Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.[1]
History
The city of Adelaide, the division's namesake (pictured July 2010)
The division of Adelaide was one of seven single-member seats established when the seven-member statewide Division of South Australia was abolished following the inaugural 1901 election. For the first 40 years after Federation, it was one of the few Federation seats in the state that regularly changed hands between the Australian Labor Party and the conservative parties. Despite the bellwether-like swinging tendency, unusually the only time Adelaide was obtained by an incoming government was in 1931.
However, Labor held it for all but six years from 1943 to 1993, including a 23-year Labor hold during the Robert Menzies era. For most of the time from 1943 to 1987, it was a fairly safe Labor seat. Labor's hold on the seat loosened slightly in the late 1980s due to pro-Liberal demographic change; it was briefly lost to the Liberals at a 1988 by-election, but regained in 1990.
A pre-1993 boundary redistribution pushed the seat to the south,[2][3] adding Liberal-friendly suburbs to the south of the Adelaide city centre for the first time while removing Labor suburbs in the north-east, resulting in Liberal Trish Worth holding the seat for eleven years, albeit on slender margins.
Kate Ellis regained Adelaide for Labor in 2004 on a 1.3 percent margin from a two percent two-partyswing. Ellis increased her margin to 8.5 percent in 2007, before falling to 7.7 percent in 2010 and to 4.0 percent in 2013, before increasing to 4.7 percent in 2016.
In 2016, the major party vote was suppressed in all eleven state seats in the presence of Nick Xenophon Team (NXT) candidates in all eleven South Australian seats. Though Labor picked up a two-party swing in all eleven, the NXT presence produced a result where Kingston ended up as the only South Australian seat to record an increase, however small, to the primary vote of a particular major party. Additionally, Adelaide was the only seat of the state's eleven where the Greens vote increased, while also producing both the highest Green vote and the lowest NXT vote in the state. This is in contrast to 2007 where the Xenophon Senate ticket polled higher in Adelaide than in most other seats.[4]
2018 redistribution and next election
Labor incumbent Kate Ellis announced in March 2017 that she would step down from the Labor shadow cabinet in the following months and would not re-contest her seat at the end of the parliamentary term.[5] The 2018 South Australian federal redistribution saw the seat of Adelaide lose all of its inner-eastern suburbs and a couple of its southern suburbs, while gaining a long strip of western suburbs spanning the entire north-south length of the seat. These changes saw the Labor margin increase significantly from 4.7 percent to a notional 9.0 percent.[6] In July 2018, Steve Georganas, the Labor member for neighbouring Hindmarsh, sought and won preselection for Adelaide at the 2019 election, yielding his former seat to fellow Labor MP Mark Butler, the member for abolished Port Adelaide.[7]
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This article is about the Australian federal electorate For the South Australian state electorate see Electoral district of Adelaide For the historical South Australian state electorate see Electoral district of City of Adelaide The Division of Adelaide is an Australian electoral division in South Australia and is named for the city of Adelaide South Australia s capital AdelaideAustralian House of Representatives DivisionDivision of Adelaide in South Australia as of the 2019 federal election Created1903MPSteve GeorganasPartyLaborNamesakeAdelaideElectors130 151 2022 Area76 km2 29 3 sq mi DemographicInner metropolitanAt the 2016 federal election the electorate covered 76 km is centred on the Adelaide city centre and spanning from Grand Junction Road in the north to Cross Road in the south and from Portrush Road in the east to Marion and Holbrooks Road in the west taking in suburbs including Ashford Enfield Goodwood Kent Town Keswick Kilburn Mansfield Park Maylands Northgate Norwood Parkside Prospect Rose Park St Peters Toorak Gardens Torrensville Thebarton Unley and Walkerville Contents 1 Geography 2 History 2 1 Later years 2 2 2018 redistribution and next election 3 Members 4 Election results 5 References 6 Notes 7 External linksGeography EditSince 1984 federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state and they occur every seven years or sooner if a state s representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned 1 History Edit The city of Adelaide the division s namesake pictured July 2010 The division of Adelaide was one of seven single member seats established when the seven member statewide Division of South Australia was abolished following the inaugural 1901 election For the first 40 years after Federation it was one of the few Federation seats in the state that regularly changed hands between the Australian Labor Party and the conservative parties Despite the bellwether like swinging tendency unusually the only time Adelaide was obtained by an incoming government was in 1931 However Labor held it for all but six years from 1943 to 1993 including a 23 year Labor hold during the Robert Menzies era For most of the time from 1943 to 1987 it was a fairly safe Labor seat Labor s hold on the seat loosened slightly in the late 1980s due to pro Liberal demographic change it was briefly lost to the Liberals at a 1988 by election but regained in 1990 Very similar to the modern day state level electoral district of Adelaide historically