Electoral district of Eyre (South Australia)

Eyre was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1938 to 1997.[2]

Eyre South Australia—House of Assembly
State	South Australia
Created	1938
Abolished	1997
Namesake	Edward John Eyre
Demographic	Rural
Coordinates	29°S 137°E
Footnotes
coordinates [1]

The seat was located in the vast outback of northern South Australia. It was held by the Liberal Party and its predecessor, the Liberal and Country League, for its entire existence, and was usually a safely conservative seat. For the last 27 years of its existence, it was held by Graham Gunn, who was originally elected in 1970 as a member of the LCL and served as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly in the Dean Brown government.

Eyre was pushed to the south ahead of the 1993 election, taking in much of the abolished seat of Stuart. Eyre was abolished in a boundary redistribution prior to the 1997 election, dividing the northern South Australian outback into two seats. The eastern half was transferred to the recreated seat of Stuart, while the western half became part of the massively expanded seat of Giles. Gunn successfully transferred to Stuart.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Arthur Christian	Liberal and Country	1938–1956
	George Bockelberg	Liberal and Country	1956–1968
	Ernie Edwards	Liberal and Country	1968–1970
	Graham Gunn	Liberal and Country	1970–1974
		Liberal	1974–1997

References

1. Gerard, Gerard (24 August 1990). Background Paper South Australian Elections 1989 (PDF). Canberra, ACT: Parliament of Australia, Parliamentary Research Service. p. 18. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
2. "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 - 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2014.

External links

• 1985 & 1989 election boundaries, page 18 & 19