Division of Kingston

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Kingston
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: South Australia
Created: 1949
MP: Amanda Rishworth
Party: Labor
Namesake: Charles Kingston
Electors: 97,912
Area: 377 km² (145.6 sq mi)
Demographic: Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Kingston is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia covering the far-south metropolitan area of Adelaide. The division was first proclaimed in 1949.

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[edit] About the electorate

The division is named after Charles Cameron Kingston, a Premier of South Australia (1893-1899), elected to the first House of Representatives in 1901 and the first Federal member of the Division of Adelaide in 1903. Notably, every sitting member in the electorate's history has been defeated at the polls - none have retired or resigned as of 2008.

[edit] Members

Member Party Term
  Herbert Handby Liberal 1949—1951
  Patrick Galvin Labor 1951—1966
  Kay Brownbill Liberal 1966—1969
  Richard Gun Labor 1969—1975
  Grant Chapman Liberal 1975—1983
  Gordon Bilney Labor 1983—1996
  Susan Jeanes Liberal 1996—1998
  David Cox Labor 1998—2004
  Kym Richardson Liberal 2004—2007
  Amanda Rishworth Labor 2007—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Kingston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Amanda Rishworth 42,212 46.65 +4.36
Liberal Kym Richardson 35,961 39.74 -3.85
Family First Robert Brokenshire 5,169 5.71 +0.07
Greens Bill Weller 5,132 5.67 +0.37
Democrats Matthew Fowler 859 0.95 -1.21
Independent Barry Becker 505 0.56 +0.56
Independent Alex Kusznir 380 0.42 +0.42
Liberty and Democracy Lachlan Smith 273 0.30 +0.30
Total formal votes 90,491 96.27 +2.04
Informal votes 3,505 3.73 -2.04
Turnout 93,996 96.00 +0.69
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Amanda Rishworth 49,247 54.42 +4.49
Liberal Kym Richardson 41,244 45.58 -4.49
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +4.49
Australian federal election, 2004: Kingston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Kym Richardson 36,848 43.59 +3.82
Labor David Cox 35,748 42.29 +3.41
Family First Andrew Cole 4,767 5.64 +5.64
Greens Yvonne Darlington 4,478 5.30 +1.96
Democrats Deirdre Albrighton 1,825 2.16 -9.70
One Nation Laurel Payne 869 1.03 -3.59
Total formal votes 84,535 94.23 -0.26
Informal votes 5,178 5.77 +0.26
Turnout 89,713 95.31 -0.23
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Kym Richardson 42,327 50.07 +1.42
Labor David Cox 42,208 49.93 -1.42
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +1.42

[edit] Notes

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