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Australian federal election, 2025
Division of Kingston, South Australia
Named for: Rt Hon Charles Kingston (1850-1908), SA MP 1881-1900, Premier 1893-99, federal MP 1901-08
Southern Adelaide: Morphett Vale, Noarlunga, Reynella, Seaford
Enrolment at 2019 election: 118,732
Enrolment at 2022 election: 124,441 (+04.9)
1999 republic referendum: No 58.6
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 68.1
2023 Voice referendum: No 64.3
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Sitting member: Hon Amanda Rishworth (Labor): Elected 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2022
Minister for Social Services
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2007 Labor majority over Liberal: 4.4%
2010 Labor majority over Liberal: 13.9%
2013 Labor majority over Liberal: 9.7%
2016 Labor majority over Liberal: 17.1%
2019 Labor majority over Liberal: 11.9%
2022 Labor majority over Liberal: 16.4%
Status: Very safe Labor
Labor two-party vote 1983-2022
2022 results
Statistics and history
Division of Kingston
Kingston was created in 1949 and has always been located in the southern beachside suburbs of Adelaide. Successive
redistributions have extended it further down the coast but have not changed its political character. It has a
quite low level of family income for a metropolitan seat, and one of the highest levels of people employed in
manufacturing. Although it does not have a very high level of families with dependent children, it does have a high
proportion of dwellings being purchased, marking it a mortgage belt seat. It has the lowest level of non English speaking
households of any urban seat in Australia. It has always been a marginal seat, usually held by the government of the day.
Kingston has changed hands regularly throughout its history: every member for the seat has eventually been defeated.
Members have included
Gordon Bilney, a minister in the Hawke-Keating Government.
David Cox regained Kingston for
Labor in 1998, but was defeated by
Kym Richardson in 2004. He in turn was defeated in 2007.
Amanda Rishworth, Labor MP for Kingston since 2007, is a clinical psychologist and was an occupational health and
safety trainer before her election. She suffered an adverse swing in 2013 but in 2016 she won a majority of 17.1%,
the largest majority ever attained in this seat. Rishworth was a parliamentary secretary
in the last year of the Rudd-Gillard Government and is now Minister for Social Services.
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