COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA THIRTY-FIFTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== ADELAIDE, SA ==================================================================== Inner Adelaide: Gilles Plains, Northfield, Prospect, Walkerville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 February 1988, following the resignation of Hon Chris Hurford -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1987 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 06.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 73,750 -02.3 Votes cast: 62,709 85.0 -07.6 Informal votes: 2,432 03.9 -03.7 Formal votes: 60,277 96.1 +03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bronwyn Mewett 1,408 02.3 Peter Consandine 104 00.2 Michael Brander 409 00.7 John Litten 367 00.6 Ian McLeish AD 7,097 11.8 +02.7 Dorothy McGregor-Dey 218 00.4 Bryan Stokes NPA 1,000 01.7 -03.4 Don Farrell + ALP 22,897 38.0 -10.9 Mike Pratt Lib 26,777 44.4 +08.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,277 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Farrell, see SA Senate 2007. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Consandine's 104 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mewett 45 44.1 1,453 02.4 Brander 18 17.6 427 00.7 Litten 10 09.8 377 00.6 McLeish 6 05.9 7,103 11.8 McGregor-Dey 4 03.9 222 00.4 Stokes 3 02.9 1,003 01.7 Farrell + 9 08.8 22,906 38.0 Pratt 7 06.9 26,784 44.4 (exhausted 2 2 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 104 60,277 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: McGregor-Dey's 222 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mewett 32 14.4 1,485 02.5 Brander 4 01.8 431 00.7 Litten 15 06.8 392 00.7 McLeish 35 15.8 7,138 11.8 Stokes 33 14.9 1,036 01.7 Farrell + 27 12.2 22,933 38.0 Pratt 76 34.2 26,860 44.6 (exhausted 0 2 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 222 60,277 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Litten's 392 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mewett 57 14.6 1,542 02.6 Brander 73 18.7 504 00.8 McLeish 45 11.5 7,183 11.9 Stokes 133 34.0 1,169 01.9 Farrell + 46 11.8 22,979 38.1 Pratt 37 09.5 26,897 44.6 (exhausted 1 3 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 392 60,277 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Brander's 504 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mewett 155 31.1 1,697 02.8 McLeish 57 11.4 7,240 12.0 Stokes 41 08.2 1,210 02.0 Farrell + 49 09.8 23,028 38.2 Pratt 196 39.4 27,093 45.0 (exhausted 6 9 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 504 60,277 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Stokes's 1,210 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mewett 146 12.1 1,843 03.1 McLeish 180 14.9 7,420 12.3 Farrell + 189 15.7 23,217 38.5 Pratt 691 57.3 27,784 46.1 (exhausted 4 13 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,210 60,277 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Mewett's 1,843 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McLeish 1,286 70.7 8,706 14.5 Farrell + 426 23.4 23,643 39.2 Pratt 106 05.8 27,890 46.3 (exhausted 25 38 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,843 60,277 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: McLeish's 8,706 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Farrell + 5,324 61.7 28,967 48.2 PRATT 3,305 38.3 31,195 51.9 (exhausted 77 115 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,706 60,277 01.9 08.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Philip Pratt (born 1948): Elected 1988 by Born: 10 February 1948, Blyth SA Career: Farmer and grazier. --------------------------------------------------------------------