1994 Elizabeth state by-election

A by-election was held for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Elizabeth on 9 April 1994. This was triggered by the resignation of former state Labor MHA Martyn Evans, who moved to the federal seat of Bonython at the 1994 by-election. The seat, created at the 1969 redistribution and first contested at the 1970 state election, was held by [Australian Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch)|Labor Party (South Australian Branch)|Labor] from 1970 until 1984, when Evans won it as an independent Labor candidate. In 1993, he rejoined the Labor Party.

Timeline

Date	Event
18 February 1994	Martyn Evans resigned to contest the federal seat of Bonython at a by-election due on 19 March.
11 March 1994	Writs were issued by the Speaker of the House of Assembly to proceed with a by-election.
25 March 1994	Close of nominations and draw of ballot papers.
9 April 1994	Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
22 April 1994	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.

Results

The Labor opposition retained the seat despite a small two-party preferred swing.
Cotton ran under the banner "Independent - Parent Democracy in State Schools".