Newland is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It is named after pioneer Simpson Newland, a prominent figure in nineteenth-century South Australia. It is a 69.3 km² suburban electorate in north-eastern Adelaide, taking in the suburbs of Banksia Park, Fairview Park, Yatala Vale, Hope Valley, Ridgehaven, St Agnes, Tea Tree Gully, and Modbury, as well as part of Modbury North.
| Newland South Australia—House of Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Electoral district of Newland (green) in the Greater Adelaide area | |||||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 1977 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Olivia Savvas | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Simpson Newland | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 25,889 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 249.76 km2 (96.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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| Electoral District map[1] | |||||||||||||||
Replacing the abolished electoral district of Tea Tree Gully, Newland was created at the 1976 redistribution, taking effect at the 1977 election.[2] It followed a bellwether pattern until the 1989 election, where it was won by Liberal candidate Dorothy Kotz. Kotz developed a strong personal following and had little difficulty being re-elected until her retirement at the 2006 election. Her retirement and the landslide Labor victory across the state led to Labor candidate Tom Kenyon winning the electorate.[3] It became the Labor government's most marginal electorate at the 2014 election.
The 2016 redistribution ahead of the 2018 election changed Newland from a 1.4 percent Labor electorate to a notional 0.1 percent Liberal electorate.[4]
Members for Newland
edit| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Klunder | Labor | 1977–1979 | |
| Brian Billard | Liberal | 1979–1982 | |
| John Klunder | Labor | 1982–1985 | |
| Di Gayler | Labor | 1985–1989 | |
| Dorothy Kotz | Liberal | 1989–2006 | |
| Tom Kenyon | Labor | 2006–2018 | |
| Richard Harvey | Liberal | 2018–2022 | |
| Olivia Savvas | Labor | 2022–present | |
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Olivia Savvas | 8,599 | 36.9 | +3.7 | |
| Liberal | Richard Harvey | 8,076 | 34.6 | +0.5 | |
| Independent | Frances Bedford | 2,861 | 12.3 | +6.8 | |
| Greens | Adla Mattiske | 1,344 | 5.8 | +0.2 | |
| One Nation | Hayley Marley-Duncan | 885 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
| Family First | Brett Green | 844 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
| Animal Justice | David Sherlock | 351 | 1.5 | +1.0 | |
| Australian Family | Dan Casey | 225 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Real Change | Kate Simpson | 147 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 23,332 | 95.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,076 | 4.4 | |||
| Turnout | 24,408 | 90.9 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Olivia Savvas | 12,916 | 55.4 | +5.4 | |
| Liberal | Richard Harvey | 10,416 | 44.6 | −5.4 | |
| Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.4 | |||
Notes
edit- ^ Electoral District of Newland (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 – 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "Newland, 2014 election: Poll Bludger". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ Final Report (PDF): Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission 8 December 2016