Electoral district of Burnside explained

Burnside
State:sa
Created:1938
Abolished:1970
Namesake:Burnside, South Australia
Class:Metropolitan

Burnside was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1938 to 1970. Before 1938 the Burnside area was represented by the three-seat multi-member electorate of Sturt. It was abolished in the 1970 parliamentary reforms, and was replaced with Bragg.[1]

Burnside was one of just three metropolitan seats (with Mitcham and Torrens) won by the Liberal and Country League in 1965 and 1968.

Members

MemberPartyTerm
  1938–1946
  1946–1959
  1959–1970

Election results

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

References

-34.939°N 138.666°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 - 2007. Parliament of South Australia. 17 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20190311113513/http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf. 11 March 2019. dead.