Norwood state by-election, 1980

The Norwood state by-election, 1980 was a by-election held on 16 February 1980 for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Norwood. This was triggered when the 1979 state election result was overturned by a court decision. Created and first contested at the 1938 state election, the seat had been held by former Premier and Labor MHA Don Dunstan since the 1953 state election until his resignation and subsequent 1979 by-election, which was won by Labor's Greg Crafter, only to be lost to the Liberal's Frank Webster at the 1979 state election.

Results

Labor won the seat from the Liberals.

Norwood state by-election, 16 February 1980[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	G J Crafter	7,390	48.8	+1.8
	Liberal	F R Webster	6,713	44.4	-2.5
	Democrats	D J D'Angelo	682	4.5	-1.6
	Marijuana Party	S M Dimitriou	342	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			15,127	97.7	N/A
Informal votes			354	2.3	N/A
Turnout			15,481	88.8	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	G J Crafter	8,026	53.1	+3.2
	Liberal	F R Webster	7,101	46.9	-3.2
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.2

See also

• List of South Australian state by-elections

References

1. ^ History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 9780975048634