a 14.3 percent two-party swing to finish with 38.7 percent of the two-party vote. Hurford won enough votes on the first count to defeat Jones without the need for preferences. Following the loss, Jones's reasoning to Prime Minister John Gorton for his defeat, "not even Jesus Christ could have held Adelaide", quickly entered Australian political folklore. Jones later unsuccessfully ran as an independent candidate for the Senate at the 1977 federal election before moving to Western Australia and assuming a low profile. Publications External links Shadow Valley and Iron Triangles (YouTube clip) References 1944 births 2015 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Adelaide Members of the Australian House of Representatives 20th-century Australian politicians