COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== GREY, SA ==================================================================== Outback South Australia: Port Augusta, Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Whyalla -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 June 1963, following the death of Edgar Russell -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 08.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,386 +02.5 Votes cast: 42,580 91.8 -04.2 Informal votes: 718 01.7 -00.9 Formal votes: 41,862 98.3 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Desmond Clark 705 01.7 Vernon Dyason Lib 17,494 41.8 +03.6 Leonard Kent 1,265 03.0 Richard Mills DLP 935 02.2 -01.4 Jack MORTIMER + ALP 21,463 51.3 -06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,862 03.5 e 05.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack Mortimer (1912-73): Elected 1963 By Born: 13 October 1912, Adelaide Career: Educated primary school. Farmer, South Australia. Military Service 1942-46. Waterside worker, Port Lincoln, South Australia. --------------------------------------------------------------------