Norwood state by-election, 1980

The Norwood state by-election, 1980 was a by-election held on 16 February 1980 for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Norwood. It was triggered when the result in the seat at 1979 state election was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns. Created and first contested at the 1938 state election, the seat had been held by former Premier and Labor MHA Don Dunstan since the 1953 state election until his resignation. The subsequent 1979 by-election was won by Labor's Greg Crafter, but he lost to the Liberal Party's Frank Webster at the 1979 state election.

Result

Crafter regained the seat at the by-election, a result which reversed the one in the 1979 state election held only five months earlier. It was the third time within a year that Norwood went to the polls following the 1979 Norwood by-election.

Norwood state by-election, 16 February 1980[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor G J Crafter 7,390 48.8 +1.8
Liberal F R Webster 6,713 44.4 -2.5
Democrats D J D'Angelo 682 4.5 -1.6
Marijuana Party S M Dimitriou 342 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 15,127 97.7 +2.1
Informal votes 354 2.3 -2.1
Turnout 15,481 88.8 -3.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor G J Crafter 8,026 53.1 +3.2
Liberal F R Webster 7,101 46.9 -3.2
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +3.2

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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