Electoral results for the Division of Adelaide

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Adelaide in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1903 until the present.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Charles Kingston	Protectionist	1903–1908
	Ernest Roberts	Labour	1908–1913
	Edwin Yates	Labor	1914–1919
	Reginald Blundell	Nationalist	1919–1922
	Edwin Yates	Labor	1922–1931
	Fred Stacey	United Australia	1931–1943
	Cyril Chambers	Labor	1943–1957
		Independent	1957–1958
		Labor	1958–1958
	Joe Sexton	Labor	1958–1966
	Andrew Jones	Liberal	1966–1969
	Chris Hurford	Labor	1969–1988
	Michael Pratt	Liberal	1988–1990
	Bob Catley	Labor	1990–1993
	Trish Worth	Liberal	1993–2004
	Kate Ellis	Labor	2004–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2013: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kate Ellis	38,650	42.26	−1.52
	Liberal	Carmen Garcia	38,463	42.06	+4.31
	Greens	Ruth Beach	9,251	10.12	−3.50
	Family First	Peter Lee	2,169	2.37	+0.18
	Palmer United	Vince Scali	1,943	2.12	+2.12
	Socialist Alliance	Liah Lazarou	980	1.07	+0.18
Total formal votes			91,456	96.04	+0.86
Informal votes			3,770	3.96	−0.86
Turnout			95,226	92.47	−0.61
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kate Ellis	49,338	53.95	−3.57
	Liberal	Carmen Garcia	42,118	46.05	+3.57
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.57

Australian federal election, 2010: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kate Ellis	38,162	43.89	-4.37
	Liberal	Luke Westley	32,673	37.57	-0.86
	Greens	Ruth Beach	11,901	13.69	+3.94
	Family First	Suzanne Neal	1,900	2.18	+0.15
	Democrats	Marie Nicholls	819	0.94	-0.59
	Socialist Alliance	Gemma Weedall	786	0.90	+0.90
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Steele	716	0.82	+0.82
Total formal votes			86,957	95.19	-1.70
Informal votes			4,394	4.81	+1.70
Turnout			91,351	92.72	-1.87
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kate Ellis	50,164	57.69	-0.84
	Liberal	Luke Westley	36,793	42.31	+0.84
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.84

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kate Ellis	42,774	48.26	+6.34
	Liberal	Tracy Marsh	34,056	38.43	-6.86
	Greens	Peter Solly	8,641	9.75	+1.76
	Family First	Dennis Slape	1,801	2.03	-0.03
	Democrats	Sandy Biar	1,353	1.53	-0.06
Total formal votes			88,625	96.89	+1.29
Informal votes			2,840	3.11	-1.29
Turnout			91,465	94.56	+0.94
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kate Ellis	51,868	58.53	+7.20
	Liberal	Tracy Marsh	36,757	41.47	-7.20
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.20

Australian federal election, 2004: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Trish Worth	38,530	45.29	+0.82
	Labor	Kate Ellis	35,666	41.92	+5.50
	Greens	Jake Bugden	6,794	7.99	+2.02
	Family First	Peter Robins	1,753	2.06	+2.06
	Democrats	Richard Pascoe	1,355	1.59	-9.30
	Independent	Amanda Barlow	978	1.15	+1.15
Total formal votes			85,076	95.60	+0.66
Informal votes			3,920	4.40	-0.66
Turnout			88,996	93.62	-1.09
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kate Ellis	43,671	51.33	+1.95
	Liberal	Trish Worth	41,405	48.67	-1.95
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+1.95

Australian federal election, 2001: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Trish Worth	34,258	44.20	+0.80
	Labor	Tim Stanley	28,732	37.07	-0.08
	Democrats	Sue Mann	8,255	10.65	+0.93
	Greens	Lynne Osborn	4,638	5.98	+2.82
	One Nation	Lee Peacock	1,630	2.10	-3.34
Total formal votes			77,513	94.91	-0.70
Informal votes			4,156	5.09	+0.70
Turnout			81,669	94.81
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Trish Worth	38,928	50.22	-0.43
	Labor	Tim Stanley	38,585	49.78	+0.43
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.43

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Trish Worth	32,173	43.41	-4.48
	Labor	Karen Hannon	27,756	37.45	-0.29
	Democrats	Tyron Beard	7,077	9.55	+1.33
	One Nation	Suzanne Ramsey	3,837	5.18	+5.18
	Greens	Mark Moran	2,518	3.40	+0.64
	Independent	Rita Hunt	462	0.62	+0.62
	Natural Law	Vladimir Lorenzon	287	0.39	-0.05
Total formal votes			74,110	95.54	+0.23
Informal votes			3,458	4.46	-0.23
Turnout			77,568	94.41	-0.13
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Trish Worth	37,731	50.91	-2.58
	Labor	Karen Hannon	36,379	49.09	+2.58
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.58

