The Division of Adelaide is an Australian electoral division in South Australia and is named for the city of Adelaide,South Australia's capital.
The Division of Boothby is an Australian federal electoral division in South Australia. The division was one of the seven established when the former Division of South Australia was redistributed on 2 October 1903 and is named after William Boothby (1829–1903),the Returning Officer for the first federal election.
The Division of Hindmarsh is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia covering the western suburbs of Adelaide. The division was one of the seven established when the former Division of South Australia was split on 2 October 1903,and was first contested at the 1903 election,though on vastly different boundaries. The Division is named after Sir John Hindmarsh,who was Governor of South Australia from 1836 to 1838. The 78 km²seat extends from the coast in the west to South Road in the east,covering the suburbs of Ascot Park,Brooklyn Park,Edwardstown,Fulham,Glenelg,Grange,Henley Beach,Kidman Park,Kurralta Park,Morphettville,Plympton,Richmond,Semaphore Park,Torrensville,West Beach and West Lakes. The Adelaide International Airport is centrally located in the electorate,making noise pollution a prominent local issue,besides the aged care needs of the relatively elderly population −the seat has one of Australia's highest proportions of citizens over the age of 65. Progressive boundary redistributions over many decades transformed Hindmarsh from a safe Labor seat in to a marginal seat often won by the government of the day.
The Division of Kingston is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia covering the outer southern suburbs of Adelaide. The 171 km²seat stretches from Hallett Cove and O'Halloran Hill in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south,including the suburbs of Aberfoyle Park,Aldinga Beach,Christie Downs,Christies Beach,Flagstaff Hill,Hackham,Hallett Cove,Huntfield Heights,Lonsdale,Maslin Beach,Moana,Morphett Vale,Old Noarlunga,Onkaparinga Hills,Port Noarlunga,Reynella,Seaford,Sellicks Beach,Sheidow Park,Port Willunga,Trott Park,Woodcroft,and parts of Happy Valley and McLaren Flat.
The Division of Mayo is an Australian electoral division located to the east and south of Adelaide,South Australia. Created in the state redistribution of 3 September 1984,the division is named after Helen Mayo,a social activist and the first woman elected to an Australian University Council. The 9,315 km²rural seat covers an area from the Barossa Valley in the north to Cape Jervis in the south. Taking in the Adelaide Hills,Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island regions,its largest population centre is Mount Barker. Its other population centres are Aldgate,Bridgewater,Littlehampton,McLaren Vale,Nairne,Stirling,Strathalbyn and Victor Harbor,and its smaller localities include American River,Ashbourne,Balhannah,Brukunga,Carrickalinga,Charleston,Cherry Gardens,Clarendon,Crafers,Cudlee Creek,Currency Creek,Delamere,Echunga,Forreston,Goolwa,Gumeracha,Hahndorf,Houghton,Inglewood,Kersbrook,Kingscote,Langhorne Creek,Lobethal,Macclesfield,McLaren Flat,Meadows,Middleton,Milang,Mount Compass,Mount Pleasant,Mount Torrens,Mylor,Myponga,Normanville,Norton Summit,Oakbank,Penneshaw,Piccadilly,Port Elliot,Second Valley,Springton,Summertown,Uraidla,Willunga,Woodchester,Woodside,Yankalilla,and parts of Birdwood,Old Noarlunga and Upper Sturt.
The Division of Sturt is an Australian electoral division in South Australia. It was proclaimed at the South Australian redistribution of 11 May 1949. Sturt was named for Captain Charles Sturt,nineteenth century explorer.
Mitchell is a former electoral district of the House of Assembly in the state of South Australia. It was first created in the redistribution of 1969,taking effect at the 1970 election. Mitchell was replaced by Black at the 2018 election,resulting from the 2016 electoral redistribution.
Since 1970,the South Australian House of Assembly 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 Division of Port Adelaide was an Australian electoral division in the state of South Australia. The 181 km²seat extended from St Kilda in the north to Grange Road and Findon in the south with part of Salisbury to the east. Suburbs included Alberton,Beverley,Birkenhead,Cheltenham,Findon,Kilkenny,Largs Bay,Mansfield Park,North Haven,Ottoway,Parafield Gardens,Paralowie,Pennington,Port Adelaide,Queenstown,Rosewater,Salisbury Downs,Semaphore,Woodville,West Croydon,and part of Seaton. The seat also included Torrens Island and Garden Island. Port Adelaide was abolished in 2019,after a redistribution triggered by a change in representation entitlement which saw South Australia's seats in the House of Representatives reduced to ten.
The Division of Wakefield was an Australian electoral division in the state of South Australia. The seat was a hybrid rural-urban electorate that stretched from Salisbury in the outer northern suburbs of Adelaide at the south of the seat right through to the Clare Valley at the north of the seat,135 km from Adelaide. It included the suburbs of Elizabeth,Craigmore,Munno Para,and part of Salisbury,and the towns of Balaklava,Clare,Freeling,Gawler,Kapunda,Mallala,Riverton,Tarlee,Virginia,Williamstown,and part of Port Wakefield.
