Electoral district of Cheltenham

Cheltenham is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Named after the suburb of the same name, it is a 17.5 km² suburban electorate in Adelaide's north-west, taking in the suburbs of Albert Park, Alberton, Beverley, Cheltenham, Findon, Hendon, Pennington, Queenstown, St Clair, Woodville, Woodville North, Woodville Park, Woodville South, Woodville West, and part of Rosewater. The Cheltenham electorate is inside the federal-level electorate of Port Adelaide.

This article is about the constituency in South Australia. For the British constituency of the same name, see Cheltenham (UK Parliament constituency).

Cheltenham
South Australia—House of Assembly
Electoral district of Cheltenham (green) in the Greater Adelaide area
StateSouth Australia
Created1998
MPJoe Szakacs
PartyLabor
NamesakeCheltenham
Electors26,403 (2019)
Area17.49 km2 (6.8 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates34°52′42″S 138°31′31″E
Electorates around Cheltenham:
Port Adelaide Port Adelaide Port Adelaide
Lee Cheltenham Croydon
Colton West Torrens West Torrens
Footnotes
Electoral District map[1]

Cheltenham was created in the 1998 electoral distribution as a safe Labor seat, replacing the abolished seat of Price. In August 2001 the 17-year Price incumbent Murray De Laine was defeated in a factional preselection in favour of future premier Jay Weatherill.[2] De Laine subsequently contested the 2002 election as an independent with 9.7% of the primary vote.

In the 2016 electoral boundary redistribution, the suburbs of Beverley and Woodville Park were added to the seat from Croydon district, while Athol Park was lost to Croydon district, Royal Park was lost to Lee district and portions of Port Adelaide and Rosewater shifted into Port Adelaide district.

The current member is Joe Szakacs of the Labor Party. Szakacs was elected in the 2019 Cheltenham state by-election on 9 February, replacing former premier Jay Weatherill.[3]

Members for Cheltenham
Member Party Term
  Jay Weatherill Labor 2002–2018
  Joe Szakacs Labor 2019–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Cheltenham
2019 Cheltenham state by-election[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joe Szakacs 11,290 58.6 +6.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Miller 3,612 18.7 +18.7
Greens Steffi Medrow 2,818 14.6 +8.3
Independent Adelaide Olympics 2032 Rob de Jonge 877 4.5 +4.5
Independent The Other Guy Mike Lesiw 679 3.5 +3.5
Total formal votes 19,276 93.5 −1.4
Informal votes 1,338 6.5 +1.4
Turnout 20,614 78.1 −12.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Joe Szakacs 14,365 74.5 +8.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Miller 4,911 25.5 +25.5
Labor hold SwingN/A
2018 South Australian state election: Cheltenham[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jay Weatherill 11,661 52.4 −2.9
Liberal Penny Pratt 4,954 22.3 −7.2
SA-Best John Noonan 3,369 15.1 +15.1
Greens Steffi Medrow 1,403 6.3 −2.5
Dignity Madeline McCaul 537 2.4 +2.4
Independent Vincent Scali 337 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 22,261 94.9 −1.7
Informal votes 1,195 5.1 +1.7
Turnout 23,456 90.0 +5.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jay Weatherill 14,662 65.9 +1.5
Liberal Penny Pratt 7,599 34.1 −1.5
Labor hold Swing+1.5

Notes
  1. Electoral District of Cheltenham (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. Costly Labor factions in South Australia: ABC 15 August 2001
  3. Cheltenham and Enfield by-elections: ECSA
  4. 2019 Cheltenham by-election results: ECSA
  5. 2019 Cheltenham by-election results: ABC
  6. House of Assembly final distribution of preferences, ECSA.
  7. State Election Results – District Results for Cheltenham, ECSA.

References
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