Results of the 1977 South Australian state election (House of Assembly)

South Australian state election, 17 September 1977 House of Assembly << 1975–1979 >>
Enrolled voters		818,341
Votes cast		764,077		Turnout	93.37	-0.19
Informal votes		20,743		Informal	2.71	-1.14
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	383,831	51.64	+5.31	27	+ 4
	Liberal	306,356	41.21	+9.68	17	– 3
	Democrats	25,855	3.48	*	1	– 1
	National Country	11,855	1.59	-1.18	1	± 0
	Independent Liberal	10,793	1.45	*	1	+ 1
	Independent	2,914	0.39	-0.51	0	– 1
	Other	1,730	0.23	*	0	± 0
Total		743,334			47
Two-party-preferred
	Labor	396,957	53.40	+4.20
	Liberal	346,372	46.60	–4.20

This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 1977 South Australian state election.

Results by electoral district

Adelaide

1977 South Australian state election: Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Wright	9,996	66.2	+5.9
	Liberal	Terry McClean	5,102	33.8	+12.8
Total formal votes			15,098	96.1
Informal votes			605	3.9
Turnout			15,703	90.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.0

Albert Park

1977 South Australian state election: Albert Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Harrison	10,188	64.1	+2.1
	Liberal	Glendon Stotter	5,701	35.9	+13.5
Total formal votes			15,889	96.2
Informal votes			621	3.8
Turnout			16,510	94.6
	Labor hold		Swing	0.0

Alexandra

1977 South Australian state election: Alexandra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ted Chapman	9,822	61.5	+8.6
	Labor	Kenneth Jared	4,159	26.1	+6.7
	Democrats	Kaye Gibbs	1,976	12.4	+12.4
Total formal votes			15,957	98.2
Informal votes			298	1.8
Turnout			16,255	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ted Chapman	11,134	69.8	−6.6
	Labor	Kenneth Jared	4,823	30.2	+6.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.6

Ascot Park

1977 South Australian state election: Ascot Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Virgo	9,331	59.2	+1.1
	Liberal	Dean Le Poidevin	4,594	29.1	+5.3
	Democrats	Kenneth Johnson	1,845	11.7	+11.7
Total formal votes			15,770	98.1
Informal votes			299	1.9
Turnout			16,069	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Virgo	9,856	62.5	+1.7
	Liberal	Dean Le Poidevin	5,914	37.5	−1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.7

Baudin

1977 South Australian state election: Baudin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Hopgood	11,463	66.7	+9.6
	Liberal	Mervyn Sawade	5,722	33.3	+11.9
Total formal votes			17,185	96.0
Informal votes			713	4.0
Turnout			17,898	93.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.4

Bragg

1977 South Australian state election: Bragg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Tonkin	10,134	65.3	+12.8
	Labor	Kevin Winn	5,390	34.7	+7.3
Total formal votes			15,524	97.6
Informal votes			380	2.4
Turnout			15,904	91.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.2

Brighton

1977 South Australian state election: Brighton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hugh Hudson	8,911	52.6	−0.6
	Liberal	Natalie Richardson	5,822	34.3	+13.1
	Democrats	Ronald Moulds	2,224	13.1	+13.1
Total formal votes			16,957	98.5
Informal votes			256	1.5
Turnout			17,213	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Hugh Hudson	9,848	58.1	+1.3
	Liberal	Natalie Richardson	7,109	41.9	−1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.3

Chaffey

1977 South Australian state election: Chaffey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Arnold	9,522	59.6	+7.5
	Labor	John Howe	6,445	40.4	+11.0
Total formal votes			15,967	97.5
Informal votes			401	2.5
Turnout			16,368	93.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−8.2

Coles

1977 South Australian state election: Coles

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jennifer Adamson	8,355	51.4	+12.7
	Labor	Greg Crafter	7,903	48.6	+5.1
Total formal votes			16,258	97.2
Informal votes			468	2.8
Turnout			16,726	94.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.4

Davenport

1977 South Australian state election: Davenport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dean Brown	10,311	64.5	+11.8
	Labor	Terry Cameron	3,226	20.2	−2.8
	Democrats	Michael Lee	2,112	13.2	+13.2
	Workers	Ewan Hutchison	345	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			15,994	98.8
Informal votes			200	1.2
Turnout			16,194	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dean Brown	11,865	74.2	+0.9
	Labor	Terry Cameron	4,129	25.8	−0.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.9

