Electoral district of Kaurna

Kaurna is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after the Kaurna aboriginal tribe which originally inhabited the Adelaide plains, it is a 67.2 km² semi-urban electorate on Adelaide's far-southern beaches, taking in the suburbs of Aldinga, Aldinga Beach, Maslin Beach, Moana, Old Noarlunga, Port Noarlunga, Port Noarlunga South, Port Willunga, Seaford, Seaford Meadows, Seaford Rise, Sellicks Beach as well as parts of Christies Beach, Christie Downs and Noarlunga Downs.

Kaurna was created in the 1991 electoral distribution as a marginal seat for the Australian Labor Party, replacing the abolished Baudin. It was first contested at the 1993 state election, where it was won by Liberal candidate Lorraine Rosenberg as part of a large swing throughout the state. However, she was swept away in 1997, with John Hill reclaiming the seat for Labor. Hill retained the seat in 2002, increasing the margin beyond 10%, and was promoted to the environment portfolio thereafter.

Members for Kaurna

Member		Party	Term
	Lorraine Rosenberg	Liberal Party of Australia	1993–1997
	John Hill	Australian Labor Party	1997–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Kaurna

South Australian state election, 2010: Kaurna
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Hill	10,353	49.4	-10.5
	Liberal	Trisha Bird	7,036	33.6	+12.9
	Greens	Yvonne Wenham	1,771	8.5	+1.0
	Family First	James Chappell	1,176	5.6	-1.2
	Democrats	Marie Nicholls	365	1.7	-0.4
	FREE Australia	Jason Wuttke	254	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			20,955	95.8
Informal votes			751	4.2
Turnout			21,706	92.3
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	John Hill	12,290	58.6	-13.3
	Liberal	Trisha Bird	8,665	41.4	+13.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-13.3

External links

• Poll Bludger profile for Kaurna: 2006
• Poll Bludger profile for Kaurna: 2010
• ABC profile for Kaurna
• State Electoral Office map for Kaurna
• State Electoral Office profile for Kaurna