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Australian federal election, 2019
Division of Mayo, South Australia
East and south of Adelaide: McLaren Vale, Mt Barker, Stirling, Strathalbyn, Victor Harbor
State seats: All of
Finniss,
Kavel and
Mawson, parts of
Hammond,
Heysen and
Morialta
Local government areas: All of Alexandrina, Kangaroo Island, Mount Barker, Victor Harbor and Yankalilla,
parts of Adelaide Hills, Mitcham and Onkaparinga
Enrolment at close of rolls: 122,291
1999 republic referendum: No 50.8
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 64.7
Sitting member: Rebekha Sharkie (Centre Alliance):
Elected 2016. Resigned 2018. Elected 2018 by-election
2007 Liberal majority over Labor: 7.1%
2008 by-election Liberal majority over Greens: 3.0%
2010 Liberal majority over Labor: 7.4%
2013 Liberal majority over Labor: 12.5%
2016 Nick Xenophon Team majority over Liberal: 5.0%
2016 notional Liberal majority over Labor: 5.4%
2018 by-election Centre Alliance majority over Liberal: 7.6%
2019 notional Centre Alliance majority over Liberal: 5.5%
Status: Marginal NXT/CA versus Liberal
Status: Marginal NXT/CA versus Labor
2016 results
2018 by-election results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Georgina Downer
Liberal Party |
2. Anne Bourne
Australian Greens |
3. Helen Dowland
Animal Justice Party |
4. Michael Cane
United Australia Party |
5. Saskia Gerhardy
Australian Labor Party |
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6. Rebekha Sharkie
Centre Alliance |
Candidate websites:
Anne Bourne
Georgina Downer
Rebekha Sharkie
Division of Mayo
Mayo was created in 1984, in the Adelaide Hills area east of Adelaide. This is one of the wealthiest suburban areas in
Australia, and the seat was very safe for the Liberal Party until 2016. In 2004 the seat was extended southwards to take
in the farming areas of the Flerieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island, and the retirement centre of Victor Harbor. These areas
lowered the overall median family income of the seat, without much affecting it politically. Mayo used to be one of the
Australian Democrats' best seats, and in 1990 and again in 1998 they gave the Liberals a scare, nearly stealing the seat on
Labor preferences. With the collapse of the Democrats, however, the Liberals became very secure - or so they thought.
Mayo's first member was Alexander Downer, whose father Sir Alexander Downer represented much the same area as member for
Angas from 1949 to 1964. Downer was an unsuccessful Opposition Leader from 1994 to 1995. He then served as Australia's
longest-serving Foreign Minister under John Howard. He resigned following the 2007 election defeat.
The subsequent by-election was won by Jamie Briggs, an adviser to John Howard and other ministers. Briggs was a junior
minister in the Abbott-Turnbull Government but resigned in December 2015 following revelations of inappropriate behavior.
The damage to his reputation made him vulnerable to the Xenophon Team candidate, Rebekha Sharkie, a former member of
Briggs's staff, who duly defeated him at the 2016 election.
In May 2018 the British-born Sharkie resigned when the High Court's ruling in the
case of Senator Katy Gallagher made it clear that she had not successfully renounced her claim to British citizenship. At
the July by-election, Sharkie was challenged by Georgina Downer, daughter of Alexander, but was re-elected with an
increased majority. Downer will run again in 2019.
Rebekha Sharkie, Centre Alliance* MP for Mayo 2016-18 and since the 2018 by-election, worked for SA Liberal leader
Isobel Redmond, for Jamie Briggs and for state Liberal MP Rachel Sanderson. In 2012 she became national Executive Officer
of Youth Connections, and 2014 she became Senior Manager at Helping Young People Achieve.
Georgina Downer will again be the Liberal candidate in 2019. The Labor candidate is Saskia Gerhardy, an environmental activist.
The Greens candidate is Anne Bourne, a Goolwa psychologist.
* Formerly the Nick Xenophon Team
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $1,241 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 22.3% (Australia 15.8%)
Australian born: 77.2% (Australia 66.7%)
Ancestry: German 7.3
Non-English-speaking households: 5.9% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 11.4% (Australia 22.6%)
No religion 40.7% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 19.1% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 36.2% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 24.1% (Australia 22.9%)
Employed in agriculture: 8.0% (Australia 3.3%)
Paying a mortgage: 39.6% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 18.3% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 30.5% (Australia 32.8%)
Members:
Hon Alexander Downer (Lib) 1984-2008
Hon Jamie Briggs (Lib) 2008b-16
Rebekha Sharkie (NXT) 2016-18, 2018b-
Boundaries following 2018 redistribution:
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