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This article is about the Australian federal electorate. For the South Australian state electorate, see Electoral district of Adelaide.
Adelaide
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Adelaide (green) in South AustraliaCreated: 1903 MP: Kate Ellis Party: Labor Namesake: Adelaide Area: 75 km² (29 sq mi) Demographic: Inner Metropolitan The Division of Adelaide is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. The division was created in 1903 and is named for the city of Adelaide, South Australia's capital. The seat has always been based in the inner suburbs of Adelaide. The seat currently consists of 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.
The seat was historically a fairly safe seat for the Australian Labor Party, however demographic change and boundary redistributions saw the seat become marginal, and was held by the Liberal Party for eleven years from 1993 to 2004.
Members
Member Party Term Charles Kingston Protectionist 1903–1908 Ernest Roberts Labor 1908–1913 Edwin Yates Labor 1914–1919 Reginald Blundell Nationalist 1919–1922 Edwin Yates Labor 1922–1931 Fred Stacey United Australia 1931–1943 Cyril Chambers Labor 1943–1958 Joe Sexton Labor 1958–1966 Andrew Jones Liberal 1966–1969 Chris Hurford Labor 1969–1988 Mike Pratt Liberal 1988–1990 Bob Catley Labor 1990–1993 Trish Worth Liberal 1993–2004 Kate Ellis Labor 2004–present Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of AdelaideAustralian federal election, 2010: Adelaide Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labor Kate Ellis 38,162 43.89 -4.37 Liberal Luke Westley 32,673 37.57 -0.86 Greens Ruth Beach 11,901 13.69 +3.94 Family First Suzanne Neal 1,900 2.18 +0.15 Democrats Marie Nicholls 819 0.94 -0.59 Socialist Alliance Gemma Weedall 786 0.90 +0.90 Liberal Democrats Christopher Steele 716 0.82 +0.82 Total formal votes 86,957 95.19 -1.70 Informal votes 4,394 4.81 +1.70 Turnout 91,351 92.72 -1.87 Two-candidate preferred result Labor Kate Ellis 50,164 57.69 -0.84 Liberal Luke Westley 36,793 42.31 +0.84 Labor hold Swing -0.84 References
Electoral Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in South Australia Adelaide · Barker · Boothby · Grey · Hindmarsh · Kingston · Makin · Mayo · Port Adelaide · Sturt · Wakefield
Abolished: Angas (1903-34) · Angas (1949-77) · Bonython · Hawker · South Australia
Divisions in: New South Wales · Victoria · Queensland · Western Australia · South Australia · Tasmania · Australian Capital and Northern Territories Categories:- Electoral divisions of Australia
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