Electoral district of Dunstan

Dunstan is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly, covering the inner eastern suburbs of Beulah Park, College Park, Evandale, Firle, Hackney, Joslin, Kensington, Kensington Park, Kensington Gardens, Kent Town, Marden, Maylands, Norwood, Payneham, Payneham South, Royston Park, St Morris, St Peters, Stepney, and Trinity Gardens.

Dunstan
South AustraliaHouse of Assembly
Map of Adelaide, South Australia with electoral district of Dunstan highlighted
Electoral district of Dunstan (green) in the Greater Adelaide area
StateSouth Australia
Created2014
MPCressida O'Hanlon
PartyLabor
NamesakeDon Dunstan
Electors25,411 (2018)
Area15.15 km2 (5.8 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates34°54′39″S 138°38′8″E / 34.91083°S 138.63556°E / -34.91083; 138.63556
Electorates around Dunstan:
Adelaide Torrens Hartley
Adelaide Dunstan Hartley
Bragg
Unley Unley Bragg
Footnotes
Electoral District map[1]

The electorate was created in the 2012 redistribution of electoral boundaries. It was essentially a reconfigured version of Norwood, with the electoral boundaries remaining unchanged. It is named after the 35th Premier of South Australia, Don Dunstan, who represented Norwood for Labor from 1953 to 1979. The 2010 election was the first time that Labor was in government without holding Norwood.

Following the 2016 redistribution, the cityside suburbs of Rose Park and Dulwich, previously in Bragg, were added to Dunstan.

Liberal MP Steven Marshall, the last member for Norwood, successfully transferred to Dunstan at the 2014 state election while serving as Leader of the Opposition. He was reelected with a healthy swing in 2018, becoming Premier.

Ahead of the 2022 state election, Dunstan was pushed further east, picking up the Kensington towns while losing Felixstow, Glynde, Rose Park and Dulwich. This boosted the Liberal margin to a notional 7.1 percent, making Dunstan a fairly safe Liberal seat on paper. At that election, the Liberals were defeated after only one term. Although receiving his highest vote ever Marshall himself was nearly defeated due to preferences from The Greens. As a result, Dunstan is now the most marginal seat in the legislature, with Marshall sitting on a majority of 0.5 percent.

A by-election was held for the seat in March 2024.

Members for Dunstan

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Member Party Term
  Steven Marshall Liberal 2014–2024
  Cressida O'Hanlon Labor 2024–present

Election results

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2024 Dunstan state by-election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Anna Finizio 9,334 43.5 −3.2
Labor Cressida O'Hanlon 6,896 32.1 −3.1
Greens Katie McCusker 4,116 19.2 +5.5
Animal Justice Frankie Bray 682 3.2 +3.2
Australian Family Nicole Hissey 440 2.0 +2.0
Total formal votes 21,468 98.1 −0.2
Informal votes 425 1.9 +0.2
Turnout 21,893 80.8 −8.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Cressida O'Hanlon 10,914 50.8 +1.4
Liberal Anna Finizio 10,554 49.2 −1.4
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +1.4
2022 South Australian state election: Dunstan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Steven Marshall 11,219 46.7 −2.6
Labor Cressida O'Hanlon 8,445 35.2 +6.4
Greens Kay Moncrieff 3,279 13.7 +4.7
Family First Tony Holloway 1,067 4.4 +4.4
Total formal votes 24,010 98.2
Informal votes 437 1.8
Turnout 24,447 89.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Steven Marshall 12,135 50.5 −6.9
Labor Cressida O'Hanlon 11,875 49.5 +6.9
Liberal hold Swing −6.9

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Electoral District of Dunstan (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Dunstan By-Election 2024". ECSA. Retrieved 3 April 2024.

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