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Electoral results for the district of Gordon (South Australia)

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This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral District of Gordon in South Australian elections.

Members for Gordon

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Member Party Term
  Harold Allison Liberal 1993–1997
  Rory McEwen Independent 1997–2002

Election results

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Elections in the 1990s

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1997 South Australian state election: Gordon[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Scott Dixon 8,360 41.5 −26.7
Independent Rory McEwen 4,530 22.5 +22.5
Labor Andrew Godfrey 4,344 21.6 −2.3
Democrats Simon Mill 2,382 11.8 +6.8
Independent Bronte Whelan 518 2.6 −0.2
Total formal votes 20,134 96.7 −1.2
Informal votes 679 3.3 +1.2
Turnout 20,813 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Scott Dixon 12,543 62.3 −9.2
Labor Andrew Godfrey 7,591 37.7 +9.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Rory McEwen 10,093 50.1 +50.1
Liberal Scott Dixon 10,041 49.9 −21.6
Independent gain from Liberal Swing N/A
1993 South Australian state election: Gordon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harold Allison 13,401 69.0 +1.4
Labor Mark Johnson 4,514 23.2 −0.7
Democrats Regine Andersen 962 5.0 −1.0
Independent Bronte Whelan 552 2.8 +2.8
Total formal votes 19,429 98.0 −0.2
Informal votes 396 2.0 +0.2
Turnout 19,825 94.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Harold Allison 14,031 72.2 −0.3
Labor Mark Johnson 5,398 27.8 +0.3
Liberal hold Swing −0.3

References

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  1. ^ History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4