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Electoral district of Mitcham (South Australia)

Former South Australian electoral district

Summary

Former South Australian electoral district

Field	Value
name	Mitcham
state	sa
lifespan	1938–1993
namesake	Mitcham, South Australia
class	Metropolitan
coordinates

the historical South Australian state electorate

|mp-party = Mitcham was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1938 to 1993. The district was based in the south-eastern suburbs of Adelaide.

Mitcham was one of just three metropolitan seats (with Burnside and Torrens) won by the Liberal and Country League in 1965 and 1968.

Mitcham is the only single-member lower house seat in any Parliament in Australia to be won by the Australian Democrats.

Mitcham was superseded by Waite at the 1993 state election.

Location

At the 1938 election, the polling places for the district of Mitcham were: Belair, Blackwood, Colonel Light Gardens, Cottonville, Eden Hills, Hawthorn, the Home for Incurables at Fullarton, Mitcham, Rosefield, Unley Park, Upper Sturt, Westbourne Park and West Mitcham.

Members for Mitcham

Image	Party	Term	Notes
	[[File:Henry Dunks.jpg	100px]]	Henry Dunks
(1882–1955)	19 March 1938 –
22 March 1955
		Robin Millhouse
(1929–2017)	7 May 1955 –
2 April 1973
		2 April 1973 –
6 May 1976
	New Liberal Movement	6 May 1976 –
9 May 1977
		9 May 1977 –
7 April 1982
	[[File:AusDems Placeholder.png	100px]]	Heather Southcott
(1928–2014)	8 May 1982 –
6 November 1982
	[[File:Liberal Party of Australia placeholder portrait.svg	100px]]	Stephen Baker
(1946–)	6 November 1982 –
11 December 1993

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Mitcham (South Australia)

References

(17 March 1938). "Metropolitan Polling Places.". [[The Advertiser (Adelaide).
(22 April 1955). "L.C.L. CANDIDATE SATISFIED WITH SALARY". Victor Harbour Times.
(29 April 2017). "Robin Millhouse, first Democrats MP and 'maverick personality', dies aged 87". ABC News.

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