Electoral results for the Division of Port Adelaide

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Port Adelaide in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until its abolition in 2019.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Albert Thompson	Labor	1949–1963
	Fred Birrell	Labor	1963–1974
	Mick Young	Labor	1974–1988
	Rod Sawford	Labor	1988–2007
	Mark Butler	Labor	2007–2019

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

2016

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2016 Australian federal election in South Australia § Port Adelaide.[edit]

2016 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mark Butler	46,314	48.24	−2.34
	Xenophon	Michael Slattery	17,970	18.72	+18.72
	Liberal	Emma Flowerdew	17,884	18.63	−7.69
	Greens	Matthew Carey	6,683	6.96	−1.65
	Family First	Bruce Hambour	4,483	4.67	−2.85
	Animal Justice	Janine Clipstone	2,078	2.16	+2.16
	Christian Democrats	Jenalie Salt	597	0.62	+0.62
Total formal votes			96,009	94.19	+0.39
Informal votes			5,927	5.81	−0.39
Turnout			101,936	89.93	−2.24
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Mark Butler	67,119	69.91	+5.89
	Liberal	Emma Flowerdew	28,890	30.09	−5.89
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Mark Butler	62,274	64.86	+0.84
	Xenophon	Michael Slattery	33,735	35.14	+35.14
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

2013

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2013 Australian federal election in South Australia § Port Adelaide.[edit]

2013 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mark Butler	46,024	50.58	−3.98
	Liberal	Nigel McKenna	23,955	26.32	+3.32
	Greens	Dusan Popovic	7,834	8.61	−6.51
	Family First	Bruce Hambour	6,843	7.52	+0.29
	Palmer United	Ngoc Chau Huynh	5,227	5.74	+5.74
	Australia First	Terry Cooksley	1,116	1.23	+1.23
Total formal votes			90,999	93.80	+1.14
Informal votes			6,020	6.20	−1.14
Turnout			97,019	92.17	−1.16
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mark Butler	58,261	64.02	−6.89
	Liberal	Nigel McKenna	32,738	35.98	+6.89
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.89

2010

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2010 Australian federal election in South Australia § Port Adelaide.[edit]

2010 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mark Butler	48,638	53.82	-4.42
	Liberal	Nigel McKenna	21,615	23.92	-1.29
	Greens	Kalyna Micenko	13,659	15.11	+6.35
	Family First	Bruce Hambour	6,467	7.16	+1.38
Total formal votes			90,379	92.82	-2.22
Informal votes			6,991	7.18	+2.22
Turnout			97,370	93.35	-1.52
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mark Butler	63,295	70.03	+0.28
	Liberal	Nigel McKenna	27,084	29.97	-0.28
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.28

Elections in the 2000s

2007

2007 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mark Butler	52,732	58.24	+3.73
	Liberal	Brenton Chomel	22,830	25.21	-6.71
	Greens	Colin Thomas	7,935	8.76	+3.34
	Family First	Bruce Hambour	5,230	5.78	+1.01
	Democrats	Pam Moore	1,822	2.01	+0.01
Total formal votes			90,549	95.04	+2.12
Informal votes			4,724	4.96	-2.12
Turnout			95,273	95.04	+0.70
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mark Butler	63,158	69.75	+6.84
	Liberal	Brenton Chomel	27,391	30.25	-6.84
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.84

2004

2004 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rod Sawford	46,692	54.51	+2.47
	Liberal	Terry Inglis	27,338	31.92	+5.21
	Greens	Anne McMenamin	4,641	5.42	+1.56
	Family First	Richard Bunting	4,085	4.77	+4.77
	Democrats	Trevor Tucker	1,710	2.00	-7.97
	One Nation	Stan Batten	1,191	1.39	-4.17
Total formal votes			85,657	92.92	+0.33
Informal votes			6,522	7.08	-0.33
Turnout			82,179	94.34	-0.73
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rod Sawford	53,888	62.91	-3.09
	Liberal	Terry Inglis	31,769	37.09	+3.09
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.09

