Results of the 1985 South Australian state election (Legislative Council)

South Australian state election, 7 December 1985[1]
Legislative Council
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Enrolled voters 905,507
Votes cast 846,250 Turnout 93.46 +0.67
Informal votes 31,312 Informal 3.70 –6.37
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats
won 		Seats
held
  Labor 391,076 47.99 +0.40 5 10
  Liberal 320,055 39.27 –2.15 5 10
  Democrats 44,988 5.52 –0.04 1 2
  Call to Australia 24,666 3.03 +3.03 0 0
  National 13,276 1.63 –0.37 0 0
  Nuclear Disarmament 12,098 1.48 +1.48 0 0
  Other 8,779 1.08 * 0 0
Total 814,938     11 22

This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 1985 South Australian state election.

Continuing members

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The following MLCs were not up for re-election this year.

Member Party Term
  Martin Cameron Liberal 1982–1989
  Peter Dunn Liberal 1982–1989
  Murray Hill Liberal 1982–1988
  Diana Laidlaw Liberal 1982–1989
  Rob Lucas Liberal 1982–1989
  John Cornwall Labor 1982–1989
  Mario Feleppa Labor 1982–1989
  Anne Levy Labor 1982–1989
  Chris Sumner Labor 1982–1989
  vacant seat Labor 1982–1989
  Ian Gilfillan Democrats 1982–1989

Election results

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1985 South Australian state election: Legislative Council
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 67,912
Labor 1. Brian Chatterton (elected 1)
2. Gordon Bruce (elected 3)
3. Barbara Wiese (elected 5)
4. Terry Roberts (elected 7)
5. Carolyn Pickles (elected 9)
6. Colleen Hutchison
7. Brian Smith
8. Denis Crisp 		391,076 48.0 +0.4
Liberal 1. Trevor Griffin (elected 2)
2. Legh Davis (elected 4)
3. Robert Ritson (elected 6)
4. Jamie Irwin (elected 8)
5. John Burdett (elected 10)
6. Sue Crew
7. Alan Ferguson 		320,055 39.3 −2.2
Democrats 1. Mike Elliott (elected 11)
2. Heather Southcott
3. Donald Chisholm
4. Meg Lees
5. Sandra Kanck
6. Anthony Roberts 		44,988 5.5 −0.1
Call to Australia 1. Robert Brown
2. William Pomery
3. Cathryn Linedale
4. Carl Wieland
5. Wayne Ledger
6. David Aitken
7. William Wright 		24,666 3.0 +3.0
National 1. Kelvin Carter
2. Robin Dixon-Thompson
3. Neville Agars
4. Donald Hunt 		13,276 1.6 −0.4
Nuclear Disarmament 1. Frances Mowling
2. Ian Modistach 		11,986 1.5 +1.5
Independent Stephen Dimitriou 8,337 1.0 +1.0
Independent Josephine Mountwinter 442 0.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 814,938 96.3 +6.4
Informal votes 31,312 3.7 −6.4
Turnout 846,250 93.5 +0.7

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.
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