Division of Hindmarsh

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Hindmarsh
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: South Australia
Created: 1903
MP: Steve Georganas
Party: Labor
Namesake: John Hindmarsh
Electors: 98,942
Area: 73 km² (28.2 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 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.

As of January 2008 currently has the highest proportion of citizens over the age of 65 in Australia, (21.2%, compared to the national average of 12.1%).[citation needed] 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.

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[edit] 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

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Hindmarsh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Steve Georganas 42,818 47.21 +4.88
Liberal Rita Bouras 36,356 40.08 -5.80
Greens Tim White 6,335 6.98 +1.87
Family First Richard Bunting 1,925 2.12 -0.13
Democrats Jen Williams 1,818 2.00 +0.43
What Women Want Heidi Robins 662 0.73 +0.73
Independent Clinton Duncan 619 0.68 +0.68
Liberty and Democracy James Warry 171 0.19 +0.19
Total formal votes 90,704 96.16 +3.09
Informal votes 3,618 3.84 -3.09
Turnout 94,322 95.33 +0.62
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Steve Georganas 49,937 55.05 +4.99
Liberal Rita Bouras 40,767 44.95 -4.99
Labor hold Swing +4.99
Australian federal election, 2004: Hindmarsh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Simon Birmingham 39,869 45.88 +0.81
Labor Steve Georganas 36,786 42.33 +3.54
Greens Tim White 4,437 5.11 +1.49
Family First Trevor Grace 1,953 2.25 +2.25
Democrats Nicole Prince 1,366 1.57 -7.46
Independent Joe Ienco 1,130 1.30 +1.30
One Nation Barbara Pannach 490 0.56 -2.85
Independent Tony Musolino 478 0.55 +0.55
Independent Bill Thomas 397 0.46 +0.46
Total formal votes 86,906 93.07 -1.23
Informal votes 6,470 6.93 +1.23
Turnout 93,376 94.71 -1.82
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Steve Georganas 43,507 50.06 +1.02
Liberal Simon Birmingham 43,399 49.94 -1.02
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +1.02

[edit] External links

[edit] References

The Australian Political Almanac, 1st edition, Peter Wilson, 2002, Hardie Grant Books

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