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Lee is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after the women's suffrage campaigner Mary Lee, it is a 17.6 km² urban electorate on Adelaide's north-western beaches, taking in the suburbs of Birkenhead, Ethelton, Exeter, Glanville, Sempahore, Sempahore Park, Semaphore South, Tennyson, West Lakes, West Lakes Shore, as well as parts of Largs Bay, Peterhead and Seaton.

Lee was created in the 1991 electoral distribution as a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party, replacing the abolished Albert Park. It was first contested at the 1993 state election, where it was won by Liberal candidate Joe Rossi as part of a large swing throughout the state. However, as most marginal seat, he was swept away in 1997, with Michael Wright reclaiming the seat for Labor. Wright retained the seat in 2002, and was promoted to a ministerial position.

[edit] Members for Lee

Member		Party	Term
	Joe Rossi	Liberal Party of Australia	1993–1997
	Michael Wright	Australian Labor Party	1997–present

[edit] Election results

South Australian state election, 2006: Lee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Wright	11,785	58.6	+10.8
	Liberal	Peter Rea	5,269	26.2	-8.3
	Greens	Meryl McDougall	1,537	7.6	+2.2
	Family First	Denis Power	920	4.6	+4.4
	Democrats	Trevor Tucker	603	3.0	-2.5
Total formal votes			20,114	96.6
Informal votes			708	3.4
Turnout			20,822	93.0
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Michael Wright	13,938	69.3	+9.8
	Liberal	Peter Rea	6,176	30.7	-9.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.8

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