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Australian federal election, 2022
Division of Grey, South Australia
Named for: Sir George Grey (1812-98), Governor of South Australia
1841-45 (later Governor and Prime Minister of New Zealand)
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,
Barunga West,
Ceduna,
Cleve,
Coober Pedy,
Copper Coast,
Elliston,
Flinders Ranges,
Franklin Harbour,
Goyder,
Kimba,
Lower Eyre Peninsula,
Maralinga Tjarutja,
Mount Remarkable,
Northern Areas,
Oororoo-Carrieton,
Peterborough,
Port Augusta,
Port Pirie,
Roxby Downs,
Streaky Bay,
Tumby Bay,
Whyalla,
Wudinna and
Yorke Peninsula, parts of
Light
Borders with:
Barker,
Lingiari,
Maranoa,
O'Connor,
Parkes and
Spence
Enrolment at 2019 election: 119,957
Enrolment at 2022 election: 123,812 (+00.7)
1999 republic referendum: No 67.7
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 53.3
Sitting member: Rowan
Ramsey (Liberal): Elected 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019
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%
2019 Liberal majority over Labor: 13.3%
Liberal two-party vote 1983-2019
Status: Safe Liberal
Best Liberal booths, two-party vote: Arthurton (90.3), Darke Peak (90.3), Cummins (89.2), Smoky Bay (88.9),
Wirrulla (88.3)
Best Labor booths, two-party vote: Leigh Creek (66.7), Whyalla Norrie South (61.5), Whyalla Stuart West
(61.3), Whyalla Norrie North (59.3), Whyalla Norrie East (56.7)
2019 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Tim White
Australian Greens |
2. Suzanne Waters
United Australia Party |
3. Peter Miller
Liberal Democrats |
4. Liz Habermann
Independent |
5. Julie Watson
Australian Labor Party |
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6. Kerry White
Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
7. Tracey Dempsey
Australian Federation Party |
8. Richard Carmody
Independent |
9. Rowan Ramsey
Liberal Party |
Candidate websites:
Richard Carmody
Tracey Dempsey
Liz Habermann
Rowan Ramsey
Suzanne Waters
Julie Watson
Timothy White
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
"iron truangle" of mining and smelting towns - 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. There is a substantial Indigenous population in the northern areas of the seat. 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
Lloyd O'Neil, 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. With the withdrawal of
Nick Xenophon from politics, the seat returned to
its normal voting pattern in 2019. The Greens candidate is Timothy White, a child protection worker
for a South Australian government department. Ramsey may face a more serious challenge from popular independent Liz Habermann.
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%)
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