Electoral district of Croydon (South Australia)

For other (former) electoral districts, see Electoral district of Croydon.

Croydon South Australia—House of Assembly
State or territory:	South Australia
Created:	1998
MP:	Michael Atkinson
Party:	Australian Labor Party
Area:	16.9 km² (7 sq mi)

Croydon is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after the suburb of the same name, it is a 16.9 km² urban rectangular-shaped electorate in Adelaide's inner north-west, taking in the suburbs of Allenby Gardens, Beverley, Brompton, Bowden, Hendon, Croydon, Croydon Park, Dudley Park, Flinders Park, Hindmarsh, Renown Park, Ridleyton, Welland, West Croydon, West Hindmarsh, Woodville Park as well as parts of Findon and Kilkenny.

Croydon was created in the 1998 electoral distribution as a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party, replacing the abolished Spence. It was first contested at the 2002 state election, where it was won by ALP frontbencher Michael Atkinson, the previous member for Spence since 1989 and former Attorney General.

Members for Croydon

Member		Party	Term
	Michael Atkinson	Australian Labor Party	2002–present

South Australian state election, 2010: Croydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Atkinson	10,200	51.5	-15.6
	Liberal	Zack McLennan	4,809	24.3	+5.0
	Greens	James Hickey	1,743	8.8	-0.8
	Independent	Max Galanti	1,143	5.8	+5.8
	Gamers 4 Croydon	Kat Nicholson	726	3.7	+3.7
	Family First	Alex Tennikoff	682	3.4	+3.4
	Democrats	Shaun Yates	505	2.5	-1.5
Total formal votes			19,808	94.9
Informal votes			1,002	5.1
Turnout			20,810	92.6
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Michael Atkinson	12,702	64.1	-12.0
	Liberal	Zack McLennan	7,106	35.9	+12.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-12.0