Electoral results for the district of Gilles

This is a list of election results for the Electoral district of Gilles in South Australian elections.

Members for Gilles

Member		Party	Term
	Jack Slater	Labor	1970–1989
	Colin McKee	Labor	1989–1993

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1989 South Australian state election: Gilles

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Colin McKee	8,177	49.8	−10.8
	Liberal	Steven Beardon	6,090	37.1	+4.1
	Democrats	Stephen Swift	2,156	13.1	+6.7
Total formal votes			16,423	96.6	+0.2
Informal votes			570	3.4	−0.2
Turnout			16,993	95.3	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Colin McKee	9,293	56.6	−7.6
	Liberal	Steven Beardon	7,130	43.4	+7.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.6

1985 South Australian state election: Gilles

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Slater	10,083	60.6	+3.6
	Liberal	Lois Bell	5,492	33.0	0.0
	Democrats	Brian Fain	1,072	6.4	−3.6
Total formal votes			16,647	96.4
Informal votes			629	3.6
Turnout			17,276	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Slater	10,689	64.2	+2.2
	Liberal	Lois Bell	5,958	35.8	−2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2

1982 South Australian state election: Gilles

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Slater	8,120	55.3	+7.0
	Liberal	Gregory Minuzzo	4,970	33.8	−4.9
	Democrats	Eileen Farmer	1,597	10.9	−2.1
Total formal votes			14,687	92.6	−2.1
Informal votes			1,165	7.4	+2.1
Turnout			15,852	93.7	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Slater	8,919	60.7	+5.3
	Liberal	Gregory Minuzzo	5,768	39.3	−5.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.3

Elections in the 1970s

1979 South Australian state election: Gilles

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Slater	7,489	48.3	−9.8
	Liberal	Jodi Tabalotny	6,005	38.7	+8.2
	Democrats	Eileen Farmer	2,010	13.0	+1.6
Total formal votes			15,504	94.7	−3.2
Informal votes			872	5.3	+3.2
Turnout			16,376	93.6	−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Slater	8,589	55.4	−7.2
	Liberal	Jodi Tabalotny	6,915	44.6	+7.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.2

1977 South Australian state election: Gilles

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Slater	9,339	58.1	+2.7
	Liberal	Lois Bell	4,905	30.5	+7.5
	Democrats	Andrew Graham	1,841	11.4	+11.4
Total formal votes			16,085	97.9
Informal votes			350	2.1
Turnout			16,435	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Slater	10,101	62.8	+3.7
	Liberal	Lois Bell	5,984	37.2	−3.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.7

1975 South Australian state election: Gilles

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Slater	8,626	50.4	−5.4
	Liberal	Louis Ravesi	4,333	25.3	−18.9
	Liberal Movement	Norman Wilson	3,900	22.8	+22.8
	National	Maxwell Clifton	265	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			17,124	95.5	−1.0
Informal votes			815	4.5	+1.0
Turnout			17,939	93.5	−1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Slater	9,041	52.8	−3.0
	Liberal	Louis Ravesi	8,083	47.2	+3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.0

1973 South Australian state election: Gilles

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Slater	8,846	55.8	+0.4
	Liberal and Country	Donald Glazbrook	6,995	44.2	−0.4
Total formal votes			15,841	96.5	−1.7
Informal votes			574	3.5	+1.7
Turnout			16,415	94.8	−0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.4

1970 South Australian state election: Gilles

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Slater	8,186	55.4
	Liberal and Country	Donald Glazbrook	6,598	44.6
Total formal votes			14,784	98.2
Informal votes			264	1.8
Turnout			15,048	95.6
	Labor hold		Swing