This is a list of election results for the Electoral district of Mallee in South Australian elections.

Members for Mallee

MemberPartyTerm
  Bill Nankivell Liberal and Country 1970–1974
  Liberal 1974–1979
  Peter Lewis Liberal 1979–1985

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1982 South Australian state election: Mallee[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter Lewis 8,374 57.5 +11.6
National Guy Wheal 3,260 22.4 -2.6
Labor Norman Napper 2,661 18.3 +0.4
Democrats Samuel Pope 256 1.8 +1.8
Total formal votes 14,551 96.9 -0.3
Informal votes 468 3.1 +0.3
Turnout 15,019 94.7 +1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peter Lewis 11,641 80.0 +2.6
Labor Norman Napper 2,910 20.0 -2.6
Liberal hold Swing+2.6
  • The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Liberal and National candidates for Mallee.

Elections in the 1970s

1979 South Australian state election: Mallee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter Lewis 6,488 45.9 -14.6
National Guy Wheal 3,541 25.0 +8.8
Labor Dale Thiel 2,526 17.9 +1.7
Independent Ronald Hentschke 1,583 11.2 +11.2
Total formal votes 14,138 97.2 -0.9
Informal votes 414 2.8 +0.9
Turnout 14,552 93.6 -0.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Peter Lewis 8,134 57.3 -16.5
National Guy Wheal 6,004 42.7 +42.7
Liberal hold SwingN/A
1977 South Australian state election: Mallee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Nankivell 8,684 60.5 +6.4
Labor Gerald Lea 3,353 23.3 +4.4
National Leslie Ficken 2,329 16.2 +2.4
Total formal votes 14,366 98.1
Informal votes 283 1.9
Turnout 14,649 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Nankivell 10,611 73.8 -2.6
Labor Gerald Lea 3,755 26.2 +2.6
Liberal hold Swing-2.6
1975 South Australian state election: Mallee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Nankivell 5,040 50.2 -3.0
National John Petch 2,443 24.3 -22.5
Labor Ronald Maczkowiack 1,509 15.0 +15.0
Liberal Movement William McConnell 1,046 10.4 +10.4
Total formal votes 10,038 98.1 +3.5
Informal votes 193 1.9 -3.5
Turnout 10,231 95.0 -0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Nankivell 8,181 81.5 +28.3
Labor Ronald Maczkowiack 1,857 18.5 +18.5
Liberal hold SwingN/A
  • The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Liberal and Country candidates for Mallee.
1973 South Australian state election: Mallee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Bill Nankivell 4,901 53.2 -4.9
Country Joseph Philbey 4,318 46.8 +28.9
Total formal votes 9,219 94.6 -4.1
Informal votes 525 5.4 +4.1
Turnout 9,744 95.7 +1.9
Liberal and Country hold SwingN/A
1970 South Australian state election: Mallee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Bill Nankivell 5,382 58.1
Labor Roland Telfer 2,225 24.0
National John Petch 1,654 17.9
Total formal votes 9,261 98.7
Informal votes 123 1.3
Turnout 9,384 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Bill Nankivell 6,871 74.2
Labor Roland Telfer 2,390 25.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4
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