1990 Custance state by-election

1990 Custance state by-election

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Electoral district of Custance in the South Australian House of Assembly
First party Second party Third party   Candidate Ivan Venning Charles Greeneklee Grantley Siviour Party Liberal Labor National Primary  vote 7,595 3,801 2,964 Percentage 46.8% 23.4% 18.3% Swing 14.8 2.0 14.6 TPP 68.2% 31.8% TPP swing 2.0 2.0
MP before election John Olsen Liberal Elected MP Ivan Venning Liberal

A by-election was held for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Custance on 23 June 1990. This was triggered by the resignation of former state Liberal leader and MHA John Olsen.

Results

The Liberals retained the seat after preferences.

Custance state by-election, 23 June 1990 ^{[1] [2] [3]}

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

See also

• List of South Australian state by-elections

References

1. History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN   978-0-9750486-3-4
2. "History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006 Volume 1: ECSA". Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
3. Antony Green (13 November 2024). "SA elections archive". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.