Electoral district of Wright
| Wright South Australia—House of Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 1993 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Blair Boyer | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Edmund Wright | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 28,587 (2026) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 20.0 km2 (7.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°47′2″S 138°41′14″E / 34.78389°S 138.68722°E | ||||||||||||||
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| Electoral District map[1] | |||||||||||||||
Wright is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly.[2] Named after the esteemed 19th century South Australian architect Edmund Wright, it is a suburban electorate in Adelaide's outer north-east, taking in the suburbs of Gulfview Heights, Modbury Heights, Redwood Park and Wynn Vale, as well as parts of Modbury North, Salisbury East and Surrey Downs.
History
When created, Wright was a marginal Labor seat at the 1991 electoral distribution, taking in much of the abolished seat of Briggs. Wright was first contested at the 1993 election, where it was won by Liberal candidate Scott Ashenden as part of a large swing throughout the state. He was defeated at the 1997 election by Labor candidate Jennifer Rankine.
Rankine announced in February 2017 that she would be retiring from parliament as of the 2018 election.[3]
Members for Wright
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Ashenden | Liberal | 1993–1997 | |
| Jennifer Rankine | Labor | 1997–2018 | |
| Blair Boyer | Labor | 2018–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Blair Boyer | 11,939 | 48.1 | −3.7 | |
| One Nation | Sean Porter | 7,062 | 28.5 | +28.5 | |
| Liberal | Carston Woodhouse (disendorsed) | 2,170 | 8.8 | −23.2 | |
| Greens | Samantha Skinner | 2,145 | 8.6 | +0.3 | |
| Family First | Sue Nancarrow | 672 | 2.7 | −4.5 | |
| Animal Justice | Deb Horley | 373 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
| Australian Family | Robin Hill | 352 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| United Voice | Rosalind Wilton | 107 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 24,820 | 95.8 | −1.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,079 | 4.2 | +1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 25,899 | 90.6 | −0.1 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Blair Boyer | 15,512 | 62.5 | +0.6 | |
| One Nation | Sean Porter | 9,308 | 37.5 | +37.5 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Notes
- ↑ Electoral District of Wright (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ↑ "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 – 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ State Labor MPs Michael Atkinson, Jennifer Rankine and Steph Key quitting politics at next election: The Advertiser 3 February 2017
- ↑ "Wright - SA Election 2026". ABC News.