2012 Ramsay state by-election

none December 2025 December 2025 2012 Ramsay state by-election South Australia parliamentary Primary no 2010 South Australian state election 2010 11 February 2012 2014 South Australian state election 2014 Electoral district of Ramsay in theSouth Australian House of Assembly Zoe_Bettison_MP.png 180 120 160 12 26 Zoe Bettison South Australian Labor Party 8,843 54.6% 3.3 Mark Aldridge-2025.jpg 245 120 160 75 55 Mark Aldridge Independent (Australia) 2,614 16.1% 16.1 Liberal Democratic Party (Australia) Christopher Steele Liberal Democratic Party (Australia) 2,157 13.3% 13.3 Ruth_Beach.jpg 160 120 160 15 10 Ruth Beach Greens South Australia 1,072 6.6% 2.0 TCP TCP swing 66.7% 1.3 33.3% 33.3 MP Mike Rann South Australian Labor Party Zoe Bettison South Australian Labor Party A by-election occurred in the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Ramsay on 11 February 2012. The seat was won by Labor candidate Zoe Bettison. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labor MHA and former premier Mike Rann.http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8400443 Mike Rann to quit politics this week NineMSN 9 January 2012 28 January 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120110095752/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8400443 10 January 2012 Background Rann and Kevin Foley resigned from their parliamentary seats, which created twin by-elections for 11 February, the other being the 2012 Port Adelaide by-election. On two-party preferred margins of 18.0 percent and 12.8 percent from the 2010 election, considered safe margins on the previous pendulum, Labor would have likely retained both seats on the two-party preferred vote based on unchanged statewide Newspoll since the previous election. Ramsay was the safest of Labor's seats based on the previous election. In the lower house, 24 seats form a majority, the Labor government held 26 of 47 seats. If one or both seats were lost, Labor would still have retained majority government.http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/labor-by-elections-candidates-confirmed/story-e6frea6u-1226186953559 Labor by-elections candidates confirmed Wills Daniel The Advertiser 6 November 2011 28 January 2012http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/pressure-on-rann-to-quit-for-by-election/story-e6frea6u-1226221353002 Pressure on Rann to quit for by-election Martin Sarah The Advertiser Adelaide 14 December 2011 28 January 2012http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/premier-propels-labor-to-pole-position/story-e6frea83-1226198319212 Labor soars on crest of a Jay curve Wills Daniel The Advertiser 18 November 2011 28 January 2012 Rann was first elected as the member for the new northern metropolitan seat of Briggs at the 1985 election. From 1989 he held various ministries in the Bannon Labor government. Briggs was abolished in an electoral redistribution, with Rann moving to Ramsay in 1993. Rann was state Labor leader and leader of the opposition from 1994 after the Labor government was defeated a year earlier. Rann led Labor to minority government at the 2002 election, a landslide majority government at the 2006 election, and retained majority government at the 2010 election despite a swing. Rann stepped down in favour of Jay Weatherill as party leader and premier in 2011. Rann is the third-longest-serving Premier of South Australia and longest-serving South Australian Labor leader, and afterward became the longest-serving period of South Australian Labor government in history. The last by-election was the 2009 Frome by-election, when another former premier, Rob Kerin, retired from politics. The seat was narrowly won by an independent candidate. Timeline Date Event 13 January 2012 Mike Rann resigned from the Parliament of South Australia.http://www.skynews.com.au/local/article.aspx?id=707035&vId= Rann says goodbye to parliament Sky News 13 January 2012 28 January 2012 13 January 2012 Writs were issued by the Speaker of the House of Assembly to proceed with a by-election. 23 January 2012 Enrolment on electoral rolls closed, with a total of 22,330 voters enrolled for the by-election.http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/apps/uploadedFiles/news/738/Media_Release_-_Ramsay_by-election_candidates_-_confirmation.pdf Ramsay by-election candidates announced 2012-07-26 April 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes 27 January 2012 Candidate nominations closed and ballot order draw occurred, in line with s60(a) of the Electoral Act 1985.http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/apps/news/?sectionID=165&pageID=729 Ramsay election timetable Electoral Commission SA 28 January 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130409185110/http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/apps/news/?sectionID=165&pageID=729 9 April 2013 11 February 2012 Polling day occurred between the hours of 8am and 6pm. 27 February 2012 Writ returned before this date for formal result declaration. Candidates 7 candidates in ballot paper orderhttp://www.abc.net.au/elections/sa/2012/ramsayportadelaide/rams.htm 2012 Ramsay by-election guide Green Antony ABC Elections 28 January 2012  Independent Voice of the Community Mark Aldridge Son of Salisbury mayor. Contested seats in multiple recent federal and state elections as an independent, and 2007 for One Nation.Mark M Aldridge website  SA Greens Ruth Beach Environmental, commercial and industrial lawyer, chair of an SA conservation NGO.Ramsay by-election 2012: SA Greens https://web.archive.org/web/20110309105432/http://sa.greens.org.au/ramsay/ 9 March 2011   Independent Trevor Grace Save the Unborn Trevor Grace Endorsed candidate of the unregistered anti-abortionist Save the Unborn Party, contested upper house in 2010, and for the Family First Party in 2006.http://abortsa.com/?p=924 Ramsay By-Election SA – Save the Unborn Abortsa.com 2012-01-21 2012-07-26 dead https://archive.today/20120701103528/http://abortsa.com/?p=924 1 July 2012  Labor Zoe Bettison Former SDA organiser, NT Labor secretary and ministerial advisor, SA director of Hawker Britton.  