the federal level Division of Adelaide covered only the Adelaide city centre and a few nearby inner north suburbs up to Regency Road in Prospect for most of its first century 2 3 Later years Edit A pre 1993 boundary redistribution pushed the seat to the south 2 3 adding Liberal friendly suburbs to the south of the Adelaide city centre for the first time while removing Labor suburbs in the north east resulting in Liberal Trish Worth holding the seat for eleven years albeit on slender margins Kate Ellis regained Adelaide for Labor in 2004 on a 1 3 percent margin from a two percent two party swing Ellis increased her margin to 8 5 percent in 2007 before falling to 7 7 percent in 2010 and to 4 0 percent in 2013 before increasing to 4 7 percent in 2016 In 2016 the major party vote was suppressed in all eleven state seats in the presence of Nick Xenophon Team NXT candidates in all eleven South Australian seats Though Labor picked up a two party swing in all eleven the NXT presence produced a result where Kingston ended up as the only South Australian seat to record an increase however small to the primary vote of a particular major party Additionally Adelaide was the only seat of the state s eleven where the Greens vote increased while also producing both the highest Green vote and the lowest NXT vote in the state This is in contrast to 2007 where the Xenophon Senate ticket polled higher in Adelaide than in most other seats 4 2018 redistribution and next election Edit Labor incumbent Kate Ellis announced in March 2017 that she would step down from the Labor shadow cabinet in the following months and would not re contest her seat at the end of the parliamentary term 5 The 2018 South Australian federal redistribution saw the seat of Adelaide lose all of its inner eastern suburbs and a couple of its southern suburbs while gaining a long strip of western suburbs spanning the entire north south length of the seat These changes saw the Labor margin increase significantly from 4 7 percent to a notional 9 0 percent 6 In July 2018 Steve Georganas the Labor member for neighbouring Hindmarsh sought and won preselection for Adelaide at the 2019 election yielding his former seat to fellow Labor MP Mark Butler the member for abolished Port Adelaide 7 Members EditImage Member Party Term Notes Charles Kingston 1850 1908 Protectionist 16 December 1903 11 May 1908 Previously held the Division of South Australia Died in office Ernest Roberts 1868 1913 Labor 13 June 1908 2 December 1913 Previously held the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Gladstone Served as minister under Fisher Died in office George Edwin Yates 1871 1959 Labor 10 January 1914 13 December 1919 Lost seat Reginald Blundell 1871 1945 Nationalist 13 December 1919 16 December 1922 Previously held the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Adelaide Lost seat George Edwin Yates 1871 1959 Labor 16 December 1922 19 December 1931 Lost seat Fred Stacey 1879 1964 United Australia 19 December 1931 21 August 1943 Lost seat Cyril Chambers 1898 1975 Labor 21 August 1943 19 September 1957 Served as minister under Chifley Retired Independent 19 September 1957 16 June 1958 Labor 16 June 1958 14 October 1958 Joe Sexton 1905 1974 Labor 22 November 1958 26 November 1966 Lost seat Andrew Jones 1944 2015 Liberal 26 November 1966 25 October 1969 Lost seat Chris Hurford 1931 2020 Labor 25 October 1969 31 December 1987 Served as minister under Hawke Resigned to become Australian Consul General in New York Mike Pratt 1948 Liberal 6 February 1988 24 March 1990 Lost seat Bob Catley 1942 Labor 24 March 1990 13 March 1993 Lost seat Trish Worth 1946 Liberal 13 March 1993 9 October 2004 Lost seat Kate Ellis 1977 Labor 9 October 2004 11 April 2019 Served as minister under Rudd and Gillard Retired Steve Georganas 1959 Labor 18 May 2019 present Previously held the Division of Hindmarsh IncumbentElection results EditMain article Electoral results for the Division of Adelaide This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in South Australia Adelaide edit 2022 Australian federal election Adelaide 8 Party Candidate Votes Labor Steve Georganas 45 086 39 98 0 29Liberal Amy Grantham 36 080 32 00 4 16Greens Rebecca Galdies 22 666 20 10 4 38One Nation Gayle Allwood 3 376 2 99 2 99United Australia Sean Allwood 3 055 2 71 0 54Fusion Matthew McMillan 1 631 1 45 1 45Australian Federation Faith Gerhard 870 0 77 0 77Total formal votes 112 764 96 21 0 09Informal votes 4 438 3 79 0 09Turnout 117 202 90 18 1 34Two party preferred resultLabor Steve Georganas 69 816 61 91 3 73Liberal Amy Grantham 42 948 38 09 3 73Labor hold Swing 3 73References EditABC profile for Adelaide 2016 Poll Bludger profile for Adelaide 2016 AEC profile for Adelaide 2016Notes Edit Muller Damon 14 November 2017 The process of federal redistributions a quick guide Parliament of Australia Retrieved 19 April 2022 a b ABC profile for Adelaide 2013 a b Historic electoral maps Australian election statistics compiled by multiple sources 2007 SA Senate vote by seat AEC Kate Ellis Labor frontbencher to quit politics at next federal election ABC News Australia 9 March 2017 Green Antony 2017 18 Federal Redistribution South Australia ABC News Australia Steve Georganas and Mark Butler composite ABC News Australia 18 July 2018 Adelaide SA 2022 Tally Room Australian Electoral Commission External links EditSA boundary map 2001 AEC SA boundary map 1984 Atlas SA Coordinates 34 54 25 S 138 36 07 E 34 907 S 138 602 E 34 907 138 602 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Division of Adelaide amp oldid 1097334105, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
