Electoral district of Kavel
| Kavel South Australia—House of Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Electoral district of Kavel (green) in South Australia | |||||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 1970 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Dan Cregan | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Independent | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | August Kavel | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 24,139 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 326.9 km2 (126.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Rural | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°1′10″S 138°58′5″E / 35.01944°S 138.96806°E | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | |||||||||||||||
| Electoral District map[1] | |||||||||||||||
Kavel, created in 1969 and coming into effect in 1970, is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Located to the east of Adelaide, Kavel is based on the town of Mount Barker and includes much of the eastern portion of the Adelaide Hills.
Kavel incorporates the residential hills suburbs and farming areas of
Lobethal, Mount Barker, Mount Barker Junction, Mount Barker Springs, Mount Barker Summit, Nairne, Oakbank, Totness, Wistow and Woodside.[2] Amongst others, previously abolished seats include Gumeracha and Mount Barker
.
Kavel is named after
Lutheran pastor August Kavel
who migrated to South Australia from (Germany) in 1838 (two years after the colony was founded) with approximately 250 people seeking freedom from religious persecution. They and later German immigrants and their descendants have made a significant contribution to South Australia's development and culture.
Kavel has been held by the
misleading the House, and was succeeded by Mark Goldsworthy, son of Roger. Mark held the seat until handing it to current member Dan Cregan in 2018. Cregan was elected as a Liberal member, but resigned from the party in October 2021 to sit as an independent. He was re-elected as an independent in a landslide at the 2022 election
. Cregan's two candidate preferred result of 75.4 percent was the highest of any candidate, making Kavel the safest seat in the State.
The strong
2006 election, the highest in the state, was due in part to their prominent local candidate, church minister Thomas "Tom" Playford V, son of former Premier Sir Thomas Playford, who had represented Gumeracha decades earlier. Tom Playford V had run as an independent in the 2002 election
, achieving a primary vote of 19.4 percent.
Members for Kavel
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Goldsworthy | Liberal and Country
|
1970–1974 | |
Liberal
|
1974–1992 | ||
| John Olsen | Liberal
|
1992–2002 | |
| Mark Goldsworthy | Liberal
|
2002–2018 | |
| Dan Cregan | Liberal
|
2018–2021 | |
| Independent | 2021–present | ||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Dan Cregan | 12,199 | 50.5 | +50.5 | |
| Liberal | Rowan Mumford | 5,036 | 20.8 | −26.4 | |
| Labor | Glen Dallimore | 3,458 | 14.3 | −1.7 | |
| Greens | Melanie Selwood | 1,978 | 8.2 | −1.0 | |
| One Nation | Gayle Allwood | 894 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
| Animal Justice | Padma Chaplin | 599 | 2.5 | −0.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 24,164 | 97.5 | |||
| Informal votes | 625 | 2.5 | |||
| Turnout | 24,789 | 91.3 | |||
| Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
| Liberal | Rowan Mumford | 54.7 | −9.8 | ||
| Labor | Glen Dallimore | 45.3 | +9.8 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result
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| Independent | Dan Cregan | 18,231 | 75.4 | +75.4 | |
| Liberal | Rowan Mumford | 5,933 | 24.6 | −39.9 | |
| Independent hold | |||||
See also
Notes
- ^ Electoral District of Kavel (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Kavel". 2022-2026 electoral district map. Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.