Electoral results for the Division of Hawker

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Hawker in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1969 until its abolition in 1993.

Members

	Party	Term
Ralph Jacobi	Labor	1969–1987
Elizabeth Harvey	Labor	1987–1990
Christine Gallus	Liberal	1990–1993

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1990: Hawker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Christine Gallus	28,348	43.1	-0.8
	Labor	Elizabeth Harvey	26,641	40.5	-5.7
	Democrats	Elizabeth Williams	8,362	12.7	+5.8
	Call to Australia	Reg Macey	1,266	1.9	+1.9
	Grey Power	Glen Bottam	702	1.1	+1.1
	Democratic Socialist	Kathy Ragless	477	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			65,796	96.7
Informal votes			2,270	3.3
Turnout			68,066	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Christine Gallus	32,845	50.0	-1.2
	Labor	Elizabeth Harvey	32,831	50.0	+1.2
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+1.2

Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1987: Hawker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Elizabeth Harvey	29,560	46.2	-3.0
	Liberal	Kim Jacobs	28,116	43.9	+2.4
	Democrats	Graham Pamount	4,439	6.9	-0.8
	National	David Dwyer	1,203	1.9	+0.2
	Unite Australia	Keith Draper	719	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			64,037	94.1
Informal votes			3,991	5.9
Turnout			68,028	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Elizabeth Harvey	32,782	51.2	-2.2
	Liberal	Kim Jacobs	31,243	48.8	+2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.2

Australian federal election, 1984: Hawker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	30,956	49.2	-0.2
	Liberal	Charles Campbell	26,101	41.5	+0.0
	Democrats	Graham Pamount	4,852	7.7	+0.9
	National	Thomas Correll	1,045	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			62,954	92.4
Informal votes			5,171	7.6
Turnout			68,125	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	33,594	53.4	-1.2
	Liberal	Charles Campbell	29,341	46.6	+1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.2

Australian federal election, 1983: Hawker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	36,483	52.1	+2.7
	Liberal	Bruce Harry	27,211	38.8	-3.5
	Democrats	Graham Pamount	4,792	6.8	-1.5
	Socialist Workers	John Garcia	1,568	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			70,054	97.5
Informal votes			1,769	2.5
Turnout			71,823	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi		57.3	+3.5
	Liberal	Bruce Harry		42.7	-3.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.5

Australian federal election, 1980: Hawker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	34,066	49.4	+4.6
	Liberal	Mark Hanckel	29,187	42.3	-1.7
	Democrats	Kenneth Johnson	5,720	8.3	-1.9
Total formal votes			68,973	97.7
Informal votes			1,590	2.3
Turnout			70,563	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	37,073	53.8	+3.2
	Liberal	Mark Hanckel	31,900	46.2	-3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.2

Elections in the 1970s

Australian federal election, 1977: Hawker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	31,685	44.8	-2.2
	Liberal	Steele Hall	31,062	44.0	-2.4
	Democrats	Bruce Miels	7,190	10.2	+10.2
	Independent	Warren Wallace	724	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			70,661	97.0
Informal votes			2,206	3.0
Turnout			72,867	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	35,760	50.6	+2.0
	Liberal	Steele Hall	34,901	49.4	-2.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.0

Australian federal election, 1975: Hawker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	29,036	49.4	-6.2
	Liberal	Craig Speil	25,842	44.0	+12.9
	Liberal Movement	Stewart Leggett	3,890	6.6	-5.2
Total formal votes			58,768	97.9
Informal votes			1,291	2.1
Turnout			60,059	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	29,974	51.0	-9.2
	Liberal	Craig Speil	28,794	49.0	+9.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.2

Australian federal election, 1974: Hawker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	31,735	55.6	-0.9
	Liberal	Henry Winter	17,717	31.1	-5.6
	Liberal Movement	Peter Holder	6,744	11.8	+11.8
	Australia Party	Phillip Vickery	849	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			57,045	97.5
Informal votes			1,481	2.5
Turnout			58,526	96.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi		60.2	+1.3
	Liberal	Henry Winter		39.8	-1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.3

Australian federal election, 1972: Hawker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	29,778	56.5	+0.7
	Liberal	Phyllis Rogers	19,323	36.7	-1.0
	Independent	John Steele	1,859	3.5	+3.5
	Democratic Labor	James Kiley	1,754	3.3	-0.7
Total formal votes			52,714	97.7
Informal votes			1,229	2.3
Turnout			53,943	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi		58.9	+1.0
	Liberal	Phyllis Rogers		41.1	-1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.0

Elections in the 1960s

Australian federal election, 1969: Hawker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi	28,305	55.8	+12.1
	Liberal	Alan Hickinbotham	19,086	37.7	-13.5
	Democratic Labor	Kathleen Anderson	2,020	4.0	-1.1
	Australia Party	Malcolm Hawkins	1,272	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			50,683	97.2
Informal votes			1,486	2.8
Turnout			52,169	96.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ralph Jacobi		57.9	+13.7
	Liberal	Alan Hickinbotham		42.1	-13.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+13.7

References

Australian Electoral Commission. Federal Election results
Carr, Adam. Psephos

Electoral results for the divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in South Australia

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