Division of Boothby

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Boothby
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: South Australia
Created: 1903
MP: Andrew Southcott
Party: Liberal
Namesake: William Boothby
Electors: 96,236
Area: 123 km² (47.5 sq mi)
Demographic: Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Boothby is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. The division was created in 1903 and is named for William Boothby, who was the chief electoral officer in South Australia at the time of the first federal election in 1901. Before 1949 Boothby covered most of the southern and eastern suburbs of Adelaide, and changed hands several times behind the Australian Labor Party and the conservative parties. Since 1949 it has been confined to the affluent south-eastern and gulfside suburbs, and has been a safe seat for the Liberal Party. Since the 2007 election it is a marginal seat. Today it includes the suburbs of Belair, Brighton, Mitcham and Seacliff. Its most prominent member has been Sir John McLeay, who was Speaker 1956-66.

[edit] Members

Member Party Term
  Egerton Lee Batchelor Labor 1903—1911
  David Gordon Commonwealth Liberal 1911—1913
  George Dankel Labor 1913—1916
  Nationalist 1916—1917
  William Story Nationalist 1917—1922
  John Duncan-Hughes Nationalist 1922—1928
  John Price Labor 1928—1931
  United Australia 1931—1941
  Grenfell Price United Australia 1941—1943
  Thomas Sheehy Labor 1943—1949
  John McLeay, Sr. Liberal 1949—1951
  Liberal & Country 1951—1954
  Liberal 1954—1966
  John McLeay, Jr. Liberal 1966—1981
  Steele Hall Liberal 1981—1996
  Andrew Southcott Liberal 1996—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Boothby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Andrew Southcott 41,343 46.25 -4.37
Labor Nicole Cornes 30,501 34.12 -1.72
Greens Jodi Kirkby 9,137 10.22 +3.11
Independent Ray McGhee 4,390 4.91 +4.91
Family First Andrew Cole 2,183 2.44 -0.54
Democrats Craig Bossie 1,380 1.54 -0.49
One Nation Barbara Pannach 309 0.35 -0.32
Liberty and Democracy David Humphreys 154 0.17 +0.17
Total formal votes 89,397 97.13 +1.54
Informal votes 2,639 2.87 -1.54
Turnout 92,036 95.64 +1.05
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Andrew Southcott 47,322 52.93 -2.44
Labor Nicole Cornes 42,075 47.07 +2.44
Liberal hold Swing -2.44
Australian federal election, 2004: Boothby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Andrew Southcott 43,640 50.62 +2.48
Labor Chloe Fox 30,893 35.84 +9.92
Greens Adrian Miller 6,131 7.11 +3.93
Family First Paul Munn 2,571 2.98 +2.98
Democrats Robert Simms 1,746 2.03 -16.89
Independent Paul Starling 646 0.75 +0.21
One Nation Clarke Staker 581 0.67 -1.95
Total formal votes 86,208 95.59 +0.13
Informal votes 3,976 4.41 -0.13
Turnout 90,184 94.59 -1.38
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Andrew Southcott 47,730 55.37 -2.00
Labor Chloe Fox 38,478 44.63 +2.00
Liberal hold Swing -2.00

[edit] External links

v • d • e
Electoral Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in South Australia

Adelaide · Barker · Boothby · Grey · Hindmarsh · Kingston · Makin · Mayo · Port Adelaide · Sturt · Wakefield

Abolished: Angas (1903-34) · Angas (1949-77) · Bonython · Hawker · South Australia
Divisions in: New South Wales · Victoria · Queensland · Western Australia · South Australia · Tasmania · Australian Capital and Northern Territories