Electoral district of Lee

Lee is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after the women's suffrage campaigner Mary Lee, it is a 17.6 km² urban electorate on Adelaide's north-western beaches, taking in the suburbs of Birkenhead, Ethelton, Exeter, Glanville, Sempahore, Sempahore Park, Semaphore South, Tennyson, West Lakes, West Lakes Shore, as well as parts of Largs Bay, Peterhead and Seaton.

Lee was created as a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party in the 1991 electoral distribution to replace the abolished Albert Park. The first member for Lee, elected at the 1993 state election, was controversial Liberal MP Joe Rossi, holding the most marginal government seat on 1.1 percent. Rossi's election was unexpected but part of a large swing away from Labor throughout the state. The 1997 state election saw large swings back to Labor, Rossi's small margin meant he was one of the first to be defeated. Michael Wright reclaimed the seat for Labor.

Members for Lee

Member		Party	Term
	Joe Rossi	Liberal Party of Australia	1993–1997
	Michael Wright	Australian Labor Party	1997–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Lee

South Australian state election, 2010: Lee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Wright	9,734	46.3	-12.4
	Liberal	Sue Gow	7,263	34.5	+9.0
	Greens	Yesha Joshi	1,716	8.2	+0.2
	Family First	Richard Bunting	767	3.6	-0.8
	Independent	Bob Briton	608	2.9	+2.9
	Independent	Colin Thomas	492	2.3	+2.3
	Independent	Joe Rossi	455	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			21,035	95.3
Informal votes			976	4.7
Turnout			22,011	93.0
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Michael Wright	12,008	57.1	-12.7
	Liberal	Sue Gow	9,027	42.9	+12.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-12.7

External links

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