1979 Norwood state by-election

South Australian by-election

The 1979 Norwood state by-election was a by-election held on 10 March 1979 for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Norwood. This was triggered by the resignation of Premier and Labor MHA Don Dunstan. Created and first contested at the 1938 state election, the seat had been held by Dunstan since the 1953 state election.

Results

Labor retained the seat on a considerably reduced majority.

Norwood state by-election, 10 March 1979^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Greg Crafter	6,505	47.3	-12.9
	Liberal	Frank Webster	5,866	42.7	+2.9
	Democrats	Liz Bullock	761	5.5	+5.5
	Marijuana	Steve Dimitriou	302	2.2	+2.2
	Independent	Howard Steele	225	1.6	+1.6
	Australia	Ian Modistach	83	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			13,742	97.0	+0.2
Informal votes			430	3.0	-0.2
Turnout			14,172	84.2	-6.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Greg Crafter	7,314	53.2	-7.0
	Liberal	Frank Webster	6,428	46.8	+7.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.0

References

^ History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4
^ History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006 Volume 1: ECSA