Electoral district of Narungga

Narungga
South Australia—House of Assembly
Interactive map of electoral district boundaries
StateSouth Australia
Created2016
MPChantelle Thomas
PartyOne Nation
NamesakeNarungga people
Electors28,266 (2026)
Area11,381 km2 (4,394.2 sq mi)
DemographicRural
Coordinates34°S 138°E / 34°S 138°E / -34; 138
Electorates around Narungga:
Giles Stuart Ngadjuri
Flinders Narungga Ngadjuri
Spencer Gulf Mawson Ngadjuri
Footnotes
Electoral District map[1]

Narungga is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It was created by the redistribution of 2016, and was contested for the first time at the 2018 state election. It is named for the Narungga people, who are the traditional owners of the lands in most of the electorate.[2] It is one of two state districts named after South Australia's indigenous people (the other being the electoral district of Kaurna). This country district situated north-west of Adelaide incorporates the entire Yorke Peninsula area, as well as some rural areas immediately to the north and north-east of the top part of Gulf St Vincent. It includes the Yorke Peninsula Council, Copper Coast Council, Barunga West Council and included the western parts of the Wakefield Regional Council and Adelaide Plains Council.[3]

History

Narungga is essentially a reconfigured version of the former seat of Goyder, which itself was created in 1969 as a replacement for Yorke Peninsula. At its creation, it drew 21,993 electors from Goyder and 2,325 from Frome. Of the remaining electors from Goyder, 999 were lost to Frome, 422 to Schubert, and 1,619 to Taylor.[4]

Steven Griffiths had been the member for Goyder since 2006. He announced on 14 February 2017 that he would be retiring from parliament at the 2018 election.[5] Narungga was won for the Liberal Party on the new boundaries by Fraser Ellis. Counting its time as Goyder and Yorke Peninsula, the seat has been held by the Liberals and their predecessors, the Liberal and Country League, for all but seven years since the institution of single-member seats in 1938. It has never been won by the Labor Party in either of its incarnations.

Members for Narungga

Member Party Term
  Fraser Ellis Liberal 2018–2020
  Independent 2020–2026
  Chantelle Thomas One Nation 2026–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from 2026 South Australian House of Assembly election § Narungga.[edit]
2026 South Australian state election: Narungga[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
One Nation Chantelle Thomas 9,037 37.5 +32.0
Liberal Tania Stock 5,409 22.5 −7.6
Independent Fraser Ellis 4,101 17.0 −13.5
Labor Esther Short 3,745 15.6 −4.6
Greens Jessica Scriven 692 2.9 +2.9
Legalise Cannabis Nicole Lornie 451 1.9 +1.9
Family First John Bennett 334 1.4 −1.9
Australian Family Maria Vottari 132 0.5 +0.6
Real Change Joanne Taylerson 122 0.5 +0.5
United Voice Peter Illingworth 56 0.2 +0.2
Total formal votes 24,079 94.3
Informal votes 1,444 5.7
Turnout 25,523 90.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
One Nation Chantelle Thomas 12,073 50.1 +50.1
Liberal Tania Stock 12,015 49.9 +8.0
One Nation gain from Independent Swing+50.1

Notes

  1. ↑ Electoral District of Narungga (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Final Redistribution Report". South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Redistribution report appendices, appendix 9". Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  5. ↑ Richardson, Tom (14 February 2017). "Former Lib high-flyer joins exit queue as party seeks to end "natural gerrymander"". InDaily. Solstice Media. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Narungga - SA Election 2026". ABC News.

References

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