Goyder state by-election, 1974

The Goyder state by-election, 1974 was a by-election held on 8 June 1974 for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Goyder. This was triggered by the resignation of former Premier and Liberal and Country League/Liberal Movement MHA Steele Hall, who resigned to run for the Australian Senate at the 1974 federal election. Created and first contested at the 1970 state election, the seat had been held by the Liberal parties since its creation. Hall won the seat at the 1973 state election as an LCL candidate but afterward changed to the LM.

Results

D D Gardner, who contested the previous election as an independent on 17.6 percent, stood under the LCL banner at the by-election. The Liberal Movement easily retained the seat.

Goyder state by-election, 8 June 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Movement	L D Boundy	4,399	46.3	+46.3
	Liberal and Country	D D Gardner	2,880	30.3	-21.2
	Nationals SA	F D McIntyre	2,230	23.5	-7.4
Total formal votes			9,509	97.6	+2.6
Informal votes			238	2.4	-2.6
Turnout			9,747	92.4	-3.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal Movement	L D 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

See also

• List of South Australian state by-elections