Electoral district of Lee explained

Lee
State:sa
Image Alt:Map of Adelaide, South Australia with electoral district of Lee highlighted
Created:1993
Mp:Stephen Mullighan
Mp-Party:Australian Labor Party (SA)
Namesake:Mary Lee
Electors:26500
Electors Year:2018
Area:18.9
Class:Metropolitan
Coordinates:-34.8586°N 138.4989°W
Near-Nw:Gulf St Vincent
Near-N:Port Adelaide
Near-Ne:Port Adelaide
Near-E:Cheltenham
Near-Se:West Torrens
Near-S:Colton
Near-Sw:Gulf St Vincent
Near-W:Gulf St Vincent
Footnotes:Electoral District map[1]

Lee is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Named after the women's suffrage campaigner Mary Lee, it is an 18.9 km2 suburban electorate on Adelaide's north-western beaches, taking in the suburbs of Grange, Royal Park, Seaton, Semaphore Park, Tennyson, West Lakes, and West Lakes Shore.

Lee was created as a fairly safe Labor electorate in the 1991 electoral distribution to replace the abolished electoral district of Albert Park and absorbed half of the abolished electoral district of Semaphore. The first member for Lee, elected at the 1993 election, was controversial Liberal MP Joe Rossi, with the governments smallest margin of 1.1 percent; Rossi's election was unexpected, but was part of a large swing away from Labor throughout the state. At the 1997 election there were large swings back to Labor. Rossi's small margin meant he was one of the first to be defeated. He was replaced by Labor's Michael Wright.

Port Adelaide Enfield Mayor Gary Johanson, who contested the 2012 Port Adelaide by-election as an independent, contested Lee at the 2014 election.[2] Wright did not contest the 2014 election. Labor candidate Stephen Mullighan won the election with a reduced 4.5 percent two-party preferred margin.

Members for Lee

MemberPartyTerm
  1993–1997
  1997–2014
  2014–present

Election results

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

References

Notes and References

  1. Electoral District of Lee . . 2018 . 1 April 2018 .
  2. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger/west-beaches/contest-in-seat-of-lee-heats-up-with-adelaide-enfield-mayor-gary-johanson-joining-the-election-race/story-fni9llx9-1226782627467 Contest in seat of Lee heats up with Adelaide Enfield Mayor Gary Johanson joining the election race