Napier was an electorate in the South Australian Legislative Assembly[1] in the outer northern suburbs of the Adelaide metropolitan area, including the suburbs of Blakeview, Davoren Park, Elizabeth Downs, Evanston South, Kudla, Munno Para, Smithfield and Smithfield Plains, parts of Craigmore, Evanston Park and Munno Para Downs; as well as semi-rural Bibaringa, One Tree Hill, Sampson Flat, Uleybury and Yattalunga, and part of Humbug Scrub.
| Napier South Australia—House of Assembly | |
|---|---|
 Electoral district of Napier (green) in the Greater Adelaide area | |
| State | South Australia |
| Created | 1977 |
| Abolished | 2018 |
| Namesake | Thomas Napier |
| Electors | 23,653 (2014) |
| Area | 156.1 km2 (60.3 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Metropolitan |
| Coordinates | 34°41′47″S 138°45′7″E / 34.69639°S 138.75194°E |
Napier was named after Sir Mellis Napier, who was Chief Justice of South Australia for 25 years and a total of 43 years in the Supreme Court.
Though typically a safe Labor seat, at the 1993 election landslide Napier was Labor's most marginal seat on a 1.1 percent margin.
Napier ceased to exist at the 2018 state election.[2] because of a redistribution in 2016. Some of the more central urbanized area of Napier east of the Main North Road was merged with Little Para which was renamed Elizabeth. The portion west of Main North Road was transferred to Taylor and Light. The eastern rural portions became part of King, which the Boundaries Commission reported as the renaming of Napier. The last member for Napier, Jon Gee, transferred to Taylor.
Members for Napier
edit| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Hemmings | Labor | 1977–1993 | |
| Annette Hurley | Labor | 1993–2002 | |
| Michael O'Brien | Labor | 2002–2014 | |
| Jon Gee | Labor | 2014–2018 | |
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Jon Gee | 9,689 | 47.6 | −7.2 | |
| Liberal | Robert Leggatt | 6,206 | 30.5 | +4.0 | |
| Family First | Gary Balfort | 2,741 | 13.5 | +3.7 | |
| Greens | Sam Miles | 1,722 | 8.5 | +2.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 20,358 | 95.7 | −0.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 906 | 4.3 | +0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 21,264 | 89.9 | −1.4 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Jon Gee | 12,024 | 59.1 | −7.1 | |
| Liberal | Robert Leggatt | 8,334 | 40.9 | +7.1 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −7.1 | |||
Notes
edit- ^ "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 - 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "Final Redistribution Report". South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ 2014 State Election Results – Napier, ECSA.
- ^ 2014 State Election Results – Napier, ABC.