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

Elections in the 1970s

1975

1975 Australian federal election: Angas [1]
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

1974 Australian federal election: Angas  [2]
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

1972 Australian federal election: Angas  [3]
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

Elections in the 1960s

1969

1969 Australian federal election: Angas  [4]
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

1966 Australian federal election: Angas  [5]
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

This section is an excerpt from 1964 Angas by-election § Results.[edit]
Angas by-election, 1964[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Geoffrey Giles 23,468 60.3 −1.6
Labor Robert Nielsen 15,452 39.7 +4.2
Total formal votes 38,920 98.4
Informal votes 623 1.6
Turnout 39,543 91.2
Liberal hold Swing −1.9

1963

1963 Australian federal election: Angas  [7]
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

1961 Australian federal election: Angas  [8]
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

Elections in the 1950s

1958

1958 Australian federal election: Angas  [9]
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

1955 Australian federal election: Angas  [10]
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

1954 Australian federal election: Angas  [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alick Downer unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

1951

1951 Australian federal election: Angas  [12]
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

Elections in the 1940s

1949

1949 Australian federal election: Angas  [13]
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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