39.1 27,238 33.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,099 80,811 16.3 03.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Neil Andrew (born 1944): Elected 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998 Speaker of the House of Representatives from 10 November 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 NOVEMBER 2001 ==================================================================== Country South Australia: Gawler, Kadina, Renmark, Yorketown -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 16.3 Effect of redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 86,036 -02.8 Votes cast: 83,176 96.7 +00.7 Informal votes: 4,455 05.4 +00.5 Formal votes: 78,721 94.6 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Rowbottom ALP 19,521 24.8 +02.8 Hon Neil ANDREW * Lib 44,257 56.2 +06.2 Marcus Reseigh AD 5,943 07.5 -00.1 David Dwyer ON 6,175 07.8 -08.6 Pam Kelly Grn 2,825 03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 78,721 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Kelly's 2,825 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rowbottom 686 24.4 20,166 25.6 ANDREW * 451 16.0 44,666 56.8 Reseigh 1,155 41.0 7,097 09.0 Dwyer 524 18.6 6,696 08.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,825 78,721 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Dwyer's 6,696 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rowbottom 2,627 39.2 22,793 29.0 ANDREW * 2,232 33.3 46,898 59.6 Reseigh 1,837 27.4 8,934 11.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,696 78,721 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Reseigh's 8,934 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rowbottom 5,068 56.7 27,861 35.4 ANDREW * 3,866 43.3 50,764 64.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,934 78,721 14.7 01.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Neil Andrew (born 1944): Elected 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001 Speaker of the House of Representatives to 16 November 2004 Andrew retired at the 2004 election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 OCTOBER 2004 ==================================================================== North of Adelaide: Clare, Elizabeth, Gawler, Kapunda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 14.7 Effect of redistribution: 16.2 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 90,756 +05.5 Votes cast: 86,201 95.0 -01.7 Informal votes: 5,585 06.5 +02.1 Formal votes: 80,616 93.5 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Dwyer ON 2,066 02.6 -04.3 Richard Way AD 1,346 01.7 -07.9 David Fawcett Lib 35,230 43.8 +04.7 David Pointon FF 4,379 05.4 Hon Martyn Evans * ALP 34,159 42.4 +03.4 Patricia Murray Grn 3,346 04.1 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 80,616 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Evans was member for Bonython 1994-2004. Bonython was abolished at the 2004 redistribution. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Way's 1,346 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dwyer 210 15.6 2,276 02.8 Fawcett 289 21.5 35,609 44.2 Pointon 212 15.7 4,591 05.7 Evans * 313 23.3 34,472 42.8 Murray 322 23.9 3,668 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,346 80,616 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Dwyer's 2,276 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fawcett 1,029 45.2 36,638 45.5 Pointon 511 22.4 5,102 06.4 Evans * 386 17.0 34,858 43.2 Murray 350 15.4 4,018 05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,276 80,616 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Murray's 4,018 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fawcett 650 16.2 37,288 46.2 Pointon 1,039 25.9 6,141 07.6 Evans * 2,329 58.0 37,187 46.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,018 80,616 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Pointon's 6,141 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- FAWCETT 3,560 58.0 40,848 50.7 Evans * 2,581 42.0 39,768 49.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,141 80,616 00.7 02.