Division Profile

Division Name

BOOTHBY

State

South Australia

Elected Member

Southcott, A (LP) 1996-

Name Derivation

Named after William Boothby 1829-1903, the South Australian Returning Officer for the first Federal Election in 1901.

First Proclaimed / Election

1903

Area

130 sq. kms

Demographic

Outer Metropolitan

Pre-Election Seat Status

Marginal

Seat Status

Fairly Safe

Enrolment

104,032

Turnout

93.92%

Informal

3.48%

Location

Boothby covers an area of approximately 130 sq km from Clarence Gardens and Urrbrae in the north to Marino and part of Happy Valley in the south. The main suburbs include Aberfoyle Park, Belair, Blackwood, Brighton, Daw Park, Eden Hills, Flagstaff Hill, Marion, Mitcham, Seacliff, St Marys and Panorama.

Products and Industry

Major retailing, army camp and military barracks, tertiary education, several hospitals and various small industries.

Members

Southcott, A (LP) 1996-

Hall, R S (LP) 1981-1996

McLeay, J E (LP) 1966-1981

McLeay, J (LP/LCL/LP) 1949-1966

Sheehy, T N (ALP) 1943-1949

Price, A G (UAP) 1941-1943

Price, J L (ALP/UAP) 1928-1941

Duncan-Hughes, J (LIB/NAT) 1922-1928

Story, W H (NAT) 1917-1922

Dankel, G (ALP) 1913-1917

Gordon, D J (LIB) 1911-1913

Batchelor, E L (ALP) 1903-1911

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SA DIVISION - BOOTHBY

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