Electoral district of Hartley

Hartley is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after John Hartley, a public servant responsible for creating much of South Australia's public education system. It is a 14.7km² urban electorate in Adelaide's east, taking in the suburbs of Campbelltown, Felixstow, Glynde, Hectorville, Kensington Gardens, Kensington Park and Tranmere, as well as parts of Magill, Payneham and Rosslyn Park.

Hartley was created at the electoral redistribution of 1976 as a relatively safe Labor seat, and was first contested at the 1977 state election by then Deputy Premier Des Corcoran, who had moved from the more marginal seat of Millicent. He was succeeded by Terry Groom, who later resigned and became an independent after being denied preselection for a safer seat after the 1991 redistribution rendered Hartley unwinnable for Labor. The seat subsequently fell to Liberal Joe Scalzi at the 1993 election and was twice re-elected by tiny margins. Despite Hartley having gained 1370 voters in Liberal-voting Magill and losing 2000 voters in Labor-voting Paradise at the last redistribution, Scalzi was swept away amidst the landslide Labor victory at the 2006 election, conceding defeat to opponent Grace Portolesi on election night. The ALP now hold a two-party preferred margin of 4.6% in this electorate.

Members for Hartley

External links

* [http://www.abc.net.au/elections/sa/2006/guide/hart.htm ABC profile for Hartley]
* [http://www.pollbludger.com/sa2006/hartley.htm Poll Bludger profile for Hartley]
* [http://www.seo.sa.gov.au/election2006//maps/images/520.gifState Electoral Office map for Hartley]
* [http://www.seo.sa.gov.au/apps/news/?year=2006&districtSearch=3211 State Electoral Office profile for Hartley]