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Makin
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Makin (green) in South AustraliaCreated: 1984 MP: Tony Zappia Party: Labor Namesake: Norman Makin Area: 115 km² (44 sq mi) Demographic: Outer Metropolitan The Division of Makin is an electoral division for the Australian House of Representatives located in the northeastern suburbs of Adelaide. Established in 1984 and named after Norman Makin, a former MP and diplomat, it has been a marginal seat at most elections since. It includes the suburbs of Tea Tree Gully, Modbury, Salisbury Heights, Salisbury East and Para Hills.
It is known as a mortgage belt seat, with a large proportion of the population in the area paying off home loans. In the 2006 census over 42 percent of the seat's electors had a home mortgage; ranking it 19th highest in Australia's 150 seats.[1]
Makin has been represented by Labor MP Tony Zappia since the 2007 election. At the 2010 election, Zappia technically made it a safe Labor seat by winning 62 percent of the two-party vote.
Members
Member Party Term Peter Duncan Labor 1984–1996 Trish Draper Liberal 1996–2007 Tony Zappia Labor 2007–present Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of MakinAustralian federal election, 2010: Makin Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labor Tony Zappia 43,114 50.58 -0.87 Liberal Liz Davies 25,740 30.20 -8.07 Greens Jasemin Rose 8,604 10.09 +5.79 Family First Mark Potter 5,089 5.97 +2.42 Liberal Democrats Michael Gameau 1,081 1.27 +0.78 One Nation Anton Horvat 662 0.78 +0.20 Democrats Wayne Rich 534 0.63 -0.74 Climate Sceptics Robert Stewart 409 0.48 +0.48 Total formal votes 85,233 93.91 -2.02 Informal votes 5,532 6.09 +2.02 Turnout 90,765 94.29 -1.38 Two-candidate preferred result Labor Tony Zappia 53,014 62.20 +4.50 Liberal Liz Davies 32,219 37.80 -4.50 Labor hold Swing +4.50 References
- ^ Megalogenis, George. "2006 census, customised tables commissioned by The Australian". The Australian. Archived from the original on 2007-11-18. http://web.archive.org/web/20071118223518/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/files/meganomics1new.html. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
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
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