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Finniss is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after Boyle Finniss, the first Premier of South Australia. It covers a 5,916.9 km² regional area based around Kangaroo Island and the Fleurieu Peninsula, and takes in the towns of Goolwa, Kingscote, Penneshaw, Port Elliot, Victor Harbor, Willunga and Yankalilla.

Finniss has been an easily safe seat for the Liberal Party of Australia since its creation at the 1991 electoral redistribution, when it replaced the abolished Alexandra. It was contested for the first time at the 1993 election by newly-elected Liberal leader Dean Brown, who had returned to parliament after a seven-year absence by winning a by-election the previous year. Brown had little difficulty winning Finniss, and subsequently became Premier after the election. Brown was later toppled as Premier by Liberal rival John Olsen in 1996, and was initially expected to retire, but remained in parliament as a senior member of consecutive Liberal ministries and shadow ministries. Brown retired at the 2006 election, and was succeeded by Liberal candidate Michael Pengilly, holding off a concerted attempt by the National Party to take the seat.

[edit] Members for Finniss

Member		Party	Term
	Dean Brown	Liberal Party of Australia	1993–2006
	Michael Pengilly	Liberal Party of Australia	2006–present

[edit] Election results

South Australian state election, 2006: Finniss
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Pengilly	7,682	37.1	-18.8
	Labor	Mary-Lou Corcoran	6,098	29.5	+7.8
	Nationals SA	Kym McHugh	3,622	17.5	+17.5
	Greens	Douglas McCarty	1,586	7.7	+2.4
	Family First	Dominic Carli	1,168	5.6	+0.5
	Democrats	Kevin Bartolo	544	2.6	-6.2
Total formal votes			20,700	96.5
Informal votes			674	3.5
Turnout			21,374	93.5
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Michael Pengilly	11,701	56.5	-9.1
	Labor	Mary-Lou Corcoran	8,999	43.5	+9.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-9.1

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