Electoral district of Encounter Bay

Encounter Bay
South Australia—House of Assembly
StateSouth Australia
Created1857
Abolished1902
NamesakeEncounter Bay
DemographicRural

Encounter Bay was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian colony (state of Australia from 1901) of South Australia from 1857 to 1902.[1]

At its creation in 1857, it included booths at Goolwa, Port Elliot, Rapid Bay and Yankalilla. It expanded over time with the settlement of the area to include booths at Cape Jervis, Inman Valley and Myponga (1870), Hog Bay and Port Victor (now Victor Harbor) (1875), Kingscote (1878), Bullaparinga (1881), Second Valley (1893, replacing Rapid Bay), Nangkita (1896) and Torrens Vale (1899).[2]

In 2015, the former electorate of Encounter Bay is now divided between the state electorates of Finniss and Hammond.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836–2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  2. ^ Jaensch, Dean. "History of South Australian elections 1857-2006, volume 1". Electoral Commission of South Australia. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  3. ^ "District of Finniss Background Profile". Electoral Commission of South Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  4. ^ "District of Hammond Background Profile". Electoral Commission of South Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2015.