Electoral district of Alexandra
Appearance
Alexandra South Australia—House of Assembly | |
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State | South Australia |
Created | 1902 |
Abolished | 1993 |
Demographic | Rural |
Alexandra was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1902 to 1992, and was formed when the electoral districts of Encounter Bay, Mount Barker and Noarlunga were amalgamated.[1] The district included the Fleurieu Peninsula, to the south of Adelaide.
Alexandra was renamed Finniss at the 1993 state election.
Members for Alexandra
[edit]Four members (1902–1915) | |||||||||||||||
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Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||||
William Blacker | 1902–1906 | Alexander McDonald | National League | 1902–1910 | George Ritchie | 1902–1904 | Charles Tucker | National League | 1902–1906 | ||||||
Farmers and Producers | 1904–1910 | ||||||||||||||
Liberal and Democratic | 1906–1910 | Percy Heggaton | 1906–1910 | ||||||||||||
Liberal Union | 1910–1913 | Liberal Union | 1910–1915 | Liberal Union | 1910–1915 | Liberal Union | 1910–1915 | ||||||||
George Laffer | Liberal Union | 1913–1915 |
Three members (1915–1938) | |||||||||||
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Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||
George Laffer | Liberal Union | 1915–1923 | Archibald Peake | Liberal Union | 1915–1920 | George Ritchie | Liberal Union | 1915–1922 | |||
Herbert Hudd | Liberal Union | 1920–1923 | |||||||||
Liberal Federation | 1923–1932 | Liberal Federation | 1923–1932 | Percy Heggaton | Liberal Federation | 1923–1932 | |||||
Liberal and Country | 1932–1933 | Liberal and Country | 1932–1938 | Liberal and Country | 1932–1938 | ||||||
George Connor | Independent | 1934–1941 |
Single member (1938–1993) | |||
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George Connor | Independent | 1938–1941 | |
Herbert Hudd | Liberal and Country | 1941–1948 | |
David Brookman | Liberal and Country | 1948–1973 | |
Ted Chapman | Liberal and Country | 1973–1974 | |
Liberal | 1974–1992 | ||
Dean Brown | Liberal | 1992–1993 |
Election results
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Death of Sir George Ritchie". Southern Argus. Port Elliot, SA: National Library of Australia. 10 August 1944. p. 1. Retrieved 22 February 2013.