Division of Adelaide
| Adelaide Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
Map Interactive map of boundaries | |
| Created | 1903 |
| MP | Steve Georganas |
| Party | Labor |
| Namesake | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Electors | 121606 (2019) |
| Area | 76 km2 (29.3 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Inner Metropolitan |
The Division of Adelaide is an Australian electoral division in South Australia. It includes the Adelaide city centre and the suburbs of Ashford, Clarence Park, Enfield, Goodwood, Kent Town, Keswick, Kilburn, Maylands, North Adelaide, Northgate, Norwood, Parkside, Prospect, Rose Park, St Peters, Toorak Gardens, Unley and Walkerville.[1]
It was set up in 1903 and is named for the city of Adelaide, South Australia's capital, which was named for Queen Adelaide, wife of William IV.[1]
Members[change | change source]
| Image | Member | Party | Term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Charles Kingston (1850–1908) |
Protectionist | 1903– 11 May 1908 |
Previously held the Division of South Australia. Died in office | |
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Ernest Roberts (1868–1913) |
Labor | 1908-1913 | Previously held the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Gladstone. Served as minister under Andrew Fisher. Died in office | |
|
George Edwin Yates (1871–1959) |
Labor | 1914 – 1919 |
Lost seat | |
|
Reginald Blundell (1871–1945) |
Nationalist | 1919 – 1922 |
Previously held the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Adelaide. Lost seat | |
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George Edwin Yates (1871–1959) |
Labor | 1922 – 1931 |
Lost seat | |
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Fred Stacey (1879–1964) |
United Australia | 1931 – 1943 |
Lost seat | |
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Cyril Chambers (1898–1975) |
Labor | 1943 – August 1957 |
Served as minister under Ben Chifley. Retired | |
| Independent | August 1957 – June 1958 | ||||
| Labor | June 1958 – 1958 | ||||
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Joe Sexton (1905–1974) |
Labor | 1958 – 1966 |
Lost seat | |
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Andrew Jones (1944–2015) |
Liberal | 1966 – 1969 |
Lost seat | |
|
Chris Hurford (1931–) |
Labor | 1969 – 31 December 1987 |
Served as minister under Bob Hawke. Resigned in order to become Australian Consul-General in New York | |
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Mike Pratt (1948–) |
Liberal | 6 February 1988-1990 | Lost seat | |
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Bob Catley (1942–) |
Labor | 1990 –1993 | Lost seat | |
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Trish Worth (1946–) |
Liberal | 1993 – 2004 |
Lost seat | |
|
Kate Ellis (1977–) |
Labor | 2004 – 2019 |
Served as minister under Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard. Retired | |
|
Steve Georganas (1959–) |
Labor | 2019 – present |
Previously held the Division of Hindmarsh. Current member | |
Ernest Roberts was elected in 1908 after a by-election caused by the death of Charles Kingston. Kingston, a former Premier of South Australia, had been elected in 1903 unopposed. However Roberts died in 1913 which also caused a by-election. In 1988 Chris Hurford resigned to become the Australian Consul-General in New York, which also caused a by-election.
Election results[change | change source]
| 2022 Australian federal election: Adelaide[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Steve Georganas | 45,086 | 39.98 | −0.29 | |
| Liberal | Amy Grantham | 36,080 | 32.00 | −4.16 | |
| Greens | Rebecca Galdies | 22,666 | 20.10 | +4.38 | |
| One Nation | Gayle Allwood | 3,376 | 2.99 | +2.99 | |
| United Australia | Sean Allwood | 3,055 | 2.71 | −0.54 | |
| Fusion | Matthew McMillan | 1,631 | 1.45 | +1.45 | |
| Australian Federation | Faith Gerhard | 870 | 0.77 | +0.77 | |
| Total formal votes | 112,764 | 96.21 | −0.09 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,438 | 3.79 | +0.09 | ||
| Turnout | 117,202 | 90.18 | −1.34 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Steve Georganas | 69,816 | 61.91 | +3.73 | |
| Liberal | Amy Grantham | 42,948 | 38.09 | −3.73 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +3.73 | |||
Notes[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Profile of the electoral division of Adelaide (SA)". Australian Electoral Commission. 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ↑ Adelaide, SA, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.