Electoral district of Gibson

Gibson is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It was created by the redistribution conducted in 2016, and was contested for the first time at the 2018 state election.^{[2]: pages 45–46} It replaced the former seat of Bright.

Gibson South Australia—House of Assembly
2018 boundaries shown in green in Adelaide area
State	South Australia
Created	2018
MP	Sarah Andrews
Party	Australian Labor Party
Namesake	Gladys Ruth Gibson CBE (1901–1972)
Electors	25,808 (2018)
Area	15.1 km^2 (5.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	35°01′S 138°32′E / 35.01°S 138.53°E / -35.01; 138.53Coordinates: 35°01′S 138°32′E / 35.01°S 138.53°E / -35.01; 138.53
Electorates around Gibson: Gulf St Vincent Morphett Badcoe Gulf St Vincent Gibson Elder Gulf St Vincent Black Davenport
Footnotes
Electoral District map^[1]

Gibson lies southwest of the Adelaide city centre and includes the suburbs of Brighton, Dover Gardens, Hove, Marion, North Brighton, Oaklands Park, Seacombe Gardens, South Brighton, Sturt, Warradale and the southern portion of Somerton Park.^[3]

Since 2022 it has been represented by Sarah Andrews of the Labor Party.^[4]

Members for Gibson

Member		Party	Term
	Corey Wingard	Liberal	2018–2022
	Sarah Andrews	Labor	2022–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Gibson

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 South Australian state election (House of Assembly) § Gibson.[edit]

2022 South Australian state election: Gibson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Corey Wingard	10,431	42.6	−5.4
	Labor	Sarah Andrews	9,701	39.6	+14.3
	Greens	Diane Atkinson	2,712	11.1	+5.5
	Family First	Fiona Leslie	913	3.7	+3.7
	Independent	Jaison Midzi	746	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			24,503	97.6
Informal votes			607	2.4
Turnout			25,110	89.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sarah Andrews	12,867	52.5	+12.5
	Liberal	Corey Wingard	11,636	47.5	−12.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+12.5

Notes

1. Electoral District of Gibson (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
2. "Final Redistribution Report". South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
3. Gibson (Map). South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
4. "Gibson - SA Electorate, Candidates, Results". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

References

• ECSA profile for Gibson: 2018
• ABC profile for Gibson: 2018
• Poll Bludger profile for Gibson: 2018