Electoral results for the Division of Riverina-Darling

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Riverina-Darling in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1984 until its abolition in 1993.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Noel Hicks	National	1984–1993

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1990

1990 Australian federal election: Riverina-Darling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Noel Hicks	31,940	52.9	−0.6
	Labor	Peter Black	26,216	43.4	−3.1
	Independent	Gordon Dansie	2,181	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			60,337	97.1
Informal votes			1,818	2.9
Turnout			62,155	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Noel Hicks	32,892	54.5	+1.0
	Labor	Peter Black	27,445	45.5	−1.0
	National hold		Swing	+1.0

Elections in the 1980s

1987

1987 Australian federal election: Riverina-Darling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Noel Hicks	32,238	53.5	+6.1
	Labor	Peter Black	28,017	46.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			60,255	96.8
Informal votes			2,002	3.2
Turnout			62,257	94.7
	National hold		Swing	−1.1

1984

1984 Australian federal election: Riverina-Darling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Noel Hicks	28,316	47.4	+0.0
	Labor	Ron Adams	26,304	44.0	−5.9
	Liberal	John Sullivan	3,936	6.6	+6.5
	Democrats	Peter Hains	969	1.6	−1.0
	Independent	Frederick Martin	276	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			59,801	94.9
Informal votes			3,228	5.1
Turnout			63,029	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Noel Hicks	32,642	54.6	+5.9
	Labor	Ron Adams	27,146	45.4	−5.9
	National notional gain from Labor		Swing	+5.9

References

• Australian Electoral Commission. Federal election results
• Carr, Adam. Psephos