Adelaide is an electorate for the South Australian Legislative Assembly which includes Adelaide's central business district and suburbs in the inner north and inner north east. The federal division of Adelaide covers similar areas.

The electorate's name comes from the city which it encompasses, Adelaide is named after Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, the German born Queen consort of the King of England, King William IV. Along with the city itself, the electorate includes the suburbs of North Adelaide, Ovingham, Fitzroy, Thorngate, Medindie, Medindie Gardens, Gilberton, Walkerville and parts of Prospect, Nailsworth and Collinswood. The electorate covers an area of approximately 23.5 km².

The current member for Adelaide is Jane Lomax-Smith of the Australian Labor Party, who defeated current Adelaide City Council Lord Mayor Michael Harbison in 2002. The Liberal Party preselected public relations consultant Diana Carroll to challenge Lomax-Smith at the 2006 election, after original candidate Mark Brindal withdrew due to a sex scandal. Lomax-Smith extended her margin even further in line with a large swing to Labor, turning the seat into a safe Labor electorate.

Adelaide has been used as a district name since 1902.

[edit] Members for Adelaide

Member		Party	Term
	Douglas Bardolph	Independent Labor	1938–1944
	Robert Dale	Australian Labor Party	1944–1947
	Herbert George	Australian Labor Party	1947–1950
	Samuel Lawn	Australian Labor Party	1950–1971
	Jack Wright	Australian Labor Party	1971–1985
	Michael Duigan	Australian Labor Party	1985–1989
	Michael Armitage	Liberal Party of Australia	1989–2002
	Jane Lomax-Smith	Australian Labor Party	2002–present

[edit] Election results

South Australian state election, 2006: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jane Lomax-Smith	9,247	47.8	+7.4
	Liberal	Diana Carroll	6,500	33.6	-8.8
	Greens	Nikki Mortier	1,797	9.3	+4.1
	Democrats	Richard Pascoe	558	2.9	-3.0
	Family First	Bill Villani	517	2.7	+1.2
	Dignity for Disabled	Tracey Rice	441	2.3	+2.3
	No Rodeo	Amanda Barlow	277	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			19,337	96.3	+0.0
Informal votes			749	3.7	+0.0
Turnout			20,086	89.2	-2.0
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Jane Lomax-Smith	11,640	60.2	+9.2
	Liberal	Diana Carroll	7,697	39.8	-9.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.2

[edit] External links

• ABC profile for Adelaide
• Poll Bludger profile for Adelaide
• State Electoral Office profile for Adelaide

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