Electoral results for the district of Elizabeth (South Australia)

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

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Members for Elizabeth

First incarnation (1970–2006)
MemberPartyTerm
  John Clark Labor 1970–1973
  Peter Duncan Labor 1973–1984
  Martyn Evans Independent 1984–1993
  Labor 1993–1994
  Lea Stevens Labor 1994–2006
Second incarnation (2018–present)
  Lee Odenwalder Labor 2018–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022 South Australian state election: Elizabeth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Lee Odenwalder 12,08654.7+4.0
Liberal Jake Fedczyszyn4,28119.4+1.4
One Nation John Lutman2,29010.4+10.4
Greens Tracey Smallwood1,7367.9+1.2
Family First John Bennett1,7057.7+7.7
Total formal votes22,09896.2
Informal votes8843.8
Turnout 22,98282.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Lee Odenwalder 15,59070.5+3.3
Liberal Jake Fedczyszyn6,50829.5−3.3
Labor hold Swing +3.3

Elections in the 2010s

2018 South Australian state election: Elizabeth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Lee Odenwalder 11,82851.0+1.1
SA-Best Phil Gallasch4,35118.8+18.8
Liberal Sharka Byrne4,08317.6−11.3
Greens Wendy Morgan1,5706.8−0.7
Conservatives John Mathiesen1,3535.8−5.2
Total formal votes23,18594.3−1.5
Informal votes1,4015.7+1.5
Turnout 24,58686.6+2.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Lee Odenwalder 15,68667.7+6.6
Liberal Sharka Byrne7,49932.3−6.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Lee Odenwalder 14,80863.9+2.9
SA-Best Phil Gallasch8,37736.1+36.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 2000s

2002 South Australian state election: Elizabeth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Lea Stevens 9,10744.7−1.4
Liberal Ron Watts7,11134.9+1.8
Family First Peter Barnes1,5237.5+7.5
Democrats Anna Lukasiewicz1,4307.0−12.2
SA First Duncan MacMillan6243.1+3.1
One Nation Robert Fechner5802.8+2.8
Total formal votes20,37596.7
Informal votes7063.3
Turnout 21,08194.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Lea Stevens 11,64957.2−1.6
Liberal Ron Watts8,72642.8+1.6
Labor hold Swing -1.6

Elections in the 1990s

1997 South Australian state election: Elizabeth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Lea Stevens 10,28251.8+10.9
Liberal Angus Bristow5,70328.7−8.9
Democrats Michael Pilling3,85719.4+11.3
Total formal votes19,84295.8−0.9
Informal votes8784.2+0.9
Turnout 20,72092.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Lea Stevens 12,76464.3+11.5
Liberal Angus Bristow7,07835.7−11.5
Labor hold Swing +11.5
Elizabeth state by-election, 9 April 1994 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Lea Stevens 7,09142.80−4.21
Liberal Stephen Nicholson4,85629.31−0.89
Grey Power Mary Bell1,4278.61+8.61
Independent Alfred Charles9935.99−8.13
HEMP Dave Sag8895.37+5.37
Democrats Roy Milne7314.41−4.25
Independent Labor Tony Eversham5023.03+3.03
Independent [1] Bernhard Cotton770.46+0.46
Total formal votes16,56695.52−0.91
Informal votes7774.48+0.91
Turnout 17,34388.11−5.41
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Lea Stevens 9,31856.25−1.34
Liberal Stephen Nicholson7,24843.75+1.34
Labor hold Swing -1.34

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

1993 South Australian state election: Elizabeth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Martyn Evans 8,39247.0+6.2
Liberal Stephen Nicholson5,39230.2+8.0
Independent Alfred Charles2,52114.1+14.1
Democrats Mark Basham1,5468.7−0.9
Total formal votes17,85196.4+0.3
Informal votes6613.6−0.3
Turnout 18,51293.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Martyn Evans 10,28057.6−8.2
Liberal Stephen Nicholson7,57142.4+8.2
Labor gain from Independent Swing N/A

