Electoral district of Playford

Playford is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Named after the long serving South Australian premier Tom Playford, it is a 22.7 km² suburban electorate in Adelaide's north, taking in the suburbs of Green Fields, Mawson Lakes, Para Hills, Para Hills West, Parafield and Parafield Gardens.

Playford
South AustraliaHouse of Assembly
Map of Adelaide, South Australia with electoral district of Playford highlighted
Electoral district of Playford (green) in the Greater Adelaide area
StateSouth Australia
Created1970
MPJohn Fulbrook
PartyAustralian Labor Party (SA)
NamesakeThomas Playford IV
Electors26,374 (2018)
Area24.61 km2 (9.5 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates34°49′6″S 138°38′12″E / 34.81833°S 138.63667°E / -34.81833; 138.63667
Electorates around Playford:
Port Adelaide Ramsay Wright
Port Adelaide Playford Wright
Port Adelaide Florey Florey
Footnotes
Electoral District map[1]

Playford was created as a safe Labor seat and was first contested at the 1970 election (when Tom Playford was still alive), where it was won by Labor candidate Terry McRae. At the 1989 election, McRae resigned from politics, with the seat won by Labor candidate John Quirke. Though typically a safe Labor seat, the seat technically became marginal, reduced to just a 2.7 percent two-party margin at the 1993 election landslide. At the 1997 election, Quirke resigned to enter the Australian Senate, with the seat won by Labor candidate Jack Snelling.

Members for Playford

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Member Party Term
  Terry McRae Labor 1970–1989
  John Quirke Labor 1989–1997
  Jack Snelling Labor 1997–2018
  Michael Brown Labor 2018–2022
  John Fulbrook Labor 2022–present

Election results

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2022 South Australian state election: Playford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Fulbrook 11,922 53.5 +3.1
Liberal Hemant Dave 5,511 24.7 +6.8
Greens David Wright 2,118 9.5 +4.6
Family First Rojan Jose 1,773 8.0 +8.0
Independent Shane Quinn 973 4.4 +4.4
Total formal votes 22,297 95.7
Informal votes 1,011 4.3
Turnout 23,308 87.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Fulbrook 14,777 66.3 −2.7
Liberal Hemant Dave 7,520 33.7 +2.7
Labor hold Swing −2.7

Notes

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

References

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