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Australian federal election, 2016
Division of Spence, South Australia
Northern Adelaide: Elizabeth, Gawler, Munno Para, Salisbury
State seats: All of
Elizabeth and
Light, parts of
King,
Port Adelaide,
Ramsay and
Taylor
Local government areas: All of Gawler and Playford, parts of Barossa, Light and Salisbury
Enrolment at close of rolls: 119,402
1999 republic referendum: No 66.8
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 61.0
Sitting member: Nick Champion (Labor):
Elected 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016
2007 Labor majority over Liberal: 6.6% *
2010 Labor majority over Liberal: 12.0% *
2013 Labor majority over Liberal: 3.4% *
2016 Labor majority over Liberal 10.9% *
2019 notional Labor majority over Liberal 17.9%
* as Wakefield
Status: Very safe Labor
2016 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Nick Champion
Australian Labor Party |
2. Kathleen Bourne
Liberal Party |
3. Ron Fiedler
United Australia Party |
4. Daniel Jury
Australian Greens |
5. Rita Kuhlmann
Animal Justice Party |
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6. Nathan Herbert
Independent |
Candidate websites:
Kathleen Bourne
Nick Champion
Daniel Jury
Division of Spence
The seat of Spence replaces the old seat of Wakefield, which had existed since South Australia was first divided into
electorates in 1903. But for most of its history Wakefield was a rural seat based in the Riverland area east of Adelaide,
extending at times into the state's far north. Spence's real ancestor is the seat of Bonython, which existed from 1955 to
2004 and was firmly based on northern Adelaide suburbs like Elizabeth and Salisbury. That is where Spence is now located,
and it will be, as Bonython was, a safe Labor seat.
Spence has been created because the 2018 redistribution has abolished the seat of Port Adelaide, requiring that the
surrounding seats be drawn inwards to fill the gap. Spence has gained the Paralowie-Salisbury area from Port Adelaide, while
shedding all its rural areas to Barker and Grey. Like Bonython and the urban parts of Wakefield, it has a low
median family income levels in Australia. It has the lowest proportion of university graduates and also of people in
professional and managerial occupations of any seat in Austalia. It also has a low level of people living in non English
speaking households for a working-class seat.
The first member for Wakefield was Sir Frederick Holder, the first Speaker of the House of Representatives. Later members included
Liberal Cabinet minister Sir Philip McBride and another Speaker, Neil Andrew.
Nick Champion, Labor MP for Wakefield since 2007, is the beneficiary of these changes. He was an official with the Shop
Distributive and Allied Employees' Association and a state ministerial adviser before his election. He is currently
Shadow Assistant Minister for Manufacturing and Science.
The Liberal candidate, Kathleen Bourne, is a company director. The Greens candidate is Daniel Jury, whose
occupation is not stated.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $1,092 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 13.8% (Australia 15.8%)
Indigenous: 3.1% (Australia 2.8%)
Australian born: 64.8% (Australia 66.7%)
Non-English-speaking households: 11.1% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 15.2% (Australia 22.6%)
No religion 39.3% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 7.1% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 20.0% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 28.2% (Australia 22.9%)
Paying a mortgage: 38.3% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 31.5% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 28.7% (Australia 32.8%)
Members for Wakefield:
Hon Sir Frederick Holder (Ind) 1903-09
Richard Foster (Lib, Nat, Lib, Nat) 1909-28
Maurice Collins (CP) 1928-29
Hon Charles Hawker (Nat, UAP) 1929-38
Sydney McHugh (ALP) 1938b-40
John Duncan-Hughes (UAP) 1940-43
Albert Smith (ALP) 1943-46
Hon Sir Philip McBride (Lib) 1946-58
Hon Bert Kelly (Lib) 1958-77
Geoffrey Giles (Lib) 1977-83
Hon Neil Andrew (Lib) 1983-2004
David Fawcett (Lib) 2004-07
Nick Champion (ALP) 2007-
Boundaries following 2018 redistribution:
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