Electoral district of Kaurna

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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.

[edit] Members for Kaurna

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

[edit] Election results

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

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