Electoral results for the Division of Angas (1949–1977)
This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Angas in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until its abolition in 1977.
Members
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Alexander Downer | Liberal | 1949–1964 | |
Geoffrey Giles | Liberal | 1964–1977 |
Election results
1975
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Geoffrey Giles | 37,281 | 68.1 | +15.0 | |
Labor | Adolf Thiel | 14,977 | 26.9 | −3.0 | |
Liberal Movement | Giordano Graziani | 2,255 | 4.0 | +0.3 | |
Workers | Richard Philippe | 561 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 55,744 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,109 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 56,883 | 96.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Geoffrey Giles | 71.5 | +4.0 | ||
Labor | Adolf Thiel | 28.5 | −4.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.0 | |||
1974
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Geoffrey Giles | 27,704 | 53.1 | +6.0 | |
Labor | Adolf Thiel | 15,579 | 29.9 | −3.0 | |
Country | Sam Pfeiffer | 6,011 | 11.5 | −4.5 | |
Liberal Movement | Henry Nicholls | 1,918 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Australia | Kate Hannaford | 965 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 52,177 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,485 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 53,662 | 96.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Geoffrey Giles | 67.5 | +3.5 | ||
Labor | Adolf Thiel | 32.5 | −3.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.5 | |||
1972
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Geoffrey Giles | 22,191 | 47.1 | −10.4 | |
Labor | Adolf Thiel | 15,530 | 32.9 | −4.3 | |
Country | John Petch | 7,543 | 16.0 | +16.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Terence Critchley | 1,892 | 4.0 | −1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 47,156 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,447 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 48,603 | 97.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Geoffrey Giles | 30,167 | 64.0 | +2.1 | |
Labor | Adolf Thiel | 16,989 | 36.0 | −2.1 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.1 | |||
1969
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Geoffrey Giles | 25,771 | 57.5 | −12.7 | |
Labor | Harold McLaren | 16,649 | 37.2 | +7.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Terence Critchley | 2,372 | 5.3 | +5.3 | |
Total formal votes | 44,792 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,375 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 46,167 | 96.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Geoffrey Giles | 61.9 | −8.4 | ||
Labor | Harold McLaren | 38.1 | +8.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −8.4 | |||
1966
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Geoffrey Giles | 30,070 | 70.7 | +8.8 | |
Labor | Robert Nielsen | 12,464 | 29.3 | −6.2 | |
Total formal votes | 42,534 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 1,092 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 43,626 | 96.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +8.5 | |||
1964 by-election
1963
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alick Downer | 25,676 | 61.9 | +5.2 | |
Labor | Robert Nielsen | 14,709 | 35.5 | −0.8 | |
Communist | Elliott Johnston | 1,075 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 41,460 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 665 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 42,125 | 97.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Alick Downer | 62.2 | +0.6 | ||
Labor | Robert Nielsen | 37.8 | −0.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
1961
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alick Downer | 22,798 | 56.7 | −4.7 | |
Labor | Arnold Busbridge | 14,587 | 36.3 | +6.0 | |
Democratic Labor | John Balogh | 2,853 | 7.1 | +0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 40,238 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,165 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 41,403 | 97.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Alick Downer | 61.6 | −6.1 | ||
Labor | Arnold Busbridge | 38.4 | +6.1 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −6.1 | |||
1958
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alick Downer | 23,987 | 61.4 | −8.6 | |
Labor | Darcy Nielsen | 11,832 | 30.3 | +4.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Susan Critchley | 2,581 | 6.6 | +6.6 | |
Independent | Sydney Edwards | 677 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Total formal votes | 39,077 | 96.7 | |||
Informal votes | 1,336 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 40,413 | 97.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Alick Downer | 67.7 | −4.5 | ||
Labor | Darcy Nielsen | 32.3 | +4.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.5 | |||
1955
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alick Downer | 26,823 | 70.0 | −30.0 | |
Labor | Darcy Nielsen | 9,871 | 25.7 | +25.7 | |
Independent | Frank Rieck | 1,643 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Total formal votes | 38,337 | 96.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,533 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 39,870 | 96.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Alick Downer | 72.2 | −27.8 | ||
Labor | Darcy Nielsen | 27.8 | +27.8 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −27.8 | |||
1954
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alick Downer | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
1951
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alick Downer | 25,323 | 63.9 | +3.1 | |
Labor | John Edwards | 14,324 | 36.1 | +1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 39,647 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 863 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 40,510 | 97.1 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
1949
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alick Downer | 23,987 | 60.8 | +8.9 | |
Labor | Albert Strachan | 13,615 | 34.5 | −10.3 | |
Independent | Ralph Whittle | 1,857 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
Total formal votes | 39,459 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 965 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 40,424 | 97.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Alick Downer | 63.1 | +8.1 | ||
Labor | Albert Strachan | 36.9 | −8.1 | ||
Liberal notional hold | Swing | +8.1 | |||
References
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