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Chaffey, created in 1936, is an electorate for the South Australian House of Assembly. It covers the Riverland region of South Australia and is named after brothers George and William Chaffey who established the irrigation area along the Murray River from 1886. It is currently held by Karlene Maywald for the Nationals SA.

There were six candidates for the 2006 election, but Karlene Maywald easily retained her seat.

[edit] Members for Chaffey

South Australian state election, 2006: Chaffey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationals SA	Karlene Maywald	10,358	53.2	+4.0
	Liberal	Anna Baric	5,498	28.2	-3.2
	Labor	Robert Potter	1,914	9.8	-2.2
	Family First	Rikki Lambert	970	5.0	+5.0
	Greens	Pam Kelly	475	2.4	+2.4
	Democrats	Graham McNaughton	271	1.4	-2.6
Total formal votes			19,486	96.5	-1.0
Informal votes			699	3.5	+1.0
Turnout			20,185	92.3	-1.2
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Nationals SA	Karlene Maywald	13,101	67.2	+3.2
	Liberal	Anna Baric	6,385	32.8	-3.2
	Nationals SA hold		Swing	+3.2