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Australian federal election, 2019
Division of Grey, South Australia
Outback South Australia: Kadina, Port Augusta, Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Whyalla
State seats: All of
Flinders,
Frome,
Giles and
Narungga, parts of
Schubert and
Stuart
Local government areas: All of Adelaide Plains, Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara, Barrunga West,
Ceduna, Cleve, Coober Pedy, Copper Coast, Elliston,
Flinders Ranges, Franklin Harbour, Goyder, Kimba, Lower Eyre Peninsula, Maralinga Jarutja, Mount Remarkable,
Northern Areas, Oororoo-Carrieton, Peterborough, Port Augusta, Port Pirie, Roxby Downs, Streaky Bay,
Tumby Bay, Whyalla, Wuddina and Yorke Peninsula, parts of Light
Enrolment at close of rolls: 119,957
1999 republic referendum: No 67.7
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 53.3
Sitting member: Rowan Ramsey (Liberal): Elected 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016
2007 Liberal majority over Labor: 4.4%
2010 Liberal majority over Labor: 11.2%
2013 Liberal majority over Labor: 13.5%
2016 Liberal majority over NXT: 2.0%
2016 notional Liberal majority over Labor: 8.6%
2018 notional Liberal majority over Labor: 8.6%
Status: Very marginal Liberal versus NXT
Status: Fairly safe Liberal versus Labor
2016 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Jacquie Edgecombe
Animal Justice Party |
2. Karin Bolton
Australian Labor Party |
3. David Stone
Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
4. Richard Carmody
Independent |
5. Alexander Warren
United Australia Party |
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6. Rowan Ramsey
Liberal Party |
7. Andrea Broadfoot
Centre Alliance |
8. Candace Champion
Australian Greens |
Candidate websites:
Karin Bolton
Andrea Broadfoot
Candace Champion
Rowan Ramsey
Division of Grey
Grey has existed since South Australia was first divided into electorates in 1903, occupying most of the northern
part of South Australia. Originally a largely pastoral and farming seat, Grey later came to be dominated by the
mining and smelting towns of Whyalla, Port Augusta and Port Pirie, and was a fairly safe Labor seat for many years.
The decline of those industries, the decline of the rural working class, and boundary changes which have extended the
seat southwards into farming areas such as the Yorke Peninsula, have turned Grey back into a fairly safe Liberal
seat in recent years.
The seat has among the country's lowest median family income levels, and also a low proportion of
non English speaking households. It has a high proportion of people engaged in agriculture, mainly on the Yorke and
Eyre peninsulas. Although Whyalla is the largest town in the electorate, and still votes solidly Labor, it is now
outvoted by the rural parts of the seat. In most of the small rural booths the Liberals get more than 80% of the
two-party vote.
Barry Wakelin won Grey for the Liberals in 1993, after the retirement of the last Labor member. He held it without
difficulty until his own retirement in 2007. There was a large swing to Labor at that election, but not enough for
Labor to win.
Rowan Ramsey, Liberal MP for Grey since 2007, was a farmer at Kimba before his election. He has been an
inconspicuous backbencher but had no trouble retaining this seat until 2016, when he was held to a 2.0% majority
by the Xenophon Team candidate, Andrea Broadfoot. With the withdrawal of Nick Xenophon from politics, this is unlikely
to be repeated.
The Labor candidate is Karin Bolton, a Whyalla social worker. Broadfoot is running again for Centre Alliance,
successor to the Xenophon Team. The Greens
candidate is Candace Champion, whose occupation is not stated.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $977 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 20.7% (Australia 15.8%)
Indigenous: 7.2% (Australia 2.8%)
Australian born: 81.9% (Australia 66.7%)
Ancestry: German 6.6%
Non-English-speaking households: 5.7% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 16.7% (Australia 22.6%)
No religion 33.8% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 8.4% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 29.9% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 21.3% (Australia 22.9%)
Employed in agriculture: 19.0% (Australia 3.3%)
Paying a mortgage: 28.3% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 30.9% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 23.7% (Australia 32.8%)
Members:
Hon Alexander Poynton (FT, ALP, Nat) 1903-22
Andrew Lacey (ALP) 1922-31
Philip McBride (UAP) 1931-37
Albert Badman (CP, UAP) 1937-43
Edgar Russell (ALP) 1943-63
Jack Mortimer (ALP) 1963b-66
Don Jessop (Lib) 1966-69
Laurie Wallis (ALP) 1969-83
Lloyd O'Neil (ALP) 1983-93
Barry Wakelin (Lib) 1993-2007
Rowan Ramsey (Lib) 2007-
Boundaries following 2018 redistribution:
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