Electoral results for the district of Ridley

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

Members for Ridley

First incarnation (1938–1970)
Member Party Term
  Tom Stott Independent 1938–1970
Second incarnation (1993–1997)
Member Party Term
  Peter Lewis Liberal 1993–1997

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1993 South Australian state election: Ridley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter Lewis 13,955 70.9 +9.1
Labor Gary Orr 3,960 20.1 −4.5
Democrats Merilyn Pedrick 1,778 9.0 −0.5
Total formal votes 19,693 97.5 +0.4
Informal votes 506 2.5 −0.4
Turnout 20,199 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peter Lewis 14,789 75.1 +4.4
Labor Gary Orr 4,904 24.9 −4.4
Liberal hold Swing +4.4

Elections in the 1960s

1968 South Australian state election: Ridley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Stott 2,824 40.3 −26.6
Liberal and Country Geoffrey Blight 2,624 37.4 +37.4
Labor Francis Bulbeck 1,568 22.3 −10.8
Total formal votes 7,016 98.6 +0.2
Informal votes 99 1.4 −0.2
Turnout 7,115 96.6 −1.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Tom Stott 3,901 55.6 −11.3
Liberal and Country Geoffrey Blight 3,115 44.4 +44.4
Independent hold Swing N/A
1965 South Australian state election: Ridley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Stott 4,483 66.9 +28.2
Labor Arnold Busbridge 2,215 33.1 +8.1
Total formal votes 6,698 98.4 −0.6
Informal votes 106 1.6 +0.6
Turnout 6,804 98.0 +1.8
Independent hold Swing N/A
1962 South Australian state election: Ridley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Stott 2,524 38.7 −4.0
Liberal and Country Jack Andrew 2,366 36.3 −1.4
Labor Darcy Nielsen 1,630 25.0 +5.4
Total formal votes 6,520 99.0 0.0
Informal votes 68 1.0 0.0
Turnout 6,588 96.2 −0.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Tom Stott 3,734 57.3 +0.6
Liberal and Country Jack Andrew 2,786 42.7 −0.6
Independent hold Swing +0.6

Elections in the 1950s

1959 South Australian state election: Ridley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Stott 2,735 42.7 0.0
Liberal and Country Roy Glatz 2,412 37.7 +4.5
Labor Arnold Busbridge 1,257 19.6 −4.5
Total formal votes 9,404 99.0 0.0
Informal votes 64 1.0 0.0
Turnout 6,468 96.8 −0.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Tom Stott 3,632 56.7 −4.3
Liberal and Country Roy Glatz 2,772 43.3 +4.3
Independent hold Swing −4.3
1956 South Australian state election: Ridley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Stott 2,638 42.7
Liberal and Country Cyril Tunbridge 2,054 33.2
Labor Arnold Busbridge 1,487 24.1
Total formal votes 6,179 99.0
Informal votes 65 1.0
Turnout 6,244 96.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Tom Stott 3,771 61.0
Liberal and Country Cyril Tunbridge 2,408 39.0
Independent hold Swing
1953 South Australian state election: Ridley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Stott 4,531 77.8 −22.2
Independent Henry Schneider 1,291 22.2 +22.2
Total formal votes 5,822 98.2
Informal votes 107 1.8
Turnout 5,929 97.0
Independent hold Swing N/A
1950 South Australian state election: Ridley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Stott unopposed
Independent hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 South Australian state election: Ridley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Stott 3,976 75.2 +1.1
Labor John Lloyd 1,313 24.8 −1.1
Total formal votes 5,289 97.7 −0.5
Informal votes 127 2.3 +0.5
Turnout 5,416 96.1 +6.2
Independent hold Swing +1.1
1944 South Australian state election: Ridley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Stott 3,653 74.1 +12.8
Labor Leonard Seymour 1,278 25.9 +11.8
Total formal votes 4,931 98.2 −0.4
Informal votes 92 1.8 +0.4
Turnout 5,023 89.9 +27.8
Independent hold Swing N/A
1941 South Australian state election: Ridley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Stott 2,330 61.3 −4.3
Labor John Lloyd 536 14.1 +14.1
Liberal and Country John Strangman 510 13.4 −21.0
Liberal and Country William Blight 428 11.3 +11.3
Total formal votes 3,804 98.6 −0.6
Informal votes 53 1.4 +0.6
Turnout 3,857 62.1 −8.6
Independent hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1930s

1938 South Australian state election: Ridley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Stott 2,985 65.6
Liberal and Country Francis Petch 1,565 34.4
Total formal votes 4,550 99.2
Informal votes 38 0.8
Turnout 4,588 70.7
Independent hold Swing

References

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