Electoral district of Florey
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Florey is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after scientist Howard Florey, who was responsible for the development of penicillin. It is a 15km² urban electorate in Adelaide's north-east, taking in the suburbs of Modbury and Modbury Heights, as well as parts of Gilles Plains, Hope Valley, Modbury North, Para Hills, Para Vista, Valley View and Wynn Vale.
Florey was created at the electoral redistribution of 1969 as a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party, and was first contested at the 1970 state election. It was held comfortably by the party for more than twenty years before its shock fall to the Liberal Party of Australia at the 1993 election, amidst a landslide result caused by the fallout from the collapse of the State Bank of South Australia. The effect was short-lived, however, and Florey was subsequently regained by Labor at the 1997 election with a sizable swing, and more so at the 2006 election.
| 2006 South Australian state election | ||||||
| Registered Voters | 21,126 | Safe Labor | ||||
| Votes Cast | 21,241 | Turnout % | 93.3 | -0.8 | ||
| Informal Votes | 734 | Informal % | 3.7 | +0.9 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Primary Votes | Vote % | Swing % | ||
| Australian Democrats | Catherine Opitz | 636 | 3.4 | -3.5 | ||
| Australian Labor Party | Frances Bedford | 10,042 | 52.9 | +9.7 | Elected | |
| Family First Party | Richard Bunting | 1,410 | 7.4 | +0.7 | ||
| SA Greens | Craig McKay | 1,083 | 5.7 | +2.1 | ||
| Liberal Party of Australia | Pat Trainor | 5,811 | 30.6 | -6.0 | ||
| One Nation Party | -3.1 | |||||
| Two Candidate Preferred | ||||||
| Australian Labor Party | Frances Bedford | 11,787 | 62.1 | +8.5 | Elected | |
| Liberal Party of Australia | Pat Trainor | 7,195 | 37.9 | -8.5 | ||
| Total | 18,982 | |||||
[edit] Members for Florey
| Member | Party | Term |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Wells | Australian Labor Party | 1970—1979 |
| Harold O'Neill | Australian Labor Party | 1979—1982 |
| Bob Gregory | Australian Labor Party | 1982—1993 |
| Sam Bass | Liberal Party of Australia | 1993—1997 |
| Frances Bedford | Australian Labor Party | 1997—present |
[edit] External links
- ABC profile for Florey
- Poll Bludger profile for Florey
- State Electoral Office map for Florey
- State Electoral Office profile for Florey
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