Electoral district of Napier

Napier
South Australia—House of Assembly

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

Electoral district of Napier (green) in the Greater Adelaide area
State South Australia
Created 1977
MP Jon Gee
Party Australian Labor Party (SA)
Namesake Sir Thomas Napier
Electors 23,653 (2014)
Area 156.1 km2 (60.3 sq mi)
Demographic Metropolitan
Coordinates 34°41′47″S 138°45′7″E / 34.69639°S 138.75194°E / -34.69639; 138.75194Coordinates: 34°41′47″S 138°45′7″E / 34.69639°S 138.75194°E / -34.69639; 138.75194

Napier is an electorate created in 1977 for the South Australian Legislative Assembly[1] in the outer northern suburbs of the Adelaide metropolitan area, including the suburbs of Blakeview, Davoren Park, Elizabeth Downs, Evanston South, Kudla, Munno Para, Smithfield and Smithfield Plains, parts of Craigmore, Evanston Park and Munno Para Downs; as well as semi-rural Bibaringa, One Tree Hill, Sampson Flat, Uleybury and Yattalunga, and part of Humbug Scrub.

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.

Though typically a safe Labor seat, at the 1993 election landslide Napier was Labor's most marginal seat on a 1.1 percent margin.

Members for Napier

Member Party Term
  Terry Hemmings Labor 1977–1993
  Annette Hurley Labor 1993–2002
  Michael O'Brien Labor 2002–2014
  Jon Gee Labor 2014–present

Election results

South Australian state election, 2014: Napier[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jon Gee 9,689 47.6 −7.2
Liberal Robert Leggatt 6,206 30.5 +4.0
Family First Gary Balfort 2,741 13.5 +3.7
Greens Sam Miles 1,722 8.5 +2.9
Total formal votes 20,358 95.7 −0.0
Informal votes 906 4.3 +0.0
Turnout 21,264 89.9 −1.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jon Gee 12,024 59.1 −7.1
Liberal Robert Leggatt 8,334 40.9 +7.1
Labor hold Swing −7.1

Notes

  1. ↑ "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 - 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  2. ↑ 2014 State Election Results – Napier, ECSA.
  3. ↑ 2014 State Election Results – Napier, ABC.

References

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