Electoral district of Narungga
| Narungga Narungga people | |||||||||||||||
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| Electors | 24,318 (2016)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Rural | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°S 138°E / 34°S 138°E | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | |||||||||||||||
| Electoral District map[2] | |||||||||||||||
Narungga is a single-member
traditional owners of the lands in most of the electorate.[3] It is one of two state districts named after South Australia's indigenous people (the other being the electoral district of Kaurna
).
Description
Narungga is essentially a reconfigured version of the former seat of Goyder, which itself was created in 1969 as a replacement for Yorke Peninsula. At its creation, it drew 21,993 electors from Goyder and 2,325 from Frome. Of the remaining electors from Goyder, 999 were lost to Frome, 422 to Schubert, and 1,619 to Taylor.[1]
Labor Party
in either of its incarnations.
Geography
At its creation, Narungga covered
District Council of Barunga West and included the western parts of the Wakefield Regional Council and Adelaide Plains Council.[5]
Members for Narungga
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fraser Ellis | Liberal
|
2018–2020 | |
| Independent | 2020–present | ||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Fraser Ellis | 7,139 | 32.5 | +32.5 | |
| Liberal | Tom Michael | 6,327 | 28.8 | −18.4 | |
| Labor | Mark Paull | 4,427 | 20.2 | +4.1 | |
| Independent | Dianah Walter | 1,826 | 8.3 | +8.3 | |
| One Nation | Kerry White | 1,183 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
| Family First | Wendy Leanne Joyce | 770 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
| National | Ashley Wright | 283 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 21,955 | 95.7 | |||
| Informal votes | 995 | 4.3 | |||
| Turnout | 22,950 | 91.4 | |||
| Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
| Liberal | Tom Michael | 64.1 | −4.1 | ||
| Labor | Mark Paull | 35.9 | +4.1 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result
| |||||
| Independent | Fraser Ellis | 12,808 | 58.3 | +58.3 | |
| Liberal | Tom Michael | 9,147 | 41.7 | −26.6 | |
| Independent hold | |||||
Notes
- ^ a b c "Redistribution report appendices, appendix 9". Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ Electoral District of Narungga (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Final Redistribution Report". South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ Richardson, Tom (14 February 2017). "Former Lib high-flyer joins exit queue as party seeks to end "natural gerrymander"". InDaily. Solstice Media. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2017.