Australian federal election, 1996: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Trish Worth	35,285	47.89	+3.07
	Labor	Gail Gago	27,802	37.74	-3.38
	Democrats	Mark Andrews	6,052	8.21	-0.22
	Greens	Tim Graham	2,028	2.75	+2.75
	Independent	Dan Carey	1,142	1.55	+1.55
	Grey Power	Barbara Fraser	542	0.74	+0.74
	Natural Law	Peter Fenwick	322	0.44	-1.54
	Independent	Jane Manifold	305	0.41	+0.41
	Independent	David Bidstrup	194	0.26	-0.12
Total formal votes			73,672	95.31	-0.55
Informal votes			3,623	4.69	+0.55
Turnout			77,295	94.55	+1.18
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Trish Worth	39,182	53.50	+2.18
	Labor	Gail Gago	34,062	46.50	-2.18
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.18

Australian federal election, 1993: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Trish Worth	34,296	44.82	+3.71
	Labor	Bob Catley	31,459	41.11	+1.70
	Democrats	Matthew Mitchell	6,451	8.43	-5.91
	Independent	Jack King	1,624	2.12	+2.12
	Natural Law	Peter Fenwick	1,514	1.98	+1.98
		Adam Hanieh	558	0.73	+0.73
	Independent	Chris Matuhina	318	0.42	+0.42
	Independent	David Bidstrup	295	0.39	+0.39
Total formal votes			76,515	95.86	-0.30
Informal votes			3,304	4.14	+0.30
Turnout			79,819	93.37
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Trish Worth	39,188	51.31	+3.15
	Labor	Bob Catley	37,181	48.69	-3.15
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+3.15

Australian federal election, 1990: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Catley	27,422	40.5	-8.4
	Liberal	Mike Pratt	26,953	39.8	+4.3
	Democrats	Peter Mann	9,197	13.6	+4.5
	Greens	Keith Oehme	1,878	2.8	+2.8
	Call to Australia	Cathryn Linedale	1,123	1.7	+1.7
	Independent	Jean Booth	1,100	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			67,673	96.1
Informal votes			2,771	3.9
Turnout			70,444	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Catley	36,267	53.7	-2.8
	Liberal	Mike Pratt	31,273	46.3	+2.8
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	-2.8

Elections in the 1980s

Adelaide by-election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mike Pratt	26,777	44.4	+8.9
	Labor	Don Farrell	22,897	38.0	-10.9
	Democrats	Ian McLeish	7,097	11.8	+2.7
	Independent	Bronwyn Mewett	1,408	2.3	+2.3
	National	Bryan Stokes	1,000	1.7	-3.4
	Independent	Michael Brander	409	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	John Litten	367	0.6	+0.6
	Unite Australia	Dorothy McGregor-Dey	218	0.4	+0.4
	Independent	Peter Consandine	104	0.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			60,277	96.1
Informal votes			2,432	3.9
Turnout			62,709	88.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Mike Pratt	31,195	51.9	+8.4
	Labor	Don Farrell	28,967	48.2	-8.4
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+8.4

Australian federal election, 1987: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Hurford	31,572	48.9	-6.4
	Liberal	Peter Panagaris	22,943	35.5	-0.3
	Democrats	Chris Wurm	5,857	9.1	+2.2
	National	Bryan Stokes	3,287	5.1	+4.4
	Communist	Graham Smith	535	0.8	+0.8
	Unite Australia	Charles Shahin	368	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			64,562	92.4
Informal votes			5,320	7.6
Turnout			69,882	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Hurford	36,468	56.5	-3.5
	Liberal	Peter Panagaris	28,056	43.4	+3.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.5

Australian federal election, 1984: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Hurford	34,960	55.3	+1.8
	Liberal	Jenni London	22,650	35.8	-0.9
	Democrats	Andrew Sickerdick	4,383	6.9	+0.3
	Independent	Mark Thiel	479	0.8	+0.8
	National	Bryan Stokes	434	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	John Buik	284	0.5	-2.2
Total formal votes			63,190	90.0
Informal votes			7,031	10.0
Turnout			70,221	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Hurford	37,894	60.0	-0.3
	Liberal	Jenni London	25,290	40.0	+0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.3

