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Division of Kingston | Kooyong |
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Location: Adelaide: Morphett Vale, Noarlunga, Reynella, Willunga Division named for: Rt Hon Charles Kingston, Premier of South Australia and member of the first federal Parliament Median weekly family income: $827 (107th highest) Persons born in non English speaking countries: 6.6% (91st highest) Persons born in the UK and Ireland: 14.2% (5th highest) Persons in professional occupations: 17.0% (137th highest) Persons employed in manufacturing: 20.2% (10th highest) Persons aged 65 and over: 10.2% (112th highest) Couple families with dependent children: 38.1% (80th highest) Dwellings being purchased: 41.9% (7th highest) Sitting member: Amanda Rishworth (Labor), elected 2007 Born 10 July 1978, Adelaide. Career: Educated Flinders University, Adelaide University. Psychologist, occupational health and safety trainer, organiser Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association. 1996 two-party majority: Liberal 02.0 1998 two-party majority: Labor 00.5 Effect of 2001 redistribution: 01.4 shift to Labor 2001 two-party majority: Labor 02.4 Effect of 2004 redistribution: 01.1 shift to Liberal 2004 two-party majority: Liberal 00.1 2007 two-party majority: Labor 04.4 
2004 enrolment: 94,131 2007 enrolment: 97,912 (+04.0%) Kingston was created in 1949 and has always been located in the southern beachside suburbs of Adelaide. Successive redistributions have extended it further down the coast but have not changed its political character. It has a quite low level of family income for a metropolitan seat, and one of the highest levels of people employed in manufacturing. Although it does not have a very high level of families with dependent children, it does have a high proportion of dwellings being purchased, marking it a mortgage belt seat. It has always been a marginal seat, usually held by the government of the day. Kingston has changed hands regularly throughout its history: every member for the seat has eventually been defeated. David Cox regained it for Labor in 1998, but was defeated by Kym Richardson in 2004. At the 2007 election Kingston was the Liberal Party's most marginal seat, and given the strong national and statewide swing to Labor it was not surprising that Labor's Amanda Rishworth gained a 4.5% swing to win the seat. Labot polled 66% of the two-party vote at Lonsdale, and alo topped 60% at Christie Downs, Hackham, Hackham South, Morphett Vale South, Noarlunga Downs and O'Sullivan Beach. The Liberals polled 60% at McLaren Flat. | |  Two-party vote by booth, 2007
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