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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Electoral District Of Wright

Wright is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Named after the 19th century South Australian architect Edmund Wright, it is a 21 km (8.1 sq mi) suburban electorate in Adelaide's outer north-east, taking in the suburbs of Brahma Lodge, Gulfview Heights, Modbury Heights, Redwood Park, Salisbury South and Wynn Vale, as well as parts of Salisbury East and Surrey Downs.

When created, Wright was a marginal Labor seat at the 1991 electoral distribution, taking in much of the abolished seat of Briggs. Wright was first contested at the 1993 election, where it was won by Liberal candidate Scott Ashenden as part of a large swing throughout the state. He was defeated at the 1997 election by Labor candidate Jennifer Rankine.

Rankine announced in February 2017 that she would be retiring from parliament as of the 2018 election.

Members for Wright

Member Party Term
  Scott Ashenden Liberal 1993–1997
  Jennifer Rankine Labor 1997–2018
  Blair Boyer Labor 2018–present

Election results

2022 South Australian state election: Wright
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Blair Boyer 12,231 52.0 +14.1
Liberal Graham Reynolds 7,550 32.1 +1.0
Greens Alexandra McGee 2,001 8.5 +2.7
Family First Kym Nancarrow 1,737 7.4 +7.4
Total formal votes 23,519 97.2
Informal votes 670 2.8
Turnout 24,189 90.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Blair Boyer 14,548 61.9 +8.8
Liberal Graham Reynolds 8,971 38.1 −8.8
Labor hold Swing +8.8

Notes

  1. ^ Electoral District of Wright (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 – 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  3. ^ State Labor MPs Michael Atkinson, Jennifer Rankine and Steph Key quitting politics at next election: The Advertiser 3 February 2017

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