Australian federal election, 1983: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Hurford	39,134	55.8	+3.7
	Liberal	Barry James	24,156	34.4	-1.8
	Democrats	Eileen Farmer	4,604	6.6	-5.1
	Independent	John Buik	1,894	2.7	+2.7
	Socialist Workers	Paul Petit	385	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			70,173	96.8
Informal votes			2,314	3.2
Turnout			72,487	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Hurford		62.6	+4.1
	Liberal	Barry James		37.4	-4.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.1

Australian federal election, 1980: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Hurford	36,124	52.1	+1.2
	Liberal	Peter Camm	25,057	36.2	-2.1
	Democrats	Peter Adamson	8,109	11.7	+0.9
Total formal votes			69,290	97.2
Informal votes			2,008	2.8
Turnout			71,298	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Hurford		58.5	+2.2
	Liberal	Peter Camm		41.5	-2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2

Elections in the 1970s

Australian federal election, 1977: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Hurford	35,786	50.9	+0.9
	Liberal	George Basisovs	26,974	38.3	-4.2
	Democrats	Geoffrey Stewart	7,610	10.8	+10.8
Total formal votes			70,370	96.3
Informal votes			2,728	3.7
Turnout			73,098	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Hurford		56.3	+3.0
	Liberal	George Basisovs		43.7	-3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.0

Australian federal election, 1975: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Hurford	28,621	49.5	-6.3
	Liberal	Harold Steele	24,825	43.0	+9.6
	Liberal Movement	Robert Hercus	3,817	6.6	-2.3
	Australia Party	David Middleton	525	0.9	-1.0
Total formal votes			57,788	93.3
Informal votes			1,633	2.7
Turnout			59,421	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Hurford	30,487	52.8	-6.3
	Liberal	Harold Steele	27,301	47.2	+6.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.3

Australian federal election, 1974: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Hurford	31,572	55.8	+0.0
	Liberal	Harold Steele	18,911	33.4	-5.8
	Liberal Movement	Raymond Buttery	5,005	8.9	+8.9
	Australia Party	John Davies	1,061	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			56,549	96.8
Informal votes			1,866	3.2
Turnout			58,415	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Hurford		59.1	+1.2
	Liberal	Harold Steele		40.9	-1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.2

Australian federal election, 1972: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Hurford	28,816	55.8	-2.5
	Liberal	Keith Ashdown	20,272	39.2	+4.3
	Democratic Labor	George Basisovs	1,738	3.4	-0.8
	Communist	Elliott Johnston	848	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			51,674	97.1
Informal votes			1,553	2.9
Turnout			53,227	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Hurford		57.9	-3.4
	Liberal	Keith Ashdown		42.1	+3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.4

Elections in the 1960s

Australian federal election, 1969: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Hurford	29,641	58.3	+12.1
	Liberal	Andrew Jones	17,744	34.9	-8.4
	Democratic Labor	George Basisovs	2,131	4.2	-0.7
	Australia Party	Anne McMenamin	734	1.4	+1.4
	Independent	Anatolij Onishko	582	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			50,832	95.3
Informal votes			2,507	4.7
Turnout			53,339	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Hurford		61.3	+14.3
	Liberal	Andrew Jones		38.7	-14.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+14.3

Australian federal election, 1966: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Jones	14,724	48.7	+11.1
	Labor	Joe Sexton	14,027	46.4	-9.7
	Democratic Labor	George Basisovs	1,466	4.9	-1.4
Total formal votes			30,217	96.6
Informal votes			1,065	3.4
Turnout			31,282	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Jones	15,961	52.8	+10.0
	Labor	Joe Sexton	14,256	47.2	-10.0
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+10.0

Australian federal election, 1963: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Sexton	18,194	56.1	+0.3
	Liberal	Karl-Juergen Liebetrau	12,188	37.6	+3.1
	Democratic Labor	Patrick Coffey	2,036	6.3	-3.4
Total formal votes			32,418	97.6
Informal votes			797	2.4
Turnout			33,215	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joe Sexton		57.2	-0.3
	Liberal	Karl-Juergen Liebetrau		42.8	+0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.3

Australian federal election, 1961: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Sexton	18,804	55.8	+5.8
	Liberal	John Rundle	11,648	34.5	-5.3
	Democratic Labor	Ursula Cook	3,276	9.7	-0.5
Total formal votes			33,728	96.2
Informal votes			1,317	3.8
Turnout			35,045	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joe Sexton		57.5	+4.7
	Liberal	John Rundle		42.5	-4.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.7

