Division of Makin
| Makin Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
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Makin (dark green) in the city of Adelaide | |
| Created | 1984 |
| MP | Tony Zappia |
| Party | Labor |
| Namesake | Norman Makin |
| Electors | 102,820 (2013) |
| Area | 130 km2 (50.2 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Outer Metropolitan |
The Division of Makin is an electoral division for the Australian House of Representatives located in the northeastern suburbs of Adelaide. The 130 km² seat covers an area from Little Para River and Gould Creek in the north to Grand Junction Road in the south, including the suburbs of Banksia Park, Fairview Park, Golden Grove, Greenwith, Gulfview Heights, Ingle Farm, Mawson Lakes, Modbury, Para Hills, Para Vista, Pooraka, Redwood Park, Ridgehaven, Salisbury East, Salisbury Heights, St Agnes, Surrey Downs, Tea Tree Gully, Valley View, Vista, Walkley Heights, Wynn Vale, Yatala Vale, and parts of Gepps Cross and Hope Valley.
Established in the South Australian redistribution of 3 September 1984 and named after Norman Makin, a former MP and diplomat. It is known as a mortgage belt seat, with a large proportion of the population in the area paying off home loans. In the 2006 census, over 42 percent of the seat's electors had a home mortgage; ranking it 19th highest in Australia's 150 seats.[1]
From Makin's creation ahead of the 1984 election, the seat was always marginal and held by the party of government, often typical of mortgage belt seats. However, Labor's Tony Zappia won the seat at the 2007 election with a 57.7 percent two-party vote from an 8.6 percent two-party swing as Labor won government, the largest two-party vote and swing of any party in Makin's history at the time, and was also the first time a Makin candidate won a majority of the primary vote. At the 2010 election, Zappia technically made it a safe Labor seat with a 62.2 percent two-party vote, again becoming the largest of any party in Makin's history. Zappia held the seat at the 2013 election with a reduced 55.1 percent two-party vote even as Labor lost government, albeit still the largest two-party vote, aside from 2010 and 2007, of any party in Makin's history. No longer a bellwether for the first time, Zappia became the first opposition member in the seat's history.
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Duncan | Labor | 1984–1996 | |
| Trish Draper | Liberal | 1996–2007 | |
| Tony Zappia | Labor | 2007–present | |
Election results
| Australian federal election, 2013: Makin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Tony Zappia | 41,873 | 45.56 | −4.70 | |
| Liberal | Sue Lawrie | 34,192 | 37.20 | +6.75 | |
| Family First | Mark Potter | 5,891 | 6.41 | +0.40 | |
| Greens | Ami Harrison | 5,429 | 5.91 | −4.39 | |
| Palmer United | Andrew Graham | 3,818 | 4.15 | +4.15 | |
| Katter's Australian | Robert Jameson | 705 | 0.77 | +0.77 | |
| Total formal votes | 91,908 | 95.12 | +1.13 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,717 | 4.88 | −1.13 | ||
| Turnout | 96,625 | 93.97 | −0.37 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Tony Zappia | 50,604 | 55.06 | −6.94 | |
| Liberal | Sue Lawrie | 41,304 | 44.94 | +6.94 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −6.94 | |||
Notes
- ↑ Megalogenis, George. "2006 census, customised tables commissioned by The Australian". The Australian (News Limited). Archived from the original on 18 November 2007. Retrieved 25 November 2007.
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Coordinates: 34°47′56″S 138°41′56″E / 34.799°S 138.699°E