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| Australian federal election, 2016
Division of Kingston, South Australia
Southern Adelaide: Morphett Vale, Noarlunga, Reynella, Seaford
Sitting member: Hon Amanda Rishworth (Labor), elected 2007
Enrolment at close of rolls: 105,676
2013 Labor majority over Liberal: 9.7%
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Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Hon Amanda Rishworth
Australian Labor Party |
2. Robyn Holtham
Australian Greens |
3. Geoff Doecke
Family First |
4. Damian Carey
Nick Xenophon Team |
5. Kelvin Binns
Liberal Party |
2013 results
Statistics and history
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. Members have included Gordon
Bilney, a minister in the Hawke-Keating Government. David Cox regained Kingston for Labor in 1998, but was defeated by Kym Richardson in 2004. He
in turn was defeated in 2007.
Amanda Rishworth, Labor MP for Kingston since 2007, is a clinical psychologist and was an occupational health and safety trainer before her election.
In 2010 she gained a 9% swing, giving her the largest majority ever attained in this seat. She suffered an adverse swing in 2013 but is still fairly
secure. She was a parliamentary secretary in the last year of the Rudd-Gillard Government and is now shadow assistant minister for higher education.
The Liberal candidate is Kelvin Binns, an industrial relations adviser.
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