Electoral district of Gilles explained

Gilles
State:	sa
Created:	1970
Abolished:	1993
Class:	Metropolitan

Gilles was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1970 to 1993.^[1]

In 1977, the polling places were: Greenacres, Hillcrest, Klemzig, Manningham, Marden, Paradise West, Vale Park, Windsor Gardens and Windsor Grove.^[2]

Gilles was the Dunstan Labor government's most and only marginal seat following the 1973 election, and the Dunstan Labor government's most marginal seat following the 1975 election. Gilles was abolished in a boundary redistribution at the 1993 election. The re-created seat of Torrens absorbed much of the seat, remaining a marginal Liberal seat.

Members

Member		Party	Term
				1970–1989
				1989–1993

Election results

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

External links

• 1985 & 1989 election boundaries, page 18 & 19

-34.8639°N 138.6597°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: Appointment of Polling Places . 21 April 2019 . 35 . Commonwealth of Australia Gazette . 4 November 1977 . No. P 11 . Australian Government Publishing Service.