Electoral district of Badcoe

Badcoe
South AustraliaHouse of Assembly
2022 boundaries shown in green on Adelaide area map
StateSouth Australia
Created2018
MPJayne Stinson
PartyAustralian Labor Party
NamesakePeter Badcoe VC
Electors27,481 (2022)
Area14.5 km2 (5.6 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates34°58′S 138°34′E / 34.96°S 138.57°E / -34.96; 138.57
Electorates around Badcoe:
Colton West Torrens Adelaide
Morphett Badcoe Unley
Gibson Elder Elder
Footnotes
Electoral District map[1]

Badcoe is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It was created by the redistribution conducted in 2016, and was contested for the first time at the 2018 state election.[2]

Badcoe lies south-west of the Adelaide city centre and includes the suburbs of Keswick, Ashford, Forestville, Everard Park, Black Forest, Clarence Park, Clarence Gardens, Kurralta Park, Glandore, Edwardstown, Ascot Park, North Plympton, South Plympton and parts of Millswood and Plympton.[3][4] At its creation, Badcoe was projected to be notionally held by the Labor Party with a swing of 4.2% required to lose it.[5]: Appendix 12 

Badcoe is named after Peter John Badcoe VC (1934–1967) who grew up in Adelaide before joining the Australian Army in 1952. He served in artillery and infantry and was killed in the Vietnam War.[2]

Badcoe was created as a replacement for Ashford, which was abolished at the 2018 state election. In February 2017 the member for Ashford, Steph Key, announced that she did not intend to contest the 2018 election.[6]

  1. ^ Electoral District of Badcoe (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b "Final Redistribution Report". South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Electorate: Badcoe". SA Election 2018. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  4. ^ Badcoe (Map). South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Redistribution Report Appendices". 2016. p. Appendix 9. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Labor MP Stephanie Key to quit marginal seat at next SA election". ABC. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.