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Electoral district of Gibson

Coordinates: 35°01′S 138°32′E / 35.01°S 138.53°E / -35.01; 138.53
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Gibson
South Australia—House of Assembly
2018 boundaries shown in green in Adelaide area
StateSouth Australia
Created2018
MPSarah Andrews
PartyAustralian Labor Party
NamesakeGladys Ruth Gibson CBE (1901–1972)
Electors25,808 (2018)
Area15.1 km2 (5.8 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates35°01′S 138°32′E / 35.01°S 138.53°E / -35.01; 138.53
Electorates around Gibson:
Gulf St Vincent Morphett Badcoe
Gulf St Vincent Gibson Elder
Gulf St Vincent Black Davenport
Footnotes
Electoral District map[1]

Gibson is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It was created by the redistribution conducted in 2016, and was contested for the first time at the 2018 state election.[2]: pages 45–46  It replaced the former seat of Bright.

Gibson lies southwest of the Adelaide city centre and includes the suburbs of Brighton, Dover Gardens, Hove, Marion, North Brighton, Oaklands Park, Seacombe Gardens, South Brighton, Sturt, Warradale and the southern portion of Somerton Park.[3]

Since 2022 it has been represented by Sarah Andrews of the Labor Party.[4]

Members for Gibson

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Member Party Term
  Corey Wingard Liberal 2018–2022
  Sarah Andrews Labor 2022–present

Election results

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Main article: Electoral results for the district of Gibson
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 South Australian state election (House of Assembly) § Gibson.[edit]
2022 South Australian state election: Gibson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Corey Wingard 10,431 42.6 −5.4
Labor Sarah Andrews 9,701 39.6 +14.3
Greens Diane Atkinson 2,712 11.1 +5.5
Family First Fiona Leslie 913 3.7 +3.7
Independent Jaison Midzi 746 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 24,503 97.6
Informal votes 607 2.4
Turnout 25,110 89.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Sarah Andrews 12,867 52.5 +12.5
Liberal Corey Wingard 11,636 47.5 −12.5
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +12.5

Notes

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  1. ^ Electoral District of Gibson (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Final Redistribution Report". South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  3. ^ Gibson (Map). South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Gibson - SA Electorate, Candidates, Results". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

References

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