Elizabeth state by-election, 1994

A by-election was held for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Elizabeth on 9 April 1994. This was triggered by the resignation of former state Labor MHA Martyn Evans, who moved to the federal seat of Bonython at the 1994 by-election. The seat, created at the 1969 redistribution and first contested at the 1970 state election, was held by Labor from 1970 until 1984, when Evans won it as an independent Labor candidate. In 1993, he rejoined the Labor Party.

Timeline

Date Event
18 February 1994 Martyn Evans resigned to contest the federal seat of Bonython at a by-election due on 19 March.
11 March 1994 Writs were issued by the Speaker of the House of Assembly to proceed with a by-election.[1]
25 March 1994 Close of nominations and draw of ballot papers.
9 April 1994 Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
22 April 1994 The writ was returned and the results formally declared.

Results

The Labor opposition retained the seat despite a small two-party preferred swing.

Elizabeth state by-election, 9 April 1994[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Lea Stevens 7,091 42.80 -4.21
Liberal Stephen Nicholson 4,856 29.31 -0.89
Grey Power Mary Bell 1,427 8.61 +8.61
Independent Alfred Charles 993 5.99 -8.13
HEMP Dave Sag 889 5.37 +5.37
Democrats Roy Milne 731 4.41 -4.25
Independent Labor Tony Eversham 502 3.03 +3.03
Independent[1] Bernhard Cotton 77 0.46 +0.46
Total formal votes 16,566 95.52 -0.91
Informal votes 777 4.48 +0.91
Turnout 17,343 88.11 -5.41
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Lea Stevens 9,318 56.25 -1.34
Liberal Stephen Nicholson 7,248 43.75 +1.34
Labor hold Swing -1.34

1 Cotton ran under the banner "Independent - Parent Democracy in State Schools".

See also

References

  1. 1 2 State Electoral Office (1994). Statistical Returns for General Elections, 11 December 1993 and by-elections. Government of South Australia. p. 183,186.
  2. ↑ History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4
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