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Hindmarsh
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Hindmarsh (green) in South AustraliaCreated: 1903 MP: Steve Georganas Party: Labor Namesake: Sir John Hindmarsh Area: 73 km² (28 sq mi) Demographic: Inner Metropolitan The Division of Hindmarsh is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia covering the western gulfside suburbs of Adelaide.
The division was created in 1903 and is named for Sir John Hindmarsh, who was Governor of South Australia 1836-38. For many years it was one of the safest Labor seats in the country, but boundary and demographic changes have made it a marginal seat. Before 1949, Hindmarsh included most of Port Adelaide.
The seat has one of the highest proportions of citizens over the age of 65 in Australia. It has long been dominated by working-class families and aged pensioners, but it is now attracting new wealth to its seaside suburbs, which used to be contained within the division of Hawker. The Adelaide Airport is located in the electorate, and noise pollution is a prominent local issue, besides the aged care needs of the relatively elderly population.
Prominent sitting members have included Norman Makin, who was Speaker in the Scullin government and a cabinet minister in the Curtin and Chifley governments, and Clyde Cameron, who was a cabinet minister in the Whitlam government.
Members
Member Party Term James Hutchison Labor 1903–1909 William Archibald Labor 1910–1916 Nationalist 1916–1919 Norman Makin Labor 1919–1946 Albert Thompson Labor 1946–1949 Clyde Cameron Labor 1949–1980 John Scott Labor 1980–1993 Christine Gallus Liberal 1993–2004 Steve Georganas Labor 2004–present Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of HindmarshAustralian federal election, 2010: Hindmarsh Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labor Steve Georganas 39,736 44.54 -2.67 Liberal Jassmine Wood 34,831 39.04 -1.04 Greens Matthew Fisher 10,773 12.07 +5.09 Family First Bob Randall 2,563 2.87 +0.75 Democrats Greg Croke 767 0.86 -1.14 Climate Sceptics Adrian Paech 554 0.62 +0.62 Total formal votes 89,224 94.83 -1.33 Informal votes 4,868 5.17 +1.33 Turnout 94,092 93.86 -1.51 Two-candidate preferred result Labor Steve Georganas 49,698 55.70 +0.65 Liberal Jassmine Wood 39,526 44.30 -0.65 Labor hold Swing +0.65 References
- Division of Hindmarsh - Australian Electoral Commission
- The Australian Political Almanac, 1st edition, Peter Wilson, 2002, Hardie Grant Books
Electoral Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in South Australia Adelaide · Barker · Boothby · Grey · Hindmarsh · Kingston · Makin · Mayo · Port Adelaide · Sturt · Wakefield
Abolished: Angas (1903-34) · Angas (1949-77) · Bonython · Hawker · South Australia
Divisions in: New South Wales · Victoria · Queensland · Western Australia · South Australia · Tasmania · Australian Capital and Northern TerritoriesCategories:- Electoral divisions of Australia
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