COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA THIRTY-FIFTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== PORT ADELAIDE, SA ==================================================================== Suburban Adelaide: Albert Park, Port Adelaide, Semaphore, West Lakes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 March 1988, following the resignation of Hon Mick Young -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1987 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 16.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 72,569 -00.9 Votes cast: 66,082 91.1 -02.6 Informal votes: 2,865 04.3 -04.9 Formal votes: 63,217 95.7 +04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Chaplin 2,385 03.8 Michael Brander 438 00.7 Judy Fuller Lib 23,818 37.7 +09.1 Rod Sawford + ALP 29,773 47.1 -14.2 Bruce Deering 412 00.7 Meg Lees AD 4,506 07.1 +01.0 Ruby Hammond 1,142 01.8 Jocelyn Aver 743 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,217 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Lees, see Senate South Australia, Appointments -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Deering's 412 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chaplin 59 14.3 2,444 03.9 Brander 16 03.9 454 00.7 Fuller 42 10.2 23,860 37.7 Sawford + 185 44.9 29,958 47.4 Lees 70 17.0 4,576 07.2 Hammond 35 08.5 1,177 01.9 Aver 5 01.2 748 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 412 63,217 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Brander's 454 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chaplin 218 48.0 2,662 04.2 Fuller 96 21.1 23,956 37.9 Sawford + 80 17.6 30,038 47.5 Lees 25 05.5 4,601 07.3 Hammond 16 03.5 1,193 01.9 Aver 16 03.5 764 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 454 63,217 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Aver's 764 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chaplin 56 07.4 2,718 04.3 Fuller 28 03.7 23,984 37.9 Sawford + 95 12.5 30,133 47.7 Lees 56 07.4 4,657 07.4 Hammond 529 69.5 1,722 02.7 (exhausted 3 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 764 63,217 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Hammond's 1,722 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chaplin 217 12.6 2,935 04.6 Fuller 110 06.4 24,094 38.1 Sawford + 996 57.9 31,129 49.2 Lees 397 23.1 5,054 08.0 (exhausted 2 5 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,722 63,217 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Chaplin's 2,935 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fuller 1,404 48.3 25,498 40.4 SAWFORD + 882 30.4 32,011 50.7 Lees 618 21.3 5,672 09.0 (exhausted 31 36 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,935 63,217 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Lees's 5,672 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fuller 2,778 49.1 28,276 44.8 SAWFORD + 2,874 50.9 34,885 55.2 (exhausted 20 56 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,672 63,217 05.2 11.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rodney Weston Sawford (born 1944): Elected 1988 by Born: 26 June 1944, Adelaide Career: Educated Western Teachers College. Teacher, school principal, consultant, author. --------------------------------------------------------------------