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Results of the 1973 South Australian state election (Legislative Council)

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South Australian state election, 10 March, 1973[1]
Legislative Council
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Enrolled voters 383,758
Votes cast 357,971 Turnout 93.3 –1.9
Informal votes 27,140 Informal 7.6 +1.7
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats
won
Seats
held
  Labor 174,082 52.6 –5.3 4 6
  Liberal and Country 152,921 46.2 +4.2 6 14
  Australia 2,618 0.8 +0.8 0 0
  Independent 1,210 0.4 +0.4 0 0
Total 330,831     10 20

This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 1973 South Australian state election.

Results by District

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Central No. 1

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1973 South Australian state election: Central District No. 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Don Banfield (elected) 57,873 63.9
Labor Tom Casey (elected) 3,130 3.5
Liberal and Country Iris MacDonald 27,563 30.4
Liberal and Country Lois Bell 2,002 2.2
Total formal votes 90,568 90.7 −0.7
Informal votes 9,228 9.3 +0.7
Turnout 99,976 93.9 +0.1
Party total votes
Labor 61,003 67.4 -16.1
Liberal and Country 29,565 32.6 +32.6

Central No. 2

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1973 South Australian state election: Central District No. 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Frank Potter (elected) 39,749 48.0
Liberal and Country Jessie Cooper (elected) 1,856 2.2
Labor Mary Brannigan 37,240 45.0
Labor Ronald Lock 1,300 1.6
Australia Richard Grove 2,112 2.6
Australia Colin Miller 506 0.6
Total formal votes 82,763 92.5 −2.3
Informal votes 6,690 7.5 +2.3
Turnout 89,453 93.7 −1.8
Party total votes
Liberal and Country 41,605 50.3 -6.6
Labor 38,540 46.6 +5.9
Australia 2,618 3.2 +3.2

Midland

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1973 South Australian state election: Midland District
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Cec Creedon (elected) 31,786 52.3
Labor Brian Chatterton (elected) 2,017 3.3
Liberal and Country John Freebairn 23,216 38.2
Liberal and Country Les Hart 3,803 6.3
Total formal votes 60,822 93.3 −1.8
Informal votes 4,357 6.7 +1.8
Turnout 65,179 93.5 −2.1
Party total votes
Labor 33,803 55.6 +8.9
Liberal and Country 27,019 44.4 -8.9

Northern

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1973 South Australian state election: Northern District
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Richard Geddes (elected) 19,667 45.4
Liberal and Country Arthur Whyte (elected) 2,988 6.9
Labor Frank Blevins 19,159 44.2
Labor John Phelan 1,515 3.5
Total formal votes 43,329 93.4 −2.2
Informal votes 3,038 6.6 +2.2
Turnout 46,367 91.4 −6.4
Party total votes
Liberal and Country 22,655 52.3 -8.4
Labor 20,674 47.7 +8.4

Southern

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1973 South Australian state election: Southern District
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Ren DeGaris (elected) 30,263 56.7
Liberal and Country Henry Kemp (elected) 1,814 3.4
Labor Dennis Beager 18,355 34.4
Labor James Hennessy 1,707 3.2
Independent John Gartner 1,210 2.3
Total formal votes 53,349 93.3 −2.0
Informal votes 3,827 6.7 +2.0
Turnout 57,176 92.9 −1.5
Party total votes
Liberal and Country 32,077 60.1 -4.3
Labor 20,062 37.6 +2.0
Independent John Gartner 1,210 2.3 +2.3

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "History of South Australian elections 1857-2006, volume 2 Legislative Council". ECSA. Retrieved 22 May 2016.