Electoral district of Kaurna

Kaurna is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Named after the Kaurna aboriginal tribe which originally inhabited the Adelaide plains, it is a 44.7 km² semi-urban electorate on Adelaide's far-southern beaches, taking in the suburbs of Hackham, Huntfield Heights, Maslin Beach, Moana, Noarlunga Downs, Old Noarlunga, Port Noarlunga South, Seaford, Seaford Heights, Seaford Meadows and Seaford Rise, as well as part of Onkaparinga Hills. It is one of two state districts named after South Australia's indigenous people (the other being the electoral district of Narungga).

Kaurna
South AustraliaHouse of Assembly
Map of Adelaide, South Australia with electoral district of Kaurna highlighted
Electoral district of Kaurna (green) in the Greater Adelaide area
StateSouth Australia
Created1993
MPChris Picton
PartyLabor
NamesakeKaurna people
Electors26,254 (2018)
Area44.69 km2 (17.3 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates35°13′44″S 138°28′12″E / 35.22889°S 138.47000°E / -35.22889; 138.47000
Electorates around Kaurna:
Gulf St Vincent Reynell Hurtle Vale
Gulf St Vincent Kaurna Hurtle Vale Mawson
Gulf St Vincent Mawson Mawson
Footnotes
Electoral District map[1]

History

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Replacing the abolished seat of Baudin, Kaurna was created in the 1991 electoral distribution as a marginal Labor seat. It was first contested at the 1993 election, where it was won by Liberal candidate Lorraine Rosenberg as part of a large swing throughout the state. However, she was swept away at the 1997 election, with John Hill reclaiming the seat for Labor. For most of the time since then, it has been a fairly safe to safe Labor seat, as its predecessor Baudin had been for most of its existence.

John Hill resigned from parliament at the 2014 election, replaced by Labor's Chris Picton.

Members for Kaurna

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Member Party Term
  Lorraine Rosenberg Liberal 1993–1997
  John Hill Labor 1997–2014
  Chris Picton Labor 2014–present

Election results

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2022 South Australian state election: Kaurna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Chris Picton 13,696 56.0 +0.4
Liberal Sarika Sharma 5,053 20.7 −7.4
Greens Sean Weatherly 2,649 10.8 +1.7
One Nation Peter Heggie 2,000 8.2 +8.2
Family First Steven Price 1,050 4.3 +4.3
Total formal votes 24,448 96.6
Informal votes 867 3.4
Turnout 25,315 87.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Chris Picton 17,141 70.1 +4.1
Liberal Sarika Sharma 7,307 29.9 −4.1
Labor hold Swing +4.1

Notes

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  1. ^ Electoral District of Kaurna (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.[permanent dead link]

References

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