Division Profile
| Division Name |
PORT ADELAIDE |
| State |
South Australia |
| Elected Member |
Sawford, R (ALP) 1988- |
| Name Derivation |
Named after the locality which was discovered by Collet Barker in 1831. |
| First Proclaimed / Election |
1949 |
| Area |
253 sq. kms |
| Demographic |
Inner Metropolitan |
| Seat Status |
Safe |
| Enrolment |
97,707 |
| Turnout |
94.34% |
| Informal |
7.08% |
| Location |
Port Adelaide covers an area of approximately 253 sq km from Buckland Park in the north down to Grange Road in the south whilst its eastern boundary takes in parts of Salisbury. The area also includes Torrens Island and Garden Island. Other suburbs in this division are Alberton, Beverley, Birkenhead, Cheltenham, Findon, Kilkenny, Largs Bay, Mansfield Park, Mawson Lakes, North Haven, Ottoway, Parafield Gardens, Paralowie, Pennington, Port Adelaide, Queenstown, Rosewater, Salisbury Downs, Seaton, Semaphore, Woodville and West Croydon. |
| Products and Industry |
Cement, electricity, flour mills, live sheep export, manufacturing industry, motion pictures, petroleum storage, police academy, salt, sewerage treatment, stevedoring, submarine construction, waste disposal/scrap metal merchants and wool stores. |
Members
| SAWFORD, R (ALP) 1988- |
| YOUNG, M J (ALP) 1974-1988 |
| BIRRELL, F R (ALP) 1963-1974 |
| THOMPSON, A V (ALP) 1949-1963 |
Please Note: the division profile displayed above was at the time of the election. Please consult the AEC website for the most current division profile.
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