Elizabeth

1977 South Australian state election: Elizabeth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Duncan	11,082	72.4	+8.4
	Liberal	Anthony Hutton	4,235	27.6	+11.8
Total formal votes			15,317	94.7
Informal votes			862	5.3
Turnout			16,179	92.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.3

Eyre

1977 South Australian state election: Eyre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Graham Gunn	7,259	53.5	−2.5
	Labor	Michael Sachsse	3,179	23.4	−14.4
	Labor	Barry Piltz	3,131	23.1	+23.1
Total formal votes			13,569	97.9
Informal votes			296	2.1
Turnout			13,865	88.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Graham Gunn	7,589	55.9	−5.4
	Labor	Michael Sachsse	5,980	44.1	+5.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.4

Fisher

1977 South Australian state election: Fisher

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stan Evans	10,429	60.4	+17.9
	Labor	Sean Dawes	6,828	39.6	+6.4
Total formal votes			17,257	97.5
Informal votes			439	2.5
Turnout			17,696	93.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.3

Flinders

1977 South Australian state election: Flinders

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Peter Blacker	7,618	51.5	+11.2
	Labor	Terrence Krieg	3,700	25.0	+0.3
	Liberal	Victor Gerschwitz	3,477	23.5	−8.4
Total formal votes			14,795	98.7
Informal votes			188	1.3
Turnout			14,983	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Peter Blacker	10,986	74.2	+2.9
	Labor	Terrence Krieg	3,809	25.8	+25.8
	National hold		Swing	N/A

Florey

1977 South Australian state election: Florey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Wells	10,824	67.0	+6.1
	Liberal	John Wadey	5,325	33.0	+11.7
Total formal votes			16,149	96.6
Informal votes			573	3.4
Turnout			16,722	93.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.4

Gilles

1977 South Australian state election: Gilles

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Slater	9,339	58.1	+2.7
	Liberal	Lois Bell	4,905	30.5	+7.5
	Democrats	Andrew Graham	1,841	11.4	+11.4
Total formal votes			16,085	97.9
Informal votes			350	2.1
Turnout			16,435	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Slater	10,101	62.8	+3.7
	Liberal	Lois Bell	5,984	37.2	−3.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.7

Glenelg

1977 South Australian state election: Glenelg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Mathwin	9,421	59.5	+23.9
	Labor	Barbara Wiese	6,423	40.5	−0.4
Total formal votes			15,844	97.7
Informal votes			374	2.3
Turnout			16,218	92.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.2

Goyder

1977 South Australian state election: Goyder

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Boundy	6,088	38.8	+1.3
	Independent Liberal	Keith Russack	5,907	37.7	+37.7
	Labor	Roger Thomas	3,690	23.5	+4.6
Total formal votes			15,685	98.6
Informal votes			226	1.4
Turnout			15,911	94.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent Liberal	Keith Russack	9,082	57.9	+57.9
	Liberal	David Boundy	6,603	42.1
	Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Movement		Swing	N/A

Hanson

1977 South Australian state election: Hanson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Heini Becker	8,885	55.4	+18.1
	Labor	Reece Jennings	7,150	44.6	+2.0
Total formal votes			16,035	97.0
Informal votes			490	3.0
Turnout			16,525	92.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.1

Hartley

1977 South Australian state election: Hartley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Des Corcoran	9,965	58.5	+7.2
	Liberal	George Trotta	6,329	37.2	+9.1
	Workers	William Forster	734	4.3	+4.3
Total formal votes			17,028	96.8
Informal votes			556	3.2
Turnout			17,584	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Des Corcoran	10,292	60.4	+5.7
	Liberal	George Trotta	6,736	39.6	−5.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.7

Henley Beach

1977 South Australian state election: Henley Beach

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Glen Broomhill	9,780	59.3	+4.4
	Liberal	Barry Lawson	6,702	40.7	+11.3
Total formal votes			16,482	96.5
Informal votes			590	3.5
Turnout			17,072	94.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.0

Kavel

1977 South Australian state election: Kavel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roger Goldsworthy	10,260	63.8	+12.6
	Labor	Sydney Tilmouth	4,589	28.5	+8.1
	Democrats	Reginald Goldsworthy	1,244	7.7	+7.7
Total formal votes			16,093	98.2
Informal votes			288	1.8
Turnout			16,381	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Roger Goldsworthy	11,064	68.7	−6.3
	Labor	Sydney Tilmouth	5,029	31.3	+6.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.3

