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Australian federal election, 2019
Division of Hindmarsh, South Australia
Western Adelaide: Grange, Henley Beach, Novar Gardens, Port Adelaide, West Lakes
State seats: All of
Cheltenham and
Lee, parts of
Colton,
Port Adelaide and
West Torrens
Local government areas: Parts of Charles Sturt, Port Adelaide-Enfield and West Torrens
Enrolment at close of rolls: 122,664
1999 republic referendum: No 50.5
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 63.3
Sitting member: Steve Georganas (Labor):
Elected 2004, 2007, 2010. Defeated 2013. Elected 2016
2007 Labor majority over Liberal: 5.1%
2010 Labor majority over Liberal: 5.7%
2013 Liberal majority over Labor: 1.9%
2016 Labor majority over Liberal: 0.4%
2019 notional Labor majority over Liberal: 8.2%
Status: Fairly safe Labor
2016 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Rajan Vaid
Fraser Anning's Conservative
National Party |
2. Rose Maurice
United Australia Party |
3. Hon Mark Butler
Australian Labor Party |
4. Alison Kelty
Animal Justice Party |
5. Jake Hall-Evans
Liberal Party |
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6. Matt Farrell
Australian Greens |
Candidate websites:
Hon Mark Butler
Matt Farrell
Jake Hall-Evans
Division of Hindmarsh
Hindmarsh has existed since South Australia was first divided into electorates in 1903. From 1903 to 1949 it included the Port
Adelaide area and was one of the safest Labor seats in Australia, and even after the creation of the seat of Port
Adelaide in 1949 it remained a very strong Labor seat. Successive redistributions, however, pushed the seat southwards
into more middle-class areas, and this combined with demographic change to weaken the seat for Labor. It finally fell
to the Liberals in 1993 and was not regained until 2004.
The 2018 redistribution has abolished Port Adelaide, and as a result Hindmarsh has been returned to something like its
pre-1949 borders. It still includes some Liberal-voting areas such as Henley Beach and Novar Gardens, but overall it is now
once again a safe Labor seat.
Before the redistribution Hindmarsh had an ageing population, with the highest proportion of over-65s of any electorate,
and also had one of the lowest levels of couples with children. These features will be less pronounced on the new
boundaries. It will still have a high level of people born in non English speaking countries (particularly Greece), and even
more whose parents were.
Members for Hindmarsh include the Labor veterans and Cabinet ministers Norman Makin and Clyde Cameron. Christine Gallus won the seat for the
Liberals in 1993. She was very popular and Labor's Steve Georganas twice narrowly failed to defeat her before finally
winning the seat when she retired. He was twice re-elected before being defeated by the Liberals in 2013, then won the seat
back in 2016.
As a result of the redistribution, the Labor MP for Port Adelaide, Mark Butler, will contest Hindmarsh in 2019, while
Georganas will move to the seat of Adelaide, which will be vacant with the retirement of Kate Ellis.
Mark Butler, Labor MP for Port Adelaide since 2007, was South Australian state secretary of the Liquour, Hospitality and
Miscellaneous Workers Union before his election. Despite this, he comes from a prominent Adelaide establishment family.
He is the great-grandson and great-great-grandson respectively of two conservative premiers of South Australia, Sir
Richard B Butler and Sir Richard L Butler. He was a parliamentary secretary from 2009 and a minister from 2010. He was
Minister for Climate Change and for the Environment, Heritage and Water in the last months of the Rudd-Gillard Government.
He is now Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy. He was federal president of the ALP 2015-18. The Liberal
candidate is Jake Hall-Evans, a manager with Wilson Group, a storage and security company. The Greens candidate is Matt Farrell,
whoe occupation is not stated.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $1,235 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 20.0% (Australia 15.8%)
Australian born: 68.2% (Australia 66.7%)
Ancestry: Italian 7.0%
Non-English-speaking households: 25.3% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 23.5% (Australia 22.6%)
Orthodox Christian: 06.2
No religion 30.2% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 18.9% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 32.9% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 25.2% (Australia 22.9%)
Paying a mortgage: 31.6% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 30.3% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 27.5% (Australia 32.8%)
Members:
James Hutchison (Lab, ALP) 1903-09
Hon William Archibald (ALP, Nat) 1910-19
Hon Norman Makin (ALP) 1919-46
Albert Thompson (ALP) 1946-49
Hon Clyde Cameron (ALP) 1949-80
John Scott (ALP) 1980-93
Hon Christine Gallus (Lib) 1993-2004
Steve Georganas (ALP) 2004-13
Matt Williams (Lib) 2013-16
Steve Georganas (ALP) 2016-19
Boundaries following 2018 redistribution:
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