Electoral District Of Florey
Florey was created at the electoral redistribution of 1969 as a notionally safe Labor electorate, and was first contested at the 1970 election. Mostly it was safely held by the Labor party until the 1989 election when it became the minority Labor government's most marginal electorate. Florey was one of the first electorates to fall to the Liberals at the 1993 election landslide. It was regained by Labor's Frances Bedford at the 1997 election.
2018 election
Incumbent Frances Bedford resigned from Labor and became an independent on 28 March 2017 after Labor's Jack Snelling won Florey pre-selection for the 2018 election. As an independent, Bedford continued to provide confidence and supply support to the incumbent Labor government and did not make an immediate decision as to whether she would re-contest Florey as an independent. The 2016 electoral redistribution reassigned two-thirds of Playford voters to Florey. A ReachTEL poll conducted on 2 March 2017 of 606 voters in post-redistribution Florey indicated a 33.4 percent primary vote for Bedford running as an independent which would likely see Labor's Snelling defeated after preferences. Snelling announced on 17 September 2017 that he had decided not to contest the 2018 election. The 2018 election was subsequently won by Bedford which was the first time an independent candidate had won an election in the district since its inception.
Members for Florey
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Wells | Labor | 1970–1979 | |
| Harold O'Neill | Labor | 1979–1982 | |
| Bob Gregory | Labor | 1982–1993 | |
| Sam Bass | Liberal | 1993–1997 | |
| Frances Bedford | Labor | 1997–2017 | |
| Independent | 2017–2022 | ||
| Michael Brown | Labor | 2022–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Michael Brown | 10,866 | 48.9 | +8.7 | |
| Liberal | Janice McShane | 6,298 | 28.4 | +7.0 | |
| Greens | Felicity Green | 2,294 | 10.3 | +4.5 | |
| Family First | Daniel Masullo | 1,428 | 6.4 | +6.4 | |
| Independent | Tessa Kowaliw | 1,326 | 6.0 | +6.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 22,212 | 95.9 | |||
| Informal votes | 938 | 4.1 | |||
| Turnout | 23,150 | 87.8 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Michael Brown | 13,955 | 62.8 | −0.6 | |
| Liberal | Janice McShane | 8,257 | 37.2 | +0.6 | |
| Labor notional hold | Swing | −0.6 | |||
See also
Notes
- ^ Electoral District of Florey (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "Bedford bombshell "won't make much difference", Jay insists". InDaily. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ Labor polling shows boundary redraw appeal loss means Jack Snelling could lose to veteran party MP Frances Bedford, 10 March 2017, The Advertiser.
- ^ "SA Health Minister Jack Snelling resigns from Cabinet and will not contest March election". ABC News. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.