Division of Adelaide

This page is about the Australian federal electorate. For the South Australian state electorate, see Electoral district of Adelaide. For the historical South Australian state electorate, see Electoral district of City of Adelaide.

The Division of Adelaide is an Australian electoral division in South Australia. It includes the Adelaide city centre and the suburbs of Ashford, Clarence Park, Enfield, Goodwood, Kent Town, Keswick, Kilburn, Maylands, North Adelaide, Northgate, Norwood, Parkside, Prospect, Rose Park, St Peters, Toorak Gardens, Unley and Walkerville.

Adelaide Australian House of Representatives Division
Adelaide (dark green) in the city of Adelaide
Created	1903
MP	Steve Georganas
Party	Labor
Namesake	Adelaide, South Australia
Electors	121606 (2019)
Area	76 km2 (29.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner Metropolitan

It was set up in 1903 and is named for the city of Adelaide, South Australia's capital, which was named for Queen Adelaide, wife of William IV.

Members

Image		Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Charles Kingston (1850–1908)	Protectionist	1903– 11 May 1908	Previously held the Division of South Australia. Died in office
		Ernest Roberts (1868–1913)	Labor	1908-1913	Previously held the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Gladstone. Served as minister under Andrew Fisher. Died in office
		George Edwin Yates (1871–1959)	Labor	1914 – 1919	Lost seat
		Reginald Blundell (1871–1945)	Nationalist	1919 – 1922	Previously held the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Adelaide. Lost seat
		George Edwin Yates (1871–1959)	Labor	1922 – 1931	Lost seat
		Fred Stacey (1879–1964)	United Australia	1931 – 1943	Lost seat
		Cyril Chambers (1898–1975)	Labor	1943 – August 1957	Served as minister under Ben Chifley. Retired
			Independent	August 1957 – June 1958
			Labor	June 1958 – 1958
		Joe Sexton (1905–1974)	Labor	1958 – 1966	Lost seat
		Andrew Jones (1944–2015)	Liberal	1966 – 1969	Lost seat
		Chris Hurford (1931–)	Labor	1969 – 31 December 1987	Served as minister under Bob Hawke. Resigned in order to become Australian Consul-General in New York
		Mike Pratt (1948–)	Liberal	6 February 1988-1990	Lost seat
		Bob Catley (1942–)	Labor	1990 –1993	Lost seat
		Trish Worth (1946–)	Liberal	1993 – 2004	Lost seat
		Kate Ellis (1977–)	Labor	2004 – 2019	Served as minister under Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard. Retired
		Steve Georganas (1959–)	Labor	2019 – present	Previously held the Division of Hindmarsh. Current member

Ernest Roberts was elected in 1908 after a by-election caused by the death of Charles Kingston. Kingston, a former Premier of South Australia, had been elected in 1903 unopposed. However Roberts died in 1913 which also caused a by-election. In 1988 Chris Hurford resigned to become the Australian Consul-General in New York, which also caused a by-election.

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Steve Georganas	45,086	39.98	−0.29
	Liberal	Amy Grantham	36,080	32.00	−4.16
	Greens	Rebecca Galdies	22,666	20.10	+4.38
	One Nation	Gayle Allwood	3,376	2.99	+2.99
	United Australia	Sean Allwood	3,055	2.71	−0.54
	Fusion	Matthew McMillan	1,631	1.45	+1.45
	Australian Federation	Faith Gerhard	870	0.77	+0.77
Total formal votes			112,764	96.21	−0.09
Informal votes			4,438	3.79	+0.09
Turnout			117,202	90.18	−1.34
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Steve Georganas	69,816	61.91	+3.73
	Liberal	Amy Grantham	42,948	38.09	−3.73
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.73

Division Of Adelaide Media

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  The city of Adelaide, the division's namesake (pictured July 2010)

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  Australian politician Ernest Alfred Roberts

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  Photo of w:Reginald Blundell.

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  Australian politician Cyril Chambers, Labor MHR for Adelaide.

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  Australian politician Joe Sexton, Labor MHR for Adelaide.

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  Australian politician Andrew Jones, Liberal MHR for Adelaide.

References

• ABC profile for Adelaide: 2013
• AEC profile for Adelaide: 2013
• Poll Bludger profile for Adelaide: 2013 Archived 2015-04-01 at the Wayback Machine