1990 Custance state by-election

A by-election was held for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Custance on 23 June 1990. This was triggered by the resignation of former state Liberal leader and MHA John Olsen.

Results edit

The Liberals retained the seat after preferences.

Custance state by-election, 23 June 1990[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ivan Venning 7,595 46.8 -14.8
Labor Charles Greeneklee 3,801 23.4 -2.0
National Grantley Siviour 2,964 18.3 +14.6
Democrats David Clarke 1,174 7.2 +1.4
Call to Australia Bruce Slee 698 4.3 +0.8
Total formal votes 16,232 97.6 +0.2
Informal votes 400 2.4 -0.2
Turnout 16,632 88.1 -6.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ivan Venning 11,064 68.2 -2.0
Labor Charles Greeneklee 5,168 31.8 +2.0
Liberal hold Swing -2.0

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4
  2. ^ "History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006 Volume 1: ECSA". Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  3. ^ Antony Green. "SA elections archive". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.