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Electoral district of Enfield

State electoral district of South Australia


Summary

State electoral district of South Australia

FieldValue
nameEnfield
statesa
image
captionInteractive map of electoral district boundaries from the 2022 state election
lifespan1956–1970, 2002–present
electors25853
electors_year2019
mpAndrea Michaels
mp-partyLabor
namesakeEnfield, South Australia
area16.48
classMetropolitan
coordinates
near-nwPort Adelaide
near-nPort Adelaide
near-neFlorey
near-eTorrens
near-seDunstan
near-sAdelaide
near-swCroydon
near-wCroydon
footnotes

|mp-party = Labor | near-nw = Port Adelaide | near-n = Port Adelaide | near-ne = Florey | near-e = Torrens | near-se = Dunstan | near-s = Adelaide | near-sw = Croydon | near-w = Croydon Enfield is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Named after the suburb of the same name, it is a 16.48 sqkm suburban electorate in Adelaide's inner north, taking in the suburbs of Blair Athol, Broadview, Clearview, Enfield, Kilburn, Lightsview, Northgate, and Sefton Park; and parts of Nailsworth, Northfield and Prospect. The seat was vacant pending a by-election in February 2019—Labor MP John Rau resigned from parliament in December 2018, following Labor's defeat at the 2018 South Australian state election in March. Labor's Andrea Michaels was elected as Rau's successor on 9 February after defeating Independent candidate Gary Johanson in the by-election.

Enfield was first created to replace the abolished electoral district of Prospect for the 1956 election. It was abolished for the 1970 election, substantially replaced by the new electorate of Ross Smith.

Enfield was recreated for the 2002 election as a safe Labor electorate, replacing the abolished electorate of Ross Smith, and was won by Labor candidate John Rau. Rau had defeated Ralph Clarke, the former member for Ross Smith, in a Labor preselection ballot. Clarke subsequently contested the election as an independent, but came third, falling 800 votes short of the Liberal candidate. At the 2006 election, Clarke decided to contest a South Australian Legislative Council seat, for which he had very little chance of success. Without competition from Clarke, Rau extended his margin, easily retaining the electorate for Labor.

In the 2016 redistribution by the electoral districts boundaries commission, the districts southern suburbs of Collinswood and Manningham were reassigned to the neighbouring districts of Adelaide and Torrens. The districts western suburbs of Regency Park, Ferryden Park, Angle Park and Mansfield Park were reassigned to the adjacent district of Croydon. The northeastern boundary was extended to include the suburbs of Northgate, Lightsview and part of Northfield within Enfield district, and the southwestern boundary was shifted south slightly to include part of Prospect.

In both of its incarnations, Enfield has been a comfortably-safe Labor seat. Counting its time as Prospect and Ross Smith, Labor has held it without interruption since 1953.

Members for Enfield

First incarnation 1956–1970MemberPartyTermSecond incarnation 2002–MemberPartyTerm
Jack JenningsLabor1956–1970
John RauLabor2002–2018
Andrea MichaelsLabor2019–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Enfield

Notes

References

References

  1. "2024 EDBC Final Report Appendices".
  2. (10 December 2018). "Former SA deputy premier John Rau quits Parliament". ABC News.
  3. "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 – 2007". Parliament of South Australia.
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