Division of Boothby
Boothby Australian House of Representatives Division | |
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![]() Boothby (dark green) in the city of Adelaide | |
Created | 1903 |
MP | Nicolle Flint |
Party | Liberal |
Namesake | William Boothby |
Electors | 123,949 (2019) |
Area | 130 km2 (50.2 sq mi) |
Demographic | Outer Metropolitan |
The Division of Boothby is an Australian electoral division in South Australia. It was set up 1903 and is named for William Boothby (1829–1903), the Returning Officer for the first federal election in 1901.[1]
It covers the suburbs south of Adelaide, including Aberfoyle Park, Belair, Blackwood, Brighton, Daw Park, Eden Hills, Flagstaff Hill, Marion, Mitcham, Seacliff, St Marys and Panorama.
Members[change | change source]
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Lee Batchelor (1865–1911) |
Labour | 1903 – 8 October 1911 |
Previously held the Division of South Australia. Served as minister under Chris Watson and Andrew Fisher. Died in office | |
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David Gordon (1865–1946) |
Commonwealth Liberal | 1911 Boothby by-election – 1913 |
Lost seat. Later elected to the South Australian Legislative Council in 1913 | |
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George Dankel (1864–1926) |
Labor | 1913 – [14 November 1916 |
Previously held the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Torrens. Retired | |
National Labor | 14 November 1916 – 17 February 1917 | ||||
Nationalist | 17 February 1917 – 26 March 1917 | ||||
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William Story (1857–1924) |
Nationalist | 1917 – 1922 |
Previously a member of the Senate. Served as Chief Government Whip under Billy Hughes. Lost seat | |
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Jack Duncan-Hughes (1882–1962) |
Liberal Union | 1922 – 1925 |
Lost seat. Elected to the Senate in 1931 | |
Nationalist | 1925 – 1928 | ||||
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John Price (1882–1941) |
Labor | 1928 – March 1931 |
Previously held the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Port Adelaide. Served as Chief Government Whip under Joseph Lyons. Died in office | |
Independent | March 1931 – 7 May 1931 | ||||
United Australia | 7 May 1931 – 23 April 1941 | ||||
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Grenfell Price (1892–1977) |
United Australia | 1941 Boothby by-election– 1943 |
Lost seat | |
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Thomas Sheehy (1899–1984) |
Labor | 1943 – 1949]] |
Did not contest in the seat in the election in 1949. Failed to win the Division of Kingston | |
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(Sir) John McLeay Sr. (1893–1982) |
Liberal | 1949]] – 1966 |
Previously held the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Unley. Served as Speaker during the Robert Menzies and Harold Holt Governments. Retired. Son was John McLeay Jr. | |
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John McLeay Jr. (1922–2000) |
Liberal | 1966 – 22 January 1981 |
Served as minister under Malcolm Fraser. Resigned in order to retire from politics. Father was John McLeay Sr. | |
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Steele Hall (1928–) |
Liberal | 1981 Boothby by-election– 1996 |
Previously Premier of South Australia (1968–70), and later a Liberal Movement member of the Senate (1974–77). Retired | |
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Andrew Southcott (1967–) |
Liberal | 1996 – 2016 |
Retired | |
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Nicolle Flint (1978–) |
Liberal | 2016 – present |
Current member |
David Gordon won the seat in a by-election in 1911 caused by the death of Lee Batchelor. Another by-election was held in 1941 after the death of John Price. Sir John McLeay was Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1956-66. His son John, Jr., was a minister in the Fraser government. Steele Hall had been Premier of South Australia, when he won the seat in a by-election caused by McLeay accepting a diplomatic position overseas.
Election results[change | change source]
- 2004 election results
- 2007 election results
- 2010 election results
- 2013 election results
- 2016 election results
- 2019 election results
Notes[change | change source]
- ↑ Profile of the Electoral Division of Boothby, 4 January 2011, Australian Electoral Commission.