1974 Goyder state by-election

The 1974 Goyder state by-election was a by-election held on 8 June 1974 for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Goyder. This was triggered by the resignation of former Premier and Liberal and Country League/Liberal Movement MHA Steele Hall, who resigned to run for the Australian Senate at the 1974 federal election. Created and first contested at the 1970 state election, the seat had been held by the Liberal parties since its creation. Hall won the seat at the 1973 state election as an LCL candidate but afterward changed to the LM.

Results

D D Gardner, who contested the previous election as an independent on 17.6 percent, stood under the LCL banner at the by-election. The Liberal Movement easily retained the seat.

Goyder state by-election, 8 June 1974[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Movement David Boundy 4,399 46.3 +46.3
Liberal and Country Donald Gardner 2,880 30.3 -21.2
Country Francis McIntyre 2,230 23.5 -7.4
Total formal votes 9,509 97.6 +2.6
Informal votes 238 2.4 -2.6
Turnout 9,747 92.4 -3.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Movement David Boundy 5,954 62.6 N/A
Liberal and Country Donald Gardner 3,555 37.4 N/A
Liberal Movement hold SwingN/A

See also

References
  1. History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4
  2. History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006 Volume 1: ECSA
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