Elections in the 1980s

1989 South Australian state election: Elizabeth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Martyn Evans 5,88440.2+4.0
Labor Catherine Watkins3,97227.1−15.9
Liberal Peter Bates3,10621.2+3.4
Democrats Stephen Perkins8645.9+2.9
Call to Australia David Griffiths4302.9+2.9
Independent Arnold Ollivier3932.7+2.7
Total formal votes14,64995.5−0.6
Informal votes6884.5+0.6
Turnout 15,33794.1−2.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Catherine Watkins10,10969.0−4.0
Liberal Peter Bates4,54031.0+4.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Martyn Evans 9,82367.1+13.1
Labor Catherine Watkins4,82632.9−13.1
Independent hold Swing +13.1
1985 South Australian state election: Elizabeth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Sonia Argirov6,50843.0−26.0
Independent Labor Martyn Evans 5,50036.2+36.2
Liberal Josephine Gapper2,69217.8−2.2
Democrats Carolyn Tan4523.0−8.0
Total formal votes15,15296.1
Informal votes6103.9
Turnout 15,76292.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Sonia Argirov11,06173.0−1.0
Liberal Josephine Gapper4,09127.0+1.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Labor Martyn Evans 8,17954.0+54.0
Labor Sonia Argirov6,97346.0−28.0
Independent Labor gain from Labor Swing +54.0
Elizabeth state by-election, 1 December 1984 [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent M Evans 7,37643.9+43.9
Labor R R Roe5,76634.3−30.0
Liberal J Gapper2,60115.5−8.9
Democrats B Barlow1,0666.3−5.1
Total formal votes16,80993.5+1.9
Informal votes1,1586.5−1.9
Turnout 17,96786.1−5.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent M Evans 10,74363.9N/A
Labor R R Roe6,06636.1N/A
Independent gain from Labor Swing N/A
1982 South Australian state election: Elizabeth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Peter Duncan 8,80964.3+9.6
Liberal Esmond McKeown4,12924.4−8.4
Democrats Barbara Barlow1,92711.4−1.1
Total formal votes16,95291.6−2.5
Informal votes1,5588.4+2.5
Turnout 18,51091.9−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Duncan 11,86070.0+9.1
Liberal Esmond McKeown5,09230.0−9.1
Labor hold Swing +9.1

Elections in the 1970s

1979 South Australian state election: Elizabeth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Peter Duncan 8,80954.7−17.7
Liberal Dick Pratt5,28432.8+5.2
Democrats Colin Nieass2,02112.5+12.5
Total formal votes16,11494.1−0.6
Informal votes1,0125.9+0.6
Turnout 17,12692.2−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Duncan 9,82060.9−11.5
Liberal Dick Pratt6,29439.1+11.5
Labor hold Swing -11.5
1977 South Australian state election: Elizabeth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Peter Duncan 11,08272.4+8.4
Liberal Anthony Hutton4,23527.6+11.8
Total formal votes15,31794.7
Informal votes8625.3
Turnout 16,17992.4
Labor hold Swing +4.3
1975 South Australian state election: Elizabeth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Peter Duncan 11,61968.2+3.2
Liberal Geoffrey Crome3,02217.7−3.6
Liberal Movement Shirley Liddiard2,39914.1+14.1
Total formal votes17,04094.4−1.7
Informal votes1,0135.6+1.7
Turnout 18,05392.1+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Duncan 11,86069.60.0
Liberal Geoffrey Crome5,18030.40.0
Labor hold Swing 0.0
1973 South Australian state election: Elizabeth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Peter Duncan 9,90465.0+1.3
Liberal and Country Brian Marsden3,24721.3−9.6
Independent Fred Smith1,61710.6+10.6
Independent Nick Bolkus 4763.1+3.1
Total formal votes15,24496.1−1.7
Informal votes6223.9+1.7
Turnout 15,86691.5−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Duncan 10,61069.6+3.2
Liberal and Country Brian Marsden4,63430.4−3.2
Labor hold Swing +3.2
1970 South Australian state election: Elizabeth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Clark 8,58463.7
Liberal and Country Brian Marsden4,16030.9
Social Credit Thomas Keyes7365.5
Total formal votes13,48097.8
Informal votes3002.2
Turnout 13,78091.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Clark 8,95266.4
Liberal and Country Brian Marsden4,52833.6
Labor hold Swing

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References

  1. State Election Results - District Results for Elizabeth, ECSA.
  2. History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN   978-0-9750486-3-4
  3. History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN   978-0-9750486-3-4
  4. History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006 Volume 1: ECSA