Election Results
| Port Adelaide state by-election, 11 February 2012 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Susan Close | 8,218 | 42.3 | –7.6 | |
| Independent for You | Gary Johanson | 4,717 | 24.3 | +24.3 | |
| Independent True Blue Voice | Sue Lawrie | 2,938 | 15.1 | +15.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Humble | 1,415 | 7.3 | +7.3 | |
| SA Greens | Justin McArthur | 1,096 | 5.6 | –0.6 | |
| Independent Ban Live Animal Exports | Colin Thomas | 314 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
| Independent Communist Australia | Bob Briton | 292 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
| One Nation | Grant Carlin | 269 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| Democratic Labor | Elizabeth Pistor | 151 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 19,410 | 92.8 | –3.8 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,505 | 7.2 | +3.8 | ||
| Turnout | 20,915 | 82.8 | –10.4 | ||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Susan Close | 10,277 | 52.9 | –9.8 | |
| Independent for You | Gary Johanson | 9,133 | 47.1 | +47.1 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| South Australian state election, 2010: Port Adelaide | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Kevin Foley | 10,854 | 49.9 | -14.4 | |
| Liberal | Sue Lawrie | 5,831 | 26.8 | +8.6 | |
| Independent | Max James | 2,398 | 11.0 | +11.0 | |
| Greens | Marie Boland | 1,368 | 6.3 | +0.1 | |
| Family First | Bruce Hambour | 1,281 | 5.9 | -0.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 21,732 | 96.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 767 | 3.4 | |||
| Turnout | 22,499 | 93.2 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Kevin Foley | 13,643 | 62.8 | -13.4 | |
| Liberal | Sue Lawrie | 8,089 | 37.2 | +13.4 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | -13.4 | |||
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