Results of the 1984 Australian federal election in South Australia

1984 Australian federal election
(South Australia)

1 December 1984
All 13 South Australian seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 7 seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Bob Hawke Andrew Peacock Party Labor Liberal/National coalition Last election 7 seats 4 seats Seats won 8 seats 5 seats Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 367,915 348,862 Percentage 6.87% 47.1% Swing 1.5 2.35 TPP 51.7% 48.3 TPP swing 0.6 0.6

This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1984 federal election in the state of South Australia.[1][2]

Overall results

Turnout 94.9% (CV) — Informal 8.7%[3]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Liberal	337,253	42.97	0.87	5	1
		National	11,609	1.48	1.48
	Liberal/National Coalition		348,862	44.45	2.35	5	1
	Labor		367,915	46.87	-1.51	8	1
	Democrats		61,822	7.88	0.94
	Nuclear Disarmament		2,270	0.29
	Independent		2,205	0.28	-0.14
	Socialist Workers		1,836	0.23	-0.65
Total			784,910			13	2
Two-party-preferred vote
	Labor		405,496	51.67	-0.63	8	1
	Liberal/National Coalition		379,305	48.33	0.63	5	1
Invalid/blank votes			74,719	8.69	6.02
Turnout			859,629	94.85
Registered voters			906,278
Source: Federal Election Results 1949-1993

Results by division

Adelaide

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Adelaide § 1984.[edit]

1984 Australian federal election: Adelaide [2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Hurford	34,960	55.3	+1.8
	Liberal	Jenni London	22,650	35.8	−0.9
	Democrats	Andrew Sickerdick	4,383	6.9	+0.3
	Independent	Mark Thiel	479	0.8	+0.8
	National	Bryan Stokes	434	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	John Buik	284	0.5	−2.2
Total formal votes			63,190	90.0
Informal votes			7,031	10.0
Turnout			70,221	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Hurford	37,894	60.0	−0.3
	Liberal	Jenni London	25,290	40.0	+0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.3

Barker

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Barker § 1984.[edit]

1984 Australian federal election: Barker

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Porter	35,429	57.3	+1.4
	Labor	Jeremy Moore	21,412	34.6	+0.8
	Democrats	Meg Lees	3,266	5.3	+0.1
	National	Richard Jacka	1,775	2.9	−2.0
Total formal votes			61,882	92.8
Informal votes			4,835	7.2
Turnout			66,717	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	James Porter	38,763	62.6	+0.3
	Labor	Jeremy Moore	23,113	37.4	−0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.3

Bonython

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Bonython § 1984.[edit]

1984 Australian federal election: Bonython

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neal Blewett	35,817	64.0	−0.7
	Liberal	Graham Sara	14,902	26.6	+0.1
	Democrats	John Longhurst	5,279	9.4	+0.6
Total formal votes			55,998	88.1
Informal votes			7,573	11.9
Turnout			63,571	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Neal Blewett	38,578	68.9	−1.1
	Liberal	Graham Sara	17,418	31.1	+1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.1

Boothby

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Boothby § 1984.[edit]

1984 Australian federal election: Boothby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steele Hall	33,640	54.2	+0.7
	Labor	Bruce Whyatt	21,736	35.0	−0.6
	Democrats	Margaret-Ann Williams	6,064	9.8	−1.1
	National	Douglas Lindley	585	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			62,025	94.7
Informal votes			3,472	5.3
Turnout			65,497	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Steele Hall	36,724	59.2	+0.7
	Labor	Bruce Whyatt	25,292	40.8	−0.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.7

Grey

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Grey § 1984.[edit]

1984 Australian federal election: Grey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lloyd O'Neil	31,518	52.5	+0.3
	Liberal	Russell Reid	22,584	37.6	+4.8
	Democrats	Harm Folkers	3,626	6.0	+0.2
	National	Robin Dixon-Thompson	2,354	3.9	−1.1
Total formal votes			60,082	90.6
Informal votes			6,248	9.4
Turnout			66,330	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lloyd O'Neil	34,278	57.1	−0.2
	Liberal	Russell Reid	25,799	42.9	+0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.2

Hawker

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Hawker § 1984.[edit]

1984 Australian federal election: Hawker

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	30,956	49.2	−0.2
	Liberal	Charles Campbell	26,101	41.5	+0.0
	Democrats	Graham Pamount	4,852	7.7	+0.9
	National	Thomas Correll	1,045	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			62,954	92.4
Informal votes			5,171	7.6
Turnout			68,125	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	33,594	53.4	−1.2
	Liberal	Charles Campbell	29,341	46.6	+1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.2