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Martyn John Evans (born 1953): Elected 1994 by, 1996, 1998, 2001. Defeated 2004 > David Julian Fawcett (born 1963): Elected 2004 Born: 23 October 1963, Narrabri, NSW. Career: Educated University of New South Wales. Royal Australian Air Force 1982-2004. Commanding officer, RAAF Aircraft Research and Development Unit, Edinburgh, SA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 24 NOVEMBER 2007 ==================================================================== North of Adelaide: Clare, Elizabeth, Gawler, Kapunda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2004 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 95,756 +05.5 Votes cast: 91,092 95.1 +00.1 Informal votes: 4,246 04.7 -01.8 Formal votes: 86,846 95.3 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce Nairn FF 4,483 05.2 -00.3 Pauline Edmunds 793 00.9 Nick Champion ALP 42.249 48.7 +06.3 Peter Fitzpatrick ON 832 01.0 -01.6 Terry Allen Grn 3,589 04.1 00.0 David Fawcett * Lib 33,600 38.7 -05.1 Martin Walsh 284 00.3 Felicity Martin AD 1,016 01.2 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 86,846 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Walsh's 284 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nairn 36 12.7 4,519 05.2 Edmunds 11 03.9 804 00.9 Champion 30 10.6 42,279 48.7 Fitzpatrick 27 09.5 859 01.0 Allen 46 16.2 3,635 04.2 Fawcett * 66 23.2 33,666 38.8 Martin 68 23.9 1,084 01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 284 86,846 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Edmunds's 804 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nairn 327 40.7 4,846 05.6 Champion 171 21.3 42,450 48.9 Fitzpatrick 70 08.7 929 01.1 Allen 110 13.7 3,745 04.3 Fawcett * 69 08.6 33,735 38.8 Martin 57 07.1 1,141 01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 804 86,846 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Fitzpatrick's 929 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nairn 240 25.8 5,086 05.9 Champion 263 28.3 42,713 49.2 Allen 187 20.1 3,932 04.5 Fawcett * 169 18.2 33,904 39.0 Martin 70 07.5 1,211 01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 929 86,846 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Martin's 1,211 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nairn 226 18.7 5,312 06.1 Champion 248 20.5 42,961 49.5 Allen 457 37.7 4,389 05.1 Fawcett * 280 23.1 34,184 39.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,211 86,846 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Allen's 4,389 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nairn 1,202 27.4 6,514 07.5 CHAMPION 2,382 54.3 45,343 52.2 Fawcett * 805 18.3 34,989 40.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,389 86,846 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Nairn's 6,514 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHAMPION 3,799 58.3 49,142 56.6 Fawcett * 2,715 41.7 37,704 43.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,514 86,846 06.6 07.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > David Julian Fawcett (born 1963): Elected 2004. Defeated 2007 Later career: See Senate SA 2010 > Nicholas David Champion (born 1972): Elected 2007 Born: 27 February 1972, Kapunda, SA. Career: Educated University of SA. Trade union official. Adviser to state minister. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 2010 ==================================================================== North of Adelaide: Clare, Elizabeth, Gawler, Kapunda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 06.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 100,209 +04.7 Votes cast: 93,850 93.7 -01.4 Informal votes: 5,837 06.2 +01.5 Formal votes: 88,013 93.8 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jane Alcorn Grn 9,948 11.3 +07.2 Nick Champion * ALP 43,299 49.2 +00.6 David Strauss Lib 27,679 31.5 -07.2 Darren Hassan AD 1,129 01.3 +00.1 Paul Coombe FF 5,958 06.8 +01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 88,013 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hassan's 1,129 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alcorn 375 33.2 10,323 11.7 Champion * 263 23.3 43,562 49.5 Strauss 204 18.1 27,883 31.7 Coombe 287 25.4 6,245 07.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,129 88,013 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Coombe's 6,245 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alcorn 2,165 34.7 12,488 14.2 CHAMPION * 1,426 22.8 44,988 51.1 Strauss 2,654 42.5 30,537 34.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,245 88,013 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Alcorn's 12,488 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHAMPION * 9,540 76.4 54,528 62.0 Strauss 2,948 23.6 33,485 38.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,488 88,013 12.0 05.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicholas David Champion (born 1972): Elected 2007, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 7 SEPTEMBER 2013 ==================================================================== North of Adelaide: Craigmore, Elizabeth, Evanston, Gawler -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 12.0 Effect of 2011 redistribution: 01.5 shift to Liberal 2013 notional two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 10.