One Nation Chris Walsh Plumber and partner of a horticultural business.http://sa.onenation.com.au One Nation website Sa.onenation.com.au 2012-07-26 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110218003029/http://sa.onenation.com.au/ 18 February 2011  FREE Australia Mark Lena Electrician and data cabler.Mark Lena for the seat of Ramsay: Free AustraliaJuly 2012  Liberal Democrats Christopher Steele Owner and manager of advertising and audio businesses, wedding celebrant, contested federal seat of Adelaide in 2010. The Liberal Party, Family First Party, and the Australian Democrats, who contested the previous election and gained 24.9 percent, 9.6 percent, and 3.0 percent respectively, did not contest the by-election.http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8370982/libs-yet-to-decide-on-sa-by-elections https://archive.today/20120714223505/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8370982/libs-yet-to-decide-on-sa-by-elections dead 14 July 2012 Libs yet to decide on SA by-elections NineMSN 7 November 2011 28 January 2012 Polling One opinion poll was conducted and released by the in-house polling group at The Advertiser, Adelaide's main newspaper. On 30 January 2012, 410 voters were polled in the seat. After the Liberal Party declined to field a candidate, Labor's primary vote was at 51 percent (57.9 percent at the last election), with the LDP on 23 percent, Aldridge on 10 percent, the Greens on 9 percent (4.6 percent), with remaining candidates on about 7 percent collectively.Crouch Brad http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/the-battle-for-port-heats-up/story-e6frea6u-1226262763033 The battle for Port heats up The Advertiser Adelaide 2012-02-04 2012-07-26 Labor was expected to easily retain the seat.http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.aspx?id=717162&vId= SA to hold by-elections today Skynews.com.au 2012-07-26 Result Ramsay state by-election, 11 February 2012 Zoe Bettison Labor SA 8,843 54.6 –3.3 Mark Aldridge #888888 Independent Voice of the Community 2,614 16.1 +16.1 Christopher Steele Liberal Democrats 2,157 13.3 +13.3 Ruth Beach SA Greens 1,072 6.6 +2.0 Chris Walsh One Nation 563 3.5 +3.5 Trevor Grace #888888 Independent Trevor Grace Save the Unborn 510 3.2 +3.2 Mark Lena FREE Australia 430 2.7 +2.7 16,189 90.4 –5.3 1,726 9.6 +5.3 17,915 80.2 –11.9 Labor SA Zoe Bettison 10,795 66.7 –1.3 #888888 Independent Voice of the Community Mark Aldridge 5,394 33.3 +33.3 Labor SA No Labor retained the seat on a 66.7 percent two-candidate preferred vote against Aldridge, with a majority in all nine polling places – Ramsay remained the safest Labor seat in the parliament. Postal votes were included on 13 February, absentee and pre-poll votes were included on 14 February. Preference distributions occurred on 18 February. Results are final.http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/byelection2012/results/polling638.htm Ramsay by-election results Ecsa.sa.gov.au 2012-02-18 2012-07-26 dead https://archive.today/20120730173422/http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/byelection2012/results/polling638.htm 30 July 2012http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/byelection2012/pdf/Distribution_of_Preferences_Ramsay.pdf Ramsay by-election distribution of preferences 2012-07-26 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130409185119/http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/byelection2012/pdf/Distribution_of_Preferences_Ramsay.pdf 9 April 2013http://www.abc.net.au/elections/sa/2012/ramsayportadelaide/rams_result.htm Ramsay by-election results: Antony Green ABC Antony Green Antony Green Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2012-02-20 2012-07-26http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2012/02/11/port-adelaide-and-ramsay-by-election/ Port Adelaide and Ramsay by-elections live: Poll Bludger Blogs.crikey.com.au 2012-02-11 2012-07-26 7 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120607051838/http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2012/02/11/port-adelaide-and-ramsay-by-election/ dead Close call as Labor takes a hit in Port Adelaide: The Advertiser 12 February 2012August 2026 InternetArchiveBot See also List of South Australian House of Assembly by-elections References 30em External links Candidate "how-to-vote" preference cards for the 2012 Ramsay by-election: ECSAApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 2012 Ramsay by-election guide: ABC elections Two By-elections for South Australia?, Antony Green: ABC elections 1 August 2011 Port Adelaide and Ramsay By-elections, Antony Green: ABC elections 20 December 2011 Port Adelaide and Ramsay By-election Updates, Antony Green: ABC elections 19 January 2012 Category:2012 elections in Australia Category:South Australian state by-elections Category:2010s in South Australia