Light

1977 South Australian state election: Light

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Eastick	8,968	60.7	+12.0
	Labor	James Reese	5,815	39.3	+9.3
Total formal votes			14,783	97.6
Informal votes			362	2.4
Turnout			15,145	93.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.1

Mallee

1977 South Australian state election: Mallee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Nankivell	8,684	60.5	+6.4
	Labor	Gerald Lea	3,353	23.3	+4.4
	National	Leslie Ficken	2,329	16.2	+2.4
Total formal votes			14,366	98.1
Informal votes			283	1.9
Turnout			14,649	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Nankivell	10,611	73.8	−2.6
	Labor	Gerald Lea	3,755	26.2	+2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.6

Mawson

1977 South Australian state election: Mawson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Leslie Drury	9,428	51.8	+1.1
	Liberal	Tony Boyle	6,858	37.6	+18.0
	Democrats	Charles Ferdinands	1,924	10.6	+10.6
Total formal votes			18,210	98.4
Informal votes			295	1.6
Turnout			18,505	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Leslie Drury	10,283	56.5	+1.3
	Liberal	Tony Boyle	7,927	43.5	+43.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Mitcham

1977 South Australian state election: Mitcham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Worth	6,663	41.8	+14.1
	Democrats	Robin Millhouse	5,146	32.3	+32.3
	Labor	Rosemary Crowley	4,130	25.9	−3.2
Total formal votes			15,939	99.0
Informal votes			166	1.0
Turnout			16,105	93.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Democrats	Robin Millhouse	9,002	56.5	+56.5
	Liberal	Robert Worth	6,937	43.5	+43.5
	Democrats gain from Liberal Movement		Swing	N/A

Mitchell

1977 South Australian state election: Mitchell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ron Payne	8,952	56.1	+1.9
	Liberal	June Schaeffer	5,046	31.6	+7.6
	Democrats	Kevin Whitby	1,566	9.8	+9.8
	Independent	Peter Amor	250	1.6	+1.6
	Workers	John Pocius	137	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			15,951	97.8
Informal votes			351	2.2
Turnout			16,302	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ron Payne	9,794	61.4	+1.6
	Liberal	June Schaeffer	6,157	38.6	−1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.6

Morphett

1977 South Australian state election: Morphett

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Terry Groom	7,581	47.5	+5.2
	Liberal	Mark Hamilton	7,026	44.0	+5.3
	Democrats	Margaret Sesr	1,361	8.5	+8.5
Total formal votes			15,968	98.0
Informal votes			333	2.0
Turnout			16,301	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Terry Groom	8,040	50.3	+5.2
	Liberal	Mark Hamilton	7,928	49.7	−5.2
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.2

Mount Gambier

1977 South Australian state election: Mount Gambier

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harold Allison	8,181	51.4	+13.7
	Labor	James Hennessy	7,726	48.6	+7.3
Total formal votes			15,907	98.1
Informal votes			308	1.9
Turnout			16,215	94.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.7

Murray

1977 South Australian state election: Murray

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Douglas Gerrie	5,734	35.9	+1.8
	Liberal	David Wotton	5,121	32.0	−20.2
	Independent Liberal	Ivon Wardle	4,886	30.6	+30.6
	Independent	Maurice Thiele	243	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			15,984	98.1
Informal votes			305	1.9
Turnout			16,289	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Wotton	9,595	60.0	−3.0
	Labor	Douglas Gerrie	6,389	40.0	+3.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.0

Napier

1977 South Australian state election: Napier

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Terry Hemmings	10,350	71.0	+3.3
	Liberal	Elizabeth Pooley	4,238	29.0	+10.9
Total formal votes			14,588	95.2
Informal votes			727	4.8
Turnout			15,315	91.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.2

Newland

1977 South Australian state election: Newland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Klunder	9,437	53.7	+0.1
	Liberal	Emily Perry	5,774	32.9	+9.0
	Democrats	Betty Knott	2,345	13.4	+13.4
Total formal votes			17,556	97.9
Informal votes			380	2.1
Turnout			17,936	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Klunder	10,350	59.8	+2.3
	Liberal	Emily Perry	7,056	40.2	−2.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.3

Norwood

1977 South Australian state election: Norwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Dunstan	9,361	60.2	+4.6
	Liberal	William Zacharia	6,181	39.8	+8.2
Total formal votes			15,542	96.8
Informal votes			505	3.2
Turnout			16,047	90.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.7