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 103,458 +03.2 Votes cast: 96,329 93.1 -00.6 Informal votes: 5,479 05.7 -00.5 Formal votes: 90,850 94.3 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Zorich Lib 34,425 37.9 +05.1 Sherree Clay Grn 4,683 05.2 -06.2 Mark Aldridge 3,729 04.1 Tony Musolino KAP 964 Dino Musolino PUP 3,890 04.3 Nick Champion * ALP 37,723 41.5 -06.4 Paul Coombe FF 5,436 06.0 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 90,850 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: T Musolino's 964 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Zorich 174 18.1 34,599 38.1 Clay 56 05.8 4,738 05.2 Aldridge 185 19.2 3,914 04.3 D Musolino 337 35.0 4,227 04.7 Champion * 143 14.8 37,866 41.7 Coombe 69 07.2 5,505 06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 964 90,850 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Aldridge's 3,914 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Zorich 751 19.2 35,350 38.9 Clay 673 17.2 5,412 06.0 D Musolino 901 23.0 5,128 05.6 Champion * 850 21.7 38,716 42.6 Coombe 739 18.9 6,244 06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,914 90,850 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: D Musolino's 5,128 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Zorich 1,171 22.8 36,521 40.2 Clay 727 14.2 6,139 06.8 Champion * 1,529 29.8 40,245 44.3 Coombe 1,701 33.2 7,945 08.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,128 90,850 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Clay's 6,139 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Zorich 1,012 16.5 37,533 41.3 Champion * 3,242 52.8 43,487 47.9 Coombe 1,885 30.7 9,830 10.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,139 90,850 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Coombe's 9,830 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Zorich 4,807 48.9 42,340 46.6 CHAMPION * 5,023 51.1 48,510 53.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,830 90,850 03.4 07.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicholas David Champion (born 1972): Elected 2007, 2010, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 JULY 2016 ==================================================================== North of Adelaide: Craigmore, Elizabeth, Evanston, Gawler -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 112,251 +08.5 Votes cast: 101,403 90.3 -02.8 Informal votes: 5,470 05.4 -00.3 Formal votes: 95,933 94.6 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Inwood NXT 19,592 20.4 Marilyn Phillips FF 5,396 05.6 -00.4 Nick Champion * ALP 38,197 40.0 -01.6 Kathleen Bourne Lib 25,299 26.4 -11.5 Craig Vanstone Grn 4,102 04.2 -01.0 Ralph Anderson CDP 619 00.7 John Bolton 2,728 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 95,933 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Anderson's 619 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Inwood 66 10.7 19,658 20.5 Phillips 280 45.2 5,676 05.9 Champion * 51 08.2 38,248 39.9 Bourne 62 10.0 25,361 26.4 Vanstone 48 07.8 4,150 04.3 Bolton 112 18.1 2,840 03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 619 95,933 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Bolton's 2,840 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Inwood 804 28.3 20,462 21.3 Phillips 772 27.2 6,448 06.7 Champion * 442 15.6 38,690 40.3 Bourne 303 10.7 25,664 26.8 Vanstone 519 18.3 4,669 04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,840 95,933 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Vanstone's 4,669 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Inwood 1,156 24.8 21,618 22.5 Phillips 926 19.8 7,374 07.7 Champion * 2,064 44.2 40,754 42.5 Bourne 523 11.2 26,187 27.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,669 95,933 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Phillips's 7,374 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Inwood 2,909 39.5 24,527 25.6 Champion * 2,061 28.0 42,815 44.6 Bourne 2,404 32.6 28,591 29.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,374 95,933 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Inwood's 24,527 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHAMPION * 15,679 63.9 58,494 61.0 Bourne 8,848 36.1 37,439 39.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,527 95,933 10.9 07.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicholas David Champion (born 1972): Elected 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 Wakefield was abolished at the 2018 redistribution. Champion contested Spence at the 2019 election. --------------------------------------------------------------------