Electoral district of Mount Gambier
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Mount Gambier is an electorate for the South Australian House of Assembly. It covers the southeast part of the state centered on the city and extinct volcano of Mount Gambier.
The electorate was created in the 1936 redistribution, but the name was not used between the 1991 and 1998 redistributions (the area was covered by Gordon during that time).
It is currently held by Rory McEwen, a former Liberal party member who missed out on preselection, so stood as an independent at the 1997 election. He was elected and has remained independent. He first accepted Labor portfolios after the 2002 election when Labor reclaimed power, and is Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for State/Local Government Relations, and Minister for Forests in the Mike Rann Labor majority government since 2006 elections.
| 2006 South Australian state election | ||||||
| Registered Voters | 23,155 | Fairly Safe Independent | ||||
| Votes Cast | 21,598 | Turnout % | 93.3 | -1.1 | ||
| Informal Votes | 923 | Informal % | 4.3 | +1.6 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Primary Votes | Vote % | Swing % | ||
| Australian Democrats | Tony Hill | 347 | 1.7 | -0.5 | ||
| Independent Unaligned Truth Justice Equity Prosperity | Laura Cunningham | 170 | 0.8 | +0.8 | ||
| SA Greens | Rob Mengler | 381 | 1.8 | +1.8 | ||
| Australian Labor Party | Brad Coates | 4,582 | 22.2 | +4.9 | ||
| Family First Party | Laura Crowe-Owen | 842 | 4.1 | +4.1 | ||
| Liberal Party of Australia | Peter Gandolfi | 7,002 | 33.9 | +13.6 | ||
| Independent | Rory McEwen | 7,351 | 35.6 | -22.8 | Elected | |
| One Nation Party | -1.9 | |||||
| Independent | -0.9 | |||||
| Two Candidate Preferred | ||||||
| Independent | Rory McEwen | 11,618 | 56.2 | -20.4 | Elected | |
| Liberal Party of Australia | Peter Gandolfi | 9,057 | 43.8 | +20.4 | ||
| Total | 20,675 | |||||
[edit] Members for Mount Gambier
| Member | Party | Term |
|---|---|---|
| John Fletcher | Independent | 1938—1958 |
| Ronald Ralston | Australian Labor Party | 1958—1962 |
| Allan Burdon | Australian Labor Party | 1962—1975 |
| Harold Allison | Liberal Party of Australia | 1975—1993 |
| Rory McEwen | Independent | 2002—present |
[edit] External links
- ABC profile for Mount Gambier
- Poll Bludger profile for Mount Gambier
- State Electoral Office map for Mount Gambier
- State Electoral Office profile for Mount Gambier
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