Electoral district of Norwood

Norwood is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after its surrounding geographical area, Norwood, South Australia. Norwood is a 14.2 km² urban electorate in Adelaide's inner eastern suburbs. It includes the suburbs of Beulah Park, College Park, Evandale, Firle, Hackney, Joslin, Kent Town, Marden, Maylands, Norwood, Payneham South, Royston Park, St Morris, St Peters, Stepney, Trinity Gardens, Vale Park as well as parts of Klemzig and Payneham.

Norwood has been an electoral district since 1938, usually as a marginal seat which has changed hands between the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party multiple times. It is synonymous with former Premier of South Australia Don Dunstan, who held the seat from 1953 until 1979. It was also held by prominent Labor minister and now Australian head to the International Baccalaureate Organization and University of Adelaide alumni organization Greg Crafter from 1980 until 1983. The Liberals reclaimed the seat at the 1993 state election in a landslide following the collapse of the State Bank, through John Cummins who was then defeated by Labor's Vini Ciccarello at the 1997 state election with a 1.5% margin. At the 2002 state election, it was whittled down to 0.5% but was increased to 4.2% at the 2006 state election.

Members for Norwood

External links

* [http://www.abc.net.au/elections/sa/2006/guide/norw.htm ABC profile for Norwood]
* [http://www.pollbludger.com/sa2006/norwood.htm Poll Bludger profile for Norwood]
* [http://www.seo.sa.gov.au/election2006//maps/images/535.gifState Electoral Office map for Norwood]
* [http://www.seo.sa.gov.au/apps/news/?year=2006&districtSearch=3226 State Electoral Office profile for Norwood]