Electoral results for the district of Murray (South Australia)

This is a list of election results for the electoral district of Murray in South Australian elections.

Members for Murray

First incarnation (1902–1938, 3 members)
Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term
  Walter Duncan National League 1902–1906   Friedrich Pflaum 1902–1905   Robert Homburg National League 1902–1905
  National League 1905–1910   William Jamieson National League 1905–1906
  Hermann Homburg National League 1906–1910   Liberal and Democratic 1906–1910
  Liberal Union 1910–1915   Liberal Union 1910–1915   Liberal Union 1910–1912
  Harry Young Liberal Union 1912–1923
  George Dunn Labor 1915–1917   Maurice Parish Labor 1915–1917  
  National 1917–1918   National 1917–1918
  Independent 1918–1918
  Sid O'Flaherty Labor 1918–1921   Herbert Parsons Liberal Union 1918–1921
  John Godfree Liberal Union 1921–1923   John Randell Liberal Union 1921–1923
  Liberal Federation 1923–1924   Liberal Federation 1923–1924   Liberal Federation 1923–1927
  Clement Collins Labor 1924–1933   Frank Staniford Labor 1924–1927
  Ernest Hannaford Liberal Federation 1927–1930   Hermann Homburg Liberal Federation 1927–1930
  Frank Staniford Labor 1930–1931   Robert Hunter Labor 1930–1931
  Parliamentary Labor 1931–1933   Parliamentary Labor 1931–1933   Parliamentary Labor 1931–1933
  George Morphett Liberal and Country 1933–1938   Thomas Playford IV Liberal and Country 1933–1938   Howard Shannon Liberal and Country 1933–1938
 
Second incarnation (1938–1977)
Member Party Term
  Richard McKenzie Independent 1938–1943
  Labor 1943–1953
  Hector White Liberal and Country 1953–1956
  Gabe Bywaters Labor 1956–1968
  Ivon Wardle Liberal and Country 1968–1974
  Liberal 1974–1977
  David Wotton Liberal 1977–1985

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1982 South Australian state election: Murray[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Wotton 9,959 58.5 −4.3
Labor Geoffrey McCulloch 6,326 37.1 +5.4
Democrats Gerhard Weissmann 743 4.4 −1.1
Total formal votes 17,028 94.5 −1.7
Informal votes 988 5.5 +1.7
Turnout 18,016 94.3 +0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal David Wotton 10,327 60.6 −5.3
Labor Geoffrey McCulloch 6,701 39.4 +5.3
Liberal hold Swing −5.3

Elections in the 1970s

1979 South Australian state election: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Wotton 10,180 62.8 +30.8
Labor Jack Pitcher 5,137 31.7 −4.2
Democrats Gerhard Weissmann 900 5.5 +5.5
Total formal votes 16,217 96.2 −1.9
Informal votes 634 3.8 +1.9
Turnout 16,851 93.5 −0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal David Wotton 10,693 65.9 +5.9
Labor Jack Pitcher 5,524 34.1 −5.9
Liberal hold Swing +5.9
1977 South Australian state election: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Douglas Gerrie 5,734 35.9 +1.8
Liberal David Wotton 5,121 32.0 −20.2
Independent Liberal Ivon Wardle 4,886 30.6 +30.6
Independent Maurice Thiele 243 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 15,984 98.1
Informal votes 305 1.9
Turnout 16,289 93.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal David Wotton 9,595 60.0 −3.0
Labor Douglas Gerrie 6,389 40.0 +3.0
Liberal hold Swing −3.0
1975 South Australian state election: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ivon Wardle 6,078 54.4 −2.9
Labor Harold McLaren 4,110 36.8 −5.9
Liberal Movement Darian Monjean 647 5.8 +5.8
Independent John Potts 197 1.8 +1.8
National Beryl Moreton 137 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 11,169 96.9 −0.7
Informal votes 361 3.1 +0.7
Turnout 11,530 95.0 −0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ivon Wardle 6,925 62.0 +4.7
Labor Harold McLaren 4,244 38.0 −4.7
Liberal hold Swing +4.7
1973 South Australian state election: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Ivon Wardle 5,929 57.3 +7.2
Labor Harold McLaren 4,421 42.7 −4.2
Total formal votes 10,350 97.6 −1.0
Informal votes 253 2.4 +1.0
Turnout 10,603 95.9 −0.7
Liberal and Country hold Swing +5.1
1970 South Australian state election: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Ivon Wardle 4,916 50.1
Labor Gabe Bywaters 4,601 46.9
Democratic Labor Terence Critchley 174 1.8
Independent Clarence Tucker 119 1.2
Total formal votes 9,810 98.6
Informal votes 143 1.4
Turnout 9,953 96.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Ivon Wardle 5,124 52.2
Labor Gabe Bywaters 4,686 47.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

