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Electoral results for the district of Ridley

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

Members for Ridley

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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

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Elections in the 1990s

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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