Electoral district of Newland
South Australian state electoral district
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Newland is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It is named after pioneer Simpson Newland, a prominent figure in nineteenth-century South Australia. It is a suburban electorate in north-eastern Adelaide, taking in the suburbs of Banksia Park, Fairview Park, Yatala Vale, Hope Valley, Ridgehaven, St Agnes, Tea Tree Gully, and Modbury, as well as part of Modbury North.
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| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 1977 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Olivia Savvas | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Simpson Newland | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 27,020 (2026) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 26.1 km2 (10.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°47′31″S 138°45′21″E | ||||||||||||||
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History
Replacing the abolished electoral district of Tea Tree Gully, Newland was created at the 1976 redistribution, taking effect at the 1977 election.[2] It followed a bellwether pattern until the 1989 election, where it was won by Liberal candidate Dorothy Kotz. Kotz developed a strong personal following and had little difficulty being re-elected until her retirement at the 2006 election. Her retirement and the landslide Labor victory across the state led to Labor candidate Tom Kenyon winning the electorate.[3] It became the Labor government's most marginal electorate at the 2014 election.
The 2016 redistribution ahead of the 2018 election changed Newland from a 1.4 percent Labor electorate to a notional 0.1 percent Liberal electorate.[4]
Members for Newland
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| John Klunder | Labor | 1977–1979 | |
| Brian Billard | Liberal | 1979–1982 | |
| John Klunder | Labor | 1982–1985 | |
| Di Gayler | Labor | 1985–1989 | |
| Dorothy Kotz | Liberal | 1989–2006 | |
| Tom Kenyon | Labor | 2006–2018 | |
| Richard Harvey | Liberal | 2018–2022 | |
| Olivia Savvas | Labor | 2022–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Olivia Savvas | 11,348 | 46.2 | +9.3 | |
| One Nation | Alison Dew-Fennell | 6,088 | 24.8 | +21.0 | |
| Liberal | Sarai Birch | 3,789 | 15.4 | −19.2 | |
| Greens | Helen Wright | 2,118 | 8.6 | +2.8 | |
| Family First | Rachel Mathew | 658 | 2.7 | −0.9 | |
| Australian Family | Colin Stanford | 211 | 0.9 | −0.1 | |
| United Voice | Abe Lazootin | 206 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
| Fair Go | Hayley Marley-Duncan | 136 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 24,554 | 96.9 | +1.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 785 | 3.1 | −1.3 | ||
| Turnout | 25,339 | 93.8 | +2.9 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Olivia Savvas | 14,221 | 60.3 | +4.9 | |
| One Nation | Alison Dew-Fennell | 9,382 | 39.7 | +39.7 | |
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