Electoral district of Black explained

Black
State:sa
Created:2018
Mp:David Speirs
Mp-Party:Liberal Party of Australia
Namesake:Dorrit Black
Electors:26437
Electors Year:2022
Area:26.6
Class:Metropolitan
Coordinates:-35.05°N 138.53°W
Near-Nw:Gulf St Vincent
Near-N:Gibson
Near-Ne:Gibson
Near-E:Davenport
Near-Se:Hurtle Vale
Near-S:Reynell
Near-Sw:Gulf St Vincent
Near-W:Gulf St Vincent
Footnotes:Electoral District map[1]

Black is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It was created by the redistribution conducted in 2016, and was contested for the first time at the 2018 state election.[2]

Black is named after Dorrit Black (Dorothea Foster Black, 1891–1951), a South Australian modern artist, best known for linocuts, oil and watercolour paintings.[2]

Black lies south-west of the Adelaide city centre and includes the suburbs of Darlington, Hallett Cove, Kingston Park, Marino, O'Halloran Hill, Seacliff, Seacliff Park, Seacombe Heights, Seaview Downs, Sheidow Park and Trott Park.[3] At its creation, Black was projected to be notionally held by the Liberal Party with a swing of 2.6% required to lose it.[4] The 2018 creation of Black replaced the electorate of Mitchell that was disestablished at the 2018 state election.[2] Black does not extend as far north or south as Mitchell did, but extends west to the coast through part of what used to be Bright.

Election results

See main article: Electoral results for the district of Black.

References

Notes and References

  1. Electoral District of Black . . 2018 . 1 April 2018 .
  2. Web site: Final Redistribution Report . South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission . 7 July 2017.
  3. Black . South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission . 2016 . 7 July 2017.
  4. Web site: Redistribution Report Appendices . Appendix 9 . 2016 . 7 July 2017.