Nesta Wyn Ellis 1967 she was adopted as Liberal prospective parliamentary candidate for the Folkestone and Hythe division of Kent. In 1968 she campaigned for the Liberal Party Leader to be elected by the party membership rather than just the Liberal MPs. She did not contest the Folkestone seat as she was selected as Liberal candidate for the Brighton Pavilion Division of Sussex at the Brighton Pavilion by-election, 1969. During the campaign, she called for the UK government to recognise the Republic of Biafra a secessionist state in south-eastern Nigeria that existed from 30 May 1967 to 15 January 1970. In 1969 she
1970 South Australian state election 1970 South Australian state election State elections were held in South Australia on 30 May 1970. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal and Country League led by Premier of South Australia Steele Hall was defeated by the Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Don Dunstan. The LCL had formed the government of South Australia for 35 of the previous 38 years due to a malapportionment favouring country areas over the Adelaide area. Deliberately inequitable electoral boundaries resulted in a country vote being worth twice a vote