Electoral results for the Division of Angas (1949–1977)

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This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Angas in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until its abolition in 1977.

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Members

MemberPartyTerm
  Alexander Downer Liberal 1949–1964
  Geoffrey Giles Liberal 1964–1977

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1975

1975 Australian federal election: Angas [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Geoffrey Giles 37,28168.1+15.0
Labor Adolf Thiel14,97726.9−3.0
Liberal Movement Giordano Graziani2,2554.0+0.3
Workers Richard Philippe5611.0+1.0
Total formal votes55,74498.1
Informal votes1,1091.9
Turnout 56,88396.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Geoffrey Giles 71.5+4.0
Labor Adolf Thiel28.5−4.0
Liberal hold Swing +4.0

1974

1974 Australian federal election: Angas [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Geoffrey Giles 27,70453.1+6.0
Labor Adolf Thiel15,57929.9−3.0
Country Sam Pfeiffer6,01111.5−4.5
Liberal Movement Henry Nicholls1,9183.7+3.7
Australia Kate Hannaford9651.8+1.8
Total formal votes52,17797.2
Informal votes1,4852.8
Turnout 53,66296.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Geoffrey Giles 67.5+3.5
Labor Adolf Thiel32.5−3.5
Liberal hold Swing +3.5

1972

1972 Australian federal election: Angas [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Geoffrey Giles 22,19147.1−10.4
Labor Adolf Thiel15,53032.9−4.3
Country John Petch7,54316.0+16.0
Democratic Labor Terence Critchley1,8924.0−1.3
Total formal votes47,15697.0
Informal votes1,4473.0
Turnout 48,60397.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Geoffrey Giles 30,16764.0+2.1
Labor Adolf Thiel16,98936.0−2.1
Liberal hold Swing +2.1

Elections in the 1960s

1969

1969 Australian federal election: Angas [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Geoffrey Giles 25,77157.5−12.7
Labor Harold McLaren16,64937.2+7.5
Democratic Labor Terence Critchley2,3725.3+5.3
Total formal votes44,79297.0
Informal votes1,3753.0
Turnout 46,16796.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Geoffrey Giles 61.9−8.4
Labor Harold McLaren38.1+8.4
Liberal hold Swing −8.4

1966

1966 Australian federal election: Angas [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Geoffrey Giles 30,07070.7+8.8
Labor Robert Nielsen12,46429.3−6.2
Total formal votes42,53497.5
Informal votes1,0922.5
Turnout 43,62696.7
Liberal hold Swing +8.5

1964 by-election

Angas by-election, 1964 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Geoffrey Giles 23,46860.3−1.6
Labor Robert Nielsen15,45239.7+4.2
Total formal votes38,92098.4
Informal votes6231.6
Turnout 39,54391.2
Liberal hold Swing -1.9

1963

1963 Australian federal election: Angas [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alick Downer 25,67661.9+5.2
Labor Robert Nielsen14,70935.5−0.8
Communist Elliott Johnston 1,0752.6+2.6
Total formal votes41,46098.4
Informal votes6651.6
Turnout 42,12597.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alick Downer 62.2+0.6
Labor Robert Nielsen37.8−0.6
Liberal hold Swing +0.6

1961

1961 Australian federal election: Angas [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alick Downer 22,79856.7−4.7
Labor Arnold Busbridge14,58736.3+6.0
Democratic Labor John Balogh2,8537.1+0.5
Total formal votes40,23897.2
Informal votes1,1652.8
Turnout 41,40397.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alick Downer 61.6−6.1
Labor Arnold Busbridge38.4+6.1
Liberal hold Swing −6.1

Elections in the 1950s

1958

1958 Australian federal election: Angas [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alick Downer 23,98761.4−8.6
Labor Darcy Nielsen11,83230.3+4.6
Democratic Labor Susan Critchley2,5816.6+6.6
Independent Sydney Edwards6771.7+1.7
Total formal votes39,07796.7
Informal votes1,3363.3
Turnout 40,41397.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alick Downer 67.7−4.5
Labor Darcy Nielsen32.3+4.5
Liberal hold Swing −4.5

1955

1955 Australian federal election: Angas [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alick Downer 26,82370.0−30.0
Labor Darcy Nielsen9,87125.7+25.7
Independent Frank Rieck1,6434.3+4.3
Total formal votes38,33796.2
Informal votes1,5333.8
Turnout 39,87096.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alick Downer 72.2−27.8
Labor Darcy Nielsen27.8+27.8
Liberal hold Swing −27.8

1954

1954 Australian federal election: Angas [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alick Downer unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

1951

1951 Australian federal election: Angas [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alick Downer 25,32363.9+3.1
Labor John Edwards14,32436.1+1.6
Total formal votes39,64797.9
Informal votes8632.1
Turnout 40,51097.1
Liberal hold Swing +0.8

Elections in the 1940s

1949

1949 Australian federal election: Angas [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alick Downer 23,98760.8+8.9
Labor Albert Strachan13,61534.5−10.3
Independent Ralph Whittle1,8574.7+4.7
Total formal votes39,45997.6
Informal votes9652.4
Turnout 40,42497.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alick Downer 63.1+8.1
Labor Albert Strachan36.9−8.1
Liberal notional  hold Swing +8.1

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