Electoral district of Gawler explained

Gawler
State:sa
Created:1938
Abolished:1970
Namesake:Gawler, South Australia
Class:Rural

Gawler was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1938 to 1970.[1]

The polling places in the Electorate of Gawler for the 1938 were Cockatoo Valley, Gawler, Gawler Blocks, Gawler South, Loos, Lyndoch, One Tree Hill, Rosedale, Roseworthy, Rowland's Flat, Smithfield,Wasleys, Willaston and Williamstown.[2]

Gawler was abolished in a boundary redistribution in 1970, John Clark represented the newly created district of Electoral district of Elizabeth from 1970.[3]

The town of Gawler is currently represented by the seat of Light.

Members

MemberPartyTerm
  1938–1952
  1952–1970

Election results

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

References

-34.5981°N 138.745°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 - 2007. Parliament of South Australia. 19 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20190311113513/http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf. 11 March 2019. dead.
  2. Web site: Polling-places in each Proposed Single Electorate. Australian Christian Commonwealth. 25 June 1937.
  3. 3645 . John Stephen Clark . yes . 23 August 2022.