| Makin Australian House of Representatives Division |
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Division of Makin (green) in South Australia |
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| Created: | 1984 |
| MP: | Tony Zappia |
| Party: | Labor |
| Namesake: | Norman Makin |
| Area: | 115 km² (44 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Outer Metropolitan |
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, Salisbury East 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. In the 2006 census over 42 percent of the seat's electors had a home mortgage; ranking it 19th highest in Australia's 150 seats.[1]
Makin has been represented by Labor MP Tony Zappia since the 2007 election. At the 2010 election, Zappia technically made it a safe Labor seat by winning 62 percent of the two-party vote.
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Peter Duncan | Labor | 1984–1996 | |
| Trish Draper | Liberal | 1996–2007 | |
| Tony Zappia | Labor | 2007–present | |
| Australian federal election, 2010: Makin | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Tony Zappia | 43,114 | 50.58 | -0.87 | |
| Liberal | Liz Davies | 25,740 | 30.20 | -8.07 | |
| Greens | Jasemin Rose | 8,604 | 10.09 | +5.79 | |
| Family First | Mark Potter | 5,089 | 5.97 | +2.42 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Gameau | 1,081 | 1.27 | +0.78 | |
| One Nation | Anton Horvat | 662 | 0.78 | +0.20 | |
| Democrats | Wayne Rich | 534 | 0.63 | -0.74 | |
| Climate Sceptics | Robert Stewart | 409 | 0.48 | +0.48 | |
| Total formal votes | 85,233 | 93.91 | -2.02 | ||
| Informal votes | 5,532 | 6.09 | +2.02 | ||
| Turnout | 90,765 | 94.29 | -1.38 | ||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Tony Zappia | 53,014 | 62.20 | +4.50 | |
| Liberal | Liz Davies | 32,219 | 37.80 | -4.50 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +4.50 | |||
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