Electoral district of Napier

Napier is an electorate created in 1976 for the South Australian Legislative Assembly in the northern suburbs of the Adelaide metropolitan area of South Australia.

Napier is named after Sir Thomas John Mellis Napier (1882–1976) who was Chief Justice of South Australia for 25 years and a total of 43 years in the Supreme Court.

Napier's demographic comprises outer northern suburbs of Adelaide, including Elizabeth, Elizabeth Park, Elizabeth Downs, Elizabeth North, Elizabeth East, Blakeview, Craigmore, Smithfield, parts of Davoren Park as well as semi-rural One Tree Hill and Uleybury.

Members for Napier

Member Party Term
  Terry Hemmings Australian Labor Party 1977–1993
  Annette Hurley Australian Labor Party 1993–2002
  Michael O'Brien Australian Labor Party 2002–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Napier
South Australian state election, 2010: Napier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael O'Brien 11,176 53.9 -7.1
Liberal Brenton Chomel 5,497 26.5 +7.4
Family First Gary Balfort 2,162 10.4 -0.2
Greens Louise Rodbourn 1,257 6.1 +0.4
Independent Wayne Rich 661 3.2 +3.2
Total formal votes 20,753 95.3
Informal votes 916 4.7
Turnout 21,669 91.3
Two-candidate preferred result
Labor Michael O'Brien 13,646 65.8 -8.2
Liberal Brenton Chomel 7,107 34.2 +8.2
Labor hold Swing -8.2

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