Electoral district of Prospect (South Australia)

Prospect was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1938 to 1956.[1]

This article is about the former South Australian state electorate. For the former Australian federal electorate, see Division of Prospect. For the New South Wales state electorate, see Electoral district of Prospect.

Prospect
South Australia—House of Assembly
StateSouth Australia
Created1938
Abolished1956
NamesakeProspect, South Australia
DemographicMetropolitan

The seat of Prospect was abolished and replaced by the new seat of Enfield for the 1956 election.

The current Prospect booths are marginal Labor, with the suburb represented by the marginal Liberal seat of Adelaide up to Regency Road, with the small northern remainder of Prospect represented by the fairly safe Labor seat of Enfield.

Members
MemberPartyTerm
  Elder Whittle Liberal and Country 1938–1944
  Bert Shard Labor 1944–1947
  Elder Whittle Liberal and Country 1947–1953
  Jack Jennings Labor 1953–1956

References
  1. "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 - 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2014.

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