Electoral district of Mount Gambier
Mount Gambier is an electoral district of South Australia. It was created in 1938, abolished in 1993 and recreated in 2002.
| Mount Gambier South Australia—House of Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Electoral district of Mount Gambier (green) in South Australia | |||||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1938–1993, 2002–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Troy Bell | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Independent | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Mount Gambier, South Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 24,768 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1,940 km2 (749.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Rural | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°48′37″S 140°38′4″E / 37.81028°S 140.63444°ECoordinates: 37°48′37″S 140°38′4″E / 37.81028°S 140.63444°E | ||||||||||||||
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| Electoral District map[1] | |||||||||||||||
Election results
| 2022 South Australian state election: Mount Gambier | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Troy Bell | 10,135 | 45.7 | +7.0 | |
| Liberal | Ben Hood | 6,433 | 29.0 | +5.0 | |
| Labor | Katherine Davies | 4,578 | 20.6 | +10.8 | |
| Family First | Peter Heaven | 1,032 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 22,178 | 97.0 | |||
| Informal votes | 689 | 3.0 | |||
| Turnout | 22,867 | 89.3 | |||
| Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
| Liberal | Ben Hood | 64.1 | −4.4 | ||
| Labor | Katherine Davies | 35.9 | +4.4 | ||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Independent | Troy Bell | 14,001 | 63.1 | +2.9 | |
| Liberal | Ben Hood | 8,177 | 36.9 | −2.9 | |
| style=background-color: Template:Australian politics/party colours/Independent | | Template:Australian politics/name/Independent hold | Swing | +2.9 | ||