Hindmarsh

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Hindmarsh § 1984.[edit]

1984 Australian federal election: Hindmarsh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Scott	31,595	51.6	−2.3
	Liberal	Barry Lewis	23,011	37.6	+2.0
	Democrats	Ian Haines	6,124	10.0	+2.4
	Socialist Workers	Paul Petit	542	0.9	−2.0
Total formal votes			61,272	90.0
Informal votes			6,781	10.0
Turnout			68,053	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Scott	34,556	56.4	−3.4
	Liberal	Barry Lewis	26,707	43.6	+3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.4

Kingston

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Kingston § 1984.[edit]

1984 Australian federal election: Kingston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Bilney	29,140	50.7	−1.4
	Liberal	Richard Noble	20,546	35.7	−6.0
	Democrats	Robert Ralph	4,951	8.6	+2.3
	Nuclear Disarmament	Paul Breakwell	2,270	3.9	+3.9
	National	Neville Agars	584	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			57,491	91.5
Informal votes			5,308	8.5
Turnout			62,799	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gordon Bilney	32,965	57.4	+2.2
	Liberal	Richard Noble	24,514	42.6	−2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2

Makin

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Makin § 1984.[edit]

1984 Australian federal election: Makin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Duncan	27,282	48.2	−5.8
	Liberal	Neville Joyce	22,073	39.0	+2.7
	Democrats	Andrew Coventry	5,401	9.5	+0.4
	Independent	Bernhard Buechner	1,442	2.5	+2.5
	National	John Henderson	412	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			56,610	90.3
Informal votes			6,088	9.7
Turnout			62,698	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Duncan	30,792	54.4	−4.8
	Liberal	Neville Joyce	25,806	45.6	+4.8
	Labor notional hold		Swing	−4.8

Mayo

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Mayo § 1984.[edit]

1984 Australian federal election: Mayo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Downer	31,131	52.4	−3.5
	Labor	John Quirke	20,194	34.0	+1.0
	Democrats	Donald Chisholm	5,424	9.1	+0.8
	National	Bob Shearer	2,620	4.4	+4.4
Total formal votes			59,369	92.2
Informal votes			5,030	7.8
Turnout			64,399	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alexander Downer	35,922	60.5	−1.8
	Labor	John Quirke	23,436	39.5	+1.8
	Liberal notional hold		Swing	−1.8

Port Adelaide

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Port Adelaide § 1984.[edit]

1984 Australian federal election: Port Adelaide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick Young	37,440	62.2	−2.0
	Liberal	Thomas Ireland	17,208	28.6	+1.9
	Democrats	Robert Manhire	4,295	7.1	+3.6
	Socialist Workers	Deborah Gordon	1,294	2.1	−2.2
Total formal votes			60,237	89.3
Informal votes			7,201	10.7
Turnout			67,438	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mick Young	40,855	67.8	−2.6
	Liberal	Thomas Ireland	19,375	32.2	+2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.6

Sturt

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Sturt § 1984.[edit]

1984 Australian federal election: Sturt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Wilson	32,404	52.5	+2.1
	Labor	Jim Gale	24,901	40.3	−0.4
	Democrats	Alison Dolling	4,443	7.2	−1.7
Total formal votes			61,748	92.9
Informal votes			4,687	7.1
Turnout			66,435	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Wilson	34,599	56.0	+2.0
	Labor	Jim Gale	27,146	44.0	−2.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.0

Wakefield

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Wakefield § 1984.[edit]

1984 Australian federal election: Wakefield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Neil Andrew	35,574	57.3	−1.6
	Labor	Suzanne Owens	20,964	33.8	+0.3
	Democrats	Anne Hausler	3,714	6.0	+0.7
	National	Terry Halford	1,800	2.9	+0.6
Total formal votes			62,052	92.1
Informal votes			5,294	7.9
Turnout			67,346	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Neil Andrew	39,047	62.9	−0.2
	Labor	Suzanne Owens	22,997	37.1	+0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.2

See also

• Results of the 1984 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1984–1987

References

1. "Federal Election Results 1949-1993" (PDF). Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
2. "1984 House of Representatives: South Australia". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
3. "1984 House of Representatives". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 10 June 2022.