2001

2001 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rod Sawford	38,783	50.77	-2.33
	Liberal	Josh Krieg	22,474	29.42	+3.61
	Democrats	Matilda Bawden	7,313	9.57	+0.62
	One Nation	Andrew Phillips	3,932	5.15	-3.83
	Greens	Brian Noone	3,210	4.20	+4.08
	Communist	Michael Perth	672	0.88	-0.16
Total formal votes			76,384	93.14	-1.25
Informal votes			5,627	6.86	+1.25
Turnout			82,011	95.48
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rod Sawford	49,379	64.65	-1.07
	Liberal	Josh Krieg	27,005	35.35	+1.07
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.07

Elections in the 1990s

1998

1998 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rod Sawford	39,449	53.10	+4.68
	Liberal	Romeo Cavuoto	19,083	25.69	-11.12
	One Nation	John Powell	6,731	9.06	+9.06
	Democrats	Matilda Bawden	6,696	9.01	-0.55
	Independent	Rick Hill	1,527	2.06	+2.06
	Communist	Michael Perth	801	1.08	+1.08
Total formal votes			74,287	94.46	+0.02
Informal votes			4,358	5.54	-0.02
Turnout			78,645	95.62	-0.01
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rod Sawford	49,107	66.10	+9.06
	Liberal	Romeo Cavuoto	25,180	33.90	-9.06
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.06

1996

1996 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rod Sawford	35,939	48.43	-5.04
	Liberal	Rick Hill	27,315	36.81	+3.81
	Democrats	Maddalena Rositano	7,096	9.56	+2.78
	Greens	George Apap	3,387	4.56	+4.56
	Natural Law	Enid Mohylenko	475	0.64	-0.44
Total formal votes			74,212	94.44	-0.30
Informal votes			4,372	5.56	+0.30
Turnout			78,584	95.63	+1.27
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rod Sawford	42,153	57.05	-5.00
	Liberal	Rick Hill	31,736	42.95	+5.00
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.00

1993

1993 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rod Sawford	41,248	53.47	+1.11
	Liberal	Alan McCarthy	25,437	33.00	+0.66
	Democrats	Don Knott	5,235	6.79	-5.29
	Independent	Colin Shearing	2,473	3.21	+3.21
	Grey Power	Emily Gilbey-Riley	1,182	1.53	+1.09
	Natural Law	Andrew Hobbs	830	1.08	+1.08
	Independent	Bert Joy	719	0.93	+0.93
Total formal votes			77,144	94.73	-0.55
Informal votes			4,288	5.27	+0.55
Turnout			81,432	94.36
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rod Sawford	47,811	62.05	-0.35
	Liberal	Alan McCarthy	29,246	37.95	+0.35
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.35

1990

1990 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rod Sawford	36,186	53.5	-7.8
	Liberal	Howard Trotter	21,539	31.9	+3.3
	Democrats	Damien Aidon	8,003	11.8	+5.7
	Call to Australia	Peter Thompson	1,013	1.5	+1.5
	Democratic Socialist	Paul Petit	859	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			67,600	95.4
Informal votes			3,275	4.6
Turnout			70,875	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rod Sawford	42,718	63.3	-3.0
	Liberal	Howard Trotter	24,780	36.7	+3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.0

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Port Adelaide by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rod Sawford	29,773	47.1	-14.2
	Liberal	Judy Fuller	23,818	37.7	+9.1
	Democrats	Meg Lees	4,506	7.1	+1.0
	Independent	Tony Chaplin	2,385	3.8	+3.8
	Independent	Ruby Hammond	1,142	1.8	+1.8
	Independent	Jocelyn Aver	743	1.2	+1.2
	Independent	Michael Brander	438	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	Bruce Deering	412	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			63,217	95.7
Informal votes			2,865	4.3
Turnout			66,082	91.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rod Sawford	34,885	55.2	-11.1
	Liberal	Judy Fuller	28,276	44.8	+11.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-11.1

