Candidates of the 1985 South Australian state election

The 1985 South Australian state election was held on 7 December 1985.

Retiring Members

Labor

Liberal

Allan Rodda MHA (Victoria)
Ren DeGaris MLC

Democrats

Lance Milne MLC

House of Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.^[1]

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	Democrats candidate	Other candidates

Adelaide	Liberal	Mike Duigan	Michael Wilson	Christopher Wurm
Albert Park	Labor	Kevin Hamilton	Bob MacKenzie	John Malone
Alexandra	Liberal	John Quirke	Ted Chapman	David Willson	Rex Tilbrook (Nat)
Baudin	Labor	Don Hopgood	Bill Fraser	D. Perrotin	Mort Daly (Ind)
Bragg	Liberal	Phil Robins	Graham Ingerson	Alison Dolling
Briggs	Labor	Mike Rann	Bernhard Buchner	Anastasios Giannouklas	David Whiting (Ind)
Bright	Liberal	Derek Robertson	John Mathwin	Fred Cannon
Chaffey	Liberal	Bill Parsons	Peter Arnold	Rilda Sharp
Coles	Liberal	Ray Rains	Jennifer Adamson	Sandra Nichols	Aniello Carbone (Ind)
Custance	Liberal	Arthur Rich	John Olsen	John Smyth
Davenport	Liberal	Mark Boughey	Dean Brown	Kevin Angove	Stan Evans (Ind Lib)
Elizabeth	Independent Labor	Sonia Argirov	Josephine Gapper	Carolyn Tan	Martyn Evans (Ind Lib)
Eyre	Liberal	Jennie Lee	Graham Gunn	Jillian Polkinghorne
Fisher	Liberal	Philip Tyler	Grant Chapman	Audrey Sibly
Flinders	National	Terrence Krieg	Arthur Whyte	George Jukes	Peter Blacker (Nat)
Florey	Labor	Bob Gregory	Martin Luther	Andrew Sickerdick
Gilles	Labor	Jack Slater	Lois Bell	Brian Fain
Goyder	Liberal	Michael Wright	John Meier	Rosemary Dow
Hanson	Liberal	Ann Pengelly	Heini Becker	Ian Haines
Hartley	Labor	Terry Groom	Rilka Warbanoff	Cathi Tucker-Lee
Hayward	Labor	June Appleby	Julian Glynn	John Stapledon
Henley Beach	Labor	Don Ferguson	Bob Randall	Gladys Wells	Joe Rossi (Ind)
Heysen	Liberal	Elizabeth Harvey	David Wotton	Merilyn Pedrick	Douglas Lindley (Nat)
Kavel	Liberal	Lance Jones	Roger Goldsworthy		Paul Reader (Ind)
Light	Liberal	Tony Piccolo	Bruce Eastick	Nicholas Wedge	Eric Gerlach (Ind)
Mawson	Labor	Susan Lenehan	Raija Havu	Tim Wells
Mitcham	Liberal	Barbara Hughes	Stephen Baker	Guy Harley
Mitchell	Labor	Ron Payne	Mark Hanckel	Peter Mann
Morphett	Liberal	Trevor Peikert	John Oswald	Sue Carver
Mount Gambier	Liberal	Peter Humphries	Harold Allison	Glenn Taylor
Murray-Mallee	Liberal	Peter Dickson	Peter Lewis	Don French	Gavin Doecke (Nat) Steve Wilkinson (Ind)
Napier	Labor	Terry Hemmings	Brenda Bates	Barbara Barlow	John Campbell (Ind)
Newland	Liberal	Di Gayler	Scott Ashenden	Mike Bolt
Norwood	Labor	Greg Crafter	Sue Graham	Rodney Roberts
Peake	Labor	Keith Plunkett	Steve Peake	Jeff Wild	Ian Frances (Ind)
Playford	Labor	Terry McRae	Dorothy Kotz	Eileen Farmer
Price	Labor	Murray De Laine	Jean Lawrie	Don Bond
Ramsay	Labor	Lynn Arnold	Jim Davis
Ross Smith	Labor	John Bannon	Darryl Watson	Kate Hannaford
Semaphore	Independent Labor	Rod Sawford	Mark Laing	F. Goncalves	Norm Peterson (Ind Lab)
Spence	Labor	Roy Abbott	Joe Ryan	Elizabeth Sanderson
Stuart	Labor	Gavin Keneally	Bob Smith	Harm Folkers	Peter Clark (Ind)
Todd	Labor	John Klunder	Jeff Nicholas	Aussie Kanck
Unley	Labor	Kym Mayes	Denis Sheridan	Barbara Boden	Peter Kallas (Ind)
Victoria	Liberal	Bill Hender	Dale Baker	Roy Milne	Geoff Clothier (Nat)
Walsh	Labor	John Trainer	Lenore Triplow	Helen Brasted	Reece Jennings (Ind)
Whyalla	Labor	Frank Blevins	Laurie Wilks	Graham Gloede	Jack Berry (NDP) Andy Fleming (Ind) Peter Murphy (Ind Lab) Fred Wilson (Nat)

Legislative Council

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MLC are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*). Eleven seats were up for election. Labor were defending five seats. The Liberals were defending five seats. The Democrats were defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Democrats candidates	Nationals SA candidates	CTA candidates	NDP candidates	Other candidates

Brian Chatterton* Gordon Bruce* Barbara Wiese* Terry Roberts* Carolyn Pickles* Colleen Hutchison Brian Smith Denis Crisp	Trevor Griffin* Legh Davis* Robert Ritson* Jamie Irwin* John Burdett* Sue Crew Alan Ferguson	Mike Elliott* Heather Southcott Donald Chisholm Meg Lees Sandra Kanck Anthony Roberts	Kevin Carter Robin Dixon-Thompson Neville Agars Donald Hunt	Robert Brown William Pomery Cathryn Linedale Carl Wieland Wayne Ledger David Aitken William Wright	Frances Mowling Ian Modistach	Stephen Dimitriou Josephine Mountwinter

References

^ Jaensch, Dean. "History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006". State Electoral Office South Australia. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2017.

[1] Jaensch, Dean. "History of South Australian Elections 1857 - 2006". State Electoral Office South Australia. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2017.

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