| Bonython Australian House of Representatives Division |
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| Created: | 1955 |
| Abolished: | 2004 |
| Namesake: | Sir Langdon Bonython |
The Division of Bonython was an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. The division was created in 1955 and abolished in 2004. It was named for Sir Langdon Bonython, philanthropist, publisher, and federal MP. Bonython was based in the northern working-class suburbs of Adelaide and was a fairly safe seat for the Australian Labor Party. At the time of its abolition it included the suburbs of Elizabeth and Salisbury. For a time it also included Gawler, and stretched as far south as Norwood.
The northern suburbs were added to Wakefield which became marginal from the 2004 redistribution as a result.
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Norman Makin | Labor | 1955–1963 | |
| Martin Nicholls | Labor | 1963–1977 | |
| Neal Blewett | Labor | 1977–1994 | |
| Martyn Evans | Labor | 1994–2004 | |
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