Electoral district of Reynell explained

Reynell
State:sa
Image Alt:Map of Adelaide, South Australia with electoral district of Reynell highlighted
Created:1993
Mp:Katrine Hildyard
Mp-Party:Australian Labor Party (SA)
Namesake:John Reynell
Electors:24828
Electors Year:2018
Area:33.06
Class:Metropolitan
Coordinates:-35.1139°N 138.5083°W
Near-Nw:Gulf St Vincent
Near-N:Black
Near-Ne:Davenport
Near-E:Hurtle Vale
Near-Se:Hurtle Vale
Near-S:Kaurna
Near-Sw:Gulf St Vincent
Near-W:Gulf St Vincent
Footnotes:Electoral District map[1]

Reynell is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It is named after John Reynell, a founder of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia and noted 19th-century wheat farmer, sheep and cattle breeder, vigneron and winemaker in the area.[2] Reynell is a 33.1 km² urban residential and industrial electorate in Adelaide's far south. It includes the suburbs of Christies Beach, Christie Downs, Hackham West, Lonsdale, Noarlunga Centre, O'Sullivan Beach, Port Noarlunga and Reynella, as well as part of Morphett Vale.

Reynell was created for the 1993 state election as a fairly safe Labor seat, but was won by Julie Greig for the Liberals as part of a statewide landslide. It was reclaimed for Labor at the 1997 election by Gay Thompson. Labor's Katrine Hildyard succeeded her at the 2014 election.

Members for Reynell

MemberPartyTerm
  1993–1997
  1997–2014
  2014–present

Election results

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

References

Notes and References

  1. Electoral District of Reynell . . 2018 . 1 April 2018 .
  2. Web site: Dirk Van Dissel . Reynell, John (1809–1873) . Australian Dictionary of Biography . 6 . Melbourne University Press . 1976 .