Elections in the 1950s

Australian federal election, 1958: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Sexton	17,869	50.0	-0.6
	Liberal	Ian Wilson	14,226	39.8	+3.7
	Democratic Labor	Baylon Ryan	3,642	10.2	-1.6
Total formal votes			35,737	95.9
Informal votes			1,530	4.1
Turnout			37,267	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joe Sexton		52.8	-2.5
	Liberal	Ian Wilson		47.2	+2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.5

Australian federal election, 1955: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cyril Chambers	18,801	50.6	-11.4
	Liberal	James Maitland	13,430	36.1	-0.3
	Labor (A-C)	Olaf Alland	4,395	11.8	+11.8
	Communist	Jim Moss	526	1.4	-0.3
Total formal votes			37,152	94.2
Informal votes			2,302	5.8
Turnout			39,454	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Cyril Chambers		55.3	-8.0
	Liberal	James Maitland		44.7	+8.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.0

Australian federal election, 1954: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cyril Chambers	18,446	55.3	-6.5
	Liberal	Nancy Buttfield	14,266	42.8	+4.5
	Communist	Charles McCaffrey	625	1.9	+0.0
Total formal votes			33,337	98.1
Informal votes			655	1.9
Turnout			33,992	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Cyril Chambers		57.0	-4.6
	Liberal	Nancy Buttfield		43.0	+4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.6

Australian federal election, 1951: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cyril Chambers	22,938	59.8	+0.0
	Liberal	Thomas Phillips	14,670	38.3	+1.1
	Communist	Edward Robertson	732	1.9	+0.0
Total formal votes			38,340	97.3
Informal votes			1,076	2.7
Turnout			39,416	97.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Cyril Chambers		61.6	-0.4
	Liberal	Thomas Phillips		38.4	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.4

Elections in the 1940s

Australian federal election, 1949: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cyril Chambers	23,823	59.8	-2.1
	Liberal	Basil Harford	14,820	37.2	+3.8
	Communist	Elsie Watt	683	1.7	-3.0
	Independent	Christopher Doherty	504	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			39,830	96.9
Informal votes			1,260	3.1
Turnout			41,090	96.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Cyril Chambers		62.1	-4.0
	Liberal	Basil Harford		37.9	+4.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.0

Australian federal election, 1946: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cyril Chambers	40,638	59.9	-0.1
	Liberal	Ian Hayward	24,238	35.7	+1.9
	Communist	Alf Watt	2,986	4.4	+0.1
Total formal votes			67,862	96.0
Informal votes			2,805	4.0
Turnout			70,667	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Cyril Chambers		63.9	-1.7
	Liberal	Ian Hayward		36.1	+1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.7

Australian federal election, 1943: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cyril Chambers	40,110	60.0	+26.1
	United Australia	Fred Stacey	22,636	33.8	-16.2
	Communist	Alf Watt	2,854	4.3	+4.3
	Independent Labor	Edwin Yates	1,291	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			66,891	96.1
Informal votes			2,714	3.9
Turnout			69,605	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Cyril Chambers		65.6	+20.3
	United Australia	Fred Stacey		34.4	-20.3
	Labor gain from United Australia		Swing	+20.3

Australian federal election, 1940: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Fred Stacey	29,393	50.0	+4.7
	Labor	Edgar Dawes	19,950	33.9	-20.8
	Aust. Democratic Labor	Raymond Davis	4,906	8.3	+8.3
	Independent Labor	Bert Edwards	4,587	7.8	+7.8
Total formal votes			58,836	95.0
Informal votes			3,090	5.0
Turnout			61,926	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Fred Stacey		54.7	+0.7
	Labor	Edgar Dawes		45.3	-0.7
	United Australia hold		Swing	+0.7

Elections in the 1930s

Australian federal election, 1937: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Fred Stacey	26,575	45.3	+8.5
	Labor	Kenneth Bardolph	16,989	28.9	+17.8
	Labor	Edwin Yates	9,683	16.5	+16.5
	Labor	Herbert George	5,451	9.3	+9.3
Total formal votes			58,698	93.3
Informal votes			4,196	6.7
Turnout			62,894	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Fred Stacey	31,721	54.0	+0.8
	Labor	Kenneth Bardolph	26,977	46.0	-0.8
	United Australia hold		Swing	+0.8

