title: Electoral results for the district of Gilles
text: # 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 | 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 | 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 | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 16,423 | 96.6 | +0.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 570 | 3.4 | -0.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 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 | Labor hold | Swing | -7.6 | |
  
  1985 South Australian state election: Gilles :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 16,647 | 96.4 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 629 | 3.6 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 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 | Labor hold | Swing | +2.2 | |
  
  1982 South Australian state election: Gilles :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 14,687 | 92.6 | -2.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,165 | 7.4 | +2.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 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 | Labor hold | Swing | +5.3 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1970s
  
  1979 South Australian state election: Gilles :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 15,504 | 94.7 | -3.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 872 | 5.3 | +3.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 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 | Labor hold | Swing | -7.2 | |
  
  1977 South Australian state election: Gilles :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 16,085 | 97.9 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 350 | 2.1 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 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 | Labor hold | Swing | +3.7 | |
  
  1975 South Australian state election: Gilles :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 17,124 | 95.5 | -1.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 815 | 4.5 | +1.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 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 | Labor hold | Swing | -3.0 | |
  
  1973 South Australian state election: Gilles :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 15,841 | 96.5 | -1.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 574 | 3.5 | +1.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,415 | 94.8 | -0.8 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +0.4 | |
  
  1970 South Australian state election: Gilles :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Jack Slater | 8,186 | 55.4 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Donald Glazbrook | 6,598 | 44.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 14,784 | 98.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 264 | 1.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,048 | 95.6 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
  