Electoral district of Napier
Napier South Australia—House of Assembly | |
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![]() Electoral district of Napier (green) in the Greater Adelaide area | |
State | South Australia |
Created | 1977 |
Abolished | 2018 |
Namesake | Thomas Napier |
Electors | 23,653 (2014) |
Area | 156.1 km2 (60.3 sq mi) |
Demographic | Metropolitan |
Coordinates | 34°41′47″S 138°45′7″E / 34.69639°S 138.75194°E |
Napier was an electorate in the South Australian Legislative Assembly[1] in the outer northern suburbs of the Adelaide metropolitan area, including the suburbs of Blakeview, Davoren Park, Elizabeth Downs, Evanston South, Kudla, Munno Para, Smithfield and Smithfield Plains, parts of Craigmore, Evanston Park and Munno Para Downs; as well as semi-rural Bibaringa, One Tree Hill, Sampson Flat, Uleybury and Yattalunga, and part of Humbug Scrub.
Napier was named after Sir Mellis Napier, who was Chief Justice of South Australia for 25 years and a total of 43 years in the Supreme Court.
Though typically a safe Labor seat, at the 1993 election landslide Napier was Labor's most marginal seat on a 1.1 percent margin.
Napier ceased to exist at the 2018 state election.[2] because of a redistribution in 2016. Most of the more urbanized areas of Napier were merged with Little Para to become Elizabeth, with the more rural portions becoming part of King.
Members for Napier
Member | Party | Term | |
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Terry Hemmings | Labor | 1977–1993 | |
Annette Hurley | Labor | 1993–2002 | |
Michael O'Brien | Labor | 2002–2014 | |
Jon Gee | Labor | 2014–2018 |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Jon Gee | 9,689 | 47.6 | −7.2 | |
Liberal | Robert Leggatt | 6,206 | 30.5 | +4.0 | |
Family First | Gary Balfort | 2,741 | 13.5 | +3.7 | |
Greens | Sam Miles | 1,722 | 8.5 | +2.9 | |
Total formal votes | 20,358 | 95.7 | −0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 906 | 4.3 | +0.0 | ||
Turnout | 21,264 | 89.9 | −1.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jon Gee | 12,024 | 59.1 | −7.1 | |
Liberal | Robert Leggatt | 8,334 | 40.9 | +7.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −7.1 |
Notes
- ^ "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 - 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "Final Redistribution Report". South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ 2014 State Election Results – Napier, ECSA.
- ^ 2014 State Election Results – Napier, ABC.