1987

1987 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick Young	38,196	61.3	-0.9
	Liberal	Barry Blundell	17,780	28.6	+0.0
	Democrats	Derek Ball	3,785	6.1	-1.0
	National	Rod Scarborough	1,283	2.1	+2.1
	Independent	John Buik	509	0.8	+0.8
	Unite Australia	Bob Manhire	418	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	Brian Rooney	294	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			62,265	90.8
Informal votes			6,311	9.2
Turnout			68,576	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mick Young	41,276	66.3	-1.5
	Liberal	Barry Blundell	20,979	33.7	+1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.5

1984

1984 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick Young	37,440	62.2	-2.0
	Liberal	Thomas Ireland	17,208	28.6	+1.9
	Democrats	Robert Manhire	4,295	7.1	+3.6
	Socialist Workers	Deborah Gordon	1,294	2.1	-2.2
Total formal votes			60,237	89.3
Informal votes			7,201	10.7
Turnout			67,438	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mick Young	40,855	67.8	-2.6
	Liberal	Thomas Ireland	19,375	32.2	+2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.6

1983

1983 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick Young	48,865	68.0	+5.0
	Liberal	Robin Rickards	16,567	23.0	-5.3
	Socialist Workers	Robert Fisher	3,093	4.3	+4.3
	Democrats	Benjamin Michael	2,484	3.5	-3.5
	Communist	Donald Sutherland	888	1.2	-0.6
Total formal votes			71,897	95.9
Informal votes			3,086	4.1
Turnout			74,983	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mick Young		74.2	+5.4
	Liberal	Robin Rickards		25.8	-5.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.4

1980

1980 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick Young	43,746	63.0	+3.0
	Liberal	Shirley de Garis	19,580	28.2	-2.2
	Democrats	Robert Manhire	4,846	7.0	-0.3
	Communist	Elliott Johnston	1,261	1.8	-0.5
Total formal votes			69,433	96.1
Informal votes			2,837	3.9
Turnout			72,270	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mick Young		68.8	+3.1
	Liberal	Shirley de Garis		31.2	-3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.1

Elections in the 1970s

1977

1977 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick Young	40,497	60.0	-0.1
	Liberal	Jean Lawrie	20,506	30.4	-4.7
	Democrats	David Wade	4,906	7.3	+7.3
	Communist	Donald Sutherland	1,575	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			67,484	94.5
Informal votes			3,914	5.5
Turnout			71,398	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mick Young		65.7	+4.4
	Liberal	Jean Lawrie		34.3	-4.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.4

1975

1975 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick Young	34,701	60.1	-5.2
	Liberal	Terence Hanson	20,285	35.1	+11.1
	Liberal Movement	Jean Lawrie	2,734	4.7	-1.9
Total formal votes			57,720	96.5
Informal votes			2,092	3.5
Turnout			59,812	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mick Young		61.3	-9.6
	Liberal	Terence Hanson		38.7	+9.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.6

1974

1974 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick Young	36,678	65.3	-4.4
	Liberal	Clarence Hinson	13,464	24.0	-0.3
	Liberal Movement	Jean Lawrie	3,701	6.6	+6.6
	Independent	James Mitchell	1,423	2.5	+0.5
	Australia	Alan Jamieson	904	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			56,170	95.8
Informal votes			2,463	4.2
Turnout			58,633	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mick Young		70.9	-0.6
	Liberal	Clarence Hinson		29.1	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.6

1972

1972 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Birrell	35,572	69.7	-0.8
	Liberal	Ian Fotheringham	12,398	24.3	+2.0
	Democratic Labor	Leon Dalle-Nogare	2,085	4.1	+4.1
	Independent	James Mitchell	996	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			51,051	96.0
Informal votes			2,105	4.0
Turnout			53,156	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Birrell		71.5	-2.0
	Liberal	Ian Fotheringham		28.5	+2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.0

