Electoral district of Newland
| Newland South Australia—House of Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Electoral district of Newland (green) in the Greater Adelaide area | |||||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 1977 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Richard Harvey | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal Party of Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Simpson Newland | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 25,889 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 249.76 km2 (96.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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| Electoral District map[1] | |||||||||||||||
Newland is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It is named after pioneer Simpson Newland, a prominent figure in nineteenth-century South Australia. It is a 69.3 km² suburban electorate in north-eastern Adelaide, taking in the suburbs of Banksia Park, Fairview Park, Forreston, Hope Valley, Houghton, Humbug Scrub, Inglewood, Kersbrook, Lower Hermitage, Millbrook, Paracombe, Ridgehaven, Sampson Flat, St Agnes, Tea Tree Gully, Upper Hermitage, Vista and Yatala Vale as well as parts of Chain of Ponds and Modbury.
Replacing the abolished electoral district of Tea Tree Gully, Newland was created at the 1976 redistribution, taking effect at the 1977 election.[2] It followed a bellwether pattern until the 1989 election, where it was won by Liberal candidate Dorothy Kotz. Kotz developed a strong personal following and had little difficulty being re-elected until her retirement at the 2006 election. Her retirement and the landslide Labor victory across the state led to Labor candidate Tom Kenyon winning the electorate.[3] It became the Labor government's most marginal electorate at the 2014 election.
The 2016 redistribution ahead of the 2018 election changed Newland from a 1.4 percent Labor electorate to a notional 0.1 percent Liberal electorate.[4]
Members for Newland
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Klunder | Labor | 1977–1979 | |
| Brian Billard | Liberal | 1979–1982 | |
| John Klunder | Labor | 1982–1985 | |
| Di Gayler | Labor | 1985–1989 | |
| Dorothy Kotz | Liberal | 1989–2006 | |
| Tom Kenyon | Labor | 2006–2018 | |
| Richard Harvey | Liberal | 2018–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Richard Harvey | 8,376 | 36.6 | −6.6 | |
| Labor | Tom Kenyon | 7,770 | 34.0 | −7.1 | |
| SA-Best | Rajini Vasan | 3,730 | 16.3 | +16.3 | |
| Greens | Stephanie Stewart | 1,274 | 5.6 | −2.0 | |
| Conservatives | Martin Leedham | 1,011 | 4.4 | −3.8 | |
| Dignity | Sandra Williams | 366 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
| Independent | Shane Bailey | 354 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 22,881 | 95.6 | −1.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,050 | 4.4 | +1.5 | ||
| Turnout | 23,931 | 92.4 | +1.0 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Richard Harvey | 11,888 | 52.0 | +1.8 | |
| Labor | Tom Kenyon | 10,993 | 48.0 | −1.8 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.8 | |||
Notes
- ^ Electoral District of Newland (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 – 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ Newland, 2014 election: Poll Bludger
- ^ Final Report (PDF): Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission 8 December 2016
- ^ State Election Results – District Results for Newland, ECSA.