Division Profile

Division Name

PORT ADELAIDE

State

South Australia

Elected Member

Butler, M (ALP) 2007-

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

Pre-Election Seat Status

Safe

Seat Status

Safe

Enrolment

104,280

Turnout

93.37%

Informal

7.18%

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 (part), 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

Butler, M (ALP) 2007-

Sawford, R (ALP) 1988-2007

Young, M J (ALP) 1974-1988

Birrell, F R (ALP) 1963-1974

Thompson, A V (ALP) 1949-1963

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Member elected at the election
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area and location description of the division
products/industries of the area
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seat status following the election
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turnout and informality rates from the election
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Notes:

Inner metropolitan: located in a capital city and comprising well-established, built-up suburbs.
Outer metropolitan: located in capital cities and containing areas of more recent urban expansion.
Provincial: divisions with a majority of enrolment in major provincial cities.
Rural: divisions without a majority of enrolment in major provincial cities.
Where a winning party 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'.
The turnout figure provided in the results screens is based on eligible electors and is calculated as the number of votes counted as a percentage of the election enrolment.
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SA DIVISION - PORT ADELAIDE

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