Electoral district of Cheltenham
| Cheltenham South Australia—House of Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of electoral district boundaries from the 2022 state election[a] | |||||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 1998 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Joe Szakacs | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Cheltenham | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 26,403 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 17.49 km2 (6.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°52′42″S 138°31′31″E / 34.87833°S 138.52528°E | ||||||||||||||
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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 Hindmarsh.
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 | |
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| Jay Weatherill | Labor | 2002–2018 | |
| Joe Szakacs | Labor | 2019–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Joe Szakacs | 11,434 | 47.8 | −7.7 | |
| One Nation | Melissa Higgins | 5,045 | 21.1 | +21.1 | |
| Greens | Steffi Medrow | 3,159 | 13.2 | +2.4 | |
| Liberal | Helen Pike | 2,195 | 9.2 | −15.3 | |
| Independent | Kosta Hadjimarkou | 809 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
| Family First | Alex Tennikoff | 569 | 2.4 | −4.1 | |
| Fair Go | Karoline Brown | 418 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
| Australian Family | John Martin | 281 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 23,910 | 95.1 | −1.2 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,225 | 4.9 | +1.2 | ||
| Turnout | 25,135 | 87.8 | −0.3 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Joe Szakacs | 16,028 | 67.0 | −2.0 | |
| One Nation | Melissa Higgins | 7,882 | 33.0 | +33.0 | |
| Labor hold | |||||
Notes
- ↑ "2024 EDBC Final Report Appendices". South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
- ↑ Costly Labor factions in South Australia: ABC 15 August 2001 Archived 24 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Cheltenham and Enfield by-elections: ECSA". Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ↑ "Cheltenham - SA Election 2026". ABC News.
References
- ECSA profile for Cheltenham: 2018 Archived 20 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- ABC profile for Cheltenham: 2018 Archived 29 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- Poll Bludger profile for Cheltenham: 2018 Archived 1 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine