Electoral district of MacKillop

MacKillop is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named in 1991 after Mary MacKillop (later to become the first Australian to be canonised as a Roman Catholic saint), who served the local area, it is a 24,358.3 km² rural electorate in the south-east of the state, stretching from the mouth of the Murray River southwards, but excluding the far-southern point of the state, which includes Mount Gambier. It contains the District Council of Kingston, District Council of Naracoorte Lucindale, District Council of Robe, District Council of Tatiara, as well as parts of District Council of The Coorong, and District Council of Wattle Range. The main population centres are Bordertown, Naracoorte, Penola, Keith, Millicent and Tintinara.

The district was first created in 1991 for the 1993 state election, replacing the Electoral district of Victoria, where it was won easily for the Liberals by Dale Baker, who was a former parliamentary state leader of the Liberal party and state minister, however at the 1997 state election, it was captured by an Independent Liberal, Mitch Williams, who returned to the Liberal Party before the 2002 state election.

Members for Victoria and MacKillop

Member Party Term
  William Rodda Liberal and Country League 1965–1973
  Liberal Party of Australia 1973–1985
  Dale Baker Liberal Party of Australia 1985–1997
  Mitch Williams Independent 1997–1999
  Liberal Party of Australia 1999–present

Election results

South Australian state election, 2010: MacKillop
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Mitch Williams 12,267 60.9 +0.9
Independent Darren O'Halloran 3,463 17.2 +17.2
Labor Simone McDonnell 2,497 12.4 -8.8
Family First Jenene Childs 1,199 6.0 -1.0
Greens Andrew Jennings 718 3.6 -0.6
Total formal votes 20,144 97.2
Informal votes 572 2.8
Turnout 20,716 93.0
Two-candidate preferred result
Liberal Mitch Williams 14,112 70.1 -2.1
Independent Darren O'Halloran 6,032 29.9 +29.9
Liberal hold Swing -2.1

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