Taylor South Australia—House of Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | South Australia | ||||||||||||||
Created | 1993 | ||||||||||||||
MP | Nick Champion | ||||||||||||||
Party | Australian Labor Party (SA) | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Doris Irene Taylor | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 27,494 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 318.71 km2 (123.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°41′4″S 138°33′16″E / 34.68444°S 138.55444°E | ||||||||||||||
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Electoral District map[1] |
Taylor is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. This district is named after Doris Irene Taylor MBE, a leading force in the founding of Meals on Wheels, and Labor activist. Taylor is a 246.2 km2 semi-urban electorate in Adelaide's outer northern suburbs and market gardens on the Adelaide Northern plains. A large portion of the district lives in the western half of the City of Playford and it is regarded as a safe Labor seat. It now includes the suburbs and townships of Andrews Farm, Angle Vale, Bolivar, Buckland Park, Davoren Park, Edinburgh, Edinburgh North, Elizabeth North, Eyre, Macdonald Park, Munno Para West, Penfield, Penfield Gardens, Riverlea Park, Smithfield, Smithfield Plains, St Kilda, Virginia, and Waterloo Corner.