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Boothby
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Boothby (green) in South AustraliaCreated: 1903 MP: Andrew Southcott Party: Liberal Namesake: William Boothby Area: 123 km² (47 sq mi) Demographic: Outer Metropolitan The Division of Boothby is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. The division was created in 1903 and is named after William Boothby (1829–1903), the Returning Officer for the first election of Members of the House of Representatives in 1901.[1]
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History
Before 1949 and the creation of the Division of Sturt, Boothby covered most of the southern and eastern suburbs of Adelaide, and changed hands several times between the Australian Labor Party and the conservative parties. Since 1949 it has been confined to the affluent south-eastern and gulfside suburbs and has traditionally been regarded as a "safe" or "fairly safe" seat for the Liberal Party, however in recent years, it has become increasingly marginal.[2] Today it extends from Mitcham and Belair in the east to Brighton and Seacliff in the west.[3]
The seat has been held by Andrew Southcott since 1996. Its most prominent member was Sir John McLeay, who was Speaker 1956-66.
The seat of Boothby gained national prominence in 2007 when the then opposition Labor Party preselected Nicole Cornes, an Advertiser columnist and wife of popular former footballer Graham Cornes.[4] Her bid for the seat was unsuccessful, with member Andrew Southcott holding the seat, but with a further decreased margin.
Members
Member Party Term Lee Batchelor Labor 1903–1911 David Gordon Commonwealth Liberal 1911–1913 George Dankel Labor 1913–1916 Nationalist 1916–1917 William Story Nationalist 1917–1922 Jack Duncan-Hughes Liberal Union 1922–1925 Nationalist 1925–1928 John Price Labor 1928–1931 United Australia 1931–1941 Grenfell Price United Australia 1941–1943 Thomas Sheehy Labor 1943–1949 John McLeay, Sr. Liberal 1949–1966 John McLeay, Jr. Liberal 1966–1981 Steele Hall Liberal 1981–1996 Andrew Southcott Liberal 1996–present Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of BoothbyAustralian federal election, 2010: Boothby Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Andrew Southcott 38,248 44.81 -1.44 Labor Annabel Digance 30,515 35.75 +1.63 Greens Fiona Blinco 11,305 13.24 +3.02 Family First Meredith Resce 2,120 2.48 +0.04 Independent Ray McGhee 1,689 1.98 -2.93 Democrats Thomas Salerno 517 0.61 -0.93 Liberal Democrats Michael Noack 339 0.40 +0.23 Climate Sceptics Stephen Skillitzi 316 0.37 +0.37 Secular Avi Chapman 310 0.36 +0.36 Total formal votes 85,359 95.37 -1.76 Informal votes 4,148 4.63 +1.76 Turnout 89,507 91.43 -4.25 Two-candidate preferred result Liberal Andrew Southcott 43,317 50.75 -2.18 Labor Annabel Digance 42,042 49.25 +2.18 Liberal hold Swing -2.18 References
- ^ Profile of the Electoral Division of Boothby, 4 January 2011, Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ The AEC Seat 'safeness' ratings are:
Seat status is generally based on the two-party-preferred results of the last election.- Where a winning candidate receives less than 56% of the vote, the seat is classified as 'marginal';
- 56–60% is classified as 'fairly safe'; and
- more than 60% is considered 'safe'.
- ^ Map of the Commonwealth Electoral Division of Boothby, 2004, reprinted 2007, Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ Mike Sexton (19 November 2007). "Star ALP candidate battles for Boothby". ABC 7:30 Report. http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2007/s2095142.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
See also
- Boothby by-election, 1981
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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