Division of Kingston

Kingston
Australian House of Representatives Division

Division of Kingston (green) in South Australia
Created: 1949
MP: Amanda Rishworth
Party: Labor
Namesake: Charles Kingston
Area: 377 km² (146 sq mi)
Demographic: Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Kingston is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia covering the far-south metropolitan area of Adelaide. The division was first proclaimed in 1949.

The division is named after Charles Cameron Kingston, a Premier of South Australia (1893-1899), elected to the first House of Representatives in 1901 and the first Federal member of the Division of Adelaide in 1903. Notably, every sitting member in the electorate's history has been defeated at the polls - none have retired or resigned.[1]

Kingston has been represented by Labor MP Amanda Rishworth since the 2007 election. At the 2010 election, Rishworth technically made it a safe Labor seat by winning 64 percent of the two-party vote.

Members

Member Party Term
  Jim Handby Liberal 1949–1951
  Patrick Galvin Labor 1951–1966
  Kay Brownbill Liberal 1966–1969
  Richard Gun Labor 1969–1975
  Grant Chapman Liberal 1975–1983
  Gordon Bilney Labor 1983–1996
  Susan Jeanes Liberal 1996–1998
  David Cox Labor 1998–2004
  Kym Richardson Liberal 2004–2007
  Amanda Rishworth Labor 2007–present

Election results

Australian federal election, 2010: Kingston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Amanda Rishworth 46,882 51.05 +4.40
Liberal Chris Zanker 26,652 29.02 -10.72
Greens Palitja Moore 11,264 12.27 +6.60
Family First Geoff Doecke 5,288 5.76 +0.05
Democrats Ron Baker 1,748 1.90 +0.95
Total formal votes 91,834 94.91 -1.36
Informal votes 4,925 5.09 +1.36
Turnout 96,759 94.59 -1.38
Two-candidate preferred result
Labor Amanda Rishworth 58,695 63.91 +9.49
Liberal Chris Zanker 33,139 36.09 -9.49
Labor hold Swing +9.49

References