Division of Adelaide

Adelaide Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory:	South Australia
Created:	1903
MP:	Kate Ellis
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Adelaide
Electors:	96,723
Area:	75 km² (29.0 sq mi)
Demographic:	Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Adelaide is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. The division was created in 1903 and is named for the city of Adelaide. It has always been based in the inner suburbs of Adelaide. It currently includes suburbs such as Hindmarsh, Kilburn, Prospect, Walkerville and Toorak Gardens. For most of its history it has been a fairly safe seat for the Australian Labor Party, but was held by the Liberal Party for eleven years from 1993 to 2004.

[edit] Members

Australian federal election, 2007: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kate Ellis	42,774	48.26	+6.34
	Liberal	Tracy Marsh	34,056	38.43	-6.86
	Greens	Peter Solly	8,641	9.75	+1.76
	Family First	Dennis Slape	1,801	2.03	-0.04
	Democrats	Sandy Biar	1,353	1.53	-0.06
Total formal votes			88,625	96.89	+1.29
Informal votes			2,840	3.11	-1.29
Turnout			91,465	94.56	+0.94
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Kate Ellis	51,868	58.53	+7.20
	Liberal	Tracy Marsh	36,757	41.47	-7.20
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.20

Australian federal election, 2004: Adelaide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Trish Worth	38,530	45.29	+0.82
	Labor	Kate Ellis	35,666	41.92	+5.50
	Greens	Jake Bugden	6,794	7.99	+2.02
	Family First	Peter G Robins	1,753	2.06	+2.06
	Democrats	Richard Pascoe	1,355	1.59	-9.30
	Independent	Amanda Barlow	978	1.15	+1.15
Total formal votes			85,076	95.60	+0.66
Informal votes			3,920	4.40	-0.66
Turnout			88,996	93.62	-1.09
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Kate Ellis	43,671	51.33	+1.92
	Liberal	Trish Worth	41,405	48.67	-1.95
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+1.92

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