Electoral district of Heysen
Heysen South Australia—House of Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | South Australia | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1970–1977, 1985–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Josh Teague | ||||||||||||||
Party | Liberal Party of Australia (SA) | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Sir Hans Heysen | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 25,026 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 1,074.3 km2 (414.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°11′12″S 138°48′38″E / 35.18667°S 138.81056°ECoordinates: 35°11′12″S 138°48′38″E / 35.18667°S 138.81056°E | ||||||||||||||
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Electoral District map[1] |
Heysen is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It is named after Sir Hans Heysen, a prominent South Australian landscape artist. It is a 1,074 km² electoral district that takes in some of the outer southern suburbs of Adelaide before fanning south-east to include most of the Adelaide Hills, as well as farming areas some distance from the capital. It includes the localities of Aldgate, Ashbourne, Belvidere, , , Blewitt Springs, , Bridgewater, Bugle Ranges, , , Clarendon, Crafers, Dingabledinga, Dorset Vale, Echunga, Flaxley, Gemmells, , Heathfield, , , Ironbank, Jupiter Creek, Kangarilla, Kuitpo, , Kyeema, , Macclesfield, , Meadows, , , Mylor, , Prospect Hill, , , Sandergrove, Scott Creek, Stirling, Strathalbyn, The Range, , Willyaroo, Wistow, Woodchester, ; as well as parts of , Hartley, Onkaparinga Hills, Upper Sturt. Although geographically it is a hybrid urban-rural seat, it is counted as a metropolitan seat.
As Heysen combines both wealthier suburbs in the foothills of the Adelaide Hills and rural areas further east, it has been a stronghold for the Liberal Party and its predecessor, the Liberal and Country League, ever since its creation in the electoral redistribution of 1969 as a replacement for Stirling. It was first contested at the 1970 election. It was abolished at the 1977 election, forcing then-member David Wotton to move to the seat of Murray. However, Wotton returned to Heysen when it was re-established at the 1985 election. He subsequently held the seat until his retirement in 2002, when he was replaced by former opposition leader Isobel Redmond. Redmond retired at the 2018 election and was replaced by Josh Teague.
The 1997 election saw the Democrats receive 47.9 percent of the two-candidate preferred vote, the closest they had ever come to a seat any Australian lower house (apart from the South Australian seat of Mitcham). The 2002 election saw the Democrats receive 46 percent of the two-candidate preferred vote. The 2006 election saw their vote collapse with Labor being brought back into the two-candidate race. Out of 47 lower house seats, the SA Greens have consistently polled strongest in Heysen. Greens candidate Lynton Vonow came within a few percent of winning the overlapping federal seat of Mayo at the 2008 by-election. Vonow contested Heysen for the Greens at the 2014 election and overtook the Labor candidate coming second after preferences with a 39 percent two-candidate preferred vote from a 19.7 percent primary vote. The Greens also polled well in neighbouring seats such as Kavel and Davenport with primary votes over 15 percent. The 2018 election saw Nick Xenophon's SA-BEST receive 48.2 percent of the two-candidate preferred vote in Heysen which was the closest they came to winning a lower house seat.
Members for Heysen[]
First incarnation (1970–1977) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
William McAnaney | Liberal and Country | 1970–1974 | |
Liberal | 1974–1975 | ||
David Wotton | Liberal | 1975–1977 | |
Second incarnation (1985–present) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
David Wotton | Liberal | 1985–2002 | |
Isobel Redmond | Liberal | 2002–2018 | |
Josh Teague | Liberal | 2018–present |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Josh Teague | 9,227 | 40.7 | −13.4 | |
SA-Best | John Illingworth | 5,514 | 24.3 | +24.3 | |
Labor | Tony Webb | 4,123 | 18.2 | −2.1 | |
Greens | Lynton Vonow | 2,557 | 11.3 | −8.3 | |
Conservatives | Lynette Stevenson | 785 | 3.5 | +3.0 | |
Dignity | Andrew Ey | 467 | 2.1 | −2.7 | |
Total formal votes | 22,673 | 96.7 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 767 | 3.3 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 23,440 | 93.7 | +2.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Josh Teague | 13,259 | 58.5 | −3.8 | |
Labor | Tony Webb | 9,414 | 41.5 | +3.8 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Josh Teague | 11,749 | 51.8 | −10.4 | |
SA-Best | John Illingworth | 10,924 | 48.2 | +48.2 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Notes[]
- ^ Electoral District of Heysen (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ State Election Results – District Results for Heysen, ECSA.
References[]
- Electoral districts of South Australia
- 1970 establishments in Australia
- 1977 disestablishments in Australia
- 1985 establishments in Australia