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The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. The other is the Legislative Council. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Adelaide.
Since 1970, the South Australian House of Assembly — the lower house of the Parliament of South Australia — has consisted of 47 single-member electoral districts consisting of approximately the same number of enrolled voters. The district boundaries are regulated by the State Electoral Office, according to the requirements of the South Australian Constitution and are subject to mandatory redistributions by the South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission in order to respond to changing demographics.
The City of Burnside is a local government area in the South Australian city of Adelaide stretching from the Adelaide Parklands into the Adelaide foothills with an area of 2,753 hectares. It was founded in August 1856 as the District Council of Burnside, the name of a property of an early settler, and was classed as a city in 1943. The LGA is bounded by Adelaide, Adelaide Hills Council, Campbelltown, Mitcham, Norwood Payneham and St Peters and Unley.
Kensington Gardens is an eastern suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Burnside. It includes a large recreational park, Kensington Wama, or Kensington Gardens Reserve.
Torrens is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Located along the River Torrens, it is named after Sir Robert Richard Torrens, a 19th-century Premier of South Australia noted for being the founder of the "Torrens title" land registration system. Torrens is an 18.8 square kilometres (7.3 sq mi) suburban electorate in Adelaide's north-east. It includes the suburbs of Gilles Plains, Greenacres, Hampstead Gardens, Hillcrest, Holden Hill, Klemzig, Manningham, Oakden, Vale Park, Valley View and Windsor Gardens.
Gilles was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1970 to 1993.
Albert Park was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1970 to 1993.
Ascot Park was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1970 to 1985. It was preceded by the seat of Edwardstown and replaced by the seat of Walsh.
Burra was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1875 to 1902, and again from 1938 to 1970.
East Torrens was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1857 to 1902 and again from 1915 to 1938.
Edwardstown was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1956 to 1970.
Gawler was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1938 to 1970.
Glenelg was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1938 to 1985.
Goodwood was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1938 to 1956.
Hindmarsh was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1938 to 1970. It was in the northwestern suburbs of Adelaide.
Prospect was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1938 to 1956.
Salisbury was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from May 1970 to December 1985.
Semaphore was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1938 to 1993.
Stirling was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1938 to 1970.
Tea Tree Gully was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1970 to 1977. The suburb of Tea Tree Gully has since been represented by the seat of Newland.
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- ↑ "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 - 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- S.A. Former members Archived 26 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine