Electoral results for the district of Pirie
Appearance
This is a list of election results for the electoral district of Pirie in South Australian elections.
Members for Pirie
[edit]Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
David McKee | Labor | 1970–1975 | |
Ted Connelly | Independent | 1975–1977 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ted Connelly | 4,351 | 42.7 | +42.7 | |
Labor | John Phelan | 3,508 | 34.4 | −39.5 | |
National | John Hutchins | 1,716 | 16.9 | +16.9 | |
Liberal | Alan Beste | 491 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Independent | Raymond Fullgrabe | 119 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 10,185 | 96.7 | +2.9 | ||
Informal votes | 352 | 3.3 | −2.9 | ||
Turnout | 10,537 | 95.0 | −0.4 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Ted Connelly | 6,506 | 63.9 | +63.9 | |
Labor | John Phelan | 3,679 | 36.1 | −37.8 | |
Independent gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Dave McKee | 6,749 | 73.9 | −0.7 | |
Independent | Myles McCallum | 2,385 | 26.1 | +26.1 | |
Total formal votes | 9,134 | 93.8 | −4.1 | ||
Informal votes | 602 | 6.2 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 9,736 | 95.4 | −0.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Dave McKee | 7,008 | 74.6 | ||
Liberal and Country | John Bailey | 2,393 | 25.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 9,401 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 198 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 9,599 | 96.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4