Electoral district of Cheltenham

Cheltenham is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after the suburb of the same name, it is a 17.3km² urban rectangular-shaped electorate in Adelaide's north-west, taking in the suburbs of Alberton, Albert Park, Athol Park, Cheltenham, Hendon, Pennington, Queenstown, Royal Park, Woodville, Woodville North, Woodville South, Woodville West as well as parts of Findon, Port Adelaide, Rosewater and Seaton.

Cheltenham was created in the 1998 electoral distribution as a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party, replacing the abolished Price (named after the first South Australian Labor premier, Thomas Price) and sitting MP for 17 years, Murray De-Laine, wiped out in a factional preselection. [http://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s347015.htm] De Laine subsequently contested the 2002 election as an independent, but attracted only 9.7% of the primary vote, reducing Labor's primary vote by 6.4%. The safe Labor electorate saw candidate Jay Weatherill retain the seat for Labor, on a two party preferred margin of 16.7%, 1% up from the 1997 election. At the 2006 state election, Weatherill had a surge primary vote increase of 14.1%, 8.7% up on two party preferred, amidst a statewide landslide for Labor on election day. [http://www.abc.net.au/elections/sa/2006/guide/chel.htm]

Members for Price and Cheltenham

External links

* [http://www.abc.net.au/elections/sa/2006/guide/chel.htm ABC profile for Cheltenham]
* [http://www.pollbludger.com/sa2006/cheltenham.htm Poll Bludger profile for Cheltenham]
* [http://www.seo.sa.gov.au/election2006//maps/images/506.gifState Electoral Office map for Cheltenham]
* [http://www.seo.sa.gov.au/apps/news/?year=2006&districtSearch=3197 State Electoral Office profile for Cheltenham]