Wright is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly.[2] Named after the 19th century South Australian architect Edmund Wright, it is a 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi) suburban electorate in Adelaide's outer north-east, taking in the suburbs of Brahma Lodge, Gulfview Heights, Modbury Heights, Redwood Park, Salisbury South and Wynn Vale, as well as parts of Salisbury East and Surrey Downs.
| Wright South Australia—House of Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Electoral district of Wright (green) in the Greater Adelaide area | |||||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 1993 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Blair Boyer | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Australian Labor Party (SA) | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Edmund Wright | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 26,997 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°47′2″S 138°41′14″E / 34.78389°S 138.68722°E | ||||||||||||||
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| Electoral District map[1] | |||||||||||||||
When created, Wright was a marginal Labor seat at the 1991 electoral distribution, taking in much of the abolished seat of Briggs. Wright was first contested at the 1993 election, where it was won by Liberal candidate Scott Ashenden as part of a large swing throughout the state. He was defeated at the 1997 election by Labor candidate Jennifer Rankine.
Rankine announced in February 2017 that she would be retiring from parliament as of the 2018 election.[3]
Members for Wright
edit| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Ashenden | Liberal | 1993–1997 | |
| Jennifer Rankine | Labor | 1997–2018 | |
| Blair Boyer | Labor | 2018–present | |
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Blair Boyer | 12,231 | 52.0 | +14.1 | |
| Liberal | Graham Reynolds | 7,550 | 32.1 | +1.0 | |
| Greens | Alexandra McGee | 2,001 | 8.5 | +2.7 | |
| Family First | Kym Nancarrow | 1,737 | 7.4 | +7.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 23,519 | 97.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 670 | 2.8 | |||
| Turnout | 24,189 | 90.7 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Blair Boyer | 14,548 | 61.9 | +8.8 | |
| Liberal | Graham Reynolds | 8,971 | 38.1 | −8.8 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +8.8 | |||
Notes
edit- ^ Electoral District of Wright (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 27 January 2014.
- ^ State Labor MPs Michael Atkinson, Jennifer Rankine and Steph Key quitting politics at next election: The Advertiser 3 February 2017