Electoral District Of Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after Port Adelaide because of its geographical location, it is a 113.4 km² urban electorate on Adelaide's Lefevre Peninsula and stretches east toward Adelaide's northern suburbs. It contains a mix of seaside residential areas, wasteland and industrial regions. It includes the suburbs of Cavan, Dry Creek, Gillman, Green Fields, Largs North, Mawson Lakes, North Haven, Osborne, Ottoway, Outer Harbor, Taperoo, Wingfield as well as parts of Bolivar, Gepps Cross, Globe Derby Park, Largs Bay, Parafield Gardens, Peterhead, Pooraka, Rosewater and St Kilda.
Port Adelaide has had three incarnations as a South Australian electoral district. It was first used as a district in the Legislative Council, from 1851 until 1856. From 1856 onwards, it became one of 17 House of Assembly districts using multi-member representation. The seat became a single member district from the 1938 election onward, held continuously by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) until the district's abolition prior to the 1970 election. From then until the 2002 election, the area was served by the electoral district of Semaphore and the electoral district of Hart. At the 2006 election, Labor increased their margin from 21.7 percent to 25.7 percent, and gained a majority in all booths. A 2012 Port Adelaide by-election occurred on 11 February as a result of Kevin Foley's resignation from parliament, Susan Close retained the seat for Labor.
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