Candidates of the 1977 South Australian state election

The 1977 South Australian state election was held on 17 September 1977.

The Liberal Movement had dissolved since the previous election, with some of its members rejoining the Liberal Party and others forming part of the new Australian Democrats. For the two sitting LM members, their seats are listed as held by the LM.

Retiring Members

Labor

Jack Jennings MHA (Ross Smith)

Liberal

House of Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.^[1]

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate	Other candidates

Adelaide	Labor	Jack Wright	Terry McClean
Albert Park	Labor	Charles Harrison	Glendon Stotter
Alexandra	Liberal	Kenneth Jared	Ted Chapman	Kaye Gibbs
Ascot Park	Labor	Geoff Virgo	Dean Le Poidevin	Kenneth Johnson
Baudin	Labor	Don Hopgood	Mervyn Sawade
Bragg	Liberal	Kevin Winn	David Tonkin
Brighton	Labor	Hugh Hudson	Natalie Richardson	Ronald Moulds
Chaffey	Liberal	John Howe	Peter Arnold
Coles	Liberal	Greg Crafter	Jennifer Adamson
Davenport	Liberal	Terry Cameron	Dean Brown	Michael Lee	Ewan Hutchison (WP)
Elizabeth	Labor	Peter Duncan	Anthony Hutton
Eyre	Liberal	Barry Piltz Michael Sachsse	Graham Gunn
Fisher	Liberal	Sean Dawes	Stan Evans
Flinders	NCP	Terrence Krieg	Victor Gerschwitz		Peter Blacker (NCP)
Florey	Labor	Charles Wells	John Wadey
Gilles	Labor	Jack Slater	Lois Bell	Andrew Graham
Glenelg	Liberal	Barbara Wiese	John Mathwin
Goyder	LM	Roger Thomas	David Boundy		Keith Russack (Ind Lib)
Hanson	Liberal	Reece Jennings	Heini Becker
Hartley	Labor	Des Corcoran	George Trotta		William Forster (WP)
Henley Beach	Labor	Glen Broomhill	Barry Lawson
Kavel	Liberal	Sydney Tilmouth	Roger Goldsworthy	Reginald Goldsworthy
Light	Liberal	James Reese	Bruce Eastick
Mallee	Liberal	Gerald Lea	Bill Nankivell		Leslie Ficken (NCP)
Mawson	Labor	Leslie Drury	Tony Boyle	Charles Ferdinands
Mitcham	LM	Rosemary Crowley	Robert Worth	Robin Millhouse
Mitchell	Labor	Ron Payne	June Schaeffer	Kevin Whitby	Peter Amor (Ind) John Pocius (WP)
Morphett	Liberal	Terry Groom	Mark Hamilton	Margaret Sesr
Mount Gambier	Liberal	James Hennessy	Harold Allison
Murray	Liberal	Douglas Gerrie	David Wotton		Maurice Thiele (Ind) Ivon Wardle (Ind Lib)
Napier	Labor	Terry Hemmings	Elizabeth Pooley
Newland	Labor	John Klunder	Emily Perry	Betty Knott
Norwood	Labor	Don Dunstan	William Zacharia
Peake	Labor	Don Simmons	Mark Tregoning
Playford	Labor	Terry McRae	John McGowan	John Longhurst	Donald Sutherland (CPA)
Price	Labor	George Whitten	Jean Lawrie
Rocky River	Liberal	Ted Connelly	Howard Venning		Peter Longmire (NCP) Nevin Newbold (Ind)
Ross Smith	Labor	John Bannon	Paul Baloglou
Salisbury	Labor	Reg Groth	Ann Allen
Semaphore	Labor	Jack Olson	Terence Hanson		J Mitchell (SPA)
Spence	Labor	Roy Abbott	George Basisovs
Stuart	Labor	Gavin Keneally	Colin Struck
Todd	Labor	Molly Byrne	Robert Ritson
Torrens	Liberal	Ralph Clarke	Michael Wilson		Leslie Huxley (WP)
Unley	Labor	Gil Langley	Craig Spiel		Victoria Wawryk (Ind)
Victoria	Liberal	Graeme Richardson	Allan Rodda
Whyalla	Labor	Max Brown	Vivienne Cruickshank

References

^ Jaensch, Dean. "History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006". State Electoral Office South Australia. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2017.

[1] Jaensch, Dean. "History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006". State Electoral Office South Australia. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2017.

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