Electoral results for the district of Price

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Price in South Australian elections.

Members for Price

Member		Party	Term
	John Ryan	Labor	1970–1975
	George Whitten	Labor	1975–1985
	Murray De Laine	Labor	1985–2002

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1997 South Australian state election: Price[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Murray De Laine	11,314	63.4	+10.7
	Liberal	Amber Del Pin	3,456	19.4	-13.5
	Democrats	Phillip Thomas	3,078	17.2	+9.2
Total formal votes			17,848	95.3	-0.5
Informal votes			878	4.7	+0.5
Turnout			18,726	89.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Murray De Laine	13,279	74.4	+13.4
	Liberal	Amber Del Pin	4,569	25.6	-13.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.4

1993 South Australian state election: Price

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Murray De Laine	10,098	52.7	-7.2
	Liberal	Lawrence Liang	6,308	32.9	+2.9
	Democrats	Alex Bowie	1,546	8.1	-1.4
	Grey Power	Emily Gilbey-Riley	1,226	6.4	+6.4
Total formal votes			19,178	95.8	+0.5
Informal votes			832	4.2	-0.5
Turnout			20,010	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Murray De Laine	11,700	61.0	-4.9
	Liberal	Lawrence Liang	7,478	39.0	+4.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.9

Elections in the 1980s

1989 South Australian state election: Price

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Murray De Laine	10,813	60.7	-8.7
	Liberal	Bernice Pfitzner	5,282	29.7	+6.0
	Democrats	Martin Kay	1,702	9.6	+2.7
Total formal votes			17,797	95.2	+0.4
Informal votes			904	4.8	-0.4
Turnout			18,701	94.3	+1.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Murray De Laine	11,854	66.3	-8.0
	Liberal	Bernice Pfitzner	5,943	33.4	+8.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.0

1985 South Australian state election: Price

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Murray De Laine	12,163	69.4	-4.6
	Liberal	Jean Lawrie	4,144	23.7	-1.3
	Democrats	Don Bond	1,216	6.9	+5.9
Total formal votes			17,523	94.8
Informal votes			961	5.2
Turnout			18,484	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Murray De Laine	13,025	74.3	-0.7
	Liberal	Jean Lawrie	4,498	25.7	+0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.7

1982 South Australian state election: Price

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Whitten	8,753	66.1	+9.7
	Liberal	Sue Crew	4,488	33.9	+1.3
Total formal votes			13,241	89.0	-3.6
Informal votes			1,634	11.0	+3.6
Turnout			14,875	94.1	+1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.6

Elections in the 1970s

1979 South Australian state election: Price

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Whitten	7,694	56.4	-13.0
	Liberal	David Beames	4,448	32.6	+2.0
	Democrats	Robert Manhire	1,507	11.0	+11.0
Total formal votes			13,649	92.6	-3.0
Informal votes			1,092	7.4	+3.0
Turnout			14,741	92.8	-0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George Whitten	8,262	60.5	-8.9
	Liberal	David Beames	5,387	39.5	+8.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.9

1977 South Australian state election: Price

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Whitten	10,304	69.4	+8.8
	Liberal	Jean Lawrie	4,545	30.6	+8.0
Total formal votes			14,849	95.6
Informal votes			676	4.4
Turnout			15,525	93.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.3

1975 South Australian state election: Price

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Whitten	8,944	60.6	-4.0
	Liberal	Terence Hanson	3,338	22.6	-2.9
	Liberal Movement	Jean Lawrie	2,474	16.8	+16.8
Total formal votes			14,756	92.9	-1.6
Informal votes			1,135	7.1	+1.6
Turnout			15,891	93.9	-0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George Whitten	9,192	62.3	-10.2
	Liberal	Terence Hanson	5,563	37.7	+10.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-10.2

1973 South Australian state election: Price

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Ryan	9,396	64.6	-4.2
	Liberal and Country	Jean Lawrie	3,718	25.5	-5.7
	Independent	Julie Dearing	1,442	9.9	+9.9
Total formal votes			14,556	94.5	-2.2
Informal votes			852	5.5	+2.2
Turnout			15,408	94.3	-0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Ryan	10,553	72.5	+3.7
	Liberal and Country	Jean Lawrie	4,003	27.5	-3.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.7

1970 South Australian state election: Price

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Ryan	10,330	68.8
	Liberal and Country	John Dyer	4,692	31.2
Total formal votes			15,022	96.7
Informal votes			518	3.3
Turnout			15,540	95.1
	Labor hold		Swing

References

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