Electoral district of Cheltenham

This article is about the constituency in South Australia. For the British constituency of the same name, see Cheltenham (UK Parliament constituency).

Cheltenham
South Australia—House of Assembly
Map of Adelaide, South Australia with electoral district of Cheltenham highlighted
Electoral district of Cheltenham (green) in the Greater Adelaide area
StateSouth Australia
Created1998
MPJoe Szakacs
PartyLabor
NamesakeCheltenham
Electors26,403 (2019)
Area17.49 km2 (6.8 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates34°52′42″S 138°31′31″E / 34.87833°S 138.52528°E / -34.87833; 138.52528
Electorates around Cheltenham:
Port Adelaide Port Adelaide Port Adelaide
Lee Cheltenham Croydon
Colton West Torrens West Torrens
Footnotes
Electoral District map[1]

Cheltenham is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Named after the suburb of the same name, it is a 17.5 km² suburban electorate in Adelaide's north-west, taking in the suburbs of Albert Park, Alberton, Beverley, Cheltenham, Findon, Hendon, Pennington, Queenstown, St Clair, Woodville, Woodville North, Woodville Park, Woodville South, Woodville West, and part of Rosewater. The Cheltenham electorate is inside the federal-level electorate of Hindmarsh.

Cheltenham was created in the 1998 electoral distribution as a safe Labor seat, replacing the abolished seat of Price. In August 2001 the 17-year Price incumbent Murray De Laine was defeated in a factional preselection in favour of future premier Jay Weatherill.[2] De Laine subsequently contested the 2002 election as an independent with 9.7% of the primary vote.

In the 2016 electoral boundary redistribution, the suburbs of Beverley and Woodville Park were added to the seat from Croydon district, while Athol Park was lost to Croydon district, Royal Park was lost to Lee district and portions of Port Adelaide and Rosewater shifted into Port Adelaide district.

The current member is Joe Szakacs of the Labor Party. Szakacs was elected in the 2019 Cheltenham state by-election on 9 February, replacing former premier Jay Weatherill.[3]

  1. ^ Electoral District of Cheltenham (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ Costly Labor factions in South Australia: ABC 15 August 2001
  3. ^ "Cheltenham and Enfield by-elections: ECSA". Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.