Electoral district of Kaurna
| Kaurna Kaurna people | |||||||||||||||
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| Electors | 26,254 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 44.69 km2 (17.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°13′44″S 138°28′12″E / 35.22889°S 138.47000°E | ||||||||||||||
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| Electoral District map[1] | |||||||||||||||
Kaurna is a single-member
Kaurna aboriginal tribe which originally inhabited the Adelaide plains, it is a 44.7 km² semi-urban electorate on Adelaide's far-southern beaches, taking in the suburbs of Hackham, Huntfield Heights, Maslin Beach, Moana, Noarlunga Downs, Old Noarlunga, Port Noarlunga South, Seaford, Seaford Heights, Seaford Meadows and Seaford Rise, as well as part of Onkaparinga Hills. It is one of two state districts named after South Australia's indigenous people (the other being the electoral district of Narungga
).
History
Replacing the abolished seat of
Liberal candidate Lorraine Rosenberg as part of a large swing throughout the state. However, she was swept away at the 1997 election, with John Hill
reclaiming the seat for Labor. For most of the time since then, it has been a fairly safe to safe Labor seat, as its predecessor Baudin had been for most of its existence.
John Hill resigned from parliament at the 2014 election, replaced by Labor's Chris Picton.
Members for Kaurna
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lorraine Rosenberg | Liberal
|
1993–1997 | |
| John Hill | Labor
|
1997–2014 | |
| Chris Picton | Labor
|
2014–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Chris Picton | 13,696 | 56.0 | +0.4 | |
| Liberal | Sarika Sharma | 5,053 | 20.7 | −7.4 | |
| Greens | Sean Weatherly | 2,649 | 10.8 | +1.7 | |
| One Nation | Peter Heggie | 2,000 | 8.2 | +8.2 | |
| Family First | Steven Price | 1,050 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 24,448 | 96.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 867 | 3.4 | |||
| Turnout | 25,315 | 87.8 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Chris Picton | 17,141 | 70.1 | +4.1 | |
| Liberal | Sarika Sharma | 7,307 | 29.9 | −4.1 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +4.1 | |||
Notes
- ^ Electoral District of Kaurna (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.[permanent dead link]