Electoral results for the district of Ridley

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

Members for Ridley

First incarnation (1938–1970)
Member		Party	Term
	Tom Stott	Independent	1938–1970
Second incarnation (1993–1997)
Member		Party	Term
	Peter Lewis	Liberal	1993–1997

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1993 South Australian state election: Ridley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Lewis	13,955	70.9	+9.1
	Labor	Gary Orr	3,960	20.1	-4.5
	Democrats	Merilyn Pedrick	1,778	9.0	-0.5
Total formal votes			19,693	97.5	+0.4
Informal votes			506	2.5	−0.4
Turnout			20,199	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Lewis	14,789	75.1	+4.4
	Labor	Gary Orr	4,904	24.9	-4.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.4

Elections in the 1960s

1968 South Australian state election: Ridley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tom Stott	2,824	40.3	-26.6
	Liberal and Country	Geoffrey Blight	2,624	37.4	+37.4
	Labor	Francis Bulbeck	1,568	22.3	-10.8
Total formal votes			7,016	98.6	+0.2
Informal votes			99	1.4	−0.2
Turnout			7,115	96.6	−1.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Tom Stott	3,901	55.6	-11.3
	Liberal and Country	Geoffrey Blight	3,115	44.4	+44.4
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

1965 South Australian state election: Ridley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tom Stott	4,483	66.9	+28.2
	Labor	Arnold Busbridge	2,215	33.1	+8.1
Total formal votes			6,698	98.4	−0.6
Informal votes			106	1.6	+0.6
Turnout			6,804	98.0	+1.8
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

1962 South Australian state election: Ridley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tom Stott	2,524	38.7	-4.0
	Liberal and Country	Jack Andrew	2,366	36.3	-1.4
	Labor	Darcy Nielsen	1,630	25.0	+5.4
Total formal votes			6,520	99.0	0.0
Informal votes			68	1.0	0.0
Turnout			6,588	96.2	−0.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Tom Stott	3,734	57.3	+0.6
	Liberal and Country	Jack Andrew	2,786	42.7	-0.6
	Independent hold		Swing	+0.6

Elections in the 1950s

1959 South Australian state election: Ridley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tom Stott	2,735	42.7	0.0
	Liberal and Country	Roy Glatz	2,412	37.7	+4.5
	Labor	Arnold Busbridge	1,257	19.6	-4.5
Total formal votes			9,404	99.0	0.0
Informal votes			64	1.0	0.0
Turnout			6,468	96.8	−0.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Tom Stott	3,632	56.7	-4.3
	Liberal and Country	Roy Glatz	2,772	43.3	+4.3
	Independent hold		Swing	-4.3

1956 South Australian state election: Ridley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tom Stott	2,638	42.7
	Liberal and Country	Cyril Tunbridge	2,054	33.2
	Labor	Arnold Busbridge	1,487	24.1
Total formal votes			6,179	99.0
Informal votes			65	1.0
Turnout			6,244	96.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Tom Stott	3,771	61.0
	Liberal and Country	Cyril Tunbridge	2,408	39.0
	Independent hold		Swing

1953 South Australian state election: Ridley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tom Stott	4,531	77.8	-22.2
	Independent	Henry Schneider	1,291	22.2	+22.2
Total formal votes			5,822	98.2
Informal votes			107	1.8
Turnout			5,929	97.0
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

1950 South Australian state election: Ridley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tom Stott	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 South Australian state election: Ridley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tom Stott	3,976	75.2	+1.1
	Labor	John Lloyd	1,313	24.8	-1.1
Total formal votes			5,289	97.7	−0.5
Informal votes			127	2.3	+0.5
Turnout			5,416	96.1	+6.2
	Independent hold		Swing	+1.1

1944 South Australian state election: Ridley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tom Stott	3,653	74.1	+12.8
	Labor	Leonard Seymour	1,278	25.9	+11.8
Total formal votes			4,931	98.2	−0.4
Informal votes			92	1.8	+0.4
Turnout			5,023	89.9	+27.8
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

1941 South Australian state election: Ridley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tom Stott	2,330	61.3	-4.3
	Labor	John Lloyd	536	14.1	+14.1
	Liberal and Country	John Strangman	510	13.4	-21.0
	Liberal and Country	William Blight	428	11.3	+11.3
Total formal votes			3,804	98.6	−0.6
Informal votes			53	1.4	+0.6
Turnout			3,857	62.1	−8.6
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1930s

1938 South Australian state election: Ridley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tom Stott	2,985	65.6
	Liberal and Country	Francis Petch	1,565	34.4
Total formal votes			4,550	99.2
Informal votes			38	0.8
Turnout			4,588	70.7
	Independent hold		Swing