1968 South Australian state election: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gabe Bywaters 4,051 49.0 −18.1
Liberal and Country Ivon Wardle 4,044 48.9 +16.0
Democratic Labor Terence Critchley 178 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 8,273 98.3 +0.2
Informal votes 142 1.7 −0.2
Turnout 8,415 96.4 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Ivon Wardle 4,157 50.2 +17.3
Labor Gabe Bywaters 4,116 49.8 −17.3
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing +17.3
1965 South Australian state election: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gabe Bywaters 5,144 67.1 −3.5
Liberal and Country Eric Doecke 2,522 32.9 +3.5
Total formal votes 7,666 98.1 −0.3
Informal votes 152 1.9 +0.3
Turnout 7,818 96.3 0.0
Labor hold Swing −3.5
1962 South Australian state election: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gabe Bywaters 5,263 70.6 +5.8
Liberal and Country Clement Wilkin 2,192 29.4 −3.9
Total formal votes 7,455 98.4 −0.2
Informal votes 122 1.6 +0.2
Turnout 7,577 96.3 0.0
Labor hold Swing +5.5

Elections in the 1950s

1959 South Australian state election: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gabe Bywaters 4,576 64.8 +13.4
Liberal and Country Arnold Royal 2,353 33.3 −15.3
Democratic Labor Susan Critchley 130 1.8 +1.8
Total formal votes 7,059 98.6 +0.1
Informal votes 101 1.4 −0.1
Turnout 7,160 96.3 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Gabe Bywaters 65.1 +13.7
Liberal and Country Arnold Royal 34.9 −13.7
Labor hold Swing +13.7
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.
1956 South Australian state election: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gabe Bywaters 3,533 51.4
Liberal and Country Hector White 3,340 48.6
Total formal votes 6,873 98.5
Informal votes 104 1.5
Turnout 6,977 96.1
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing
1953 South Australian state election: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Hector White 3,026 45.1 −4.1
Labor Robert Moroney 2,220 33.1 −17.7
Independent Lawrence McKenzie 773 11.5 +11.5
Independent Albert Denman 685 10.2 +10.2
Total formal votes 6,704 97.2 −1.1
Informal votes 194 2.8 +1.1
Turnout 6,898 96.8 +1.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Hector White 3,385 50.5 +1.3
Labor Robert Moroney 3,319 49.5 −1.3
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing +1.3
1950 South Australian state election: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Richard McKenzie 3,247 50.8 −4.6
Liberal and Country Hector White 3,143 49.2 +4.6
Total formal votes 6,390 98.3 −0.2
Informal votes 108 1.7 +0.2
Turnout 6,498 95.4 −0.5
Labor hold Swing −4.6

Elections in the 1940s

1947 South Australian state election: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Richard McKenzie 3,386 55.4 −1.8
Liberal and Country Maurice Parish 2,731 44.6 +7.4
Total formal votes 6,117 98.5 +1.1
Informal votes 92 1.5 −1.1
Turnout 6,209 95.9 +5.4
Labor hold Swing N/A
1944 South Australian state election: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Richard McKenzie 3,177 57.2 +41.1
Liberal and Country John Cowan 2,068 37.2 +7.9
Independent James Venning 308 5.6 +5.6
Total formal votes 5,553 97.4 −1.2
Informal votes 146 2.6 +1.2
Turnout 5,699 90.5 +25.9
Labor gain from Independent Labor Swing N/A
1941 South Australian state election: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor Richard McKenzie 2,187 54.6 +20.5
Liberal and Country George Morphett 1,173 29.3 −3.7
Labor Clement Collins 647 16.1 +2.8
Total formal votes 4,007 98.6 +0.2
Informal votes 57 1.4 −0.2
Turnout 4,064 64.6 −5.1
Independent hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1930s

1938 South Australian state election: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor Richard McKenzie 1,494 34.1
Liberal and Country George Morphett 1,445 33.0
Independent P H Suter 858 19.6
Labor John Cassidy 583 13.3
Total formal votes 4,380 98.4
Informal votes 72 1.6
Turnout 4,452 69.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Richard McKenzie 2,434 55.6
Liberal and Country George Morphett 1,946 44.4
Independent gain from Liberal and Country Swing

References

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