Australian federal election, 1934: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kenneth Bardolph	19,985	36.9	+6.9
	United Australia	Fred Stacey	19,941	36.8	-10.4
	Independent	Alec Bagot	9,055	16.7	+16.7
	Social Credit	Ernest Hergstrom	2,403	4.4	+4.4
	Independent Labor	Arthur McArthur	1,711	3.2	+3.2
	Independent Labor	Frank Blake	1,089	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			54,184	91.2
Informal votes			5,212	8.8
Turnout			59,396	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Fred Stacey	28,848	53.2	-8.1
	Labor	Kenneth Bardolph	25,336	46.8	+8.1
	United Australia hold		Swing	-8.1

Australian federal election, 1931: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Emergency Committee (SA)	Fred Stacey	15,907	42.1	+3.5
	Labor	Edwin Yates	11,193	29.6	-31.8
	Lyons Latham	Crawford Vaughan	4,500	11.9	+11.9
	Lang Labor	Tom Howard	3,058	8.1	+8.1
	Independent	Agnes Goode	2,449	6.5	+6.5
	Communist	John Zwolsman	655	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			37,762	90.7
Informal votes			3,872	9.3
Turnout			41,634	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Emergency Committee (SA)	Fred Stacey	22,523	59.6	+21.0
	Labor	Edwin Yates	15,239	40.4	-21.0
	Emergency Committee (SA) gain from Labor		Swing	+21.0

Elections in the 1920s

Australian federal election, 1929: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edwin Yates	24,174	61.4	+5.5
	Nationalist	Arthur Wreford	15,171	38.6	-5.5
Total formal votes			39,345	95.6
Informal votes			1,791	4.4
Turnout			41,136	94.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.5

Australian federal election, 1928: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edwin Yates	20,410	55.9	+5.0
	Nationalist	George McLeay	16,114	44.1	-5.0
Total formal votes			36,524	89.9
Informal votes			4,099	10.1
Turnout			40,623	92.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.0

Australian federal election, 1925: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edwin Yates	19,693	50.9	-0.8
	Nationalist	George McLeay	19,018	49.1	+29.2
Total formal votes			38,711	95.2
Informal votes			1,953	4.8
Turnout			40,664	88.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.7

Australian federal election, 1922: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edwin Yates	10,714	51.7	+6.8
	Liberal	George McLeay	5,872	28.4	+28.4
	Nationalist	Reginald Blundell	4,123	19.9	-33.8
Total formal votes			20,709	92.7
Informal votes			1,629	7.3
Turnout			22,338	63.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Edwin Yates		53.6	+8.0
	Liberal	George McLeay		46.4	+46.4
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+8.0

Elections in the 1910s

Australian federal election, 1919: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Reginald Blundell	10,523	50.8	+50.8
	Labor	Edwin Yates	10,184	49.2	-50.8
Total formal votes			20,707	96.3
Informal votes			785	3.7
Turnout			21,492	62.3
	Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing	+50.8

Australian federal election, 1917: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edwin Yates	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Australian federal election, 1914: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edwin Yates	16,762	66.4	+0.3
	Liberal	Walter Hamilton	8,461	33.5	+4.1
Total formal votes			25,223	97.6
Informal votes			612	2.4
Turnout			25,835	73.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.0

Adelaide by-election, 1914
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edwin Yates	10,072	84.4	+18.2
	Single Tax League	Edward Craigie	1,857	15.6	-13.8
Total formal votes			11,929	99.4
Informal votes			73	0.6
Turnout			12,002	32.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+16.0

Australian federal election, 1913: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernest Roberts	15,985	66.1	+2.8
	Liberal	James Craig	7,104	29.4	-7.3
	Independent	Edward Craigie	1,077	4.6	+4.6
Total formal votes			24,166	93.7
Informal votes			1,626	6.3
Turnout			25,792	75.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.1

Australian federal election, 1910: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernest Roberts	9,443	63.3	+63.3
	Liberal	Alexander McLachlan	5,466	36.7	-63.3
Total formal votes			14,909	97.0
Informal votes			457	3.0
Turnout			15,366	53.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+63.3

Elections in the 1900s

Adelaide by-election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernest Roberts	5,121	51.2	+51.2
	Independent	Alexander McLachlan	4,887	48.8	+48.8
Total formal votes			10,008	99.4
Informal votes			60	0.6
Turnout			10,068	33.7
	Labour gain from Protectionist		Swing	+51.2

Australian federal election, 1906: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Charles Kingston	unopposed
	Protectionist hold		Swing

Australian federal election, 1903: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Charles Kingston	unopposed
	Protectionist win		(new division)

References

• Australian Electoral Commission. Federal Election results
• Carr, Adam. Psephos