Electoral district of Morphett

Morphett is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the state of South Australia.

Created in 1976 following an electoral redistribution, the seat of Morphett was named after Sir John Morphett (1809-1892) who lived in the Morphettville area and was speaker of the enlarged Legislative Council in 1851 and president of the elected Legislative Council from 1865 to 1873.

The seat is located 10 kilometres west of the centre of Adelaide, bounded by the coastline on the west and Morphett Road to the east. It is approximately 13 square kilometres in size covering the suburbs of Glenelg, Glenelg East, Glenelg South, Glengowrie, Glenelg North, Morphettville and parts of Somerton Park, Novar Gardens and Warradale.

The seat has been held by the Liberal Party since 1979.

Members for Morphett

Member		Party	Term
	Terence Groom	Australian Labor Party	1977–1979
	John Oswald	Liberal Party of Australia	1979–2002
	Duncan McFetridge	Liberal Party of Australia	2002–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Morphett

South Australian state election, 2010: Morphett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Duncan McFetridge	11,660	55.4	+8.1
	Labor	Tim Looker	6,595	31.3	-6.6
	Greens	Jack Robins	1,993	9.5	+2.1
	Family First	Helen Zafiriou	807	3.8	-0.5
Total formal votes			21,055	97.8
Informal votes			479	2.4
Turnout			21,534	92.5
Two-candidate preferred result
	Liberal	Duncan McFetridge	12,856	61.1	+7.6
	Labor	Tim Looker	8,199	38.9	-7.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.6

External links

• Poll Bludger profile for Morphett: 2006
• Poll Bludger profile for Morphett: 2010
• ABC profile for Morphett
• State Electoral Office map for Morphett
• State Electoral Office profile for Morphett