Elections in the 1960s

1969

1969 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Birrell	35,147	70.5	+13.1
	Liberal	Reginald Appelkamp	12,409	24.9	-6.3
	Social Credit	Denis McEvoy	1,399	2.8	-1.6
	Communist	Jim Moss	887	1.8	-0.4
Total formal votes			49,842	94.8
Informal votes			2,734	5.2
Turnout			52,576	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Birrell		73.5	+11.0
	Liberal	Reginald Appelkamp		26.5	-11.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.0

1966

1966 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Birrell	23,766	57.4	-18.8
	Liberal	Peter Balnaves	12,911	31.2	+31.2
	Democratic Labor	Michael Bowler	1,973	4.8	-15.4
	Social Credit	Denis McEvoy	1,803	4.4	+4.4
	Communist	Jim Moss	918	2.2	-1.4
Total formal votes			41,371	94.4
Informal votes			2,468	5.6
Turnout			43,839	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Birrell		62.5	-16.9
	Liberal	Peter Balnaves		37.5	+37.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-16.9

1963

1963 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Birrell	30,994	76.2	+4.4
	Democratic Labor	George Basisovs	8,219	20.2	+12.3
	Communist	Jim Moss	1,463	3.6	+1.4
Total formal votes			40,676	94.8
Informal votes			2,230	5.2
Turnout			42,906	96.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Birrell		79.4	+4.2
	Democratic Labor	George Basisovs		20.6	+20.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.2

1961

1961 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Thompson	30,046	71.8	+3.1
	Liberal	Kimball Kelly	7,556	18.1	-5.6
	Democratic Labor	George Basisovs	3,290	7.9	+2.2
	Communist	Peter Symon	938	2.2	+0.3
Total formal votes			41,830	95.6
Informal votes			1,929	4.4
Turnout			43,759	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Albert Thompson		75.2	+3.7
	Liberal	Kimball Kelly		24.8	-3.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.7

Elections in the 1950s

1958

1958 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Thompson	28,627	68.7	-16.0
	Liberal	David Garvie	9,875	23.7	+23.7
	Democratic Labor	Gerald Shinnick	2,386	5.7	+5.7
	Communist	Peter Symon	795	1.9	-13.4
Total formal votes			41,683	96.1
Informal votes			1,683	3.9
Turnout			43,366	96.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Albert Thompson		71.5	-13.2
	Liberal	David Garvie		28.5	+28.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-13.2

1955

1955 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Thompson	32,813	84.7	-9.3
	Communist	Peter Symon	5,918	15.3	+9.3
Total formal votes			38,731	93.0
Informal votes			2,906	7.0
Turnout			41,637	96.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.3

1954

1954 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Thompson	47,355	94.0	+22.7
	Communist	Alan Finger	3,045	6.0	+3.3
Total formal votes			50,400	92.5
Informal votes			4,083	7.5
Turnout			54,483	96.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+20.2

1951

1951 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Thompson	33,979	71.3	-0.2
	Liberal	John Caskey	12,342	25.9	-0.6
	Communist	Alan Finger	1,304	2.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			47,625	97.7
Informal votes			1,129	2.3
Turnout			48,754	96.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Albert Thompson		73.8	+0.5
	Liberal	John Caskey		26.2	-0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.5

Elections in the 1940s

1949

1949 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Thompson	31,977	71.5	+0.0
	Liberal	Frederick Boscombe	11,879	26.5	+8.1
	Communist	Peter Symon	889	2.0	-8.1
Total formal votes			44,745	97.9
Informal votes			950	2.1
Turnout			45,695	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Albert Thompson		73.3	-7.3
	Liberal	Frederick Boscombe		26.7	+7.3
	Labor notional hold		Swing	-7.3

References

• Australian Electoral Commission. Federal Election results
• Carr, Adam. Psephos
• Communist Party of Australia, http://www.cpa.org.au/z-archive/g2001/1067cand.html