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Electoral results for the district of Salisbury (South Australia)

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This is a list of election results for the electoral district of Salisbury in South Australian elections.

Members for Salisbury

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Member Party Term
  Reg Groth Labor 1970–1979
  Lynn Arnold Labor 1979–1985

Election results

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Elections in the 1980s

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1982 South Australian state election: Salisbury[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Lynn Arnold 13,632 69.1 +8.3
Liberal Derrick Rich 4,759 24.1 −15.1
Democrats David Vigor 1,343 6.8 +6.8
Total formal votes 19,734 91.3 −1.7
Informal votes 1,868 8.7 +1.7
Turnout 21,602 92.8 −0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Lynn Arnold 14,316 72.5 +11.7
Liberal Derrick Rich 5,418 27.5 −11.7
Labor hold Swing +11.7

Elections in the 1970s

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1979 South Australian state election: Salisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Lynn Arnold 10,840 60.8 −8.7
Liberal Derrick Rich 6,996 39.2 +8.7
Total formal votes 17,836 93.0 −2.0
Informal votes 1,336 7.0 +2.0
Turnout 19,172 93.3 +0.1
Labor hold Swing −8.7
1977 South Australian state election: Salisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Reg Groth 12,150 69.5 +7.1
Liberal Ann Allen 5,333 30.5 +10.4
Total formal votes 17,483 95.0
Informal votes 919 5.0
Turnout 18,402 93.2
Labor hold Swing +4.5
1975 South Australian state election: Salisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Reg Groth 10,398 62.1 −21.9
Liberal Lancelot Chaplin 3,367 20.1 +20.1
Liberal Movement Ronald Woods 2,984 17.8 +17.8
Total formal votes 16,749 94.6 +7.8
Informal votes 947 5.4 −7.8
Turnout 17,696 92.8 −1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Reg Groth 10,703 63.9 −20.1
Liberal Lancelot Chaplin 6,046 36.1 +36.1
Labor hold Swing N/A
1973 South Australian state election: Salisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Reg Groth 10,943 84.0 +17.0
Independent Robert Maczkowiack 2,079 16.0 +16.0
Total formal votes 13,022 86.8 −10.8
Informal votes 1,979 13.2 +10.8
Turnout 15,001 93.9 −0.9
Labor hold Swing N/A
1970 South Australian state election: Salisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Reg Groth 8,742 67.0
Liberal and Country Colin De Vos 3,711 28.5
Social Credit Philip Hobbs 587 4.5
Total formal votes 13,040 97.6
Informal votes 319 2.4
Turnout 13,359 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Reg Groth 9,135 69.3
Liberal and Country Colin De Vos 3,905 30.7
Labor hold Swing

References

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