Electoral district of Waite
- Electoral district of Waite
Waite is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after Peter Waite, a 19th entrepreneur and philanthropist in the current area of the electorate, it is a 30.6km² urban electorate in Adelaide's inner south-eastern suburbs, taking in the suburbs of Brown Hill Creek, Clapham, Colonel Light Gardens, Cumberland Park, Hawthorn, Kingswood, Lower Mitcham, Lynton, Mitcham, Netherby, Springfield, Torrens Park, Urrbrae, Westbourne Park as well as parts of Belair, Daw Park, Leawood Gardens and Panorama.
Waite was created in the 1991 electoral distribution as a safe seat for the Liberal Party of Australia, replacing the abolished Mitcham, the only lower house seat anywhere throughout Australia to be held by the Democrats. [http://www.pollbludger.com/sa2006/waite.htm] Waite was first contested at the 1993 state election, where it was won by Liberal treasurer and deputy-premier Stephen Baker. Upon retirement in 1997, he was replaced by Martin Hamilton-Smith.
Members for Mitcham and Waite
External links
* [http://www.abc.net.au/elections/sa/2006/guide/wait.htm ABC profile for Waite]
* [http://www.pollbludger.com/sa2006/waite.htm Poll Bludger profile for Waite]
* [http://www.seo.sa.gov.au/election2006//maps/images/545.gifState Electoral Office map for Waite]
* [http://www.seo.sa.gov.au/apps/news/?year=2006&districtSearch=3236 State Electoral Office profile for Waite]
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