Enfield is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Named after the suburb of the same name,it is a 16.48 km2 (6.36 sq mi) suburban electorate in Adelaide's inner north,taking in the suburbs of Blair Athol,Broadview,Clearview,Enfield,Kilburn,Lightsview,Northgate,and Sefton Park;and parts of Nailsworth,Northfield and Prospect. The seat was vacant pending a by-election in February 2019—Labor MP John Rau resigned from parliament in December 2018,following Labor's defeat at the 2018 South Australian state election in March. Labor's Andrea Michaels was elected as Rau's successor on 9 February after defeating Independent candidate Gary Johanson in the by-election.
Adelaide is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. The 22.8 km²state seat of Adelaide currently consists of the Adelaide city centre including North Adelaide and suburbs to the inner north and inner north east:Collinswood,Fitzroy,Gilberton,Medindie,Medindie Gardens,Ovingham,Thorngate,Walkerville,most of Prospect,and part of Nailsworth. The federal division of Adelaide covers the state seat of Adelaide and additional suburbs in each direction.
Ashford is a former electorate for the South Australian Legislative Assembly which included many of Adelaide's inner south western suburbs. The district formed part of three federal electorates:the Division of Hindmarsh,the Division of Boothby,and the Division of Adelaide. The former electorate included the suburbs of Ashford,Black Forest,Camden Park,Clarence Gardens,Clarence Park,Cumberland Park,Everard Park,Forestville,Glandore,Keswick,Kings Park,Novar Gardens and Plympton as well as parts of Edwardstown,Goodwood,Millswood,Plympton Park,South Plympton and Wayville. The former electorate covered an area of approximately 14.6 square kilometres (5.6 sq mi).
Fisher was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It was created in 1970 and named after Sir James Fisher,a colonial politician and the first mayor of Adelaide. It was abolished in a 2016 redistribution and its last MP,Nat Cook was elected to represent its replacement,Hurtle Vale,at the 2018 state election. It covers a 94.2 km2 suburban and semi rural area on the southern fringes of Adelaide,taking in the suburbs of Aberfoyle Park,Chandlers Hill,Cherry Gardens,Coromandel East,Happy Valley,Reynella East and parts of Clarendon,O'Halloran Hill and Woodcroft.
Bright is a former electorate for the South Australian House of Assembly. It was named in honour of Charles Bright,at various times South Australian Supreme Court Judge,Flinders University Chancellor,Health Commission chairman,and Electoral Boundaries Commission chairman. Prior to its 2018 abolition,the seat covered southern coastal suburbs of Adelaide including Brighton,North Brighton,South Brighton,Hallett Cove,Hove,Kingston Park,Marino,Seacliff,Seacliff Park and part of Somerton Park.
The Playmander was a gerrymandering system,a pro-rural electoral malapportionment in the Australian state of South Australia,introduced by the incumbent Liberal and Country League (LCL) government,and in place for 32 years from 1936 to 1968. It consisted of 26 low-population rural seats holding up to a 10-to-1 advantage over the 13 high-population metropolitan seats in the state parliament,even though rural seats contained only a third of South Australia's population. At the peak of the malapportionment in 1968,the rural seat of Frome had 4,500 formal votes,while the metropolitan seat of Enfield had 42,000 formal votes.
The 2014 South Australian state election elected members to the 53rd Parliament of South Australia on 15 March 2014,to fill all 47 seats in the House of Assembly and 11 of 22 seats in the Legislative Council. The 12-year-incumbent Australian Labor Party (SA) government,led by Premier Jay Weatherill,won its fourth consecutive four-year term in government,a record 16 years of Labor government,defeating the opposition Liberal Party of Australia (SA),led by Opposition Leader Steven Marshall.
The 2018 South Australian state election to elect members to the 54th Parliament of South Australia was held on 17 March 2018. All 47 seats in the House of Assembly or lower house,whose members were elected at the 2014 election,and 11 of 22 seats in the Legislative Council or upper house,last filled at the 2010 election,were contested. The record-16-year-incumbent Australian Labor Party (SA) government led by Premier Jay Weatherill was seeking a fifth four-year term,but was defeated by the opposition Liberal Party of Australia (SA),led by Opposition Leader Steven Marshall. Nick Xenophon's new SA Best party unsuccessfully sought to obtain the balance of power.
Natalie Fleur Cook is an Australian Labor Party politician and anti-violence campaigner. She became an anti-violence campaigner after the death of her son in a one-punch attack in 2008.
The Division of Spence is an electoral district for the Australian House of Representatives. It is located in the outer northern suburbs of Adelaide in South Australia.
