Electoral district of Newland

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 69.3 km² 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.

Newland
South Australia—House of Assembly
Map of Adelaide, South Australia with electoral district of Newland highlighted
Electoral district of Newland (green) in the Greater Adelaide area
StateSouth Australia
Created1977
MPOlivia Savvas
PartyLabor
NamesakeSimpson Newland
Electors25,889 (2018)
Area249.76 km2 (96.4 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Electorates around Newland:
King King Schubert
Wright
Florey		 Newland Schubert
Morialta
Torrens Morialta Morialta
Footnotes
Electoral District map[1]

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
  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
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Newland
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 South Australian state election (House of Assembly) § Newland.[edit]
2022 South Australian state election: Newland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Olivia Savvas 8,599 36.9 +3.7
Liberal Richard Harvey 8,076 34.6 +0.5
Independent Frances Bedford 2,861 12.3 +6.8
Greens Adla Mattiske 1,344 5.8 +0.2
One Nation Hayley Marley-Duncan 885 3.8 +3.8
Family First Brett Green 844 3.6 +3.6
Animal Justice David Sherlock 351 1.5 +1.0
Australian Family Dan Casey 225 1.0 +1.0
Real Change Kate Simpson 147 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 23,332 95.6
Informal votes 1,076 4.4
Turnout 24,408 90.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Olivia Savvas 12,916 55.4 +5.4
Liberal Richard Harvey 10,416 44.6 −5.4
Labor gain from Liberal Swing+5.4

Notes
  1. Electoral District of Newland (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 – 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  3. Newland, 2014 election: Poll Bludger
  4. Final Report (PDF): Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission 8 December 2016

References

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