Electoral results for the district of Elizabeth (South Australia)

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

Members for Elizabeth

South Australian state election, 2002: Elizabeth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Lea Stevens	9,107	44.7	-1.4
	Liberal	Ron Watts	7,111	34.9	+1.8
	Family First	Peter Barnes	1,523	7.5	+7.5
	Democrats	Anna Lukasiewicz	1,430	7.0	-12.2
	SA First	Duncan MacMillan	624	3.1	+3.1
	One Nation	Robert Fechner	580	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			20,375	96.7
Informal votes			706	3.3
Turnout			21,081	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lea Stevens	11,649	57.2	-1.6
	Liberal	Ron Watts	8,726	42.8	+1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.6

South Australian state election, 1997: Elizabeth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Lea Stevens	10,282	51.8	+10.9
	Liberal	Angus Bristow	5,703	28.7	-8.9
	Democrats	Michael Piling	3,857	19.4	+11.3
Total formal votes			19,842	95.8	-0.9
Informal votes			878	4.2	+0.9
Turnout			20,720	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lea Stevens	12,764	64.3	+11.5
	Liberal	Angus Bristow	7,078	35.7	-11.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.5

Elizabeth state by-election, 9 April 1994^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Lea Stevens	7,091	42.80	-4.21
	Liberal	Stephen Nicholson	4,856	29.31	-0.89
	Grey Power	Mary Bell	1,427	8.61	+8.61
	Independent	Alfred Charles	993	5.99	-8.13
	HEMP	Dave Sag	889	5.37	+5.37
	Democrats	Roy Milne	731	4.41	-4.25
	Independent Labor	Tony Eversham	502	3.03	+3.03
	Independent^[1]	Bernhard Cotton	77	0.46	+0.46
Total formal votes			16,566	95.52	-0.91
Informal votes			777	4.48	+0.91
Turnout			17,343	88.11	-5.41
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lea Stevens	9,318	56.25	-1.34
	Liberal	Stephen Nicholson	7,248	43.75	+1.34
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.34

¹ Cotton ran under the banner "Independent - Parent Democracy in State Schools".

South Australian state election, 1993: Elizabeth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Martyn Evans	8,392	47.0	+6.2
	Liberal	Stephen Nicholson	5,392	30.2	+8.0
	Independent	Alfred Charles	2,521	14.1	+14.1
	Democrats	Mark Basham	1,546	8.7	-0.9
Total formal votes			17,851	96.4	+0.3
Informal votes			661	3.6	-0.3
Turnout			18,512	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Martyn Evans	10,280	57.6	-8.2
	Liberal	Stephen Nicholson	7,571	42.4	+8.2
	Labor gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

South Australian state election, 1989: Elizabeth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Martyn Evans	5,884	40.2	+4.0
	Labor	Catherine Watkins	3,972	27.1	-15.9
	Liberal	Peter Bates	3,106	21.2	+3.4
	Democrats	Stephen Perkins	864	5.9	+2.9
	Call to Australia	David Griffiths	430	2.9	+2.9
	Independent	Arnold Ollivier	393	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			14,649	95.5	-0.6
Informal votes			688	4.5	+0.6
Turnout			15,337	94.1	-2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Catherine Watkins	10,109	69.0	-4.0
	Liberal	Peter Bates	4,540	31.0	+4.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Martyn Evans	9,823	67.1	+13.1
	Labor	Catherine Watkins	4,826	32.9	-13.1
	Independent hold		Swing	+13.1

South Australian state election, 1985: Elizabeth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Sonia Argirov	6,508	43.0	-26.0
	Independent Labor	Martyn Evans	5,500	36.2	+36.2
	Liberal	Josephine Gapper	2,692	17.8	-2.2
	Democrats	Carolyn Tan	452	3.0	-8.0
Total formal votes			15,152	96.1
Informal votes			610	3.9
Turnout			15,762	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sonia Argirov	11,061	73.0	-1.0
	Liberal	Josephine Gapper	4,091	27.0	+1.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent Labor	Martyn Evans	8,179	54.0	+54.0
	Labor	Sonia Argirov	6,973	46.0	-28.0
	Independent Labor gain from Labor		Swing	+54.0

Elizabeth state by-election, 1 December 1984^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	M Evans	7,376	43.9	+43.9
	Labor	R R Roe	5,766	34.3	-30.0
	Liberal	J Gapper	2,601	15.5	-8.9
	Democrats	B Barlow	1,066	6.3	-5.1
Total formal votes			16,809	93.5	+1.9
Informal votes			1,158	6.5	-1.9
Turnout			17,967	86.1	-5.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	M Evans	10,743	63.9	N/A
	Labor	R R Roe	6,066	36.1	N/A
	Independent gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

South Australian state election, 1982: Elizabeth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Peter Duncan	8,809	64.3	+9.6
	Liberal	Esmond McKeown	4,129	24.4	-8.4
	Democrats	Barbara Barlow	1,927	11.4	-1.1
Total formal votes			16,952	91.6	-2.5
Informal votes			1,558	8.4	+2.5
Turnout			18,510	91.9	-0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Duncan	11,860	70.0	+9.1
	Liberal	Esmond McKeown	5,092	30.0	-9.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.1

South Australian state election, 1979: Elizabeth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Peter Duncan	8,809	54.7	-17.7
	Liberal	Dick Pratt	5,284	32.8	+5.2
	Democrats	Colin Nieass	2,021	12.5	+12.5
Total formal votes			16,114	94.1	-0.6
Informal votes			1,012	5.9	+0.6
Turnout			17,126	92.2	-0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Duncan	9,820	60.9	-11.5
	Liberal	Dick Pratt	6,294	39.1	+11.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-11.5

South Australian state election, 1977: Elizabeth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Peter Duncan	11,082	72.4	+8.4
	Liberal	Anthony Hutton	4,235	27.6	+11.8
Total formal votes			15,317	94.7
Informal votes			862	5.3
Turnout			16,179	92.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.3

South Australian state election, 1975: Elizabeth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Peter Duncan	11,619	68.2	+3.2
	Liberal	Geoffrey Crome	3,022	17.7	-3.6
	Liberal Movement	Shirley Liddiard	2,399	14.1	+14.1
Total formal votes			17,040	94.4	-1.7
Informal votes			1,013	5.6	+1.7
Turnout			18,053	92.1	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Duncan	11,860	69.6	0.0
	Liberal	Geoffrey Crome	5,180	30.4	0.0
	Labor hold		Swing	0.0

South Australian state election, 1973: Elizabeth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Peter Duncan	9,904	65.0	+1.3
	Liberal and Country	Brian Marsden	3,247	21.3	-9.6
	Independent	Fred Smith	1,617	10.6	+10.6
	Independent	Nick Bolkus	476	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			15,244	96.1	-1.7
Informal votes			622	3.9	+1.7
Turnout			15,866	91.5	-0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Duncan	10,610	69.6	+3.2
	Liberal and Country	Brian Marsden	4,634	30.4	-3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.2

South Australian state election, 1970: Elizabeth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	John Clark	8,584	63.7
	Liberal and Country	Brian Marsden	4,160	30.9
	Social Credit	Thomas Keyes	736	5.5
Total formal votes			13,480	97.8
Informal votes			300	2.2
Turnout			13,780	91.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Clark	8,952	66.4
	Liberal and Country	Brian Marsden	4,528	33.6
	Labor hold		Swing

↑ History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4
↑ History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4
↑ History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006 Volume 1: ECSA

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