Electoral results for the district of Tea Tree Gully

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

Members for Tea Tree Gully edit

Member Party Term
  Molly Byrne Labor 1970–1977

Election results edit

Elections in the 1970s edit

1975 South Australian state election: Tea Tree Gully[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Molly Byrne 15,331 54.2 -8.0
Liberal Robert Sloane 6,521 23.0 -11.0
Liberal Movement John Hincksman 6,162 21.8 +21.8
Independent Emily Perry 177 0.6 +0.6
National Barry Leaver 120 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 28,311 97.3 -0.2
Informal votes 794 2.7 +0.2
Turnout 29,105 94.6 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Molly Byrne 16,219 57.3 -6.8
Liberal Robert Sloane 12,092 42.7 +6.8
Labor hold Swing -6.8
1973 South Australian state election: Tea Tree Gully
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Molly Byrne 13,525 62.2 +2.8
Liberal and Country William Brassington 7,382 34.0 -6.0
Independent Leo Davis 829 3.8 +3.8
Total formal votes 21,736 97.5 +0.6
Informal votes 566 2.5 -0.6
Turnout 22,302 94.6 -0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Molly Byrne 13,940 64.1 +4.7
Liberal and Country William Brassington 7,796 35.9 -4.7
Labor hold Swing +4.7
1970 South Australian state election: Tea Tree Gully
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Molly Byrne 9,291 59.4
Liberal and Country William Brassington 6,348 40.6
Total formal votes 15,639 98.1
Informal votes 302 1.9
Turnout 15,941 95.5
Labor hold Swing

References edit

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