Electoral district of Elder

Elder is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after nineteenth-century businessman and philanthropist Thomas Elder. Elder is a 16.4 km² urban electorate in Adelaide's south-west, taking in the suburbs of Ascot Park, Melrose Park, Morphettville and Park Holme, as well as parts of Clarence Gardens, Clovelly Park, Daw Park, Edwardstown, Marion, Mitchell Park, Oaklands Park, Pasadena, Plympton Park, South Plympton and St. Marys.

Elder was created as a marginal Labor electorate at the 1991 electoral redistribution, but was won by Liberal David Wade amidst the landslide Liberal victory at the 1993 state election. Wade only lasted one term, as while he faced a smaller than average swing at the 1997 election, he only had a small margin, and was easily defeated by Labor candidate Patrick Conlon. Conlon had little difficulty being re-elected at the 2002 election, and as a senior minister in the Rann government, appears unlikely to be challenged for the foreseeable future.

Members for Elder

Member Party Term
  David Wade Liberal 1993–1997
  Patrick Conlon Labor 1997–present

Election results

South Australian state election, 2010: Elder
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Patrick Conlon 8,805 43.3 -10.4
Liberal Ben Turner 7,691 37.8 +10.4
Greens Daryl Bullen 2,408 11.8 +5.4
Family First Wendy Hay 1,003 4.9 -0.5
Democrats Greg Croke 437 2.1 -0.7
Total formal votes 20,344 96.1
Informal votes 791 3.9
Turnout 21,135 92.4
Two-candidate preferred result
Labor Patrick Conlon 10,904 53.6 -12.0
Liberal Ben Turner 9,440 46.4 +12.0
Labor hold Swing -12.0

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