Peake

1977 South Australian state election: Peake

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Simmons	10,325	67.4	+6.7
	Liberal	Mark Tregoning	4,989	32.6	+11.4
Total formal votes			15,314	96.2
Informal votes			607	3.8
Turnout			15,921	92.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.0

Playford

1977 South Australian state election: Playford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Terry McRae	10,011	60.6	+1.9
	Liberal	John McGowan	4,052	24.5	+8.5
	Democrats	John Longhurst	2,271	13.7	+13.7
	Communist	Donald Sutherland	195	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			16,529	97.1
Informal votes			492	2.9
Turnout			17,021	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Terry McRae	11,080	65.1	+1.8
	Liberal	John McGowan	5,449	34.9	−1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.8

Price

1977 South Australian state election: Price

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Whitten	10,304	69.4	+8.8
	Liberal	Jean Lawrie	4,545	30.6	+8.0
Total formal votes			14,849	95.6
Informal votes			676	4.4
Turnout			15,525	93.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.3

Rocky River

1977 South Australian state election: Rocky River

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Howard Venning	6,344	40.2	+2.1
	Labor	Ted Connelly	6,121	38.8	+11.0
	National	Peter Longmire	1,908	12.0	−8.7
	Independent	Nevin Newbold	1,417	9.0	+9.0
Total formal votes			15,790	98.6
Informal votes			219	1.4
Turnout			18,009	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Howard Venning	9,193	58.2	−7.1
	Labor	Ted Connelly	6,597	41.8	+7.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−7.1

Ross Smith

1977 South Australian state election: Ross Smith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Bannon	10,773	72.2	+7.2
	Liberal	Paul Baloglou	4,156	27.8	+9.2
Total formal votes			14,929	96.2
Informal votes			594	3.8
Turnout			15,523	94.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.7

Salisbury

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

Semaphore

1977 South Australian state election: Semaphore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Olson	11,601	70.8	+0.3
	Liberal	Terence Hanson	4,447	27.1	+11.1
	Socialist	J Mitchell	343	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			16,391	97.1
Informal votes			481	2.9
Turnout			16,872	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Olson	11,833	72.2	−0.3
	Liberal	Terence Hanson	4,558	27.8	+0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.3

Spence

1977 South Australian state election: Spence

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Roy Abbott	11,307	77.3	+6.3
	Liberal	George Basivovs	3,316	22.7	+6.4
Total formal votes			14,623	95.7
Informal votes			658	4.3
Turnout			15,281	93.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.4

Stuart

1977 South Australian state election: Stuart

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gavin Keneally	11,295	73.9	+27.0
	Liberal	Colin Struck	3,985	26.1	+14.3
Total formal votes			15,280	96.6
Informal votes			530	3.4
Turnout			15,810	94.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Todd

1977 South Australian state election: Todd

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Molly Byrne	9,273	56.5	+1.9
	Liberal	Robert Ritson	7,136	43.5	+21.2
Total formal votes			16,409	97.6
Informal votes			407	2.4
Turnout			16,816	95.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.9

Torrens

1977 South Australian state election: Torrens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Wilson	7,819	50.5	+10.7
	Labor	Ralph Clarke	7,138	46.2	+5.8
	Workers	Leslie Huxley	514	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			15,471	97.7
Informal votes			362	2.3
Turnout			15,833	90.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Michael Wilson	8,119	52.5	−4.1
	Labor	Ralph Clarke	7,347	47.5	+4.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.1

Unley

1977 South Australian state election: Unley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gil Langley	8,848	58.9	+6.8
	Liberal	Craig Spiel	5,707	38.0	−6.8
	Independent	Victoria Wawryk	466	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			15,021	97.5
Informal votes			389	2.5
Turnout			15,410	90.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gil Langley	9,022	60.1	+4.6
	Liberal	Craig Spiel	5,999	39.9	−4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.6

Victoria

1977 South Australian state election: Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Allan Rodda	9,285	65.3	+12.9
	Labor	Graeme Richardson	4,923	34.7	+8.4
Total formal votes			14,208	97.9
Informal votes			306	2.1
Turnout			14,514	93.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.1

Whyalla

1977 South Australian state election: Whyalla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Max Brown	11,203	73.2	+5.0
	Liberal	Vivienne Cruickshank	4,102	26.8	+8.9
Total formal votes			15,305	96.1
Informal votes			615	3.9
Turnout			15,920	93.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.9

See also

• Candidates of the 1977 South Australian state election
• Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1977–1979