Electoral results for the district of Goyder

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

Members for Goyder

2014 South Australian state election: Goyder^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steven Griffiths	11,968	53.7	−4.5
	Labor	Elyse Ramsay	6,394	28.7	+1.6
	Family First	John Bennett	1,633	7.3	+0.1
	Independent	Bob Nicholls	1,126	5.1	+5.1
	Greens	Graham Smith	744	3.3	−1.8
	National	Kim McWaters	416	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			22,281	96.2	+0.2
Informal votes			878	3.8	−0.2
Turnout			23,159	93.5	−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Steven Griffiths	14,022	62.9	−2.8
	Labor	Elyse Ramsay	8,259	37.1	+2.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.8

2010 South Australian state election: Goyder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steven Griffiths	12,524	60.2	+10.5
	Labor	Christopher Hansford	5,243	25.2	−7.7
	Family First	Jill Lawrie	1,486	7.1	−0.5
	Greens	Joy Forrest	1,046	5.0	+0.5
	FREE Australia	Dave Munro	499	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			20,798	95.7
Informal votes			856	4.3
Turnout			21,654	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Steven Griffiths	14,212	68.3	+9.4
	Labor	Christopher Hansford	6,586	31.7	−9.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.4

2006 South Australian state election: Goyder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Steven Griffiths	10,310	50.1	−1.2
	Labor	Aemon Bourke	6,709	32.6	+9.3
	Family First	Robert Lawrie	1,558	7.6	+3.0
	Greens	Dennis Matthews	928	4.5	+4.5
	One Nation	Peter Fitzpatrick	552	2.7	−0.7
	Democrats	Stephen Jones	523	2.5	−3.8
Total formal votes			20,580	95.6
Informal votes			904	4.4
Turnout			21,484	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Steven Griffiths	12,169	59.1	−7.1
	Labor	Aemon Bourke	8,411	40.9	+7.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−7.1

2002 South Australian state election: Goyder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Meier	10,446	51.3	−3.5
	Labor	Ian Fitzgerald	4,740	23.3	+0.4
	Independent	Stephen Redding	1,808	8.9	+8.9
	Democrats	Richard Way	1,291	6.3	−7.7
	Family First	Ian McDonald	925	4.5	+4.5
	One Nation	Doug Holmes	690	3.4	+3.4
	SA First	Alby Brand	480	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			20,380	96.9
Informal votes			651	3.1
Turnout			21,031	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Meier	13,501	66.2	−0.7
	Labor	Ian Fitzgerald	6,879	33.8	+0.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.7

1997 South Australian state election: Goyder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Meier	10,617	55.2	−14.0
	Labor	Chris Snewin	4,397	22.8	−0.4
	Democrats	Colleen Kenny	2,595	13.5	+5.9
	National	Andrew Runeckles	1,634	8.5	+8.5
Total formal votes			19,243	95.6	−2.3
Informal votes			884	4.4	+2.3
Turnout			20,127	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Meier	12,939	67.2	−5.3
	Labor	Chris Snewin	6,304	32.8	+5.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.3

1993 South Australian state election: Goyder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Meier	13,960	70.0	+6.2
	Labor	Charles Greeneklee	4,483	22.5	−6.2
	Democrats	Richard Kenny	1,492	7.5	+1.0
Total formal votes			19,935	98.0	−0.4
Informal votes			415	2.0	+0.4
Turnout			20,350	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Meier	14,606	73.3	+4.9
	Labor	Charles Greeneklee	5,329	26.7	−4.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.9

1989 South Australian state election: Goyder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Meier	12,641	62.1	+2.5
	Labor	Brenton Walker	6,221	30.5	−5.3
	Democrats	Derek Emery	1,507	7.4	+2.8
Total formal votes			20,369	97.8	+0.4
Informal votes			454	2.2	−0.4
Turnout			20,823	95.6	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Meier	13,518	66.4	+4.0
	Labor	Brenton Walker	6,851	33.6	−4.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.0

1985 South Australian state election: Goyder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Meier	11,533	59.6	+2.6
	Labor	Michael Wright	6,932	35.8	+5.8
	Democrats	Rosemary Dow	898	4.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			19,363	97.4
Informal votes			518	2.6
Turnout			19,881	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Meier	12,077	62.4	−5.6
	Labor	Michael Wright	7,286	37.6	+5.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.6

1982 South Australian state election: Goyder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Meier	9,468	60.6	−16.5
	Labor	Stephan Oulianoff	3,437	22.0	−0.9
	National	Terence Halford	1,832	11.7	+11.7
	Democrats	Kevin Jones	881	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			15,618	95.5	−0.6
Informal votes			740	4.5	+0.6
Turnout			16,358	93.9	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Meier	11,725	75.1	−2.0
	Labor	Stephan Oulianoff	3,893	24.9	+2.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.0

1979 South Australian state election: Goyder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Keith Russack	11,772	77.1	+38.3
	Labor	Roger Thomas	3,495	22.9	−0.6
Total formal votes			15,267	96.1	−2.5
Informal votes			621	3.9	+2.5
Turnout			15,888	94.1	−0.6
	Liberal gain from Independent Liberal		Swing	N/A

1977 South Australian state election: Goyder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Boundy	6,088	38.8	+1.3
	Independent Liberal	Keith Russack	5,907	37.7	+37.7
	Labor	Roger Thomas	3,690	23.5	+4.6
Total formal votes			15,685	98.6
Informal votes			226	1.4
Turnout			15,911	94.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent Liberal	Keith Russack	9,082	57.9	+57.9
	Liberal	David Boundy	6,603	42.1
	Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Movement		Swing	N/A

1975 South Australian state election: Goyder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Movement	David Boundy	4,563	45.4	+45.4
	Liberal	Maurice Schulz	3,166	31.5	−20.0
	Labor	Irene Krastev	1,811	18.0	+18.0
	National	Richard Kitto	510	5.1	−25.8
Total formal votes			10,050	97.5	+2.5
Informal votes			260	2.5	−2.5
Turnout			10,310	95.7	−0.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal Movement	David Boundy	6,387	63.6	+63.6
	Liberal	Maurice Schulz	3,663	36.4	−37.2
	Liberal Movement gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

1974 Goyder state by-election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Movement	David Boundy	4,399	46.3	+46.3
	Liberal and Country	D D Gardner	2,880	30.3	−21.2
	National	F D McIntyre	2,230	23.5	−7.4
Total formal votes			9,509	97.6	N/A
Informal votes			238	2.4	N/A
Turnout			9,747	92.4	N/A
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal Movement	David Boundy	5,954	62.6	N/A
	Liberal and Country	D D Gardner	3,555	37.4	N/A
	Liberal Movement hold		Swing	N/A

1973 South Australian state election: Goyder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Country	Steele Hall	4,678	51.5	−9.9
	National	Francis McIntyre	2,811	30.9	+21.6
	Independent	Donald Gardner	1,597	17.6	+17.6
Total formal votes			9,086	95.0	−3.8
Informal votes			476	5.0	+3.8
Turnout			9,562	96.2	−0.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Steele Hall	5,477	60.3	−9.4
	National	Francis McIntyre	3,609	39.7	+39.7
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	N/A

1970 South Australian state election: Goyder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal and Country	James Ferguson	5,615	61.4
	Labor	Robert Honner	2,685	29.3
	National	Francis McIntyre	851	9.3
Total formal votes			9,151	98.8
Informal votes			110	1.2
Turnout			9,261	96.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	James Ferguson	6,381	69.7
	Labor	Robert Honner	2,770	30.3
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing

^ 2014 State Election Results – Goyder, ECSA.
^ History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4