Electoral district of Elizabeth (South Australia)

This article is about the South Australian state electorate. For the historical New South Wales state electorate, see Electoral district of Elizabeth (New South Wales).

Elizabeth
South Australia—House of Assembly
2022 boundaries shown in green in Adelaide area
StateSouth Australia
Created2018
MPLee Odenwalder
PartyAustralian Labor Party
NamesakeElizabeth, South Australia
Electors28,399 (2018)
Area29.25 km2 (11.3 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates34°42′24″S 138°41′7″E / 34.70667°S 138.68528°E / -34.70667; 138.68528
Electorates around Elizabeth:
Light Light Schubert
Taylor Elizabeth King
Taylor Ramsay King
Footnotes
Electoral District map[1]

Elizabeth is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It first existed from 1970 to 2006, when its boundaries were moved south and east and it was renamed to Little Para. The 2016 redistribution moved it further north and renamed it back to Elizabeth for the 2018 election. The district is in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, and named for the suburb of Elizabeth.

Elizabeth
South Australia—House of Assembly
StateSouth Australia
Created1970
Abolished2006
NamesakeElizabeth, South Australia
DemographicMetropolitan

First incarnation (1970–2006)

The district of Elizabeth was first created in 1970 when the number of electorates increased from 39 to 47 and was abolished in 2006. Though Elizabeth was historically a safe Labor seat, it was held for a time by independent-turned-Labor MP Martyn Evans.

Elizabeth was renamed Little Para following boundary changes in the 2003 redistribution which took effect at the 2006 state election.

Current incarnation

The 2016 redistribution which took effect with the 2018 state election renamed Little Para back to Elizabeth, and moved the boundaries further north following the abolition of Napier to create King. It consisted of the suburbs of Blakeview, Craigmore, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Downs, Elizabeth East, Elizabeth Grove, Elizabeth Park, Elizabeth South, Elizabeth Vale.[2]

As a result of being over quota the 2020 redistribution has moved the southern boundary which was the Little Para River further north with Elizabeth Vale and parts of Elizabeth South which contained the former Elizabeth Holden Car Plant now moved to Ramsay. Hogarth Road has now become the Southern Boundary and the suburb of Blakeview remains the Northern Boundary.[3]

Members for Elizabeth

First incarnation (1970–2006)
Member Party Term
  John Clark Labor 1970–1973
  Peter Duncan Labor 1973–1984
  Martyn Evans Independent 1984–1993
  Labor 1993–1994
  Lea Stevens Labor 1994–2006
Second incarnation (2018–present)
  Lee Odenwalder Labor 2018–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Elizabeth (South Australia)
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 South Australian state election (House of Assembly) § Elizabeth.[edit]
2022 South Australian state election: Elizabeth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Lee Odenwalder 12,086 54.7 +4.0
Liberal Jake Fedczyszyn 4,281 19.4 +1.4
One Nation John Lutman 2,290 10.4 +10.4
Greens Tracey Smallwood 1,736 7.9 +1.2
Family First John Bennett 1,705 7.7 +7.7
Total formal votes 22,098 96.2
Informal votes 884 3.8
Turnout 22,982 82.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Lee Odenwalder 15,590 70.5 +3.3
Liberal Jake Fedczyszyn 6,508 29.5 −3.3
Labor hold Swing +3.3

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Electoral District of Elizabeth (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Final Redistribution Report". South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  3. ^ "2020 - Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission | Electoral Commission SA". Edbc.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 21 August 2022.

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