Electoral district of Reynell

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
South AustraliaHouse of Assembly
Electoral district of Reynell (green) in the Greater Adelaide area
StateSouth Australia
Created1993
MPKatrine Hildyard
PartyAustralian Labor Party (SA)
NamesakeJohn Reynell
Electors24,828 (2018)
Area33.06 km2 (12.8 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates35°6′50″S 138°30′30″E
Electorates around Reynell:
Gulf St Vincent Black Black
Gulf St Vincent Reynell Hurtle Vale
Gulf St Vincent Kaurna Kaurna
Footnotes
Electoral District map[1]

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

Member Party Term
  Julie Greig Liberal 1993–1997
  Gay Thompson Labor 1997–2014
  Katrine Hildyard Labor 2014–present

Election results

2018 South Australian state election: Reynell[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Katrine Hildyard 9,784 47.0 −2.1
Liberal Laura Curran 4,452 21.4 −8.1
SA-Best Joanne Mausolf 3,679 17.7 +17.7
Greens Daniel Jury 1,357 6.5 −2.3
Conservatives David Sires 860 4.1 −5.0
Dignity Anna Tree 682 3.3 +3.3
Total formal votes 20,814 94.2 −1.5
Informal votes 1,281 5.8 +1.5
Turnout 22,095 89.0 +2.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Katrine Hildyard 13,427 64.5 +3.4
Liberal Laura Curran 7,387 35.5 −3.4
Labor hold Swing+3.4

Notes

  1. Electoral District of Reynell (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. Dirk Van Dissel (1976). "Reynell, John (1809–1873)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press.
  3. State Election Results - District Results for Reynell, ECSA.

References

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