Electoral district of Brighton (South Australia)

This article is about the historical South Australian state electorate. For the Victorian state electorate, see Electoral district of Brighton. For the historical Tasmanian state electorate, see Electoral district of Brighton (Tasmania).

Brighton was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1970 to 1985. Brighton was replaced by the seat of Bright at the 1985 election.^[1]

Brighton South Australia—House of Assembly
State	South Australia
Created	1970
Abolished	1985
Namesake	Brighton, South Australia
Demographic	Metropolitan

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Hugh Hudson	Labor	1970–1979
	Dick Glazbrook	Liberal	1979–1982
	June Appleby	Labor	1982–1985

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1982 South Australian state election: Brighton^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	June Appleby	8,486	47.3	+6.3
	Liberal	Dick Glazbrook	8,192	45.6	−3.1
	Democrats	Bob Ralph	1,272	7.1	−3.2
Total formal votes			17,950	95.8	−0.8
Informal votes			792	4.2	+0.8
Turnout			18,742	94.3	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	June Appleby	9,123	50.8	+5.5
	Liberal	Dick Glazbrook	8,827	49.2	−5.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.5

Elections in the 1970s

1979 South Australian state election: Brighton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dick Glazbrook	8,195	48.7	+14.4
	Labor	Hugh Hudson	6,908	41.0	−11.6
	Democrats	Ronald Moulds	1,731	10.3	−2.8
Total formal votes			16,834	96.6	−1.9
Informal votes			600	3.4	+1.9
Turnout			17,434	93.5	−1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dick Glazbrook	9,209	54.7	+12.5
	Labor	Hugh Hudson	7,625	45.3	−12.5
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+12.5

1977 South Australian state election: Brighton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hugh Hudson	8,911	52.6	−0.6
	Liberal	Natalie Richardson	5,822	34.3	+13.1
	Democrats	Ronald Moulds	2,224	13.1	+13.1
Total formal votes			16,957	98.5
Informal votes			256	1.5
Turnout			17,213	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Hugh Hudson	9,848	58.1	+1.3
	Liberal	Natalie Richardson	7,109	41.9	−1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.3

1975 South Australian state election: Brighton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hugh Hudson	9,394	51.3	−8.8
	Liberal	Ursula Pridham	4,394	24.0	−12.0
	Liberal Movement	Ronald Moulds	4,169	22.8	+22.8
	Independent	Sydney Monks	342	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			18,299	97.3	−0.8
Informal votes			333	1.9	+0.8
Turnout			18,814	94.1	−0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Hugh Hudson	9,845	53.8	−8.2
	Liberal	Ursula Pridham	8,454	46.2	+8.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.2

1973 South Australian state election: Brighton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hugh Hudson	10,099	60.1	+6.2
	Liberal and Country	Ronald Moulds	6,045	36.0	−6.5
	Independent	Betty Preston	656	3.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			16,800	98.1	−0.7
Informal votes			333	1.9	+0.7
Turnout			17,133	94.9	−1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Hugh Hudson	10,416	62.0	+7.5
	Liberal and Country	Ronald Moulds	6,384	38.0	−7.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.5

1970 South Australian state election: Brighton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hugh Hudson	8,471	53.9
	Liberal and Country	Kenneth Griffin	6,679	42.5
	Democratic Labor	Ted Farrell	557	3.6
Total formal votes			15,707	98.8
Informal votes			186	1.2
Turnout			15,893	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Hugh Hudson	8,555	54.5
	Liberal and Country	Kenneth Griffin	7,152	45.5
	Labor hold		Swing