Division of Makin

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The Division of Makin is an electoral division for the Australian House of Representatives located in the northeastern suburbs of Adelaide. Established in 1984 and named after Norman Makin, a former MP and diplomat, it has been a marginal seat at most elections since. It includes the suburbs of Tea Tree Gully, Modbury, Salisbury Heights and Para Hills.

It is known as a mortgage belt seat, with a large proportion of the population in the area paying off home loans. It was won by Draper at the 1996 election when the Howard Liberal government was elected with a two party preferred margin of 4.8 percent, which was reduced to 4.6 percent at the 1998 election,[1] then 3.8 percent at the 2001 election, then by only 0.9 percent at the 2004 election.[2] Draper has announced her retirement at the 2007 federal election.[3]