Electoral district of Enfield

Enfield
South AustraliaHouse of Assembly

Map of Adelaide, South Australia with electoral district of Enfield highlighted

Electoral district of Enfield (green) in the Greater Adelaide area
State South Australia
Dates current 1956–1970, 2002–present
MP John Rau
Party Australian Labor Party
Namesake Enfield, South Australia
Electors 23,032 (2014)
Area 19.7 km2 (7.6 sq mi)
Demographic Metropolitan
Coordinates 34°52′4″S 138°35′9″E / 34.86778°S 138.58583°ECoordinates: 34°52′4″S 138°35′9″E / 34.86778°S 138.58583°E

Enfield 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 19.7 km² urban electorate in Adelaide's inner north, taking in the suburbs of Angle Park, Blair Athol, Broadview, Clearview, Enfield, Kilburn, Manningham, Mansfield Park, Regency Park and Sefton Park, and parts of Collinswood, Ferryden Park, Nailsworth and Prospect.

Enfield was first created at the March 1956 elections.[1] It was abolished in the 1970 boundary redistribution, substantially replaced by the electoral district of Ross Smith.

Enfield was recreated in the 1998 electoral distribution as a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party, replacing the abolished district of Ross Smith. It was first contested at the 2002 state election, where it was won by ALP candidate John Rau, who had defeated Ralph Clarke, the former member for Ross Smith, in a party preselection ballot. Clarke subsequently contested the election as an independent, but came third, falling 800 votes short of the Liberal candidate. At the 2006 state election, Clarke decided to contest a South Australian Legislative Council seat, where he was given virtually no chance of victory. As a result, Rau extended his margin, easily retaining the seat for Labor.

Members for Enfield

First incarnation 1956–1970
Member Party Term
  Joe Jennings Labor 1956–1970[2]
Second incarnation 2002–
Member Party Term
  John Rau       Labor 2002–present

Election results

South Australian state election, 2014: Enfield[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Rau 9,650 48.5 −2.4
Liberal Scott Roberts 6,737 33.9 +1.0
Greens Roger Levi 1,599 8.0 −0.2
Family First Lisa Hood 1,300 6.5 +0.6
Independent Andrew Stanko 591 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 19,877 96.0 +0.2
Informal votes 832 4.0 −0.2
Turnout 20,709 89.9 −1.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Rau 11,550 58.1 −0.9
Liberal Scott Roberts 8,327 41.9 +0.9
Labor hold Swing −0.9

Notes

  1. "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 - 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  2. "Mr Joe Jennings". Former Member of Parliament Details. Parliament of South Australia.
  3. 2014 State Election Results – Enfield, ECSA.
  4. 2014 State Election Results – Enfield, ABC.

References